CHRISTMAS MEMORY GAME ONLINE

I found a great online MEMORY GAME MAKER and I didn't hesitate to make use of it   =)

Here are the results:

⏩CHRISTMAS MEMORY GAME⏪

MODALS ONLINE

In need of some additional exercises on modals?

Here's the list sorted for you ;)

⏩MODALS⏪

THIS - THAT - THESE - THOSE

Grammar bit this time!

Short and sweet both for students and for the teacher.


1. Students copy the table / or  copies are handed out.

ENG:

PL:   

2. Students watch the video and complete the table:

3. Students practice the new material (best to start at 0:37) while watching another video:

Have a nice class!

CHRISTMAS HIP HOP

Lots of RUN DMC t-shirts and sweatshirts in shopping centres recently, don't you think?
I bet many teens are unaware what the name stands for, though they love to wear the clothes ...
Why not make them aware right at Christmas time with

RUN DMC's "Christmas in Hollis"

Let them listen!

                          Let them perform!

(Last year, as an after-the-listening exercise, I asked my pupils to get into two teams, read the text carefully, prepare own props and act out the lyrics. They were really into it and had lots of fun - me too btw :D ).

                                                        Let them watch!

(At the very end, we watched the video and compared pupils' and  RUN DMC's ideas of how to bring the lyrics to life.)

CLOTHES - IDIOMS

These are 5 idioms using clothes words.

Here is how I used the video in a super simple task in my class:
I asked ss to:
- write down the equivalents of the idioms in their mother tongue in a random order:

1. NIE KRYĆ SWYCH UCZUĆ
2. WYSTRZAŁOWO UBRANY
3. BYĆ GŁOWĄ RODZINY
4. NIE UNOŚ SIĘ
5. POSTAWIĆ SIĘ W CZYJEJŚ SYTUACJI

- match the idioms to their translations while watching.

That's it!

... and the video:

MAKE-LET SB DO STH

A GRAMMAR BIT:

useful for the USE OF ENGLISH examination part.

Enjoy!

MAJOR LAZER's LINGO TO 'LEAN ON'

Summer is coming and holidays are near. It's a good time for singing classrooms!

Major Lazer's "Lean On" is perfect for that purpose. There's always at least one student being familiar with the song, it's catchy, it's got a nice video and if your students are fidgety it's got nice moves to follow.

Lyrics + exercises:

Video: ⏩Major Lazer - Lean On⏪

MOMMY'S DAY

Mother's Day is drawing near.

Here's a nice tune to cebrate it with your students in your classroom! 

Lyrics:

Had a fight with my daughter

Over something unimportant

Can't believe just how she screamed

Throwing out the bad words catalogue

Myself - I wasn't better

Demonstrating who's in power

Making up some fake scenarios

'bout anything that matters

Need you to buy me toys

Need you to buy me sweets

Mommy I love you so

Mommy you're all I need

After all is said and done

We're exhausted with emotions

Then a sudden burst of love

Brings the joy and all the huggin'

Had a fight with my daughter 

Over something unimportant

But remember kids are sweet

Sweetest when you watch them sleep

ART-LINGO

It's not a secret that BBC website is full of valuable materials that can be adapted to one's purposes.

This time I needed something related to art and here is what I found.

 ⏩A modern art bunker in Berlin⏪

It presents an intruiging man with an interesting view on art and a real passion for his collection.

Here are some questions you can use for while-watching activity. You are also welcome to add new ones or to suggest pre- or after-watching exercises.

DAFT PUNK's TECH-LINGO

If you need a song for your technology-related vocabulary lesson, "Technologic" will certainly do. 

Below, one of the endless options of how to use it.

To have more fun with your students, you can 

- divide them into teams, 

- set the timer

- find out how fast each team can read the list of the words from one of the wordsnakes (ex.1) 

   [they can read one/or two/ word(s) per student 

   // they can read the list once/or twice - set rules]

- reward the winners.

If you want them to have nightmares, show them the video: ⏩Daft Punk - Technologic⏪  ;-)

(YL) MOZART AT YOUR SERVICE

English as His Majesty among the languages often employs various servants to spread its word and gain even greater fame. This time, I suggest to hire Mozart to that end!

How to benefit from Mozart? Use his "Turkish March" to teach/revise/practice vocabulary with your young learners.

Here is "the how":

Tell your pupils to get into pairs.
Explain them that some of them are going to turn into a pianist and some of them are going to turn into the piano.
One pupil lies down on a carpet and turns into a piano, the other sits beside him/her and turns into a pianist.
Play "Turkish March".
Every time you turn the volume down, you say a word. - If the word is (give them a category - e.g. an animal), they change roles; if it is a different word they continue "the concert".

Pupils really enjoy being Mozart and there are lots of giggles and fun.

(T) GIVE A SHORT TEST A NEW TWIST

Why not change the age-old feeling of loath and reluctance towards tests, at least towards the short tests?

... and I know what some may say: 'It's against the rules!', 'How outrageous!", "I can't believe it!", "Impossible!", etc. etc.

but my suggestion is very simple and it goes:

In what way can it be a prize, you're asking?

Let me make it clear to you.

At the beginning of a lesson / a task you should tell your students that they're going to be given a prize if they (here is the space for your reason). It may be self-discipline, a task they managed to do well, anything else you believe it's worth it.

The prize will be a short test but they will be provided with ALL the items that will appear on the short test (it may be 10 words you REALLY want them to learn,  a translation of 5 sentences you REALLY want them to know - which e.g. are very useful to communicate in English or are great examples of the grammar point you've just practiced, anything which you find necessary for your students to learn.) You shouldn't choose the items at random. 

For your students it will be a great opportunity to get a good mark and for you a great chance to ensure that the key points of what you teach during the lesson are mastered by them.

Remember to use it wisely, though. It should be an incentive, not a routine so

- present it to your students as a great deal;

- don't overuse it;

- inform students about the possibility of such a prize BEFORE the work they need to do to get the prize;

- make it clear what you expect from them.

Does it convince you? Have you ever tried it?