From Disney Family Fun a funny recipe everybody can do.
APPLE BITES
Ingredients:
Apples and silvered almonds
Instructions :
Just quarter and core an apple, cut a wedge from the skin side of each quarter, then press slivered almonds in place for teeth.
Tips: If you’re not going to serve them right away, baste the apples with orange or lemon to keep them from browning.
You might be interested in reading last year’s post . If so, click here
This is a writing exercise for my PAU students and I thought you might find it useful. In this written exercise they’ll have to make good use of the vocabulary they have learnt about travelling and going places, the connectors they have studied and they’ll also have to put in practice some of the tips I have given them about the Writing Process, which if you are interested you’ll find published in this blog, here.
This is the idea:
Students, in pairs, are asked to write a narrative. They have to use words from both word clouds, i.e, they have to use connectors from the first word cloud and specific vocabulary from the second. Ask them to write their narrative in coloured paper which you’ll later post on the walls of the classroom for student to vote for the one they like best.
Make sure that you:
♣ begin by describing when and where the story takes place
♣ describe the events in chronological order
♣ use the different forms of the past tense
Today, this section Word of the Day, has a double aim. On the one hand, it is 
going to help my students see the difference between these two verbs “remember ” and “remind” and on the other hand, it is going to serve as an excuse for showing you a little tool to help you remember things.
Some of my students have problems seeing the difference between these two verbs, so here’s a written explanation and a short video explaining this difference. I recommend you to see the video first as it’ll definitely serve a double purpose, that of helping you improve your listening ability and at the same time solving your doubts regarding these two common verbs.
Remind me to set homework at the end of the lesson.
Cristina reminded us that the exam had been brought forward to Tuesday
When you say that someone or something reminds you of sth/so. you associate it with a memory from your past.
This boy reminds me of a boyfriend I had when I was at university .
I’ll always remember the first time I saw him
Remember to buy bread on your way home
In summary:
People ARE REMINDED of things. (it doesn’t appear in their head)
People REMEMBER things. (it does appear in their head)
REMEMBER = Person doing it themselves
REMIND = Other person making someone else remember
Click to do some EXERCISES . Link 1, Link 2
What is a good way to remind people of things that need to be 
done without seeming like a nag? Is there a way to politely remind people to do things? Yes, there is: it’s called RemindPost and it is a simple, free service to let you send reminders to people or to yourself and be notified when they’re done.
It works like this: You email someone a task. If they don’t mark it complete by the time you specify, both of you will be notified.
Hope you find it useful!
Yes, yes… here I am again, struggling to find ways to teach my demotivated students from E.S.O. That’s why I’m constantly surfing the net looking for different ways to teach the same things over and over again.
This game can be used to revise vocabulary from the lesson and at the same time practise spelling. It goes like this:
♥ Divide the class in two teams, A and B and ask them to invent a name for their team.
♥Then, divide the backboard into two halves and mark each side of the board for each team.
♥ On each side of the blackboard draw either:
• a river with stepping stones for students to get across the river. The winner is the team that crosses the river first. For every correct word they write, mark a stepping stone.
• a ladder. The winner is the team that climbs the ladder first. For every correct word they write, mark a step on the ladder.
• a mountain with climbing points for the teams to climb and put their country’s flag up on the top. The winner is the team that climbs the mountain and puts their country’s flag up first. For every correct word they write, mark a climbing point.
• a daisy. The winner is the team whose daisy is wiped out first. For every correct word they write, wipe out a petal and after all the petals have been wiped out, then wipe out the leaves and the stem until the whole daisy has gone.
♥Call a member from each team up on the board and dictate a word from their vocabulary to them. The students write the word they hear on their side of the board making sure at the same time that the student from the opposite team cannot see what the other student is writing. So cheating is eliminated.
This has proven a very nice and exciting way to check spelling, listening comprehension and pronunciation in a fun way.
Many thanks to Barbara Koziori for this idea
There are also lots of sites on the web to practise spelling with the typical hangman game so if you have a little time to spare ,why don’t you try some of these?
http://www.hangman.no/ divided into categories ( Harry Potter,Countries of the World , Musical Instruments..etc
http://www.playhangmanonline.com/ also divided into categories , namely, music, sports , geography …etc
http://www.englishbanana.com/hangmanhome.html and that’s the place you want to go if you want to play the game with colours, everyday adjectives or household things.
If you are feeling creative or just need a specific category to work with (as is my case) , you might want to create your own hangman. To do this try this site http://www.what2learn.com/. It’s good fun!
We all know how hard it is to write , even in our own language so when the task is writing in a foreign language it seems like a higher mountain to climb.
Why do students find writing such a difficult process?
The reasons are several and they can vary from student to student. I find that most of my students leave their written assignment until the last minute and writing requires time ; most students ,when they finally get down to writing , don’t really know what they want to say or where to start , there isn’t any brainstorming process and students, very seldom , write a first draft.These are important strategies to consider , especially when your essay is going to be graded.
This is my small contribution to helping you write better. I only hope you find it useful!