Aim: Students learn about collective nouns for animals, people and things. They play a game of three rounds and work together to win points. Animals - army of ants, swarm of bees, crash of rhinos, pod of dolphins, murder of crows, pack of wolves, pride of lions, school of sharks People - team. class, band, mob, board, crew, audience Things - pack, bunch, set, group, pair

This lesson series was developed for my National Geographic Educator Certification Program. To complete the program I had to make a video explanation of the lesson aims and outcomes. You can watch the video to get a sense of the lesson by clicking the NG Capstone project link. Aim: Students learn about Panda Conservation then take action to create posters that raise awareness about other mistreated animals in China. Panda Conservation Lesson 1- Pre-teach the conservation language (habitat, poacher, predator etc) 2- Reading tasks (transcript from a video) 3- Listening tasks (watch the video) 4- In depth comprehension questions about the reading and charts. 5- Discussion - Is the Panda safe from extinction? China’s Wildlife Protection Law Lesson 1- Introduce the situation of bear bile farms, tiger farms and shark finning 2- In groups, students do independent research and create posters 3- Students share what they’ve learned with each other

Level: Lower - Upper Intermediate Aim: Students learn about 5 supernatural creatures (witch, mummy, zombie, vampire, werewolf) and are quizzed about them. Following the quiz, students navigate a haunted house interactive story in which they must use what they know about each creature to survive. Download and attach the sound clips to the relevant slides to create a scarier atmosphere for the story.

PowerPoint presentations for TOEFL Speaking questions 1 and 2. Lesson Aims: -To introduce the type of question (open ended vs closed questions) -To clarify the exam question timing (prep and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide further example questions for extra practice

TOEFL Speaking question 3 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson aims: -To introduce the format of TOEFL speaking 3 (Integrated Question - Campus Notice Reading - Dialogue Listening) -To clarify the exam timing (reading / listening / preparation / speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for listening for extra practice (There are also hidden slides which allow the teacher to view the audio transcripts for extra support while teaching this lesson)

TOEFL Speaking question 4 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson aims: -To introduce the format of TOEFL speaking 4 (Integrated Question - Academic Reading - Monologue Listening) -To clarify the exam timing (reading / listening / preparation / speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for listening for extra practice (There are also hidden slides which allow the teacher to view the audio transcripts for extra support while teaching this lesson)

TOEFL Speaking question 6 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson Aims: -To introduce TOEFL Speaking Question 6 (Academic Listening - Listening to a Lecture) -To clarify the exam question timing (Listening / Preparation and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for extra practice (This lesson also includes hidden slides with transcripts so that the teacher can clearly read the content of each audio file)

TOEFL Speaking question 5 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson Aims: -To introduce the TOEFL Speaking question 5 (Discussing a problem - Dialogue listening) -To clarify the exam question timing (Listening / preparation and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for extra practice (This lesson also contains hidden slides so that the teacher may view transcripts for the 10 practice question audio files)