Valentine’s Day can be a difficult holiday to prepare for because people respond to this day in different ways. There are not only cultural differences to be aware of but there are our students’ individual beliefs and experiences to consider. … Continue reading Hearts Bingo
Do you write your lesson plans in Word? Do you limit the amount you can write? Are your lesson plans easy to read? Are your lesson plans easy to complete? This post looks at five tips for lesson planning in … Continue reading 5 Tips for Lesson Planning in Word
I wrote the first part of Hieroglyphs for Teachers two months ago. I initially wrote it as an ideas piece because I originally wanted to hear opinions and suggestions from other teachers. However, I received a few e-mails and a … Continue reading Hieroglyphs for Teachers: Part 2
We’ve all seen the different kinds of students that come into our classes. Some students are confident, some students are talkative and some students are reluctant to participate. There is no one reason why a student is reluctant to participate … Continue reading Dice Cards – An Activity to Encourage Participation
The other week I wanted an activity that would allow students to have a controlled practice that could be done in small groups, but had a repetitive quality to really practice the target language. I decided on dominoes. Dominoes is … Continue reading Word Dominoes
Joanna Malefaki and I worked together on Color Blindness in the Classroom: Part 1 – Color Blind Friendly Charts. We tried to introduce ways to make charts and graphs to easier to read for all students. In this follow-up post, … Continue reading Color Blindness in the Classroom Part 2 – Working with Colors in MS Office
Last week I wrote a post about using nomination cards to give all students a chance to speak. This week I want to look at an activity that could prepare students for discussions. An activity that literally brings students’ ideas together. I’ve not … Continue reading Hex Grids – Students bringing their ideas together
Nomination cards can be used in discussion activities as a way to give all students a chance to speak. It can be a difficult balance trying to facilitate and maintain discussions in the classroom. You have to think about dominant students, … Continue reading Nomination Cards: Giving students a chance to speak
Back in January, Joanna Malefaki from My ELT Rambles asked me if there was a way to customize charts so that they were more color blind friendly. She wanted to create charts that weren’t just based on color. She wanted to … Continue reading Color Blindness in the Classroom: Part 1 – Color Blind Friendly Charts
It’s the beginning of the year and with a few review classes on the horizon, I have been thinking about review activities. This is why I have come back to Jeopardy. I know there are countless posts about using Jeopardy … Continue reading 5 ways to play Jeopardy
