Spin the Wheel(s)

Spin the wheels and make sentences! These wheels (click on to go to site) show present simple vs continuous. In the screenshot below the expected sentence would be: In the morning I listen to music.

Positive Thinking

What are you good at? (a sport, hobby or subject at school etc.)

Answer these questions

1, What do you enjoy about it?

2, When was the last time you did it?

3, Whose feedback do you need?

4, Who/What stops you from doing it?

5, What advice would you give a beginner?

Present your ideas.

3 Reasons Why...

1, Choose one of these sentences...

it’s a good idea to cook dinner for your family once a week.

it’s a good idea to read for 15 minutes before bed each night.

it’s a good idea to save money each month for something you want.

it’s a good idea to walk or bike to school when possible.

it’s a good idea to go to bed at the same time on school nights.

it’s a good idea to practice a musical instrument three times a week.

2, And using the following structure in your answer – explain why.

(written may be easier first)

Firstly, (give your strongest reason.)

Secondly, (add another clear example or benefit.)

Lastly, (finish with a summary or extra point.)

What is wrong?

 (From Treasure magazine, 1963)

Some more modern stuff on Brightside

Grandparents

How do you feel at their house?

What can you smell / hear / see?

What things do they say?

What do you think?

The results from my class: #theirwordsmyverse
(Poem style inspired by Michael Rosen)

At my grandparents house

I feel happy, loved, bored
I can smell soap, socks, food and air freshener

At my grandparents house
I have to eat lentils

At my grandparents house
My grandad doesn't drink water
he drinks Fanta

At my grandparents house
There are old photos, old films
an old TV and a rocking chair

At my grandparents house
They ask me how things work.
They ask me for my dads mobile number (again)
and they call me by my sisters name

At my grandparents house
I talk about school, do my homework
I think about my future
I think about pizza

Length

What is the longest word you can think of starting with the following letters:

S

E

P

T

E

M

B

E

R

example: S – Salubriousness.

Be Yourself

Be Yourself

Be calm and aware
Be who why and where?

Be the child looking up
Be the team with no cup

Be the road that takes longer
Be the battery that gets stronger

Be the film without a script
Be the chocolate amongst the chips

Be the experiment that fails
Be the fish with no scales

Be the stranger thats kind
Be the stars unaligned

Breathe in. Breath out
Sit straight. Stand tall

Dare to be true
Dare to be you

Clarence Greenway 

What is going on in this picture?

A good website for speculating and guessing

Unlimited

Here is Nike's staff memo from the 1970's.

How many of these can we apply to our class to ensure a successful year and passed exams?

You Can Only Pick 2!

Think by yourself
Share with a partner
Debate as a class
Pick your 2 and explain why.

Rules

Effective teachers don't focus so much on rules, but more on relationships, routines, & expectations. If you focus mainly on rules, you will spend most of the year enforcing them. But if you focus on relationships, routines, & expectations, you rarely have to defer back to rules.

Brad Johnson

Flip it

Ask them what they didn't do on their summer holidays.