Whose Is It? An activity to practice possessive pronouns | English with Jennifer
This is another collection of activities to practice possessive pronouns. The one described in the post is really fun. I’ve done things like it before. I’ve even done variations where I just take stuff...
View ArticleListening and Speaking Activities for Adult ESL Learners
I love large compendiums of activity ideas. Resource books full of simple, easy to adapt activities are the lifeblood of teaching in my opinion. And if there happens to be a free resource, available on...
View ArticleThen and Now
This is one of my go-to activities for having students compare verb tenses. It’s really nice in that it allows for a lot of flexibility on which tenses you want to practice. You can limit it to the...
View ArticleThe Five Paragraph Essay: Love It or Hate It
There’s been a bit of a debate lately online on the five paragraph essay. It started with this post: Let’s Bury the 5-Paragraph Essay: Long Live Authentic Writing by Brian Sztabnik. Mr. Sztabnik made...
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Classroom Posters for the First Day of Class
These are my two favorite classroom posters. They provide great first day of school activities to help students get to know each other. What’s even better is that the bonding and team building goes...
View ArticleFree Stock Images for Bloggers
I’ve been slowly collecting a number of sites that provide free stock images on this post. Now that I’ve been using them for a while, I’m updating this with a few notes about each...
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50 Activities for the First Day of School
My book is officially for sale!50 Activities for the First Day of School is a collection of activities teachers can use on the first day of school or anytime they need an icebreaker or team building...
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Visualize Your Goals: 30 Goals Cycle 7
For various reasons, I’m digging through a lot of communities and bloggers I used to follow with dedication. That led me back to the 30 Goals Challenge, which I really enjoyed. It’s a great way to be...
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Try to Pronounce Students' Names
You’ll never be able to pronounce my name,” the student from Uzbekistan said. Little did she know I had lived in Kazakhstan for several years and the two languages are very similar. Nor was her name...
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Make Your Own Icebreaker
When I was working on 50 Activities for the First Day of School, I was reading so many icebreakers and getting to know you activities that I started to wonder if there was a common framework to...
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