Author Archives: Valerie
Group Debate
Students use critical thinking skills to articulate their positions in this debate activity.
Active Listening with Music
Music is brought alive through this creative activity which brings art and music alive in students imaginations.
Picture This!
Students practice describing pictures from memory in this popular speaking activity. This works great as a competition between groups!
What am I? Who am I?
A role-play activity, is a “Whose line is it, anyway?” styled activity where students express personality traits, emotions, types of people, stereotypes and/or animals. Get ready to act!
What Do You Want To Be?
Students will talk about jobs and the qualities needed for them in this minimum resource activity.
Vocabulary Velcro
Students practice different vocabulary through this popular classroom activity where students must place pictures in their correct location.
Spider Maps
A simple and adaptable activity were student practice vocabulary or grammar words. This works great when you have an extra 5 minutes to fill in class.
Sing-a-long and Matching Game
Kids love this two part game that brings music and vocabulary together. Choose your own songs to fit topics you have been covering or go with the given examples of “On top of Spaghetti” and “This Land is your Land”
Lesson Planning Manual
From Romania PCV Karen Lindquist, this manual is a basic guide to writing or improving your lesson plans. It also includes many lesson plans, theme units and other resources for your classroom. Download this resource
Public Speaking Presentation
Public Speaking, tips and tricks are covered in this simple powerpoint. Created by a PCV, he will help guide your students to become prepared and confident presenters!
Business Planning Powerpoint
How does one start a business? This presentation is a great way to learn. Challenging your advanced students to come up with a business plan for a school project? This a great place to start!
Fruit Flashcards
These fruit images are good for flashcards or print out the sheet for a good game Slap!
Love/Valentine’s Day Activity Ideas
A handful of quick, love focused, activities to use when you need low prep fillers.Â
Developing a Marketing Plan
Help advanced students learn the ins and outs of developing a marketing plan.
Drama Class Handbook
Encourage your students’ love of theatrics through this instructional drama club handbook.
Environmental Education Through English Lessons
This series of lesson plans teaches basic environmental concepts and issues while teaching English. The curriculum begins with the more basic environmental concepts, then presents major environmental issues, and finally focuses on specific topics, such as the water cycle, air pollution, and littering.
Classroom Commercials
In this role-playing activity, students test their creativity and powers of persuasion by making and performing their own advertising skits (“commercials”) for a product of their own imagining.
Advertising
Explore the world of advertisements in this engaging lesson plan. Students love creating and performing their own commercial skits after learning the basics of what advertisements are and how they can be influential in our lives.
Hero Archetypes in Film
Students are taught what an archetype is through the example of movie heroes and are then challenged to recognize archetypes in movie villains.
Connecting Music to Life
Make music a relevant part of your students learning experience through this series of lesson plans which help them connect music to their lives through writing, speaking and creative activities.
A Crazy Day
Peak students interest, encourage in class discussion and participation through the popular book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Sexual Harassment Survey
A general survey about what sexual harassment is. This is a great resource to teach how to recognize when someone is being sexually harassed.
Objectivity and Bias in the News
Students get to practice their skills of comparing and contrasting two different sources while learning about news media and the concept of objectivity and bias.
Introduction to Yoga
This untraditional English language lesson is a fun way to open up your students to the principals and practices of yoga. Namaste.
The Meaning of Love
The idea of love from a chemical and emotional perspective are focused on in this fun lesson plan.
What are Human Rights?
Introduce the idea of a human right and for students to understand there are things that all people should be able to have.
Teach Like A PCV 