Monthly Archives: August 2014
Surrealist definitions
This is a great “game” which can encourage students to access their creativity. It could be used as a quick warmer or a filler game at the end of class. Students can use any language they feel comfortable using, so it could be used with various levels. I think the game comes from a book of Surrealist […]
Using pictures to study Sentence Transformations
It doesn’t matter how often I go to Cairo, I´m always struck by the beauty of the Pyramids. No matter how many times I go to Cairo, I´m always struck by the beauty of the Pyramids. Some people say that there’s no place for an exercise like Sentence Transformations in an assessment of English ability, but there […]
This is a…
What is it if it’s not a pipe? Could it be an elvish golf club, a tiny unfinished old-fashioned periscope, a fancy straw for drinking ale, part of a faucet, a teensy weensy watering can? Course it could, if you can forget the boring, sensible, conventional use and think sideways. This little warmer requires students […]
A Hive of Activities 