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Activities for Teaching the Future Perfect (PART I)
FIVE YEAR PLAN Have your students heard the expression “5 Year Plan”? Give them a chance to create a plain of their own. Once their plans are finished, students share with the class what they will have done before those 5 years are complete, using the future perfect BY THE TIME “By the time’ is…
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KNOW A WORD: Things Students Need To Know AND How a Teacher Help Them (PART II)
THE CONNOTATIONS OF THE WORD Is the item used with any other meaning? Give learners examples of any positive or negative connotations or associations the word might have THE SITUATIONS WHEN THE WORD IS OR ISN’T USED Is this word formal or informal or neutral? Does it sound old-fashioned or new? Is it used more…
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KNOW A WORD: Things Students Need To Know AND How a Teacher Help Them (PART I)
THE MEANING Encourage students to guess the meaning from the context Provide dictionaries or ask them to translate the word if appropriate Ask concept-checking questions THE FORM Is it regular or irregular? Transitive or intransitive? Is it a verb/noun/adjective or adverb? Encourage students to record this information. THE PRONUNCIATION Ask students to repeat the word,…
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Simple British Slang Phrases YOU SHOULD START USING ^_^ – PART II
Collywobbles: Nervousness; butterflies in the stomach. Crease up: To laugh heartily (so one’s face creases up). Crumpet: A sexually desirable person. Ear-bashing: A severe reprimand. “He got a right ear-bashing after crashing his dad’s car into that buffalo.” Fall arse over tit: Take a tumble/head over heels. Legless: So drunk, one has difficulty standing. Liquid lunch:…
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Simple British Slang Phrases YOU SHOULD START USING ^_^ – PART I
Taking the piss: Making fun of something. Tosh: Rubbish/nonsense. Tosser: A contemptible idiot. Twee: Overly dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint. “Her bunny-themed tea set is so utterly twee.” Wazzock: Imbecile. Wonky: Unstable. “The table leg’s a bit wonky; you might want to slide a book under it.” Dodgy: Suspicious, dubious. “I ate a dodgy curry last night and now…
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The Two-Toed Tree-Toad – Tongue Twister
A tree-toad loved a she-toad Who lived up in a tree. He was a two-toed tree-toad, But a three-toed toad was she. The two-toed tree-toad tried to win The three-toed she-toad’s heart, For the two-toed tree-toad loved the ground That the three-toed tree-toad trod. But the two-toed tree-toad tried in vain; He couldn’t please her…
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Ned Nott and Sam Shott – Tongue Twister
Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, Or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But…
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Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PERFECT (PART II)
MOST DEPRIVED Arrange chairs facing into a circle for all but 1 of your students. Student 1 stand in the middle and announce something he has never done (present perfect). Anyone in the circle who has done that activity gets out of his seat and races to find a new seat. Student 1 tires to…
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Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PERFECT (PART I)
GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS What are some of things your students have already accomplished at this time in their lives? Students share 2-3 things they have done that they are most of proud of (in front of the class). The rest of the class asks questions. HAVE YOU EVER? Each student writes 5 sentences stating something she/he…
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Post-it: SIMPLE LEARNING CENTERS YOU CAN DO (PART II)
AND THE ANSWER IS Tap into your students’ creativity with the answer of the Day center. Simply write an answer on a post-it note and put it at the center each day. Your students then use their creativity and question writing skills to write the questions it might answer! BECOME EXPERTS Challenge your students to…