Today’s annual Earth Day Doodle was created in partnership with one of the planet’s most influential advocates: Ethologist (animal behaviour expert), conservationist, activist, and animal-lover Dr Jane Goodall, who has dedicated her life to studying and protecting our environment. In it, Jane shares her personal message to the world on Earth Day 2018, including some of her inspiration and what we can all do to have a positive impact on our planet.
Lesson plan Reading Comprehension
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
The History of English
Have you ever wondered where the English language began? How did it evolve? When did it start? Click on the first image below and learn about this beautiful language with a neat interactive scrolling infographic.
Halloween Quiz & Activities
Halloween Quiz
Halloween Interactive Reading Activity
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Watch the video and answer the following questions:
- Where and when did Halloween start?
- Who were the first people to celebrate Halloween?
- When was New Year's Day celebrated 2,000 years ago?
- How did Halloween get its name? The word comes from medieval England's All Hallows' ___.
- Why did people start wearing costumes on Halloween?
- How did it become an American festivity?
- What's the name given to carved pumpkins?
- Why do people trick-or-treat on Halloween?
Click here if you want to watch the 6th annual 'Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy.' #YouTubeChallenge
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Why Are There So Many French Words In English?
Click on the following link and answer the questions below:
- How many French words have entered English throughout history?
- Why so many?
- What effect did this massive loan process have on the structure of English?
- How did French influence English pronunciation?
Learning Theorists
Theories of learning that helped change teaching methodologies developed by six remarkable educational theorists and researchers, namely Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, Benjamin Bloom, Erik Erikson and Howard Gardner.
The Book with No Pictures
I had to post this video I came across with a few minutes ago on twitter. It is from one of my all time favourite sites for EFL/ ESL teachers
http://community.eflclassroom.com/video/boo-boo-butt
Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
More Summer Reading Tips
Still haven't decided what to read this summer? I hope these few tips might help you choose a nice book.
What Should I Read First
Enter a book you like and the site will analyse their huge database of real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.
Whichbook
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How are you feeling today? Happy, sad, somewhere in between? Do you like edgy books, or would you prefer light reading? No problem, Whichbook allows you to customize your book search based on mood, taste, genre and several other factors to help you find books that suit your disposition.
The 50 Coolest Authors of all Time
The 50 coolest Books Ever
Too cool, maybe. Try searching on these websites below:
The 50 coolest Books Ever
Too cool, maybe. Try searching on these websites below:
What Should I Read First
Enter a book you like and the site will analyse their huge database of real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.
Whichbook
How are you feeling today? Happy, sad, somewhere in between? Do you like edgy books, or would you prefer light reading? No problem, Whichbook allows you to customize your book search based on mood, taste, genre and several other factors to help you find books that suit your disposition.
Summer Readings
Visit the original entry at the Hunger Games Lessons webpage
Take a look now at this cute infographic by courtesy of Teach Make A Difference. One of my faves on the list The Perks of Being a Wallflower. You can't misss the movie either
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Tales of 20th Century London
A Haunted History Book
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Exploring 20th Century London
Malala, a Powerful Girl
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala is from the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban has banned girls from attending school. Malala, whose family ran a chain of local schools, publicly stood against the Taliban’s actions and launched an international movement.
On October 9th, 2012, a gunman from the Taliban boarded a school bus and shot her in the head. Malala remained in critical condition in the days following the attack but survived. Since then, she has continued to advocate internationally for women’s education.
Continue reading here and try the comprehension activities.
Continue reading here and try the comprehension activities.
Glastonbury Festival 26th -30th June 2013
People travel from all over the world to experience this 33-year-old event. The first festival took place on a farm in a small village called Pilton, which is near the town of Glastonbury in Somerset, UK. It was held in September of 1970 and was called Pilton Festival - approximately 2,000 people attended.
The man who created the festival, Michael Eavis, was inspired by a nearby festival he had visited. The following year, a stage shaped like a pyramid was built and 12,000 people attended. There was not another festival until 1979.
There have been festivals held on most years since 1981 and all the profits are given to charities. It is now formally known as the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and is set in 700 acres of farmland. There are around 25 different stages, fields, and tents where music, theatre, comedy, dance and lots more is all performed.
Can you find Glastonbury on the map?
The man who created the festival, Michael Eavis, was inspired by a nearby festival he had visited. The following year, a stage shaped like a pyramid was built and 12,000 people attended. There was not another festival until 1979.
There have been festivals held on most years since 1981 and all the profits are given to charities. It is now formally known as the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and is set in 700 acres of farmland. There are around 25 different stages, fields, and tents where music, theatre, comedy, dance and lots more is all performed.
Listen to this catchy song below and find out where the band Of Monsters and Men are from.
The Grammar Lesson by Scott Thornbury
I have just come across this funny and thought-provoking piece of writing, a doggerel, by Scott Thornbury. The blog entry here.
The Grammar Lesson
The teacher enters briskly, taps the board:
‘Now pay attention, class, and not a word.’
Her steely gaze subdues the general clamour.
‘I’m going to teach the rules of English grammar.’
‘Now pay attention, class, and not a word.’
Her steely gaze subdues the general clamour.
‘I’m going to teach the rules of English grammar.’
‘I’ll start by explicating all the tenses,
Their forms, a few examples, and their senses.
We’ll finish, as is usual with a test.
A prize for which of you can answer best.’
Their forms, a few examples, and their senses.
We’ll finish, as is usual with a test.
A prize for which of you can answer best.’
He always takes the bus (she writes). ‘The present.
(Though present, as we speak, it clearly isn’t).
We call this timeless present “present simple”.
My tailor’s very rich is an example.’
(Though present, as we speak, it clearly isn’t).
We call this timeless present “present simple”.
My tailor’s very rich is an example.’
‘Now look at me,’ she orders, as she paces
Between the rows of startled little faces.
‘I’m walking to the door. Now I am turning.
I’m teaching you the grammar. You are learning.’
Between the rows of startled little faces.
‘I’m walking to the door. Now I am turning.
I’m teaching you the grammar. You are learning.’
Intending that her actions be the stimulus,
She demonstrates the present tense (continuous).
‘For acts that are in progress, it’s expressive,
And so it’s sometimes classified “progressive”.’
She demonstrates the present tense (continuous).
‘For acts that are in progress, it’s expressive,
And so it’s sometimes classified “progressive”.’
‘Now, who is this?’ She shows a pic of Caesar.
‘An ancient Roman?’ someone says, to please her.
She draws a Roman galley, oars and mast.
‘He came, he saw, he conquered: simple past’.
‘An ancient Roman?’ someone says, to please her.
She draws a Roman galley, oars and mast.
‘He came, he saw, he conquered: simple past’.
‘And when he came, the weather – it was pouring’,
She adds this detail to her simple drawing,
And with a gesture eloquently sinuous
She illustrates what means the past continuous.
She adds this detail to her simple drawing,
And with a gesture eloquently sinuous
She illustrates what means the past continuous.
‘I’ve been to China. In my life. Just once.
Time not important. Use the perfect tense.
He lost the race since he had started last:
Had started represents the perfect past.’
Time not important. Use the perfect tense.
He lost the race since he had started last:
Had started represents the perfect past.’
‘Although it seems a little bit excessive,
We also use the perfect with progressive.
Have you been playing badminton? is how
We ask if something’s happening to now.’
We also use the perfect with progressive.
Have you been playing badminton? is how
We ask if something’s happening to now.’
‘The future forms we’ll save until … the future.
I think by now you have the general picture.
So pen and paper out – yes, you have guessed it:
I’ve taught you stuff and now it’s time to test it.’
I think by now you have the general picture.
So pen and paper out – yes, you have guessed it:
I’ve taught you stuff and now it’s time to test it.’
And this is how, as any learner knows,
The English language grammar lesson goes.
And this is why (the moral of my verse)
The English language learner can’t converse.
The English language grammar lesson goes.
And this is why (the moral of my verse)
The English language learner can’t converse.
Illustrations from Jan, J.M. & Ollúa, R. (1950) El Inglés Práctico; Comercio, Exámenes y Viajes, Buenos Aires: Academias Pitman.
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