
Teacher, let's watch a film...
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I've come up with a couple of nice classroom activities regarding mostly short videos, but also some ideas about watching films.

Scaredy Cat: roleplay and/or creative writing
Scaredy Cat is a project by Heather Franzen and I must say I fell in love with it the moment I saw it - in fact I'm going to buy this tiny book because it's cute, adorable and I simply want to have it on my own :) Now - it's a lovely story and let me share its sweetness with you.

Don't panic and use warm-ups :)
What can we do with teenagers? Those sleepy, yawning, not really interested in learning teenagers? What can you do to wake them up, or make them switch off their mobile phones? Give them a nice warm-up, sure!

Deadly Islands (end of a course activity for pre-int+)
This is my absolutely favourite project ever. I love it, it has always worked for me and my students and I had a lot of fun with it!

Dixit - a nice game for the end of a course
I want to share a really nice board game called Dixit. I used to play it with friends, but I decided to try it with my intermediate+ students who apparently fell in love with the game. It's very easy to play and is perfect as an activity at the end of the course when the students know each other and are used to their specific ways of thinking.

Creative pedagogy, language learning and technology - IATEFL presentation by Mr. Graham Stanley
Mr. Graham Stanley made a really nice presentation at the IATEFL conference and I enjoyed it immensely as it covers my field of interest - games and creative teaching. I do recommend watching this video as it is short (20 mins) and really funny, but let me sum it up a bit.

Stories and storytelling
I've written about one of my favourite games, Once Upon a Time... and today I present a lesson plan to cover introduction to storytelling.

Once Upon a Time...
One of the best activities in the classroom for students of all ages is definitely playing games. And one of the best and most creative games is Once Upon a Time by Atlas Games. If you check their website you will find some teaching tips, but I use it in a different way, simply because it is hard to tell a story for pre-intermediate level students - writing is easier, especially when they have dictionaries and work in pairs to make it even funnier.

Present Perfect Simple with zombies and krakens
Explaining Present Perfect can be tough... but it's my absolutely favourite thing to teach! I need a kraken, or a zombie - and boom! everything is clear!