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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Town

Create your own town.

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

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 :-)


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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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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!

Bags

vocabulary: types of bags