HOW TO MAKE PIZZA

What a weird way. Video and article.......

How colleges fight for top students.

An article from NPR (National Public Radio) and a listening on how good students get scholarships in the US.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT

An inspirational video to work on , maybe as a warmer

Weird Names

This is a quite shocking article on naming children from the BBC Learning English webpage. Students could read this article aloud in class and try to guess the meaning of the words and expressions in bold.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/071001_unusual_names.shtml

March 16-  International sleep day!

an activity

 to practice idioms related to sleep

and a listening activity from BREAKING NEWS

SAINT PATRICK DAY

An activity for Saint Patrick's Day in which students find the connection between some pictures. They then do a quiz about the people and things in the pictures.

http://www.ejc.net/media_landscape/article/ireland/



A series of  videos
on the history of St PATRICK , the traditions and so on.....

International Women's day 

An activity from IT'S TEACHERS magazine

Oasis

Students click here and complete a text on the British band Oasis. Then, they listen to their famous song 'Wonderwall' and fill in the gaps.

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Jokes

A funny lesson, ideal for a Friday class (approximately 30-35 minutes).

Activity 1: Students read and complete these English jokes individually or in pairs. Then some volunteers read them aloud to correct the exercise.

Activity 2: The teacher prints several jokes from this website, cuts them in pieces and gives a piece with just one joke to some students. Those who got a piece of paper go to the front of the class and tell their joke to their classmates. The teacher should decide if they are allowed to read their joke or if they must memorise it first and tell it afterwards.

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Scotland

This activity is designed to be done in a computer lab so that each student can do this webquest individually. The aim of this lesson is to teach students about Scotland and its culture, as part of the United Kingdom.

Teachers should give students some time to find the answers to the questions and could tell their students to share them afterwards.

It would be nice to link this activity to another lesson related to Scotland (such as the video 'Eleven', which deals with the Scottish accent) or to listen to a famous song by a Scottish band, e.g.: 'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol.

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Be careful what you tweet

Teachers may like to read with their students this striking newspaper article on two British turists who got arrested when visiting the USA due to some comments they had published on Twitter prior to their visit.

It would be interesting to read the text aloud and explain the vocabulary students may have difficulty with, since the news has not been adapted to foreign learners of English.

Teachers may also like to have a debate in class and ask students about social networks and the sort of things they publish on Twitter or Facebook.

V-DAY

San Valentine's day is approaching. 
A good way to deal with this topic is to let our students get in the mood for celebrating it and then stimulate a debate on the over commercialized celebration.
The following  activity will take more than one period and will cover both reading/creating a poem and a class discussion on the meaning of some adverts shown  in the US.
 They can read about history and traditions here:
http://eltreddot.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/valentines-day-history-traditions/

 powerpoint 

Groundhog Day

Today is Groundhog Day! Would you like to know the origins of this American holiday? Read this article. Then watch this video and do the quiz next to it.

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Martin Luther King Day

It is a United States holiday held on the third Monday of January. Would you like to know who Martin Luther King was and why he was so important to American history?
Read this article
Then, watch this video about his most famous speech and complete the quiz.

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Thanksgiving Day

Click here and learn about the history and recipes of Thanksgiving Day. How well did you do in the quiz?
Then, watch this video and learn about the history of pumpkin pie.

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Guy Fawkes Night

Go to this website and learn about this famous British festivity celebrated on 5th November.

 

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Aliens and UFOs

Two lessons on aliens and UFOs.

The first one includes listening, reading, vocabulary and speaking exercises. Duration: 50 minutes.
Click here to download the Word document.

The second lesson consists of a listening and a dictation activity on the same topic. Duration: 50 minutes.
Click here to download the Word document.

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