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Back to School Activities and Motivation

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Browsing around for new school year first day ideas, I came upon some activities that would be interesting to try out. I also found some classroom posters that are really cool. So here they are:

1] TeamExercises is a youtube channel full of team games that can be used throughout the school year. You can absolutely find a game to start the day!

2] A first day lesson proposal that uses poetry and can match all levels.

3] Just a reminder for Categories, the classic vocabulary game that most students love playing and can be adapted to match a first day by asking for classroom objects or school subjects or school routine verbs!

4] Free download colourful icebreakers along with suggestions on how to use them.

5] 10 Motivational Posters for Your Classroom to brighten up the space and also generate discussion about classroom rules and moods!

6] Finally, an article on how to be kind to ESL learners!

If crafting sounds as a more appealing first day activity, here’s an older entry with some ideas: last-minute-new-school-year-crafts

Salad Decoration: Know Your Fruit And Vegetables!

Photo: www.hellowonderful.co/post/8-CREATIVE-WAYS-TO-GET-KIDS-TO-EAT-SALAD

Summer indulges us in fruits and vegetables inspiring nutritious creativity! Either for a party or our personal pleasure, salads can be refreshing not only to our palate but eyes, too. Have a look at this collection of what I think easy and impressive salad decoration ideas along with their instructions.

Photo: www.savvymom.ca/index.php/partysavvy/easter-party/4184/food

Beginner or not, revise and play with some fruit and vegetables vocabulary with the following resources.

photo: www.simplifylivelove.com/easy-summer-fruit-snack/

GAMES

Listening matching game at digitaldialects.com

Fruits Listening Memory Game and  Vegetables Listening Memory Game at eslgamesworld.com

Fruits crossword puzzle and Vegetables crossword puzzle at iteslj.org

Choose the kind of word game you like at manythings.org for fruit and vegetables

QUIZZES

Vegetables vocabulary quiz at englishmedialab.com

Comprehension exercises at tolearnenglish.com and a4esl.org

Fruit listening quizzes and Vegetables listening quizzes at 123listening.com

Biology Frenzy

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Are you mad for Biology or do you feel like exploring this field? Here is a list of relevant links to study, play and learn Biology.

A science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History.

Biochemistry quiz     (you can change the settings and select study-cards, learn, speller etc or even modify the type of quiz questions)

Biology vocabulary quiz  at cram.com

Biology vocabulary quiz at proprofs.com
Play Quiz: The Amazing World of Biology! now!

The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona.

Biology games at reviewgamezone.com

Free Biology worksheets at en.islcollective.com

Welcome Spring! Vocabulary, Idioms, Games, Activities

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What does spring mean to you? What vocabulary, images or feelings do you associate with it? Brainstorm for a minute and then explain your choices. You may wish to spot specific words or phrases in this springtime list found at the following cool site words-to-use.com.

Gardening is the ultimate springtime activity. What about playing some games?

  1. match words and pictures about gardening
  2. The Spring vocabulary game
  3. Spring bulb flowers
  4. Spring flowers
  5. Spring in Art and Music

Idioms are a never ending story in the english language and yes… there are many built around the word spring. Do you know any? Check the meaning and use of some spring idioms. When you feel ready play some spring idioms games.

If you are in the mood, it could be a good idea to start a web quest for spring related poems; or perhaps lines and quotes have already started swarming into your mind like happy spring bees waiting to be illustrated into picture quotes. How can you make it happen? Here’s a comprehensive guide of Top 20 Web Apps to Create Picture Quotes and Meme Posters which you can read through and try.

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Get The Basics Of Figurative Language

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Just Outside the Box Cartoons by Marti is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Based on a work atwww.justoutsidetheboxcartoon.com.

Come on! Don’t be a couch potato! Before exclaiming: “I’m done with figurative language!” take some time to STUDY the following resources. Then check yourself. I’m sure you will find it a piece of cake in the end!

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Historic Or Historical?

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A few times these past days I was asked about the difference between the words “historic” and “historical”. Although these adjectives are close in meaning, their usage is different. In a few words, every past event is historical, but what stands out is historic:

“historic” 

very important, very influential in relation to history, e.g. the historic first flight, a historic battle (of major importance)

“historical”

existing in the past (not necessarily important), or concerning the past, e.g. historical times (period in history when written records began to be kept), a historical film

Check the following sentences:

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  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe is considered a historic novel because it changed the views of slavery and still reminds us of the effects of slavery and cruelty.
  • I enjoy reading historical novels and books about war and warriors.

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  • He likes collecting historical photographs. His albums contain some historic ones like the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

As our national holiday is approaching (there are two relevant references about the historic events here and here), it is such an appropriate moment to satisfy this question with more references:

Definition at    dictionary.cambridge.org     oxforddictionaries.com    thefreedictionary.com

Examples and quiz at  grammar-monster.com

Tips and tricks at   quickanddirtytips.com

Now, would you like to play with some historical events, historic characters and sites?

Find the  Famous Historical Sites

Find the Historical People

 

From Ancient Greek Theatre and Drama to ESL/EFL Classroom: Kick Off with These Resources

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Fully into summer holidays and ancient Greek drama festivals are being held around the country. Watching at least one ancient Greek drama performance has always been in my summer holidays agenda as a natural part of it, since my hometown is close to an ancient Greek theatre with a long festival history.

Walking on the sleekly eroded stones, along with the flow of  spectators, I cannot help but think of a similar procession some two and a half thousand years ago, only not for an evening’s entertainment but for an all day experience. Ancient Greeks came to watch three entire tragedies, followed by a comedy play as this was the scheme for the drama contest taking place.

There is no contest in our days, but it is definetely considered great honor  for directors  and actors as well to have the chance to present their work in one of these theaters. As for the audience, I am sure they share a similar attitude towards the didactic nature of ancient drama with their ancestors. The theatre in ancient Greece was regarded as a place of instruction, an educational institution.

These thoughts triggered my desire to scan the web in connection to esl/efl and here we go:

ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE AND DRAMA

bbc.co.uk           photos, facts, activities, games for children

greece.mrdonn.org        information, clip art for children

youtube.com      tragedy and comedy

theatrefolk.com         who,what, where, when of ancient greek theatre and drama

artsedge city dionysia

artsedge.kennedy-center.org           historical development of theater in Ancient Greece for high school students along with a “Stage your own Tragedy” online application

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odysseus.culture.gr            theatres and odeums in Greece

whitman.edu      a virtual reality tour of ancient theatre in Greece

youtube.com     the ancient Greek theatre – the theatre of Epidaurus

greekfestival.gr           Epidaurus festival 2014

 

MAKE ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA MASKS AND COSTUMES

activityvillage.co.uk    mask craft

education.scholastic.co.uk   mask craft

hunkinsexperiments.com    dress up in a Greek chiton

 

LESSON PLANS ON ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA

childdrama.com   a Greek play project

brighthubeducation.com       Greek Theatre history in a fun way

incredibleart.org   art lesson plan: Greek Theatre  Masks

ket.org          characteristics of Greek Theatre                                           logo_atk_2

Role-playing is essential for children. Drama is a wonderful way to introduce language learning , letting kids improvise, assume roles and use the language in an entertaining way. Explore some of the thoughts and research bibliography about the use of drama in the EFL/ESL classroom in Chris Boudreault’s article at iteslj.org and also check Using Different Forms of Drama in the EFL Classroom at hltmag.co.uk 

For a quick brainstorm about the different aspects concerning drama in the classroom go through this presentation:

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PLAYSCRIPTS, IDEAS AND INFORMATION ON DRAMA AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

freeeslmaterials.com      an extensive list of links

shellyterrell.com              ideas, improvisation games, resources

esldrama weebly

esldrama.weebly.com      play resources

freedrama.net                   free playscripts

childdrama.com                lesson plans 

kidsinco.com                      playscripts

one-act-plays.com           browse this site for one-act playscripts

 

 

“All come true, all burst to light!” Oedipus

So, what can come true on your classroom stage?