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Man or Monster: Frankenstein in the Classroom
Say the name 'Frankenstein' in your class, and it will spark a reaction in every student. They might have a general idea of the story or they might associate the name with the monster in the book.Continue Reading -
Love Your Pet Day: A Lesson Plan for Animal Lovers
February 20th is Love Your Pet Day. It is an excellent chance to talk about pets and animals with your classes.Continue Reading -
Love reading: Stories, poems and language activities for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is here again, and even if you do not celebrate it in your country, it is always a great excuse to talk about love and romance.Continue Reading -
Looking together: word and image interplay in picture books
Picture books are rich resources for language development as well as visual literacy development, regardless of the age of your students.Continue Reading -
Looking together: visual storytelling in The Thinking Train stories
How do the visual elements in our picture book series, The Thinking Train influence reading experience and meaning-making?Continue Reading -
Literary Time Travel 3: Back to mid-19th century London with Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist
In our Literary Time Travel series after visiting the 18th century with Jonathan Swift and Lemuel Gulliver, the early 19th century with Jane Austen and Emma, we are now in the mid-19th century rContinue Reading -
Literary Time Travel 2: Back to the early 1800s with Jane Austen's Emma
The novels of Jane Austen let us examine the world of a transitory period in British History.Continue Reading -
Literary Meals Part 2: Cooking up a reading class
Last week we looked at examples of famous meals in four classic novels with some activity tips: A Christmas Carol, Little Women, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Anne of Green Gables - Anne AContinue Reading -
Literary Meals Part 1: Cooking up a reading class
One of my first cooking adventures was inspired by a picture book, and of course it was followed by some English course book pancake recipes.Continue Reading -
Listening practice in the language class
How can the combination of two receptive skills have a productive outcome? What are the benefits of focussing on improving our students' listening fluency?Continue Reading -
Listening in the reading class
Among the many skills we aim at developing in the language class, listening has a special role.Continue Reading -
Linguistic diversity and multilingualism
Multilingualism is a fascinating field of study also from a pedagogical perspective and it helps us introduce the concept of cultural and linguistic diversity to our students. Think about yContinue Reading