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Reflective Practice for Busy Teachers

Posted on 20/12/2015 by fabenglishteacher

I’m currently doing an International House online course in teacher training, however now is not the time to rave about it (or mention how I’m also interested in doing a couple more of their courses when I’ve finished this one). … Continue reading →

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Having Fun with Hamlet

Posted on 10/12/2015 by fabenglishteacher

Shakespeare can be a challenge with teens, they often have pretty fixed ideas about how difficult/boring/old-fashioned his work is. So here’s how we “did” Hamlet: Lesson 1: Imagine how you would react in the following situations- Your dad died a … Continue reading →

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December To-Do list

Posted on 06/12/2015 by fabenglishteacher

Why is December always so busy? OK, I know there’s Christmas etc. but that’s not until the end of the month, and we’ve got holidays to look forward to. I agree the exam marking and report writing can be time-consuming, … Continue reading →

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Christmas crafts and language ideas

Posted on 01/12/2015 by fabenglishteacher

Our primary teacher made these wonderful snowmen with her class: You can see how to do it on : Not wanting to be left out I jumped in on the act and the students drew their snowmen (with the right … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving -a time for giving thanks

Posted on 23/11/2015 by fabenglishteacher

   The great thing about teaching English is that we can take advantage of any occasion to talk about values, and appreciation. The sheet was downloaded from http://www.busyteacher.com – thank you!    Homework is to take home this sheet and … Continue reading →

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Blowing my own trumpet

Posted on 11/11/2015 by fabenglishteacher

While I feel a bit uncomfortable blowing my own trumpet with you, I must just share how excited I am about this… My new (and first!) “book”!! Even more exciting is the fact that it’s being marketed on The Round, … Continue reading →

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November to-do list

Posted on 04/11/2015 by fabenglishteacher

Write my to-do list before the 4th of the month! 2. Macmillan’s online conference starts tomorrow! 3. Oxford’s webinar on grammar & Meaning in secondary school  on the 18th or 19th November looks great! 4. I’m also really looking forward to … Continue reading →

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Delicious adjectives and disgusting beans

Posted on 01/11/2015 by fabenglishteacher

With my upper level class I often try and expand their already impressive vocabulary with synonyms, and this exercise was a great (and very easy!) way of doing that. After having looked at words to describe a food in general, … Continue reading →

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#Teacher5adaywrite

Posted on 24/10/2015 by fabenglishteacher

I’m still in the middle of  the #teacher5adayPE challenge and actually starting to “enjoy” wallsits and there’s #teacher5adaysketch to look forward to. I’m the new kid on the playground so I don’t know what’s been done before but I wanted … Continue reading →

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The hungry cockroach

Posted on 16/10/2015 by fabenglishteacher

This idea has everything I love; storytelling, different forms of student production, encouraging imagination, and it’s simple. Just get three pieces of paper, overlap each of them about a couple of inches and then fold, hey presto a groovy book shape. … Continue reading →

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