Saturday, May 3
7 to 1
Friday, May 2
The Colbert Questionert
Questions to ask people - taken (and slightly adapted) from The Colbert Questionert.
Apples or oranges?
What is the best sandwich?
What is the most used app on your phone?
What is your favourite / least favourite smell?
Window or Aisle?
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph / a selfie?
What is you favourite movie (at the moment)?
What number am I thinking of?
What's one thing you own that you really should throw out?
Exercise: worth it?
You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?
What is the scariest animal?
Describe the rest of your (week / life) in 5 words.
Thursday, May 1
Wednesday, April 30
Flying Furniture
We did this poem template in class in a Mad-Lib style where I went round the students asking for the random words needed (without showing poem) and then we tinkered with it a bit at the end (showing poem)
There are days when I am Luis
and days when I am not
My heart is a smart climbing monkey in the morning
and a blue swimming whale at night
If only I could lift weights
I would be strong
If only i could let go of horses
I would be flying furniture
Fernando this poem is for you
To love you is to be flying furniture
Original Template:
Tuesday, April 29
The Wishing Wolf
I can’t put on shoes
I wish I had been born with feet
I wish I could move my paws
I wish I wasn’t fat
Monday, April 28
Words into Questions
Wednesday, April 23
Ping Pong Proverbs
Tuesday, April 22
Banana
Your verb is EAT (it's a secret)
You must make sentences for player 2 using this verb but when you want to say the verb you must say BANANA instead
Example: Did you BANANA any food last night?
Player 2
You are going to hear a sentence including the word BANANA. You must try and guess what verb BANANA is replacing.
Thoughts
It could be made more complex by using past simple or past participle forms or that a conditional form must be used (if you BANANA more vegetables you will feel better)
Here is random verb generator to help get you started
Here is a more advanced one
Hope you BANANA a good time.
Monday, April 21
Alternative Proverbs
What is a proverb?
1, All good things must...
2, Better late than...
3, If it isn't broken...
4, If you can't beat them...
5, You can't teach an old dog...
6, Knowledge is...
7, ...is the best medicine.
8, No human is a...
9, Practice makes...
11, The grass is always...
12, The pen is mightier than...
13, Time is...
14, Too many cooks...
15, You can take a horse to water...
16, Children should be seen and not...
17, Where there's smoke there's...
18, You can't always get...
Better late than... dirty
If it isn't broken... use it
If you can't beat them... confuse them
You can't teach an old dog... maths
Knowledge is... nature
Sleep ...is the best medicine
No man is a... ghost
The early bird... doesn't have a life
The grass is always... growing
The pen is mightier than... the pencil
Time is... over
Too many cooks... too much food
You can take a horse to water... but you'll get wet
Children should be seen and not... eaten
You can't always get... popcorn in the cinema.
Sunday, April 20
Exquisite Categories
This is a word-to-sentence game inspired by Exquisite Corpse. Complete the table below with the appropriate words (as shown in the second example). You will then have a table of words that can be made into sentences and which are willing to be played around with.
Friday, April 18
What is it not?
Thursday, April 17
Haiku
Write your own Haiku using the prompts.
Sunday, April 13
Mr Agana
The answers to each pair of definitions below (A&B) are made up of the same letters. They are anagrams.
Example:
A: at the present time, not in the past or future = NOW
B: past simple and past participle of win = WON
Now try these:
(Definitions from The Cambridge Dictionary)
A. the part in the middle of the arm where it bends
B. in a lower position (than), under
A. costing little money or less than is usual or expected
B. a round fruit with sweet yellow flesh that has a lot of juice,
A. the planet third in order of distance from the sun
B. the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body
A. armed fighting between two or more countries or groups
B. (of food) not cooked
A. to (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces
B. a person whose job is to make bread and cakes for sale,
A. (especially of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, especially continuously and easily
B. a wild animal of the dog family
A. The soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones,
B. a long, flat board fixed horizontally, usually against a wall or inside a cupboard so that objects can be stored on it
A. very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) something very much
B. the middle joint of the leg that allows the leg to bend
A. the third month of the year
B. a quality that makes you like or feel attracted to someone or something
A. used to indicate duty; should
B. strong; not easily broken or made weaker
Saturday, April 12
Nonet
Monday (An A2/B1 level Nonet)
It is not as great as Friday
Monday is a normal day
Monday is the worst day
disappointing
It’s bad
Man
Tuesday (A C2 level Nonet)
The day the gates of hell open wide
Tuesday is no bed of roses
Seldom do weeks cease to be
Hearts will be filled with woe
There’s no salvation
That’s depressing
Or is it?
It is
Help!
Friday, April 11
Tuesday, April 8
Categories
Monday, April 7
Under the Weather
What do you think and how do you feel?
What do family or friends say?
The results from my class: #theirwordsmyverse
(Poem style inspired by Michael Rosen)
The T.V is on
I'm doing my homework in my bedroom.
I'm ill, I'm ill
my mother's shouting
the dog is barking
the phone is vibrating
my sister is singing
'You should be at school!'
'Do you have exams?' asks my Mother
I'm not at school
I miss my friends
I wish it was summer
I feel bad
I am in pain
I
am
BORED.
Sunday, April 6
Between Us
Saturday, April 5
Friday, April 4
Orange
1, a lifejacket | a traffic cone | a basketball
2, Are any things in the list that are sometimes not orange?
3, How are some things similar in each group of three?
4, Which one is the odd one out in each group? Why?
5, Which ones are useful / positive for you?
6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?
Thursday, April 3
A Poetry Party
My Poem (Title)
Wednesday, April 2
True or False?
Tuesday, April 1
Joke
1, Which month has 28 days?
2, Which letter of the alphabet has the most water in it?
3, What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
4, What has to be broken before you can use it?
5, Why is number 6 afraid?
6, A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How is this possible?
7, Do you know where horses go when they are ill?
8, Which room has no doors or windows?
9, Jamie's mother had three children. The first child was called April. The second child was called May. What was the name of the third child?
12, Why won’t the elephant use the computer?
13, What did the maths book tell the pencil?
14, Where do cows go on dates?
15, What always falls and never gets hurt?
16, What room is a dead person most afraid of?
17, What is orange and sounds like parrot?
18, What did one eye say to the other eye?
Sunday, March 30
The Rule of 3
Wednesday, March 26
Homophone
Homophones are pairs of words that sound the same, but have different meanings and spellings.
example: for and four
Here is a list of homophones. Can you think of a word you can pair it with?
2, sale
3, meat
4, here
5, die
6, break
7, flour
8, right
9, weather
Tuesday, March 25
Purple
All these things are of a similar colour:
Monday, March 24
Homograph
A Homograph is a word that is spelled the same but has a different meaning.
Can you think of two meanings for these?
1, fly
2, light
3, can
4, bat
5, present
6, second
7, kind
8, park
9, ring
10, saw
Can you make a sentence using both words
For example: for three seconds he was in second place.
Now can you work out any of these from the two meanings?
1, genre of music / a stone
2, to bend at the waist / the front of a boat
3, stress or emphasis / a manner of speaking
4, to pair similar items / a small stick for making a fire
5, happy or satisfied / all that is contained in something
6, correct / direction opposite of left
7, part of body / to return
8, a trees outer layer / the sound a dog makes
9, hot, arid region / to leave
10, Rip something up / water falling from your eye
Here is a great Homograph application made by Byrdseed.
Sunday, March 23
Linking Park
while, in case, after, unless, if, when, before, until, since
2, Link the sentences: Level 2.
2, I like this. I like that
3, She had to do it all again. She never studies.
4, She studies hard. She gets good grades.
5, We could do this. We could do that.
6, I like a lot of sports. I like football. I like tennis. I like basketball.
7, We went for a walk. It was raining.
8, Turn on the laptop. Enter the password. Open the Platform.
9, I don’t like this and I don’t like that. I don’t like anything.
Saturday, March 22
If I Could Write Words – Spike Milligan
Like leaves on an autumn forest floor
What a bonfire my letters would make
If I could speak words of water
You would drown when I said
I love you
Friday, March 21
Remember
I remember ___
What nature
What tastes and smells