The book "Big Green Monster Go Away" is a classic. With the approach of Halloween, this is an easy art project that works well for all grades. It also relates very closely to the simple vocabulary they have all already learned. What's Needed These pieces are everything you need to make the masks. For 8 students, you will need (A4 paper) 8 x paper plate 8 x … [Read more...] about Monster Masks
Brown Bear Brainstorming
It's time to add another story to our collection of classes. Both We're Going on a Bear Hunt and The Ugly Duckling have been pretty good, so it's time to think of something else to add. As Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a classic kids book, it has been well used and there is plenty of useful information out there to inspire. The image above was taken … [Read more...] about Brown Bear Brainstorming
Video Shoot in Xinying
The director of Xinjin Elementary had the idea to make a promotional video using this music video as inspiration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF_Mt8lEqd0 The plan was to have the English teachers from Syuejia and Xinjin take the role of the guy walking in the video and as they go along they describe what is taught in the Mobile English Village program. They also meet … [Read more...] about Video Shoot in Xinying
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
All materials here: We're Going on a Bear Hunt teaching materials The lesson plan above gives a complete overview of the lesson, but here is the rough outline. Get ready - 5 min Show book - 1 min Introduce and practice vocabulary - 14 min Teacher reads story with actions - 5 min Watch video of story - 5 min Read together with actions (once or twice) - 10 … [Read more...] about We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Go Fish!
This is one of the "go to" games. One of the key aspects to improving students English is to get them to practice the English they need to do in right context. Card games are fun for everyone and with the right tweaks can do wonders for decreasing teacher talking time, increasing student group practice time, and allowing the teacher to individually monitor the … [Read more...] about Go Fish!