Author Archives: Jon Sayer
Dear Ukraine PCVs: you are in our thoughts
With the all the news coming out of Ukraine right now, us RPCVs can’t help but have volunteers in our thoughts. We hope you are all safe and secure.
Dear Ukraine, Micronesia, and Morocco PCVs: please be our Valentine!
Hey there Ukraine, Micronesia and Morocco PCVs. Deep down, we know you guys love Teach Like A PCV, or so our Web analytics tells us. In terms of active Peace Corps countries, you three are in the lead for how much internet love we’ve been getting lately. Thailand, Ecuador, and Mexico, we can tell you […]
A beautiful (insert country name) begins with you
This two-part lesson takes students through the thought process that any graphic designer needs to go through in order to produce a meaningful statement in their work by creating a poster with an environmental theme. This lesson’s two parts can be taught on the same day (with a break in between) or in two different sessions. […]
Lessons against gender violence
Gender violence is not something isolated to any one culture. As educators, we have the responsibility and opportunity to fight it. As part of the 16 Days Against Gender Violence Campaign from Rutgers University, Peace Corps Romania’s Gender and Development Committee (GAD) developed a series of lessons to help students come to terms with various […]
The Kindergarten Project
We are proud to present The Kindergarten Project! In one simple 1.57 GB zip file, you will find an entire school year’s TEFL curriculum for kindergartners, featuring games, activities, coloring pages, songs, and even videos demonstrating the lessons themselves. This curriculum was developed by Peace Corps Volunteers teaching English in Romania from 2011-2013. The curriculum […]
Running dictation – a poetry scavenger hunt
This activity from Simon Parker of Sharing One Language challenges students to find the lines of a poem scattered around their school and organize them in the correct order.
Photo scavenger hunt
This is a camp, field trip, or long-class activity which utilizes a technology many students already have with them: camera-equipped phones. Students are sent out with their camera phones to complete as many challenges as they can, each worth a different amount of points. It was sent to us by Romania PCVs Theron LaBounty and […]
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It’s the end of a school year, and the end of era. Peace Corps’s twenty two years of exceptional service in Romania is coming to a close, along with it the editors of this awesome site’s two years of service. But that doesn’t mean this site is going anywhere, not if YOU have anything to […]
Human Rights
This is a lesson for advanced high school students about human rights and gender-based violence and providing students with the opportunity to realize that gender based violence is a human rights violation and that people all over the world are trying to combat this particular human rights violation. It’s by PC Romania’s Gender and Development […]
Domestic Violence
This is a lesson for advanced high school students about domestic violence. Students describe an image story, then learn about nonviolence through Tibetan Prayer Flags. It’s by PC Romania’s Gender and Development Committee (GAD) and part of a series of lessons from the “16 Days Against Gender Violence” campaign.
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Salut, România! PC Romania’s language textbook
This is the textbook PCVs in Romania used to learn Romanian during pre-service training. It focuses on the daily-life skills needed to survive in Romania, as well as topics about Romanian culture and tips for volunteers to explain their role in Romania. It’s an amazing resource for anyone seeking to learn the Romanian language. It […]
Dating violence
This is a lesson is for getting advanced high school students to talk about dating violence. It’s by PC Romania’s Gender and Development Committee (GAD) and part of a series of lessons from the “16 Days Against Gender Violence” campaign.
Power and Relationships
This is a lesson for advanced high school students about what kind of behavior is healthy or abusive in a relationship. It’s by PC Romania’s Gender and Development Committee (GAD) and part of a series of lessons from the “16 Days Against Gender Violence” campaign.
Remember Earth Hour this Saturday!
Just a quick reminder that Earth Hour will be this Saturday, March 23. If you are like most of our readers and live in the Eastern European time zone, you will celebrate at 8:30 pm until 9:30 pm. A friend of ours over at WWF Romania sent us a guide for celebrating in the context […]
Use sticky notes to teach body parts
Have some sticky notes sent from home and no idea what to do with them? This lesson for young learners asks students to stick body parts on a willing volunteer. By Romania PCV Matt Paulson.
Gender Stereotypes
This is a lesson for advanced students seeking to challenge the way they thing about gender. It’s by PC Romania’s Gender and Development Committee (GAD) and part of a series of lessons from the “16 Days Against Gender Violence” campaign.
“Can you … ? Do you like … ?” Short answer worksheet
In this activity, students go around the classroom asking their colleagues if they can do a verb, then if they like to. They must write the name of the student they asked and how the student responded. Can be used as a standalone activity in a lesson about sports or more difficult verbs or as […]
Basic comparatives worksheet
Students complete simple comparative sentences to learn how to make them. There are two worksheets per page. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
First (and last) Annual Lesson Plan Contest
In honor of the first anniversary of the beginning of the Teach Like A PCV project, we are proudly announcing the release of the First (and probably last) Annual Teach Like A PCV Lesson Plan Contest!
Expressing Abilities: Can and Can’t worksheet
Students must express the ability to do things with can and can’t. By Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Fictional Heroes
Students practice their language skills and learn about onomatopoeias by writing their own comic strip. From Romania PCV Melissa Royer, using material adopted from Reward Intermediate Student’s Book, by Simon Greenall.
Who killed the teacher? A murder mystery
This is a high-preparation lesson that’s totally worth it. Students engage in a murder mystery where they have to find the killer in their class by asking their classmates who they were with, where they were, and what they were doing at the time of the fictional murder.
Zoo escape!
This lesson combines a revision of animals with the skill of giving directions. By using a vocabulary set the students should already know, namely animals, it allows the students to focus on the more difficult task of giving directions.
Slap!
This is a fun game for practicing any kind of vocabulary that can be depicted by a picture. Every teacher of a foreign language should know this game.
Daily routines in present continuous and simple
This worksheet combines the vocabulary for practicing daily routines with the grammar goal of discerning which form of present tense should be used in a sentence. There are two worksheets per page. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Continue the story in past tense
Students start to read a story about a beautiful princess, only to find that all the verbs in the second half of the story aren’t in past tense! They have to fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verb.
Question Words Worksheet
Students practice questions and question words using this worksheet from Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Past Perfect Simple Worksheet
Students are asked to complete the sentences with the verb in the parentheses in the past perfect simple tense. There are two worksheets per page. By Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
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