A lesson looking at S03E01 episode of Black Mirror. Reading, writing and S&L activities included. My students loved it.
Episode available on Netflix. The following is covered:
Society
The ending
The truck driver - morality
Dangers of sexting
Are you addicted to you r phone quiz
Nomophobia
The plot
Why is it called Nosedive?
Why is it called Black Mirror?
Race and sexuality
Social Media
This fun icebreaker can be an energizing way to engage participants. It’s a “personality assessment. The students love it! PowerPoint and answer sheet included.
Two fun psychological tests that the students love!
Journey in Life - Try to get your group as relaxed as possible and ask them to close their eyes and listen to you. Set the scene of a day in the country. They are just about to start out on a walk. Ask them to imagine each of the following in turn, and each time write down what they saw in their imagination. Tell them they should write down the first image that comes into their head – not think about it for too long. After they have written down each description you can interpret their images using the ideas below.
DRAW A TREE - Give each student a blank piece of paper and ask them to draw a tree. Tell them they are not to ask any questions about how to draw it – it is up to them. Then take in all the drawings and display them on the floor or where they can all see them. You may be able to group them at this stage. The following are possible interpretations of their drawings – they could make up their own interpretations!
Really fun starter the students love!
The following is a personality test to see what kind of person you are.
Psychologists have found numerous pointers as to what kind of person one is, from just things we take for granted.
For instance, observing a picture for a short period is enough to know what kind of personality one has. Are you optimistic, creative or just stable. This personality test is not scientific, and its main purpose is simply to have fun.
A really fun activity the students love! On PowerPoints there are pictures of celebs...........as kids. The students have to work out who the are. Gets a great debate going! All answers included.
A fantastic lesson on handwriting. The lesson focuses on the most common problems children have with handwriting and gives a number of helpful solutions (short & long term).
Quiz using pictures of different cities. Useful as a starter on a unit about cities. Is also useful to get pupils looking for clues in images to help locate them somewhere in the world.
A fun PPT for getting students to recognize flags from around the world, and at the same time learn a little bit about where these countries are. I use it as a fill in when I have time to spare
An excellent, fun and interative literary. The following rounds are included: fictional characters, film adaptions, British/American English, prefix/suffix, Vocabograms, connections, and rapid fire. The students love this lesson!
A PowerPoint collection of The Most Powerful & Influential Photographs Ever. Each photo has information and a description. It is also available to view as a 8 min video clip (included).
A fun, informative and interactive lesson on phobias. I use when interesting language questions focused on tension, drama, scariness, dramatic etc. However, could be used as a fun starter on anything. I have included the top ten phobias on the PowerPoint and a separate Word document. I have also included class discussion questions and a fun personality starter named ‘What Scares You The Most.’ The students love it.
A really fun starter that my classes love. Students have 2 minutes to list the top ten of a topic e.g. 10 most used words in the English language, 10 most popular websites etc. Timer included which you can change for a longer/shorter time. I have included 13 questions for your classes to do (and the template is there for you to add more). It really gets the students engaged.
The students love this idiom activity based on the TV game show ‘Catchphrase.’ The students have to guess the idiom catchphrase and then explain what it means. They have 22 to complete! There is also a fun activity on ten international idioms where the students discuss what they mean.
A starter my students love. A 40-slide PowerPoint full of fun questions and discussions points for students. Some are personal and some are general knowledge. Examples below:
‘What’s your most overused word?’
‘What is the only word that begins and ends with the letters “und”?’
‘Which three words best describe you?’
‘What is the shortest two-word sentence in the English language?’