Thursday, September 18
Sunday, September 14
Positive Thinking
What are you good at? (a sport, hobby or subject at school etc.)
Friday, September 12
3 Reasons Why...
Thursday, September 11
Wednesday, September 10
Grandparents
(Poem style inspired by Michael Rosen)
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
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
Monday, September 8
Length
Sunday, September 7
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
Saturday, September 6
Friday, September 5
Unlimited
Thursday, September 4
Tuesday, September 2
Rules
Monday, September 1
Saturday, August 30
Talking About Pictures
I often show photos from the BBC news in pictures website (week in pictures is good) in class. A lot of news websites do them.
Choose one and answer some of the questions:1, What do you see and think?
2, Speculate and wonder.
3, Give an opinion. Criticise it.
4, Ask 'What would happen if...?'
5, Why is ___ actually...? (example: Why is the man actually protesting?)
6, How could I do this? (be part of or do what is in the picture)
7, Find a similarity with the picture and your life.
8, What might have happened before the picture was taken?
9, What might happen next if the picture became a video?
Wednesday, August 27
Name 4
Can you name 4...
2, adjectives that end in ed
3, foods that are orange
4, household tasks
5, words that end in y
6, words that start with z
7, adjectives that collocate with problem
8, words that end in less
9, things you normally keep in the freezer
Monday, August 25
Situations
Imagine you are in a fast-food restaurant.
What language would you use for each of these situations in a fast-food restaurant? Write sentences.
2) Refuse to do something
3) Justify your opinion
4) Make a suggestion
5) Persuade somebody
6) Complain about something
7) Instruct somebody
8) Apologise to somebody
9) Fake / feign something
Sunday, August 24
Keep 3
You can only keep 3
2, Cake
3, Pizza
4, Dogs
5, Netflix
6, Books
7, Cats
8, Chocolate
9, Chips
Which three would you keep? and why?
What are some of your reasons for not choosing the others?
Thursday, August 21
Utensils
Which is the most useful?
If you make them bigger, what could they become? (e.g knife – sword)
Wednesday, August 20
The Wind
Challenge: Starting with one word, write an extra word each line until you have 7 words. No rules. See what you come up with.
was strong
very very strong
I lost something important
The wind DESTROYED our house
The wind was very very dangerous
You can't hit the wind. It's invisible
wind
it's annoying
very annoying
It is very annoying
It is cold and annoying
It is cold and very annoying
It is very cold and very annoying
wind
Saturday, August 16
Variations
Using this sentence:
Rewrite it using an idea from below
3) Use 'must' in the sentence
4) Make a prediction starting with 'I think'
5) Put the sentence into reported speech
6) Rewrite the sentence without using the letter A
7) Write the opposite of the sentence (nouns and verbs only)
8) Start with 'In this picture...'
9) Rewrite in the passive
2) Rewrite so that each word Starts with the same letter
3) Use Some similes
4) Use Anadiplosis
5) Start with No sooner
6) Use Personification
7) Rewrite using the word Foregone in the sentence
8) Use Deduction
9) Rewrite without using the letter A
Saturday, August 2
Saturday, July 26
Friday, July 25
Missing Letters
10 ___ss
Thursday, July 24
Three Letters
A word game. Start with a three letter word. The middle letter of that word is the first letter of the next word and so on.
Wednesday, July 23
Pyramid
A Word Game. Start the pyramid with a two or three letter word. For example - no
heavy
When the word gets too long and difficult you could go back down to 2 again.
Some rules: No repetition of words or plurals allowed.
Friday, July 11
Zoology
Here are some animals / mammals / insects:
Thursday, July 3
Minimal Pairs (vowel sounds)
Tuesday, July 1
Holidays
Here are ten things people might take on a holiday:
Tuesday, June 17
Monday, June 16
Yellow
All these things are of a similar colour:
6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?
Friday, June 13
Mixed Feelings 2
1, bomb
2, headache
3, plane
4, window
5, cloud
6, shark
7, road sign
8, hospital
9, lunch
Can you match a word above to the most appropriate emotion below?
Emotions: sadness, anger, joy, fear, disgust, anxiety, embarrassment, ennui, envy.
Can you explain how the same word could be used with the other emotions?
Example: The obvious choice for shark is fear but what about a situation where there is happiness related to shark?