Here are some classroom games for vocabulary practice that require minimal preparation and work well with almost any age group. Classroom Games for Vocabulary Practice: My Go-To List Paper planes: First, have your students make some paper planes. Stand the students in two lines as two teams. For the competition, assign different classroom objects points…
I’d like to introduce you another great tool that you can create content. Visme is yet another versatile tool that you can create powerful visual stories in the form of presentations, infographics and other visual content. It is free. You can checkout this quick video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAroxawE0U Visme allows you to create various forms of content…
Yes, another school year is about to end and here you can find a few ideas how to finish it. Give each student a paper plate and tape it to their backs. Tell students to start to walk around the room and write positive things about each other on the paper plates. Don’t forget to…
There is a vocabulary game that I’ve recently downloaded on my phone and that has become an addiction for me. As a Scrabble fan, I’ve been playing Words of Wonders for the last couple of weeks. Inspired by this game I started creating crosswords puzzles for my students. As the school year is nearing to…
Looking for some fun icebreakers for your next lesson? It’s already spring here and my students started asking me to play more games in class…As a matter of fact, I sometimes forget what I have in my toolbox but these are the ones we’ve been playing recently. I hope these three quick, no-prep icebreakers and…
Dublin had been on my list for a long time, and I finally had the chance to visit, combining a conference with a short city break. Dublin was calling me Being a fan of Irish writers, on Friday I spent seeing the city which was an extraordinary experience for me. I started the day visiting…
Baamboozle is a tool that allows you to create games for your classes. The tool is very easy to use. It is free so just sign up and start creating your game for your class. You can also use the games existed on Baamboozle. Browse the library and choose the most suitable game to play….
Here is a really cool writing activity you can try with your students. Today we started with some questions written on cards about reading, watching movies, book characters, new trends on social media, etc. Then we read a paragraph about JK Rowling and Harry Potter, why it was a huge success, why we love it,…
A simple dice can be one of the most useful tools in your classroom toolbox. then why not roll a dice and let the fun begin. What can you do with a dice? There are wonderful no-prep activities to liven up your class, to motivate your students to speak or even to write. Here are…
A few years ago I was able to recall phone numbers, important dates and names easily. I never felt the need to jot down dates, shopping items on my agenda. However, things are not the same anymore. Perhaps I can easily put the blame on my smart phone which does all the job for me…
We all know that teaching vocabulary is one of the most difficult part of our job. I don’t know why but the students tend to ignore that they have to learn words and instead they focus more on grammar. However, without words grammar serves as math formulas. Here is a very quick activity that can…
I’ve just come across this fancy new portal created by the Oxford University, Oxplore. It is a gem. I will just write how it works and how I’ve started using it with my students.The portal aims teenagers. Thus, it is colourful, vivid and eye-catching. It attracts the attention of the visitor. It is easy to…
