Sound Stories

Levels: elementary to advanced.
Ages: kids; young teens.
Type: using raw sounds to generate stories.
Skills: listening; speaking; writing; pronunciation (using intonation to convey atmosphere and drama).
Language focus: vocabulary – ways of speaking; any grammar and vocab that arises from the written/performed follow-up. Continue reading Sound Stories

Easy Grammar Poems

Levels: pre-intermediate to low upper-intermediate.
Ages: older kids; teens; young adults.
Type: writing poems; revising grammar structures.
Skills: writing; listening; speaking; pronunciation (conveying emotion through emphasis and pausing).
Language focus: grammar revision; vocab – adjectives to make a description more detailed and colourful. Continue reading Easy Grammar Poems

Revision games – prepositions of place and movement (40 minutes)

Levels: strong elementary to pre-intermediate.
Scope: kids; teens; adults.
Type: drawing; TPR; basketball.
Skills: listening; speaking.
Language focus: prepositions of place and movement; linking words/phrases. Continue reading Revision games – prepositions of place and movement (40 minutes)