THE KING'S SPEECH CLASS ACTIVITY

The king's speech

 

SPELLING BEE GAMES

This game is very simple: you just look at the image and then spell the word. You can click on the letters on the screen or use the keyboard to type. The keyboard seems to be a lot faster than clicking with the mouse. So, if you are looking to get a good score, then it would be advisable to use the keys.

Before you start, you have to select a set of content to use. There are 30 different sets available for this game and each one has about 25 items to spell. You have to spell out each item once and there is also an audio clip for each image which should play just as the image is first shown.

It is possible to add your own images and audio clips. To do this you click on the 'add' button when in the content selection screen. They you can select images from your desktop computer and they get added and displayed on the screen. The file names of the images you add become the target word that you have to spell. So if you add an image called 'beach holiday', then the target to spell for that image will be 'beach holiday'. Although, you can change the target words by clicking on the textbox directly below the image. Note that for this game it is not possible to add numbers or special characters - these are automatically removed on teh content screen. This is because the keyboard that is displayed on screen only contains letter.

Spelling Bee ESL 

Spelling Bee Spell Quiz

Spelling Bee - Maths Playground

WORKING WITH LYRICS: ED SHEERAND - HAPPIER

 

For downloading the activity filling the gaps in the lyrics: Ed Sheeran - Perfect activity

For downloading the full lyrics: Ed Sheeran - Perfect Full Lyrics

TEA CONSENT VIDEO

If you're still struggling with consent, just imagine instead of initiating sex, you're making them a cup of tea. You say, "Hey, would you like a cup of tea?" And they go, "Oh, my God, I would love a cup of tea. Thank you." Then you know they want a cup of tea. If you say, "Hey, would you like a cup of tea?" And they're like, "No, um, you know, I'm not really sure." Then you could make the a cup of tea or not, but, be aware, they might not drink it. And if they don't drink it, then, and this is the important part, don't make them drink it. Just because you made it doesn't mean you are entitled to watch them drink it. And if they say, "No, thank you," then don't make them tea at all. Just don't make them tea. Don't make them drink tea. Don't get annoyed at them for not wanting tea. They just don't want tea, OK?

BRITISH COUNCIL GAMES FOR LEARNERS

Do you like playing games in English? We have fun games for you to play. Read the instructions and have fun playing and practising English.

 

Follow this link to play Bristish Council games: Fun English games for kids

BEST OF THE NEW GUINNES WORLD RECORDS 2023

Guinness World Records is the official reference, and ultimate authority, for world records. Distributed in more than 100 countries and translated into 20 languages, the Guinness World Records annual is one of the best-selling books of all time!

It aims to inspire ordinary people to do extra-ordinary things. Our mission is to entertain and inform, and to celebrate the world’s best.

To download the worksheet: Quiz
To go to the oficial website: guinnessworldrecords.com 
To go to the video of SPOTLIGHT - Most dominoes toppled in a 3D pyramid
For another video: GWR 2017

For GWR stories

LUKAS GRAHAM - 7 YEARS VIDEO (AND ACTIVITY)

Nice song to go through with your students. Have a glance at the lirycs and work out this song all together. In this song Lukas summarises his life so far and what he hopes to achieve in the future. He said that the reason the lyrics go as far as the age of 60 is because his father died at 61 and he needed to "pass it to believe it." He continued: "It's a song about growing older.

Lyrics handout: 7 years by Lukas Graham

HOW GOOD GRAMMAR SAVES LIVES AND OTHER REASONS IT'S STILL IMPORTANT

 Your grammar skills, whether good or bad, often leave people with a lasting impression about who you are. Yet grammar errors are still extremely common as they’re so easy to miss. Unfortunately, many grammar mistakes come at the price of being misunderstood, made fun of, or even losing a job.

Luckily, poor grammar skills can be fixed as long as you’re aware of them. This article will show you how even a little mishap, like adding one comma too many, can change the meaning of the whole sentence — and explain how to avoid it.

Keep reading on How Good Grammar Saves Lives

CORONAVIRUS AND MODAL VERBS

The coronavirus is a kind of virus that mutates (changes) very fast. It’s said it comes from wild animals and its origin is China because they’re used to eating wild animals (like bats, pangolins…). Actually people think the animal which transmitted first the virus to a human was a pangolin (an ant-eater family species). The coronavirus has existed for more than 30 years but it stayed confined in China. The reason of the spreading of it is because the more often commercial transactions and, therefore, business travelling to China in this last decade and also the more habitual habits from Chinese to go on holiday to other countries.

To download the worksheet: Coronavirus activity

EMMA WATSON'S SPEECH AT U.N. ABOUT GENDER INEQUALITY

Watch the video on youtube: Emma Watson at U.N.

"Today, we are launching a campaign called HeForShe. I am reaching out to you because we need your help. We want to end gender inequality and to do this, we need everyone involved. This is the first campaign of its kind at the UN. We want to try to galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change and we don't just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure that it's tangible." 

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For reading on the full script follow the following link: Emma Watson's speech at U.N.

Watch the first part of the video (to 5 minutes and 15 seconds!), do the exercises and then have a look at the HeForShe website. Emma Watson's Speech Exercises

SANDY HOOK PROMISE

Sandy Hook Promise is a national non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.Based in Newtown, Connecticut, our intent is to honor all victims of gun violence by turning our tragedy into a moment of transformation by providing programs and practices that protect children and prevent the senseless, tragic loss of life.

Visit Sandy Hook website on www.sandyhookpromise.org

ESL-LAB: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE - RESOURCES

The listening activities have been organized by approximate level of difficulty based on rate of speed, vocabulary, content, ambient noise, idiomatic expressions, and other factors; however, this is never an exact science. Because I have tried not to overly predigest the content for the consumption of the language learner, the materials can be challenging for very low students. In fact, the Easy level is designed for false or high beginners on up who have already studied some English, and not for true beginners.

Linjk to the activities: esl-lab

ENGLISH CAMBRIDGE EXAM PRACTICE

Cambridge English (also known as ESOL) is a department of Cambridge University. Their English exams Proficiency (CPE), Advanced (CAE), First (FCE), Preliminary (PET) and Key (KET) are recognised around the world by thousands of employers, universities and government ministries as proof of ability to use English.

Cambridge developed the IELTS exam in conjunction with the British Council and IELTS Australia.

Cambridge ESOL have a range of business English examinations including BULATS and BEC.
Please click on the name of the exam to find out more about it, and access the free practice tests.

Cambridge exam practice

BRITISH COUNCIL: PRACTISING SKILLS

LearnEnglish Teens is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. If you want to learn English while having fun, this free website is just for you. LearnEnglish Teens can help improve your English with reading, writing and listening practice, tips for exams, grammar and vocabulary exercises, games and videos. You can also interact with other teenagers from all around the world.

Britishcouncil site

GRAMMAR, READING AND LISTENING PRACTICE: ESL-LOUNGE

Here you can get into a reference sitefor students of English from elementary level A1 to Advance C1. It is comprehensive, clear, flexible and easy to use, ideal for individual study, ESL-Lounge offers the student clear grammar explanations with examaples with grammar rules. 1000 pages of interactive grammar, listening, vocabulary and reading exercises. English grammar guide and phrasal verbs section, games and more.

Grammar Guide & Exercises: ESL-Lounge
Reading & Listening: ESL-Lounge

WRITING SELF-CORRECTION CODE

This is a common tool to optimise learning opportunities from mistakes students make in written homework and to encourage the self-correction to get to know the mistakes and do not repeat them any longer. I'll show you where the mistakes are and what kind they are, and then you must try to correct them as a second stage to the initial writing task. The codes shown here is what you might find in your writing all over this course. It's your task to find them and correct them properly.

Click on the following link: Writing self-correction code

SUBJECT & OBJECT QUESTIONS: GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES

When we usually learn about how to make a question, we learn about object questions, because they are the most common type of question. The normal rules that you learn about making questions, such as inverting the question word and the auxiliary verb, or adding 'do', 'does' or 'did', are all used in object questions. 'Who kissed John?' is a subject question. We don't need to use inversion, or add 'did'. Instead, we just take out 'Lucy' from the answer (which is a normal sentence) and add 'who'. We generally make subject questions using 'who' or 'what'.

Activities for practicing
Grammar explanations and rules
More practise (+ rules)

BURLINGTON EXTRA MATERIAL

Welcome to Burlington Books Spain. The website tailor-made for teachers and students of English in Spain!

The Catalogue section enables you to browse
through Burlington Books' full catalogue of printed publications and digital products. For a presentation of our New Books, click on the orange icon.

If you are a teacher using Burlington Books, you may join our exclusive Teacher's Zone. This will give you access to a wealth of resources to help you in the classroom, including handy MP3 recordings and the programaciones for our coursebooks.

For your students, there is the Student's Zone, where they will find resources for their coursebook and readers, such as MP3 recordings, extra exams, interactive games and activities to practise their English at home.

Visit our site often to keep up to date with our new materials: Burlington extra material

COURSE NOTICES

In connection with the 2017-2018 school year, I have highlighted some interesting information for students and families: course organization, class does and don'ts, assessment criteria... Very clear document where you can find the essential points for this year's course. In case of any questions, contact me.

Course notices

WRITING PROJECT SLIDESHOW