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BE READY!

BE READY!

It might seam a bit old-fashioned, but my strong advice is to ALWAYS prepare a detailed lesson plan for each of your lessons. Ideally, with one or two extra activities in case of unexpected spare time. This is an example of my lesson plan for 

Everybody learns better and more if the lesson is CAPTIVATING and FUN.

Everybody learns better and more if the lesson is CAPTIVATING and FUN.

As much as it’s possible, I keep to the rule that to learn something one must find it interesting or captivating in some way. I usually teach small kids, but occasionally also teenagers and adults. Of course the approach to the student changes with the 

Worksheets and lesson plans

Worksheets and lesson plans

On clilteacher.altervista.org you find a lot of worksheets and lesson plans for teaching English as a second language. Also, and especially, for teaching GEOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART, MUSIC to kids in English as a second language.

TOBY and I – first reading – English as a second language

TOBY and I – first reading – English as a second language

This whole past school year I have struggled between the desire to give my class (6-7 years old kids) the pleasure of reading in English, and between the unpleasant habit of the English words to be written in a different way than they are spoken.