Thursday 17 December 2015

Some ideas for your Christmas classes.

In this entry you will find some ideas to use in your classes connected to Christmas. You will find Christmas songs, activities for all levels and even some ideas to make Christmas decorations with your younger students.

I hope you enjoy it.

Thursday 10 December 2015

Prepositions of Time

Here you have a short video to help review Prepositions of Time. This is just an example of the kind of resources you can find on VOA Lerning English website.


LONELY PLANET FOR KIDS

Those of you who know me will not be surprised when you see this entry because it is closely connected to travelling, and that is definitely my passion.

Lonely Planet has been a leading trade mark in guide books for several decades and nowadays it is the largest travel guide book publisher company in the world.
www.lonelyplanet.com

Although their guides have often been criticised for different reasons, they offer very practical information to the independent traveller.

Today I want to share with you, the authentic material they have created for English speaking kids and that you will be able to explore on your own on the following link.
www.lonelyplanet.com/kids
On this website you will not only find all the published books designed for kids, but you will also find some resources and fun activities for your students.

Here you have the promotional video of Africa in Amazing World Atlas. 




You could use the application for tablets as well as check the book in case you find it useful. 

If you click HERE, you will find some resources to download and ready to use in your classes. Some of them look very nice to work with young students and to work contents connected to geography. 

You can also try getting a copy of The Travel Book, entering a competition. You can find all the information in their blog

I hope your students like the activities. 

Friday 4 December 2015

Write a rap about the news of 2015

The New York Times organizes the fifth rap competition about the most important news in 2015. Students 13 to 19 years from all over the world can enter the competition.
12th January will be the last day to post your contributions.
To get more information you can click on this link. You will also find a lesson plan on this website with a rubric to help teacher and students.
You can also watch last year winner rap to find some inspiration.  

Thursday 3 December 2015

ONCE Competition. This course you can also take part in English!!

The 32nd School Competition organised by ONCE gives schools the possibility, for the first time, to take part in English. The topic is "Discovering your talent changes everything" and this is the promotional video.


The objective of the competition is that students discover not only their own talent but also their classmates' talent and that they realise the importance of working in groups.

The materials in English are available on the ONCE website in the "Material Didáctico" section or by clicking on the following links. 
Good luck!!