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Activities for Teaching the PAST PERFECT (PART II)
JUST DONE Each students write out some things that he’d just done for each hour during the day. Example: “I’d just woken up at 6 a.m I’d just finished my breakfast at 7 a.m” REPORTED SPEECH When using reported speech, verb tenses change. Any verbs expressed in the simple past in the original statement will…
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Activities for Teaching the PAST PERFECT (PART I)
TIME FLIES Write several past times on small slips of paper and put them in a hat. Students draw a past time and then state something they had already done by that time using the past perfect and including “already”: “I had already applied to school in February.” RECENT EVENTS What things have your students…
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IDIOM ACTIVITIES FOR ESL/EFL STUDENTS (PART II)
MIXED UP IDIOMS Write some original sentences with unusual/interesting idioms, transfer them to index cards (1 word per card). Pair of students get a set of cards, unscramble the sentence and guess the meaning of the idiom. Students write their own sentences on index cards and exchange with a partner, unscramble. PHOTO FINISHES Give students…
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IDIOM ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY FLOWING (PART II)
GESTURES Write each idiom on an index card, shuffle them. Students come to the front of the room, choose a card and act out that idiom. The rest of the class must guess which idiom it is. ORIGINAL IDIOMS Students create their own idioms. For their nonliteral phrase, students describe the situation and draw a…
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IDIOM ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY FLOWING (PART I)
BACK TO THE SOURCE Can your students tell a creative story that shows how the idiom could have come to be? Groups of students get a choice of idioms and write a short story illustrating how each idiom came to be, then illustrate their stories. PICTURE PERFECT Students choose an idiom to illustrate and divide…
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Classroom MANAGEMENT Mantra ^_^
Found these some MANTRAS from of of my favorite TEACHING website. Trying my best to spell all the mantras when I’m teaching as good as possible ^_^ DO: Use ROUTINES and RITUALS Increase SELF-ESTEEM with praise and encouragement Show your students that you CARE about them Try to be a ROLE MODEL CHANGE it…
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10 FUNNIEST ENGLISH IDIOMS
Back with SOME FUNNIEST IDIOMS ^_^ The lights are on, but nobody home >> “About a stupid person” When pigs fly >> “About something that will NEVER EVER happen” To have Van Gogh’s ears for music >>”To be tone deaf” To pig out >>”To eat a lot and it quickly” Everything but the kitchen sink…
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Activities for Conversation Class (PART II)
1. Creative Improvisation Write your current vocabulary words on index cards, and have students pull two or three cards. 2 students improve a dialogue, each racing to use his words in an appropriate context first. The first one to use all of his words wins. 2. Mystery Partner Have student 1 role play the host…
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Activities for Conversation Class (PART I)
Tag Team Role Play The classic role play is one of the best activities for your conversation students. For a twist, have 2 students work as team in 1 conversation. If S1 gets stuck for ideas or just doesn’t know what to say, he tags S2 in to take over the dialogue. Role Play Change…
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IDEAS for Teaching ESL and EFL
IDIOM OF THE WEEK Once a week focus on one or more high frequency idioms from your lesson. Explain it and have students use it in conversation and writing. IN CLASS WRITING Have students occasionally spend the class session writing to a composition topic. This provides practice in writing under timed circumstances and without assistance.…