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    • BEHIND THE SCENES OF ELT-CATION
  • Lesson Plans & Activities
    • ‘A’ IS FOR ALPHABET, ‘G’ IS FOR GAMES
    • BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS
    • CAN YOU GUESS WHAT I LOOK LIKE?
    • Crafty Teaching: Low-Cost Ideas and Aids
    • DO YOU SPEAK KINDNESS?
    • FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT
    • ICE ICE, BABY: WRITING A CINQUAIN
    • IDIOMS IN CLOSE-UP
    • JUST FOLLOW THE FROG
    • MAD LIBS
    • NOUGHTS AND CROSSES:VERB TENSE REVIEW
    • SHOW ME YOUR POKER FACE
    • SPOKEN GRAMMAR MATTERS
    • THE SECRET KEEPER GAME: HOW TO SPILL THE BEANS
    • Using Art in the Classroom
    • WHEN EMOTIONS FIND THEIR WORDS
    • WORD GAMES
    • Role Plays
      • O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
    • Creative & Thoughtful Writing
      • Purpose of Life
      • Writing poetry
    • Effective Communication
      • HAPPINESS MATTERS
      • ALL ABOUT THAT BASS
      • MERRY CHRISTMAS! (WICKED VERSION)
      • WHAT DO YOUR FLIMBIES SAY ABOUT THAT?
    • Vocabulary quickies
      • WOW Me!
      • Is it Teachable?
      • DANCE-ISH?
      • ARE YOU TICKETY-BOO?
    • Grammar quickies
      • She must be in …OR?
      • It’s All about Tenses: Time to ‘Chocolate’
      • Try Walking in their Shoes
    • Humour
      • Puns
      • Hoaxes
    • Icebreakers & Warm-ups
    • Manners Matter: ‘Move Fast and Break Things’
    • MAFIA ON TRIAL: WALK THE TALK
    • Reading Shakespeare: Making it a Living Experience
    • VALENTINE’S DAY: SCAVENGER HUNT
    • Homophones Quiz
    • Business English & ESP
  • Teaching Tips & Tricks
    • 10 WAYS TO MAKE GAP-FILLS MORE LEARNING-RICH
    • ALL IN ONE: VOCABULARY ORGANIZER/FLASH CARD MAKER
    • CREATIVE LOW-COST TEACHING/LEARNING AIDS
    • GAMES OF IMAGINATION
    • HOW TO DO MORE BY DOING LESS: TESTING
    • IT’S ALL IN YOUR HANDS
    • ONCE YOU’VE HAD A PUPPET, YOU NEVER GO BACK
    • POETRY IN THE CLASSROOM: 10 FUN ACTIVITIES
    • SO YOU THINK YOU CAN’T SING
    • PASSING THE BARRIERS
    • THE REAL TRICK: TURNING A TEST INTO A GAME
    • GAMIFICATION: LEVEL UP
    • LET’S GO PHYSICAL
    • HEY, TEACHER, GIVE THOSE KIDS A BREAK!
    • JUST GOOGLE IT
    • GOING GRAPHIC: 4 SQUARES FOR BETTER SPEAKING
    • HOW TO TEACH SHAKESPEARE: WHAT DOES THE BARD SAY?
    • It’s Time for PechaKucha: Do it with Style
    • Neuro_ELT
    • Teacher Leadership
    • TEACHING *FUN*DAMENTALS
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Category: lesson plans and activities

lesson plans and activities

FOOD MAP

13 May 201917 May 2019
"I came, I saw, I ate." - The Story of a Modern Tourist Are you looking for a creative project idea? Here's a yummy project for your students that will…
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5 WAYS TO USE GOOGLE ASSISTANT IN THE ELT CLASSROOM

6 May 201912 May 2019
Last summer I took the plunge and dived in the world of AI, Python and Java-based app developers to see what potential AI and coding might have for teaching and…
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WORDLESS VIDEOS FOR ELT-2

9 Apr 201931 May 2019
Here's my second post in the series Silence is Golden, Duct Tape is Silver aka Wordless Videos for ELT sharing more wordless videos that are short (about 2-4 minutes), highly engaging, and appropriate…
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

21 Dec 201821 Dec 2018
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go...♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ It’s that time of the year again, the time to do festive spirit activities and wish…
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HOCUS POCUS

29 Oct 201830 Oct 2018
When you are a teacher and you've seen it all, it takes more than a few dancing skeletons and a couple of ghosts to send shivers down your spine. 'Shadows…
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BACK TO SCHOOL: 8 Q&A ACTIVITIES

26 Aug 20188 Sep 2018
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." — Calvin So long, summer, we'll miss you. I hope you've all recharged your batteries, made unforgettable memories and…
lesson plans and activities

STEP BY STEP: WORD PAIRS (GUEST POST)

23 Apr 201823 Apr 2018
“Mr Walker will explain the nuts and bolts” “Nuts and bolts! I thought we were talking about marketing French fries!” In this guest post, Daria Vaskova - our fellow English language…
lesson plans and activities

CREATIVE THINKING: WALKING THROUGH WORDS

5 Jan 20185 Jan 2018
Worlds behind words Here's a little test for you. One of these two aliens is a 'kiki', and the other one is a 'bouba'. Which is which? Have you picked…
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LIVEN UP YOUR CLASS: SPOONS

30 Dec 2017
#LiveningUpTheProcessChallenge Some time ago I was asked on Twitter to share a set of realia or objects I like to bring to teacher training sessions (see Zhenya's blog here and…
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‘SEASONINGS’ GREETINGS

18 Dec 2017
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to pun on a lovely Christmas day! Christmas is on the way - bloggers have activated snow…

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