Suckablood

Posted: October 29, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: lesson plan, Short Film | Tags: , , , , | 16 Comments

On dark stormy nights, the Suckablood comes……….Just in time for Halloween, this lesson is based on a wonderfully atmospheric Gothic fairy tale about a girl whose habit of sucking her thumb angers her stepmother so much that she summons a monster to come for her. In class, our students’ challenge is to copy the creepy narrator’s telling of the tale as a poem.

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Hong Kong Honey

Posted: October 27, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: lesson plan, Short Film | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments

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In this lesson students watch a beautifully-filmed video about Hong Kong’s first urban beekeeper. The accompanying activities include a CAE-style multiple choice cloze, work on pronunciation, and discussion about food provenance. Click here for the Teacher’s Notes.

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Be Wonderful and Wise

Posted: October 2, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Advert, lesson plan, Song | Tags: , , , , , | 9 Comments

 Our first post of the autumn term is based on an advert containing an assortment of food and cooking vocabulary, ranging from the familiar to the almost certainly unknown, unless students have spent hours in front of the TV watching Masterchef in English. Activities include observing, listening, vocabulary development, speaking, and to finish off, a song – if you haven’t had enough of it by then. All together now – chop, chop,chop,chop, chopping…….

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