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Circles and such

Level: YL Time: 60 min

Dzisiaj post po polsku, dla polskich czytelników, bo zajęcia wymagają wyprodukowanej w Polsce gry pt. ‘Kółka i spółka’.

Gra składa się z kart oraz wyciętych z grubej tektury kształtów. Kwadraty, koła, trójkąty i prostokąty w trzech rozmiarach i różnych kolorach.

Moje własne dzieciaki korzystały z gry bardzo chętnie, więc postanowiłem wykorzystać ją do zajęć językowych.

Najbardziej oczywiste jest wykorzystanie gry do wprowadzenia nazw kształtów i rozmiarów. Ja dorzuciłem jeszcze okoliczniki miejsca i inne wyrażenia służące do opisu położenia przedmiotów w przestrzeni.

Zaczynam lekcję od wprowadzenia/powtórzenia nazw kształtów. Potem można zrobić jakieś ćwiczenie TPR w stylu rysowania kształtów na plecach, układanie kształtów z długopisów lub ciał dzieci (jeśli macie na to miejsce 😉).

Potem wchodzi załączony handout. Słownictwo, czytanie, pisanie, słuchanie i mówienie. Wszystko jest.

Zapraszam.

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PB&J Sandwich Lesson

Level: Young Learners and up Time: 30-45min

photo: Karolina Grabowska

This lesson was designed as a follow up to my other YL lesson on astronaut food: https://englishvee.com/2021/01/17/kids-try-astronaut-food/

It can be used for YL and more advanced SS, depending on your lesson plan. There are two worksheets to choose from.

I always start the lesson with this video. I pause it after every fail and ask SS three questions:

  1. What went wrong?
  2. How do the kids feel?
  3. How does the dad feel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-lOOUqmyY

Handouts:

This handout is more of a passive, multiple choice, cross-out type of activities…

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This one on the other hand allows T and SS to get a lot more creative. You can ask SS to write a recipefor a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (pb&j) in their own words or based on some YT tutorial. You can also use it to introduce vocabulary for sequencing (First, next, after that, later, last, etc.)

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For more advanced SS you can use this material for a fun and a very educational CLIL activity (science and IT). Invite SS to imagine that they writing instructions for a robot or an alien.

Using the instructions SS provide T attempts to make PB&J sandwiches.

Follow the instructions as literally as possible

It can get super fun, as T (the robot) cannot even open a jar.

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The World in 2021 Calendar

Level: B1 and up Time: 30-45 min

    ELT Teacher Alert!

    This is such a cool idea for the first lesson in the New Year!!!!

    Purchase The World in 2021 edition of The Economist. It’s filled with articles that your students will love.

    My personal favorite is the Calendar with The Economist selection of events around the world. From 63rd Grammy Awards and electric SUV race in Senegal, solar and lunar eclipse, all the way to celebration of 30th anniversary of fall of Soviet Union.

    Let your students read the calendar and have a after-reading discussion. Let ss share their opinions on the event that they think is most surprising, interesting, scary, exciting etc.

    After that invite ss to write a similar calendar for themselves. Skiing trip in February? Birthay party in March? First barbecue in May? Nothing is certain this year and it makes this writing activity even more fun.

    Also… Collect ss’s calendars and read them together at the end of the school year to see how many things actually happened. You never know with the Corona Virus still aroud.

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