I don't use any fancy tools and programs. With a little imagination, skill, knowledge and love, I have been turning English lessons into magic for 27 years.
Hope that some of that magic will inspire you too.
I don't use any fancy tools and programs. With a little imagination, skill, knowledge and love, I have been turning English lessons into magic for 27 years.
Hope that some of that magic will inspire you too.
This document contains a book project for “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe. The document outlines several chapter summaries that describe Crusoe’s physical and psychological journey, including his initial despair, building shelter, and confronting isolation. It also notes themes of the novel like survival, self-discovery, and the human spirit enduring adversity.
Material includes:
PowerPoint Presentation of the entire project and all assignments for students
Text about the real Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Key Facts
Extracts from THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE with comprehension questions and additional tasks ( Chapter I. ‘Wanderlust’ , Chapter III. ‘Shipwrecked”, Chapter IV Forces of Nature’)
5.Robinson Crusoe : The original Survivor - Group Project - students pretend to be on a deserted island and have to learn to survive
Who will survive – persuasive speech
Peer feedback
I’ve also included pictures of what the project looked like in my classroom if (just for an idea).
So I Ain’t No Good Girl” by Sharon Flake is a short story about a rebellion teenage girl going through a realistic problem in a relationship. This worksheet contains reading comprehension and reading analysis questions , language and vocabulary tasks and two responsive writing prompts.
Talking about death is always difficult, especially for young people. The aim of this material is to encourage students to think and talk about the topic of death by introducing various sources and different ways people deal with tragic losses.
I hope it will be of use to you. My students were more than engaged during the lessons.
This is just a short presentation to review Reported Speech questions,commands and requests.
It contains grammar rules and famous quotations for exercise.
I hope you will find it useful.
This worksheet can be used as an introduction to direct speech by using short animated movie. I have included a presentation and link to video that I used in classroom.
This material is an abridged text of Max Shulman’s excellent story Love Is a Fallacy.
The first part of the lesson consists of reading comprehension and answering questions
The second part is dedicated to Language in Use (words and phrases from the text), then a grammar task - reported speech and finally a task for creative writing.
I hope you will like it and find it useful.
If you like the material, please leave a comment.
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This is weet and cheerful material for your class. It is about Distorted Fairy Tales, but the material is intended for slightly older children.
We start the class with an introductory quiz about fairy tales, followed by a task in which we determine the elements of a fairy tales.
In the second part, we read and work on the text comparing the two versions of Little Red Riding Hood.
At the end, the students write their Twisted Fairy Tale and we hold a class fairy tale writing competition.
Peer feedback is included in this material.
I hope you will enjoy this cheerful material.
I would love to hear your opinion, so please leave a comment.
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This lesson is designed to help students review the literary elements in lyric poems. Through this lesson, students will be able to compare different types of lyric poems and appreciate them from different perspectives. They will also learn, through this lesson, how the stylistic techniques used in the poems help illustrate the theme. To acquaint students with poetry by an African American poet from the Harlem Renaissance. This lesson will serve as a springboard
for student written poetry.
In this lesson, secondary students at Level B 1 and above learn about New Year’s resolutions and other New Year traditions by listening to Bob Dylan’s radio show and song “The Times They Are a -C hangin”
Many people around the world make resolutions at the start of a new year. This lesson focuses on New Year’s resolutions and other New Year traditions .
The lesson begins with an activity to introduce vocabulary related to common resolutions young people make.
Learners then listen to Bob Dylan on the Theme Time Radio Hour talks about the history of the most popular New Year’s Resolution and do a comprehension quiz
This is followed by a discussion about Bob Dylan’s song - "The Times They Are a -C hangin’, New Year traditions and learners end the lesson by discussing how much the world depends on changing ourselves (ie. changing our own decisions, actions and resolutions)
You can use a student worksheet for this lesson, or a presentation for a no-printing option.
As a follow up to our study of different poetic forms and techniques, students now begin to see poetry in the music they listen to every day.
This is collaborative presentation in which groups of 5 students select some meaningful issue in the study of poetry and popular lyrics, take a position on that issue, analyze it as if it is a poem and then present an argument to the whole class.
My resource consists of PDF document and PowerPoint presentation. I included :
Description and instructions
Procedure and Tips
Structure of presentation
Group members - roles
Guidelines for good oral presentation
List and Examples of Literary Devices
Peer and teacher evaluation / evaluation criteria
In -class essay (an exmaple)
Topicabout mental illness provides a window into stress and the toll it takes on young people. Youth today are experiencing more stress and anxiety than ever before. As a teacher you never know exactly what
students are dealing with in their lives so topics that they can directly relate to should be treated very delicately.
Through this (and not only this) unit students will have a better understanding and respect for individuals who are dealing with issues of depression, alienation and stress.
Teachers can help normalize these feelings and behaviors through everyday discussion, everyday interaction and finding ways to help develop an understanding of the students experience.
This lesson plan includes step by step lesson plan for teachers, students worksheet with warm up activity, comprehension questions, vocabulary and language exercises, role play activity. It is based on famous Radiohead song Just. Enjoy!
I have done this material as a project. It consists of a short quiz as an introduction to the topic of fairy tales. Then we deal with the terminology and elements of fairy tales and short stories. It is followed by writing a short story as a practice of what has been learned so far. We finish this part of project with class discussion .
Second part of the unit is group work. Students will receive a project outline , roles within the group and assessment criteria.
I have attached a powerpoint presentation that you just need to show on a projector and pdf document for the group project - Once Upon a Time and Questionably Ever After.
*** Last but not least, I included a link to Fairy Tale Escape Room. You can use it as an introduction to the theme or anywhere you see it fits .If you experience any problem with the link or have any further questions regarding this material,feel free to contact me @ rebellious.teach@gmail.com
This project lasted approximately 2 weeks but you can adapt it to your needs.
I sincerely hope that you and your students will like the material and find it useful.