Not all writing activities need to be essays or articles. In fact, students should get into the habit of writing regularly — if not every day, then at least once a week during an English lesson. This helps them get used to producing texts under time pressure and encourages them to share small pieces of…… Continue reading B2.1 Writing: Short Childhood Stories Using Used To, Past Simple & Past Continuous
Struggling to come up with an idea to pull your A2s up into using past tenses?You’re not alone! I, too, was looking for a way to get my students to move beyond short, mechanical sentences and actually use past tenses in meaningful contexts. That’s how Our Disaster Holiday was born — a fun, multi-layered activity…… Continue reading A2 The Day My A2s Missed Their Flight… and Nailed the Past Simple
📚 This Lesson at a Glance This lesson explores the controversial question of whether young offenders should be punished like adults. Using an authentic video report and an adapted text, students will build key vocabulary related to youth crime, discuss the root causes and consequences of rising violence among teenagers, and practise their opinion-writing skills.…… Continue reading B2 Should Young Offenders Be Punished Like Adults?
I was so depressed when I saw the contents related to the Past Perfect. The Past Perfect Continuous was equally disheartening. I thought I had to do something much more interesting. After all, why can’t grammar be interesting or even amazing? So I found some inspiration from Cristina Cabal’s lesson using a Heyzine flipping book…… Continue reading B2 An Interactive Lesson on the Tower of London, Grammar, and Mystery
I’m so grateful to have found this video by Freethink, that will not only provide my students with the opportunity to speak about community problems, but it is also witnesses an inspiring approach to dealing with poverty, famine and the feeling of hopelessness. It also proves that WE as CITIZENS CAN rethink how our system…… Continue reading How Urbane Farming Saved a Dallas Community
In 2016 Huffpost launched a campaign calling for action against the astronomical amount of food that was being dumped into the bins by supermarkets in the USA. Although the article is already over three years old, I’ve adapted it as a reading activity that you can do after listening to the video that briefly explains…… Continue reading Food waste and what we can do about it.
Now the cold weather has arrived, people retire from the streets early to take refuge in their warm houses and, as usual there is nothing decent on telly. Now is the time when we really feel like curling up on our couches, cat-like, with a hot cup of tea, cocoa or coffee, opening an enjoyable book…… Continue reading The 10 Scariest stories from Madeleine Davies’ blog, Jezebel
