Discussion

Open-ended discussion questions:

1. What is going on in this picture?

2. What do you see that makes you think that?

3. What more can we find?

Jean-Michel Basquiat

‘Untitled Skull’

Draw a stickman

It is a great way to engage students when there is only 5 minutes left in class and their attention is elsewhere.
Click here and draw a stickman


It's great fun :-)

PERSONALITY TEST

Choose an icon that speaks to you the most. Don’t think about it too hard. Read the answer below

 

Here are the results: click

The 60 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken That Perfectly Capture The Human Experience

This incredible collection of moments represents the joy, innocence, despair, curiosity, and undying perseverance within all of us. No matter where we’re from, these are the emotions that unite us – it’s what makes us human:

here click

physical exercises - vocabulary

Do you know the correct answer?

Street art in Poland

Click here

one of my favaourite one in Białystok:

Progeria

Right before dying from a rare lifelong disease, Sam revealed his three secrets to happiness.

http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2014/01/right-before-dying-from-a-rare-lifelong-disease-sam-revealed-his-three-secrets-to-happiness.html

365 Grateful

A great lesson based on a documentary about the extraordinary power of gratitude.

It has a lot of possibilites for students' project work

The whole lesson is here on Film English website: 365 Grateful

And here is the website of the documentary itself: 365grateful.com

No Lables

Stop labeling - Let people choose their own lables.

Materials:

1. a video

a) oppositional deviant disorder -> leader
b) bipolar disorder -> artist
c) personality disorder -> activist, philospher
d) social anxiety disorder-> humanitarian
e) general anxiety disorder -> activist
e) attachement disorder -> healer
f) attention deficit disorder ->inventor
g) conduct disorder - revolutionary

pause at 1:04 and ask your students to guess what would be under "ADHD"

h) adhd ->KID


2. pictures
Kids share their dreams in these photos from Dear World

Ask students to make their own creative and positive lables about who they what to be or who they are.
They can write them on their hands and go around the classroom to show it arround.


 

 

The Green Grass Grew All Around Puppy Reader - A SONG

There once was a tree
 a pretty little tree

The prettiest little tree
 that you ever did see


the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around

And the green grass grew all around



Now on this tree 
There was a limb

The prettiest little limb 
That you ever did see
the limb on the tree and the tree in the hole and the hole in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around

And the green grass grew all around



Now on this limb
 There was a branch

The prettiest little branch 
That you ever did see



Oh, the branch on the limb and the limb on the tree, and the tree in a hole

And the hole was in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around

Now on this branch 
There was a bough

The prettiest little bough 
That you ever did see
the bough on the branch, and the branch on the limb, and the limb on and the tree in a hole
, and the hole was in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around

Now on this bough 
there was a twig 

The prettiest little twig 
That you ever did see



Oh, the twig on the bough, and the bough on the branch, 
and the branch on the limb and the limb on the tree,
 and the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around



Now on this twig 
There was leaf
The prettiest little leaf 
That you ever did see
Oh, the leaf on the twig, and the twig on the bough, and the bough on the branch, 
and the branch on the limb and the limb on the tree,
 and the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around



Now on this leaf 
 There was a nest 

The prettiest little nest 
That you ever did see


Oh, the nest on the leaf and the leaf on the twig, 
and the twig on the bough, and the bough on the branch, 
and the branch on limb and the limb on the tree,
 and the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around

And the green grass grew all around



Now in this nest 
There was a bird

The prettiest little bird 
That you ever did see





Oh, the bird in the nest, and the nest on the leaf and the leaf on the twig, 
and the twig on the bough, and the bough on the branch, 
and the branch on limb and the limb on the tree,
 and the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around

And the green grass grew all around



Now on this bird 
There was a feather 

The prettiest little feather 
That you ever did see



Oh, the feather on the bird, the bird in the nest, and the nest on the leaf and the leaf on the twig, 
and the twig on the bough, and the bough on the branch, 
and the branch on the limb and the limb on the tree,
 and the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around

And the green grass grew all around



Now on this feather 
There was a flea 

The prettiest little flea 
That you ever did see



Oh, the flea on the feather, 
 the feather on the bird, the bird in the nest, and the nest on the leaf and the leaf on the twig, 
and the twig on the bough, and the bough on the branch, 
and the branch on the limb and the limb on the tree,
 and the tree in a hole
, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grew all around, all around

And the green grass grew all around

Homophones

Homophones

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 :-)
Click here

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 :-)


You can read more here

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?

Click here to see more.

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