
7 no-prep course-ending lessons
With the current admin work (reports, grades etc.) it’s quite difficult to come up with a lesson that would be easy to teach, funny and engaging. I absolutely understand this predicament, so I browsed through my blog and found 7 lesson plans you can easily adapt to your classroom – both online and offline. You can find something for all age groups and levels.

7 Free Online Courses in June
Can you feel the summer break? I'm sure you're more than ready to relax, but as the Evil Empress of the World (in the Making) I must remind you there's not rest for the wicked! I found 7 great free online courses, so you can work on your teaching superpowers!

Lovecraftian Bedtime Story (for cats and their personnel)
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Today there is no blog post... only a bedtime story, although maybe not suitable for little children :)
The story is by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and includes no blasphemous evil, no unspeakable terror lurking from the murky water... only cats.
Enjoy!

10 Dos and Don'ts of Teaching Online
I'm sure most of you already know what teaching online looks like, and you're getting quite experienced in this field. However, as a teacher, and a DoS observing quite a lot of online lessons, I must admit there are some universal truths worth sharing.

7 Free Online Courses in May
The weather is getting more and more enjoyable, and the evenings are simply made to go out, breathe in the scent of spring flowers and listen to the birds clearly enjoying their human-free time... but it may be safer to stay in and enjoy a free online course or two!

Netflix - your own EFL teacher at home
With the weather getting nicer with every day, it's more and more difficult to stay in. I generally love staying home, but even for me there's a limit to delicious tea, good books and cosy blankets. I feel like I need something extra to keep me at home, and fortunately there's Netflix!

7 Free Online Courses in April (and not one about teaching online!)
Self-isolation, week 3.
Do you also have the feeling that you'd like the good, old times back?
If you want to escape to the world of education, feel free to join me. I know you must be pretty tired, so I carefully omitted all the courses on teaching online.

Creativity is key! (book review)
As Alan Maley says, I passionately believe creativity to be central to learning, including language learning. When I saw his 50 Creative Activities published by CUP, I knew I had to take a look at the book.

Memome for everyone - practising comparatives
When a friendly neighbourhood Teacher's Corner introduced a new game called Memome, I thought, it's basically just a typical memo activity. And to be honest, I was right... but it turns out to be much more versatile.

That is Evil! Valentine's Day
If your preferred shade of red is rouge de Tarantino and you do appreciate love stories with a little bit of a twist, I've got something for you - a collection of evil (well, sometimes not so evil, just a tiny bit malicious) Valentine's songs I collected on Spotify.