May 27 2011
I was inspired by Magpie Moments “Using Tickets – an Unplugged Approach” lesson to try and adapt this lesson using authentic tickets. The idea for using tickets came from Sandy Millin’s very inspiring (Almost) Infinite ELT ideas blog. I thought this would be suitable for a beginning of the year activity, when the students are [...]
May 09 2011
In the month of May at the high-school we move into exam mode. Some classes are cancelled when the entire grade takes an exam but usually only some of my students will be absent (different pupils each time, depending on the subject they are majoring in). The school yard is half empty during breaks and [...]
Apr 29 2011
Today I was finally able to begin using the first of the computer lessons I prepared over the vacation “Use Your Senses with the Second Conditional” (The link takes you to the lesson I posted 10 days ago, explanation and download-link). From previous experience I knew that my students learn the technical side, the form [...]
Apr 25 2011
Austin Kleon wrote a brilliant piece (with great visuals!) called: HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST (AND 9 OTHER THINGS NOBODY TOLD ME) He refers to his post as “notes on writing and drawing”. I’d like to point out how they are also notes for teaching. I’m following his post point-by-point (the points are direct [...]
Apr 19 2011
Since I read Ceri Jones post about using the senses to relate to a picture I couldn’t get it out of my mind. I really felt that this could be a useful tool for expanding my use of visual materials but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to experiment with it. I decided that the [...]
Mar 29 2011
David Dodgson suggested making a WORD CLOUD of one’s blog. Having seen David’s cloud and Cecilia’s Cloud and Sandy Millin’s CLOUD I decided to follow suit! Here it is: I’m somewhat puzzled. Some things are obvious. The words “goals” and “project” are very prominent because of all the posts related to the 30 goals project [...]
Dec 18 2010
After every lecture I get repeated requests for copies of this picture-activity. It is finally available in digital format! As always, two versions, the red one is easier. kitchen blue kitchen red
Dec 17 2010
Larry Ferlazzo’s lists are a gold mine for eye-catching images. There are so many possibilities here! Just look at this as an example: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/07/07/the-best-images-of-weird-cool-neat-looking-buildings-ways-to-design-your-own/ Here’s one I chose for starters (some of my pupils are studying architectural – draftmanship). They liked it! Once again, there are two versions, the “red” one is easier and uses [...]
Dec 10 2010
My deaf students are extremely efficient texters (what an amazing invention the cell phone is for them!). Yet I know some of my students text while driving! “I can text without looking” they say! True, but what about the reply? When I saw this ad I knew I had to use it! Here are two [...]
Dec 09 2010
As I mentioned in my previous post, I find pictures to be a useful tool for improving reading comprehension skills at all ages – you just need to use appropriate pictures. One of the most important skills that pupils must acquire is answering questions with answers that are relevant to the type of question asked. [...]
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