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Activities for Teaching the Simple Past (PART I)
Charade Series In an activity similar to charades. Students describe the steps in a process after their classmate acts it out. Have one student pantomime an activity (brushing his teeth, writing letter, etc). Once the charade is over. Students describe each step in the process using the simple past. Dear Diary Writing about their day…
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Activities for Teaching the Simple Past (PART II)
1.Double Duty Review How much do your students remember from class yesterday? Find out by asking them to tell you what you did in class yesterday using the simple past. If the majority of your class travelled overseas to study English, have them share what they did before they came to the U.S 2. Good…
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Activities for Teaching the Simple Present (PART I)
Daily Routines Ask student to talk with one another about their daily routines. What do they do in the morning? Evening? Have them write out a schedule for the day to collect their ideas before talking about them with a classmate. Cultural Norms Give your students a chance to share some of their culture as…
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Activities for Teaching the Simple Present (PART II)
1.Where Am I? Students picture a place that they would like to visit, and write 5 sensory statements as if they were at that place. Then, students guess where their classmate is. Questions: Are you _____? Review the different uses of at/on/in when used to describe location 2. Present Simple BINGO Mingle Brainstorm a list…
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ENGLISH IS A CRAZY LANGUAGE
“Let’s face it – ENGLISH IS A CRAZY LANGUAGE” There is no EGG in EGGPLANT nor HAM in HAMBURGER; neither APPLE nor PINE in PINEAPPLE. ENGLISH MUFFINS weren’t invented in ENGLAND or FRENCH fries in FRANCE. SWEETMEATS are CANDIES while SWEETBREADS, which aren’t SWEET, are MEAT. QUICKSAND can work SLOWLY, BOXING RINGS are SQUARE…
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When you learn a foreign language
When you’re learning a foreign language. Here are the tips you should do: Read aloud but focus on PRONUNCIATION & ACCURACY (this is what my English Instructor told when I got my course in high school) VOCAB with FLASHCARD? Hmm, I didn’t do this often Practice new GRAMMAR rules (Whether we like it or not!…