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Using Word Search Grids

By Simon Thomas • May 6th, 2009 • Category: 1 - Beginner, 2 - Elementary, 3 - Pre-Intermediate, 5 - Upper-Intermediate, 6 - Advanced, Using Coursebooks Creatively

Suggested levels: beginner to advanced.
Aims: to revise vocabulary and the spelling of newly-acquired words.
Materials: a word search grid on a familiar coursebook theme for each pair of students (a crime one is here); a blank word search grid (here).
Preparation: photocopies of the two grids.
This is a good vocabulary revision exercise, wherein students focus on word [...]


Sentence Dance

By Simon Thomas • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: 1 - Beginner, 2 - Elementary, 3 - Pre-Intermediate, 4 - Intermediate, Creating Lessons from Scratch

Suggested levels: beginner to intermediate.
Aims: to focus on English sentence construction; to revise a grammatical form.
Think of or find a long-ish sentence containing the grammar structure you’re focussing on. Give one word to each student. Ask them to stand in lines and say their words. See how many different positions they can stand in.