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End of Year Activities in November: Why Wait for December?

What if November, not December, was the perfect time to wrap up our year’s reflections and test out some possible resolutions? Imagine making November your December and using December as a pilot for the new year — trying out various ideas for resolutions and sticking with those that seem the most sensible (and achievable).

My Superhero Teacher: no-prep lesson plan

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Unleash your ESL classroom superpowers! Take a look at this fun, no-prep lesson plan to learn how to integrate favourite superheroes into grammar lessons.

5 Free Online Lessons in December

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'tis the season to be jolly! That's why I've decided to share some simple videos you can use in your classroom with your students to learn something new (in English) and still have fun!

Storytelling: How to Start (lesson plan)

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I know some of you speak full storylingo, but there are still those who haven’t started storytelling yet and are quite anxious to try. Allow me then to show you the ropes and guide you through one of the easiest and most intuitive activities introducing storytelling in the classroom.

Classroom Organisers by Students: no-prep lesson plan

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Classrooms can be pretty chaotic - after all there are heated discussions, engaging projects, glitter, teaching tools, posters, copies, long-lost books... But why not make your students come up with some useful ideas? It's a simple lesson plan, but it makes your students not only work on their language, but also practise their creativity, teamwork and out-of-the-box thinking.

Responsibility vs Spontaneity: no-prep lesson plan

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I want to share a short no-prep lesson plan where your students can talk about holidays, school, more or less realistic resolutions... and fun! It's based on a short animation "Inner Workings" and I'm sure you'll love it!

Food in the Classroom: Delicious Challenge

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Bringing real food to the classroom may turn out to be a challenge, especially when you think of all the things that could possibly go wrong - allergies, accidents, poisonings... Ugh! However, I want to share the ideas that worked well for me and my students - we all had a lot of fun and nobody was hurt.

The Power of Useless (TED-based lesson plan)

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I believe we all need a bit of pure fun – especially now. And one of the first people that comes to my mind when I think of joy is Simone Giertz, a woman who makes robots that are useless – and while it may sound somewhat absurd, I think you will enjoy my simple yet highly educational lesson plan.

Secret Santa: how to make everyone happy

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Do you do Secret Santa with your students? The main problem is that very often people don't know one another and really don't know what to buy, so they go for a random gift (quite logically, a random gift for a random person). So one day I had an idea that turned out to make everybody happy.

Class contract: make it work

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It took me some time to realise that there is something I can use to avoid the unavoidable frustration when all the NewYearNewMe vibe is gone. It’s a simple class contract, something we all know, but somehow it is pretty underappreciated.

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