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10 short warm-ups to revise vocabulary
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What needs constant revision, is vocabulary, especially on the more advanced levels - the students learn the words but don't use them regularly. One way to make them revise vocabulary is to do short warm-ups in the classroom. I've got my favourite ten activities that I use regularly

Homework? Smile in the morning!
Have you heard that even if you fake a smile, you genuinely start feeling happier? At least that's what American scientists say, but is it true?
Me and my B2 group have decided to give it a try, hence the homework, perfect for grey November:

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

Digit-all-love
I'm a teacher who does that only during the tests and I rather encourage my students to use their phones in the classroom on a regular basis. And teach them how to use their phones to help them learn.

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.

Proper anatomy :)
That could be quite a nice homework for students - we all learn those boring parts of the body; but this might be a nice change

The same exam
One of the most difficult tasks for me as a teacher is designing tests (and then test correction, I really hate it) - and the picture above explains why: it is virtually impossible to create a test everyone could find something they are good at.