tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10346524208306816812024-03-20T16:10:31.068+01:00DUSTSteve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-63285833639950238862024-03-17T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-19T14:26:52.490+01:00Green<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All these things are of a similar colour:</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">1, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a frog | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a snake | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">seaweed</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">2, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a tree | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">an apple | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a cactus</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">3, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a tennis court | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">grass | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">seaweed</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Choose one group of three and:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1, Say three things you know about one of the words?</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2, Are any things in the list that are sometimes not green?</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3, How are some things similar in each group of three?</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, Which one is the odd one out in each group? Why?</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5, Which ones are useful / positive for you?</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><br /></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Green. By my class. #theirwordsmyverse</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXiOCTUIFyNjjiwYID2rC8hhYsR0rinXHGx5YQxrMbmMLXAcUB5RsC6mn-64fXSU7aKXWMPZ9QbgK5XMZGk2B2QLyM6Hz9u81n_eO7-Y1BMUpcp8jcj2Y00Iec5TDQVmvJpFFU-5COO1aZTIBIL2qOilIC3daRyoThpPJy_Dycxlry4_kFdr1CHg8nw/s1200/Green.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1199" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXiOCTUIFyNjjiwYID2rC8hhYsR0rinXHGx5YQxrMbmMLXAcUB5RsC6mn-64fXSU7aKXWMPZ9QbgK5XMZGk2B2QLyM6Hz9u81n_eO7-Y1BMUpcp8jcj2Y00Iec5TDQVmvJpFFU-5COO1aZTIBIL2qOilIC3daRyoThpPJy_Dycxlry4_kFdr1CHg8nw/w400-h400/Green.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-84126330125957680352024-03-15T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-19T14:26:35.455+01:00Speech<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who is the speaker in each of these sentences?<br />And who is being spoken to?</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1, 'Don't sing at the table'</span><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;">2, 'Is there a tourist office near here?'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">3, '</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">You must train harder'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, 'I'll have the steak, please'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">5, '</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">You are not allowed to speak during the exam.'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">6, 'I've never seen him before in my life.'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">7, 'I left it at my grandparents house.'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">8, 'Do you know how this started?'</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">9, 'Where are we?'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">10,'Can you slow down a bit!'<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now report these sentences using reported speech or reporting verbs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Drawing by Hugo</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjongeiVSTJqvq9--XVTV7BYxoFKBX8qnPrRWgmq-6clZ6vYNzgWQMTlnCGQuig07lmWA6vwbYV4u2Vk6_pjG31QDEbuENs0sR55wQ-q_wz_U7aAgTe33QfLVaI0sylnbYrF00AcIOS-R6zP3mQXB-mYyUHZA8M__knUohuYbfGrwt-ZIlshdoVovK0Kw/s1200/IMG_0274.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjongeiVSTJqvq9--XVTV7BYxoFKBX8qnPrRWgmq-6clZ6vYNzgWQMTlnCGQuig07lmWA6vwbYV4u2Vk6_pjG31QDEbuENs0sR55wQ-q_wz_U7aAgTe33QfLVaI0sylnbYrF00AcIOS-R6zP3mQXB-mYyUHZA8M__knUohuYbfGrwt-ZIlshdoVovK0Kw/s320/IMG_0274.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-49056773921408677802024-03-14T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-19T14:26:18.884+01:00Life of Pi<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A PiDay poem is made up of words where the length of each word is the same as each digit of Pi.<br /><br />For example: The sentence would start with a 3-letter word then a 1-letter word, 4-letter word, 1-letter word, 5-letter word and so on related to the number 3.14159265</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make your own poem.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are a couple from my class:</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopilBjiupfVAFzmrRD7ApgSuK_qaGsiX1a_-h8iCylqGVICbONylrNd-cnmosPAYDE7oYPP7eV01CGldpMLOv_jYnt_t6Vm412U9-ONgjubgHKgW6jmQ2z8IylG7tv5bKX9MR1kBYLGa_cuhI1HJdR5YtcdgrPsBd7drkaiKmb-0rqeUtTi7cg8vX-g/s3072/Pi-day.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopilBjiupfVAFzmrRD7ApgSuK_qaGsiX1a_-h8iCylqGVICbONylrNd-cnmosPAYDE7oYPP7eV01CGldpMLOv_jYnt_t6Vm412U9-ONgjubgHKgW6jmQ2z8IylG7tv5bKX9MR1kBYLGa_cuhI1HJdR5YtcdgrPsBd7drkaiKmb-0rqeUtTi7cg8vX-g/s320/Pi-day.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202124;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwYM1_7sF9UNzG24NxgQ7QPzwBDgEGnA9xov9iTlesBnyD1mUCJR6QI7o6vKwRWvw_BjTTeBFLorltFZbMY1bbLXF6mcN8jZbnW10Y_PPBf90jEVpQD0FgTVsZe7HcVj_ut--9En3T3cQoLVRPuq_IGBt9BmXdWf5zic8LR-nt0RTw8FMrFnDJFrXzQ/s1200/Pi-verse.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwYM1_7sF9UNzG24NxgQ7QPzwBDgEGnA9xov9iTlesBnyD1mUCJR6QI7o6vKwRWvw_BjTTeBFLorltFZbMY1bbLXF6mcN8jZbnW10Y_PPBf90jEVpQD0FgTVsZe7HcVj_ut--9En3T3cQoLVRPuq_IGBt9BmXdWf5zic8LR-nt0RTw8FMrFnDJFrXzQ/s320/Pi-verse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgFftdgswbU7DGhMDs8fxUY0XMY-WXGfsIPfED9Uw6d74iEbQtIYJpsq2cBqAEcKeaf09Vcl0QzqzGCppBfjKIERIeRQj5tvsZ0BRfFUYcwKqeuSL6hNroRyc5HiEF9c6rx9oI5bxJVS540ab1sutKXNVnQjwuEK8u2UF6Yiv55woA3TFbUbOyLkZJw/s1200/IMG_0275%20square.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgFftdgswbU7DGhMDs8fxUY0XMY-WXGfsIPfED9Uw6d74iEbQtIYJpsq2cBqAEcKeaf09Vcl0QzqzGCppBfjKIERIeRQj5tvsZ0BRfFUYcwKqeuSL6hNroRyc5HiEF9c6rx9oI5bxJVS540ab1sutKXNVnQjwuEK8u2UF6Yiv55woA3TFbUbOyLkZJw/s320/IMG_0275%20square.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-62565792270796802272024-03-13T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-13T10:57:51.739+01:00Family Tree<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Write down the name of three members of your family.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(a brother, a cousin, a grandmother etc.)</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">With somebody else, look at your lists and ask each other the following questions:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1, Who's _____?</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2, How old are they?</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3, </span>What do they look like?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, What do they do?<br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">5, </span>What do they like doing in their free time?<br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6, </span>Do you get on with them?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">7, How do you stay in touch with them?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">8, Do they have any bad habits?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">9, What plans do they have?</span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-85684499921746252922024-03-12T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-13T10:57:35.041+01:00On The Road<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Complete the following sentence using exactly twenty more words:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />It was a trip i'll never forget ____</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just writing a sentence might be too easy, if so, can you make it a story where there is a change of emotion or a problem solved.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If inspiration lacks use a <a href="https://randomwordgenerator.com/">random word generator</a> </span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-36387834314877770032024-03-11T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-11T11:15:37.656+01:00The Peace of Wild Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYkdhRXU-m7hHCupzMurVGtvYEcrmLcyhMo8sJnknQZHj0tM3293ORk1rUvpCjZa0TJRVyy0Yb_6AQT583FVulA_xoVUnhKRjO69CnQWTh61VUBHV5AkqsVZpWKkmGYvh8lI0EdbrlGVTzfuehLhT9d8_xoD80Vme5IDS0cI70RTVCiXVOj-dqX7bJwy_/s750/ErY8YQIWMAE_Kaq.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="750" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYkdhRXU-m7hHCupzMurVGtvYEcrmLcyhMo8sJnknQZHj0tM3293ORk1rUvpCjZa0TJRVyy0Yb_6AQT583FVulA_xoVUnhKRjO69CnQWTh61VUBHV5AkqsVZpWKkmGYvh8lI0EdbrlGVTzfuehLhT9d8_xoD80Vme5IDS0cI70RTVCiXVOj-dqX7bJwy_/w400-h343/ErY8YQIWMAE_Kaq.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-26039783223735443672024-03-10T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-11T11:15:02.437+01:00White<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All these things are of a similar colour:</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1,</b> flour | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">milk</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">rice | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">polar bear | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">golf ball</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2,</b> A</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">rctic wolf | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">iceberg | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bird poo | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bones | snow</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3,</b> cauliflower | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">cloud</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Donald Duck | wedding dress | ghost</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>4,</b> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">mozzarella</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">| </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">chocolate | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">house | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">teeth | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">toilet</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Choose one of the four groups above and:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1, Say three things you know about one of the words.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">2, Are any things in the group that are sometimes not white?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">3, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">How are some things similar in the group?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, Which one(s) is/are the odd one out in each group? Why?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">5, Which ones are useful / positive for you?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?</span></div></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-23362042300246932432024-03-09T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-11T11:14:46.738+01:00Eight Ways with Meatballs<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What words<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What people<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What feelings<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What nature<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What actions<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What sounds<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What numbers<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">What sights</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">do you associate with meatballs?*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">* You may like to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">try another common noun, abstract noun or unit topic...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">examples:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What sounds do you associate with playgrounds?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What people do you associate with happiness?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What feelings do you associate with holidays?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What words do you associate with chicken?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What sights do you associate with Australia?</span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-51945106091063143772024-03-07T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-07T11:59:38.960+01:00The Power of the Tree<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The word is</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>tree</b></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make some sentences – perhaps using some grammar you've learnt recently – using the word tree.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some efforts from my class placed into verse:<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b>The Tree<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b>A: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have bought a tree<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span>I sat under the tree yesterday<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span>You should look at the tree<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span>because it has beautiful flowers<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span>The tree is going to grow<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> </span>You should draw the tree</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span>B: <span> </span>I have eaten the tree</span></p></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-139975144917021812024-03-06T12:57:00.000+01:002024-03-06T23:07:55.265+01:00Alphabet Dialogue<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this activity you simply have a chat with a friend<br />however<br />the first word of each new sentence must start with the next letter of the alphabet<br />For example<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="color: #262626;">Speaker 1: A<br /></span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 2: B<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 1: C<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 2: D<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 1: E<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 2: F</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #262626;">Speaker 1: <b>A</b>re you ok?<br /></span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 2: <b>B</b>ored actually<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 1: <b>C</b>ome on lets go out<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 2: <b>D</b>on't feel like it<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 1: <b>E</b>ven if i buy you some chips<br /></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Speaker 2: <b>F</b>or real?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Now try some new letters or even the whole alphabet. Some letters you may like to omit.</span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-26175722288885897672024-03-05T13:15:00.000+01:002024-03-06T23:07:25.902+01:00Bad Habits<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Here are some bad habits:</span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1, Not studying</span></span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">2, Eating a lot of junk food</span><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">3, Comparing your life with others</span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, Screen time before/in bed</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">5, Skipping breakfast</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Do you do any of them?</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Why is each habit bad for you?</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Which habit do you think is the worst?</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Can you think of another five bad habits?</span></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-83186855669636284802024-03-02T09:00:00.000+01:002024-03-04T13:02:19.609+01:00Red<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All these things are of a similar colour:</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1,</b> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a STOP sign | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a bus in London | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a fire engine</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2,</b> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a poppy | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a tomato | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a strawberry</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3,</b> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">nail varnish | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">blood | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the planet Mars </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Choose one group of three and:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1, Say three things you know about one of the words?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">2, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are there any things that are sometimes not red?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">3, What things are similar about them?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, Which is the odd one out in each group? Why?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">5, Which ones are useful / positive for you?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?</span></div></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-53733250749886426792024-02-25T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-29T11:37:06.602+01:00Incomplete<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>How could the things on the list below be</span><span> </span><b>incomplete</b><span>?</span></span></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a window</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a garden</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a movie</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a lamp</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a guitar</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a wedding</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a mobile phone</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a bee</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a ship</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a website</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a bottle</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Example</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A window without glass</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">a garden without grass</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">(it doesn't have to rhyme but it could)</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look around you at some of the objects. How might they be incomplete?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here were my classes ideas. I have removed the rhyming word for you to guess.</span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a farm without grass<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a window without _____<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a lamp without a light<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a movie without a _____<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span lang="en-US">a guitar without </span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span lang="en-US">strings<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span lang="en-US">a wedding without _____<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a mobile without a screen<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a valley without the colour _____<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">Monopoly without money<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">bees without _____<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">bottles without caps<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">mobile phones without _____<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span lang="en-US">a ship without a </span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span lang="en-US">rudder<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span><span lang="en-US">a pencil case without a _____<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-US">a pen without ink</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a website without a ____</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Idea from <a href="http://brian-moses.blogspot.com/2012/09/quick-writing-ideas.html" target="_blank">Brian Moses short writing ideas.</a></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-60802260289062417572024-02-24T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-29T11:36:45.118+01:00Toast<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you eat toast?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If not, what do you eat instead?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If yes, when do you eat toast?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How do you like bread to be toasted? (see image)<br />What do you like putting on toast?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Image source: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiP31VBeRF6NYHP37PhL1Kn9mUF6NVverOoL9p4O1-Jtso-Rke69xP2l--CQW4RnXgjGU1A8iIUV0scee9DjABiilo9lBk3ddu78I5f9cxqX4CpSEANa_UvpZOFFfeLdeU9AtjHtChY1EZc4jN9enJwFU0uWAHGmIkgvCCD-QPatGOtQoZIhVTiLUCNg/s599/toast.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="599" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiP31VBeRF6NYHP37PhL1Kn9mUF6NVverOoL9p4O1-Jtso-Rke69xP2l--CQW4RnXgjGU1A8iIUV0scee9DjABiilo9lBk3ddu78I5f9cxqX4CpSEANa_UvpZOFFfeLdeU9AtjHtChY1EZc4jN9enJwFU0uWAHGmIkgvCCD-QPatGOtQoZIhVTiLUCNg/w400-h349/toast.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-44548182899602606122024-02-23T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-29T11:36:26.784+01:00Pink<span style="font-family: verdana;">All these things are of a similar colour:</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1,</b> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bubble gum | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">candy floss | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a grapefruit</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2,</b> a pig | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a flamingo | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Pink Panther</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3,</b> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ballet shoes | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">a tongue | </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">lungs</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Choose a group of three and:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1, Say three things you know about one of the words</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">2, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are there any things that are sometimes not pink?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">3, What things are similar about them?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">4, Which is the odd one out? Why?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">5, Which ones are useful / positive for you?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Drawing by Alicia</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-LQ5z_0UEgcTAVsG_woajhFzUOsBvgJ7URPmHF1nnmGFBAorVpttrKqYp4t7todgbR9Cq92VhWllGCx_UA2O5Mrb78VBujcgCG03cUQHGEPV-HYIfvGBsE8qzV6n268GxVWNLuAZVVMs_5ahUMtDjDYAvNvNuBw3RLGR-aKErNFrVTj7j3WpoqBwzQ/s1088/OWL.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1088" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-LQ5z_0UEgcTAVsG_woajhFzUOsBvgJ7URPmHF1nnmGFBAorVpttrKqYp4t7todgbR9Cq92VhWllGCx_UA2O5Mrb78VBujcgCG03cUQHGEPV-HYIfvGBsE8qzV6n268GxVWNLuAZVVMs_5ahUMtDjDYAvNvNuBw3RLGR-aKErNFrVTj7j3WpoqBwzQ/s320/OWL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-48042293635891255882024-02-22T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-29T11:36:09.056+01:00Odd One Out<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b>A) Which word in each number is different from the others and why?</b></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Can you explain using the word in (brackets)?</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: center;">1, February April, Monday (however)<br /></span><span style="text-align: center;">2, cat, dog, turtle (but)<br /></span><span style="text-align: center;">3, dolphin, shark, elephant </span><span style="text-align: center;">(on the other hand)<br /></span>4, aubergine, carrot, strawberry (neither)<br />5, Spain, Italy, Argentina (although)<br />6, ear, nose, feet (the difference)<br />7, knife, fork, teaspoon (both)<br />8, coffee, hot chocolate, lemonade (whereas)<br />9, doctor, teacher, student (unlike)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Example: February and April are months <b>however</b>, Monday is a day of the week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">B) </span><span style="text-align: center;">Which word in each number is different from the others and why?</span></b></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">This time think of a reason why any of the four words could be the different one.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">1, lake, pond, river, sea</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">2, Art, Maths, English, P.E</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">3, London, New York, Paris, Sydney</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">4, bus, car, motorbike, train</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">5, helicopter, plane, rocket, kite</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">6, bear, fox, tiger, wolf</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">7, Arabic, English, Spanish, Mandarin</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">8, gloves, jeans, shoes, socks</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">9, dream, read, sleep, sleepwalk</span></div></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-63481068192190175002024-02-20T12:14:00.000+01:002024-02-29T11:35:51.851+01:00Ditloids<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">'A d</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">itloid</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> is a type of </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 22.4px;">word puzzle</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 11.2px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">in which a phrase, quotation, date, or fact must be deduced from the numbers and abbreviated letters in the clue. Common words such as 'the', 'in', 'a', 'an', 'of', 'to', etc. are not normally abbreviated.' - Wikipedia.</span></span><br />
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">How many can you get</span><br />
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif">365 D in a Y = 365 days in a year</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">1, 24 H in a D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">2, 26 L in the A</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">3, 60 M in an H</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">4, 12 M in the Y</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">5, 7 D in a W</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">6, 11 P in a F T</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">7, 64 S on a C B</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">8, 18 H on a G C</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">9, 8 T on an O</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: verdana;">10, I have 1 B and 1 S</span></div>
Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-57355353935263981052024-02-19T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-19T12:39:00.241+01:00Rain Moistens the Soil<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's raining again</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00000a;">It's raining cats and dogs<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a;">It's raining again<br /></span><span>and I can't go out and play<br /></span><span>I am bored<br /></span><br /><span>It's raining again<br /></span><span>the clouds are grey<br /></span><span>sometimes black<br /></span><span>water is falling and it's damp<br /></span><span>houses are</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>steaming<br /></span><br /><span>It's raining again<br /></span><span>the streets are empty and it's cold<br /></span><span>Inside, my dad is</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>cooking<br /></span><br /><span>It's raining again<br /></span><span>It drives my mum crazy<br /></span><span>because she can't put out the</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>washing<br /></span><span><br />This is good<br /></span><span>because I don't have to help.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">@theirwordsmyverse</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drawing by Junior 4 2019/2020</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodyL-evtYn6u8aIS-QdrOUSMEsiMaIWb6SAmXU8d0t-KMiYH1eqdDWI557ya3w-pQL3Ax-b7iswhalHJmXpR_UeTHuYDWKwVgiAKyAUHreAgA0-cUYoOO_hjzRt91GmVdv5J6I3l3TjMWXMJoqNRmLIdbjJU7pRWirryO9eL313lOhvJXWc2e0jF6nA/s989/rain.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="989" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodyL-evtYn6u8aIS-QdrOUSMEsiMaIWb6SAmXU8d0t-KMiYH1eqdDWI557ya3w-pQL3Ax-b7iswhalHJmXpR_UeTHuYDWKwVgiAKyAUHreAgA0-cUYoOO_hjzRt91GmVdv5J6I3l3TjMWXMJoqNRmLIdbjJU7pRWirryO9eL313lOhvJXWc2e0jF6nA/w400-h286/rain.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><p class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00000a; direction: ltr; font-family: "Liberation Serif", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="__DdeLink__49_954121226"></a></p>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-11180884628485659152024-02-18T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-19T12:38:21.863+01:00Breakfast<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The word is</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><b style="font-family: verdana;">breakfast</b></p><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make some sentences – perhaps using some grammar you've learnt recently – using the word breakfast.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some efforts from my class placed into verse:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Breakfast</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I always have to eat breakfast</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">(even if I'm late for school)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I have had breakfast</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What about you?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We should eat breakfast every day</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">or we will die</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday my mum was going to prepare the breakfast</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">but the phone rang</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I had ice cream</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">@theirwordsmyverse</span></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-86010107551745131672024-02-17T10:00:00.000+01:002024-02-19T12:37:58.949+01:00Innovation<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Shimpei Takahashi</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"> shares a simple word game anyone can play to generate new ideas. (<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/shimpei_takahashi_play_this_word_game_to_come_up_with_original_ideas/transcript?language=en">Ted Talk</a> in Japanese with English subtitles.)</span></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-8224622513842440742024-02-16T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-19T12:37:31.479+01:00Almond Appreciation<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A classic test of creativity. Complete the drawings below with your own ideas. <span style="background-color: white;">Higher praise is awarded for detail, humour or fantasy. To present the drawing: I have drawn... In this picture... This picture shows... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qeuy6hyqqgubw48/Almond%20Appreciation.pdf?dl=0">pdf download</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuRbWL13EKYr3yfG4h8ymXYgMlpUOgV0L-LDqdL4-rY0PHmf3HDQD2MBfS3Y1X_lnuAyYd8HMvsjKGCFUA97lLJxUQ-cyvWzwMt2DL9HDXCAqkD4KscM4H9AxNWDuEtcFrm3Hx9DTyhoIzw8_CjED3-zKxmkrZ8baGp34L9VznXk5pwNpUcOixI1mmQ/s1200/Almond%20Appreciation%201200.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="848" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuRbWL13EKYr3yfG4h8ymXYgMlpUOgV0L-LDqdL4-rY0PHmf3HDQD2MBfS3Y1X_lnuAyYd8HMvsjKGCFUA97lLJxUQ-cyvWzwMt2DL9HDXCAqkD4KscM4H9AxNWDuEtcFrm3Hx9DTyhoIzw8_CjED3-zKxmkrZ8baGp34L9VznXk5pwNpUcOixI1mmQ/w283-h400/Almond%20Appreciation%201200.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-11706047255428667122024-02-15T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-15T14:09:17.206+01:00Unconditional Love<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First make a list of five to ten objects or places and then complete the sentence below with your own ideas. Look at the examples from my classes to see how it's done.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />1, If I were ___ you'd be ___</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00000a;">If I were a book </span><span style="color: #00000a;"><span><span lang="en-US">you'd be the words<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #00000a;">If I were a dance </span><span style="color: #00000a;"><span><span lang="en-US">you'd be my moves<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #00000a;">If I were a beach you'd be the sea<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a;">If I were a mountain you'd be my gravity</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">If I were a song </span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">you'd be the lyrics<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">If I were the trees </span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">you'd be the forest<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">If I were a chicken </span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">you'd be the potatoes<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">If I were a cliff </span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">you'd be my<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">w<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">a<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">t<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">e<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">r<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">f<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">a<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">l<br /></span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana;">l</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Drawing by Guillermo</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziDpkl0Q5piTMHu4jIDGZ7TqlhJkcXMnuLemsPBZam7r7_8x1Rj3DdO0Pz0Po5PtYej1nzinu3prusrN1LNJf7CXzoFFmtslgQs8tN2KVFFcQEiBFFQCHUXOXffqI6wdndTGunt9KgU_uVuNw2UnD62OvlWI88MnQNhAZhskdEy7dGQ04XHWkqDRsug/s1200/Best%20Friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziDpkl0Q5piTMHu4jIDGZ7TqlhJkcXMnuLemsPBZam7r7_8x1Rj3DdO0Pz0Po5PtYej1nzinu3prusrN1LNJf7CXzoFFmtslgQs8tN2KVFFcQEiBFFQCHUXOXffqI6wdndTGunt9KgU_uVuNw2UnD62OvlWI88MnQNhAZhskdEy7dGQ04XHWkqDRsug/s320/Best%20Friends.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-83490009174374528532024-02-14T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-14T10:55:41.876+01:00Love<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about ___ </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Generate a list of objects, people and actions you love then complete the sentence above with your own ideas. Here are some examples from my class to help. <br /><span style="color: black;"><span><span lang="en-GB"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Lower Level Love</b></span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about my grandma<br />is her cooking</span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about my computer<br />is it’s really fast</span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about summer<br />is not going to school</span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about cats<br />is they are so cute and furry<br /><br /></span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Advanced Love</span></b></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about my mobile phone<br />is its staggeringly-biblical capability</span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about Tik Tok<br />is peoples absolutely amazing creativity</span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about thin-crust pizza<br />is its emotional support</span></p><p align="left" class="western" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I love about fries is they go well with everything<br />and are extremely versatile<br /><br /></span></p></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Drawing by Lucía G</i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7meuj2V2_0JDcehdYOT0g7UwoPTQZBaQTDh-GGU0kvsbQRzVQT8x57PPdjNOyevO1By5Lh-VfhTQSb2UUSpPdZa7SyqexaBz9BbGVmRnKxZd5yMDERC8noQ0TSCC1rjSM4kubx7mtRVua70fyBNHwr6P9WfZIPmpT34r1jbcCcB3OXA3xmnW_PfVhw/s850/Love.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7meuj2V2_0JDcehdYOT0g7UwoPTQZBaQTDh-GGU0kvsbQRzVQT8x57PPdjNOyevO1By5Lh-VfhTQSb2UUSpPdZa7SyqexaBz9BbGVmRnKxZd5yMDERC8noQ0TSCC1rjSM4kubx7mtRVua70fyBNHwr6P9WfZIPmpT34r1jbcCcB3OXA3xmnW_PfVhw/s320/Love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-1573258006716266782024-02-07T09:00:00.000+01:002024-02-07T12:38:24.259+01:00The New Rose - by Spike Milligan<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;">The new rose</span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> trembles with early
beauty
The babe sees the
beckoning carmine
the tiny hand
clutches the cruel
stem
The babe screams
The rose is silent
Life is already telling
lies.</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Drawing by Blanca</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTISeyuQnH_rWTquYz_1vCdV-7XwKAy6F2fCHku2kniQIwgRTU5ZSUQOenAlzxUWYQBNCp9blxhucZZOtKxUjVivNOf5nDz2JIFphiMR17sf4L9OV9CP4azp7rtJtlwliD3wGNYTdMi95apo2GExwbrdzkh30oUyHtEY9zBkB4Bo1FmhAmzW0xQQWEA/s1200/The%20New%20Rose1200.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTISeyuQnH_rWTquYz_1vCdV-7XwKAy6F2fCHku2kniQIwgRTU5ZSUQOenAlzxUWYQBNCp9blxhucZZOtKxUjVivNOf5nDz2JIFphiMR17sf4L9OV9CP4azp7rtJtlwliD3wGNYTdMi95apo2GExwbrdzkh30oUyHtEY9zBkB4Bo1FmhAmzW0xQQWEA/s320/The%20New%20Rose1200.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1034652420830681681.post-5390247917270629952024-02-06T12:07:00.002+01:002024-02-06T12:07:11.678+01:00Advice Bureau<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What advice would a ____ (animal, object, place) give to its offspring?<br />Think of 3 or 4 things.</span></div>Steve Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02962756965111833696noreply@blogger.com