Opposites are words that are contrary or radically different in nature, qualities, direction, result or significance. For example: male-female, long-short, up-down…
😎 Try it! Click on this matching quiz and match the opposites. Drag from the right column to the left column.
😎 Try it! How many things are blue in the song? Try to write down a list. When you finish check your answers by clicking on the lyrics.
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons that tells a story, often humorous.
😎 Try it! The stripgenerator web page offers the possibility to create your own comic strip. Login in or register if you want to add strip to your strip gallery and allow other users to comment.
😎 Try it! If you have any doubts in grammar, you can click on British Council grammar point. Scroll down to choose a grammar point or select a letter from the list to move more quickly. You can read brief explanations of common grammar points or play some grammar games.
The BBC web page has recently published a research about how technology addiction among young people is having a disruptive effect on their learning. According to this research, modern gadgets worsened pupils’ spelling and concentration, encouraged plagiarism and disrupted lessons. Are you agree with it?
Try it! Read the research and write an article explaining your opinion. First try to sum up the main points of the research as an introduction and then explain your point of view. Do you think new technologies make learning difficult? Have they a negative influence on the students? Or, on the other hand, are you really in favour of using new technologies? Why? Can they help you in your day-to-day learning? How? Finally, end your article with a conclusion.
Let’s go to the idiom jungle again (if you haven’t done it yet, look for the 27th July and 26th August 2009 posts).
😎 Try it! Click on the idiom jungle and test yourself in this online exercise. This time it’s a multiple choice activity about fish, food and meat. Learn about idioms and good luck!
This is a video created by a Vancouver Film School student. Watch it and then start a discussion in your class.
😎 Try it! After watching the video think about how would you feel arriving in a strange new place, what would you do? And, if you had the opportunity, how would you describe your community to a new visitor? How could you make he/she feel welcome? You can start a discussion in your class, write down your opinions in the blackboard and then write an article with the conclusions.
If you like reading or watching films about superheroes now you have the opportunity to create your own one!
😎 Try it! Click on the Hero Factory and choose the face, body, powers, abilities, name… of your superhero! When you finish, print your character or save it in your e-mail adress. Then, show your hero to the rest of the class and write a description explaining why is he/she special. You can follow these questions as a guide:
You can work all together with the rest of the class. Think about a problem in your class and design a superhero who can cope with it.