Dave
PET: Writing an Article
This is based on the Article on page 28 of the Compact B1 Textbook from CUP but the activity can be adapted to work with any Article. The...
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Dave
Story Writing
•I did this with my PET class after going through story writing and then getting in for homework some stories that weren’t stories. They...
Dave
Noughts & Crosses
Vocabulary Review •Put them in 2 teams, give each team a mini whiteboard. Have a traditional Noughts & Crosses board on the whiteboard....
James
Teaching Teens to Write for PET & FCE
How to practice the key language and structures for exam success through a series of fun speaking activities. This post is follows a...
James
Learning the past simple: silly stories with common verbs
A series of funny stories to help young learners understand, remember and use the most common English verbs in context.
James
Play, See, Go Activities
A series of classic activities for young learners to practise action phrases taken from SuperMinds 1 Unit 5. Nothing groundbreaking, but st
Dave
Goodbye to Good and Bad Card Game
Help the students be more expressive. Game that fits nicely with Super Minds 6 unit 7 but can be used on its own
Dave
For & Since Card Game
Helping the students remember when to use for and when to use since.
James
Kindness
Video sequencing activity to practise the past perfect.
James
Bridging the Gap: Linking Lessons to Your Students' World.
TESOL Conference, Madrid March 2023 Kids and teenagers often walk into our classrooms engaged in lively debate and eager to share their...
James
Computer Games
Video games are one of the things young students are often keen to talk about. What's more, they probably know more about them than you,...
James
Places in Spain
Vocabulary to practice describing scenery and cities using famous Spanish landmarks.
James
Stressed Out
Speaking activities based on the 21 pilots song. Talking about what we used to do as kids and what we wish were different about life...
James
Harvey Does Housework.
A funny advert for Young learners to review daily chores, with vocabulary like “wash the clothes” & “cook the dinner
Dave
Linking Phrases, Conjunctions, those sorts of things
Rationale I use this activity over the course of 2 lessons to reinforce and help students become more comfortable with how to utilise the...
James
The Fox
What Does the Fox Say? A fantastic teaching resource for young learner EFL classes. Kids love it and it has loads of useful language.
James
Teaching Functional Language with Music.
A syllabus of useful phrases which young learners can learn from the hooks of famous pop songs.
James
Somebody That I Used to Know GOTYE
Vocabulary activity using a the popular song. It's catchy and the lyrics tell a story. It's a handy intro to get students talking about...
Dave
Who's off to stay at 'The Worst Hotel in the World'?
Set up Start the class by having a discussion about the most irritating celebrity in Spain/your country. Try and a reach a group...
Dave
Who am I? - For or Since Edition!
A Creative Way to Review For & Since There are several ways to do this activity, depending on the level of support you feel your students...
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