Wednesday 24 October 2012

jigsaw thingy

grab and move the pieces
to restart: go to the cog select scatter and off you go
use chrome in classrooms.



join jigsawplanet.com

upload an image
choose number of pieces
easy or difficult
remember link
exploit in class
and bob's not your dad



and here´s one for richard ...

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Halloween for teenage and adult learners:




– A Hallowe'en listening activity: finding out about the traditional festival of Hallowe'en.
http://bit.ly/PgTH9s
– Getting your teenage students into the Halloween mood: have them read and discuss this article on apps: “BE WARNED: Insanely addictive!”
http://bit.ly/WD034J And to try out and report back to class on the Doodle Jump app described in the article
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-jump/id307727765?mt=8

– Scary Halloween stories for teens: – Day of the Dead
http://bit.ly/RnwnTM – The text http://bit.ly/VtKqNE


– From our pacey, entertaining World on the Street video series:
Ashlie and Stephen decide which Halloween costumes to choose
http://bit.ly/S9EEN6
And Rob, our language expert, looks at the different ways we use the verb “think”.
http://bit.ly/R9zdxQ With supporting online activities

Ashlie and Stephen's house is full of witches, wizards, and ghosts... and everyone's having a frighteningly good time!
http://bit.ly/R9zCjA
And Rob looks at how we use personal pronouns
http://bit.ly/PHS5Fw With supporting online activities




Halloween for young learners




Preparing for Halloween:
– How to organise a Halloween party
http://bit.ly/TalQOB

– Make a skeleton
http://bit.ly/RnvLgU

– Free, downloadable Halloween flashcards
http://bit.ly/Pj9LHC

– With this Pron Pal download your students can listen to the Halloween words and phrases and record their own voice
http://bit.ly/RQrQsi



Class activities:
– The history of Halloween quiz worksheet
http://bit.ly/Rf4xth

– Students watch a video and learn how to make a spider mobile for their bedroom - or for their friend.
http://bit.ly/XJ2KzP
– Students read about and draw a haunted house.
http://bit.ly/Vj53Gz

– Match the Halloween words to the picture
http://bit.ly/Tam9sF

– Label the skeleton's body
http://bit.ly/RnvzOP
– The scary skeleton song
http://bit.ly/TrI68p

– Which Halloween costume do your students think is the scariest?
http://bit.ly/TC3H8g

– A witch is making a magic spell. She's putting some strange things in her pot! Can your students colour the five scary animals in this picture?
http://bit.ly/VfpJ2m

– Your turn: a chance for your young learners to share their ideas on Halloween with other students from all over the world
http://bit.ly/ORvViN