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27 Nov 2013

20 Things We Should Say More Often

Here is a special list of 20 things we should say more often. What would you add to it?

5 Food Films to Binge On For Thanksgiving

 Films about food not only for Thanksgiving lessons :-)
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25 Nov 2013

Town

Create your own town.

Show it to your students and encourage them to create their own imaginary town.

17 Nov 2013

Batkid Saves San Francisco Gotham City - Leukimia kid Dream come true


The Butterfly Alphabet

Norwegian nature photographer Kjell Bloch Sandved has an enormous collection of butterfly images, and one day he noticed that many of the natural shapes in their beautiful wing patterns resembled letters of the alphabet. So he created the Butterfly Alphabet, featuring all 26 letters in the English alphabet, plus 10 single-digit numbers from 0 to 9.

You must show it to your Students :-)


You can read more here

10 Nov 2013

Before I die I want to . . .

Before I Die – amazing project offers a global ethnography of people's most heartfelt hopes and desires.

  • What do YOU want to do before you die?

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7 Nov 2013

The beauty of a second. Present Continuous and video making

The inspiration came from here: Film Lesson

The lesson is about using Present Continous and making short, one second videos.

Students they are going to watch a short film in which there are 60 clips each lasting one second. Ask them to identify as many of the moments as they can using the present continuous tense

1) The Beauty of a Second - 1st round compilation



2) The Beauty of a Second - 2nd round compilation



3) The Beauty of a Second - 3rd round compilation



Show your students 'Best One Second' winner Jan Herms - Monumental Night with Moving Stars



Encourage your students to make their own video.
“The Beauty of a Second” is a short film contest presented by award-winning director Wim Wenders.  
The contest is open to everyone: from amateurs to professionals. Everybody can become a filmmaker.
Everyone has a story to tell, so get filming!