Category: Teaching

  • 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…

  • Post-it: SIMPLE LEARNING CENTERS YOU CAN DO (PART I)

    PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES Start with a base word written on a post it Students add prefixes and suffixes, each written on its own post-it Reverse the process and have students break down a longer word STUDENT NEWS Post a laminated piece of poster board in a corner of your room. Label it “The News Nook.”…

  • Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (PART II)

    PICTURE PERFECT Using an action packed magazine photo, have student 1 describe the picture to student 2. Student 2 draws what student 1 is describing (using the present progressive). Once the pair is finished, they compare picture and (most likely) get a laugh out of the difference. Students change roles with a second picture. A…

  • Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (PART I)

    CHARADE CALL OUT Have a student act our an activity (such as brushing teeth, washing dishes or getting money from the ATM), and have the rest of the class out what he is doing using the present progressive SORRY, I CAN’T What can’t your students do now because they are doing something else? Have each…

  • “Why English is so Hard” – POEM

    We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house…

  • Smart One Liners

    Which one of these is the non-smoking lifeboat? Treat each day as your last; one day you will be right. Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Isn’t it scary that doctors call what…

  • One Liners about life ^_^

    Sounds like its time to get that Enterprise built! Time does’nt exist. Clocks exists. My mind’s made up, don’t confuse me with facts. Talk is cheap. Until you hire a lawyer. Take my advice — I’m not using it. I got lost in thoughts. It was unfamiliar territory. Sure, I’d love to help you out…

  • Funny One Liners

    When your only tool is a hammer, all problems start looking like nails. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. The last thing I want to do is insult you. But it IS on the list. I don’t have a solution, but I do…

  • Short Puns

    The road to hell is paved with good intentions. When one door shuts, another opens. He who pays the piper calls the tune. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. A fool with…

  • Sarcastic Quotes, Sarcasm Sayings – PART V

    “Don’t make me hit you again!” “You’re going to hit me again? No, don’t do that! I might not survive!” Are you always this retarded or are you making a special effort today? I’m not your type. I’m not inflatable. “I’d insult you, but the sad truth is that you wouldn’t understand and if I…