Facebook Updates = Readings and More

Facebook Updates = Readings and More

Input is key to learning a language and we want to make it fun. To encourage reading, I’m always looking for what they like to read. Facebook is a big one and now I know an easy way to find what I need. Initially I “liked” the Tide Facebook page to...

What’s trending?

Interpersonal Writing Activity STEPS Download: Download PDF Version Download PPT Version Find and screenshot tweets that support the daily objective. Put them on a tweet sheet. Pass around the sheets for them to respond or do a gallery walk. Original post published...
Sorting Activity for Notes

Sorting Activity for Notes

I hope my last post about PowerPoints made you think about how you present vocabulary. I don’t want you to think I’m completely against Powerpoint. I did find a good use of my old vocabulary PP today based on Megan’s recent “memorizing”...
Death to PowerPoint

Death to PowerPoint

As I began to teach the level 1 activities unit for the 15th time, I opened my Dropbox folder to look at my files. There was my PowerPoint with pictures and the vocabulary word for over twenty different activities that students like and don’t like to do....