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Have you ever asked yourself why or how primary school-aged children learn languages differently from adults? What motivates them and how you can ensure that they're making good progress? Are you unsure of what is achievable within the limited time afforded to the teaching of languages in primary schools - or how you can encourage the children to actively use the language they're learning? Are you curious what role literacy can play in the foreign language classroom? For example should it be used from the beginning? How should it be used and what is achievable? If you have ever asked yourselves any of these questions then this MOOC is for you.

It has been created by a team of researchers who are the experts in the learning and teaching of foreign languages in primary school settings. Each week we will guide you through some of the answers researchers provided to these questions. We will then draw out the pedagogical implications of these findings, for example what motivates children in that age group and how can we capture this to engage children in their learning? What pedagogical tools are appropriate and how do they work? What activities could you try in your classrooms or how can you reflect on why some of the activities you do are success or not?

The first week will focus on what motivates young learners and how this shapes their progress in the kind of activities which work well. In the second week we will discuss how we can encourage children to use language as a form of communication and what outcomes can be expected in the limited time available. And finally in the third week we will demonstrate how literacy and creative languages can support children in their learning. At all points during the course you will have the opportunity to discuss ideas, share your practice, ask questions and reflect on what you've learned. We are very much looking forward to exploring and sharing our research and practice with you.

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Teaching Foreign Languages in Primary Schools - Course - FutureLearn

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Have you ever asked yourself why or how primary school-aged children learn languages differently from adults? What motivates them and how you can ensure that they're making good progress? Are you unsure of what is achievable within the limited time afforded to the teaching of languages in primary schools - or how you can encourage the children to actively use the language they're learning?

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This is my personal website, here you will find some projects and activities I did with my classes and out of school.

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Bilingualism and CLIL
The aim of the “Language-aware teacher” MOOC is to enhance teachers’ awareness about the language competences of their students and how to benefit from them as well as to provide them with different tools and resources to support them to deliver curricular subjects in different languages.

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Teachers often face a number of complex challenges linked to the increasing language diversity experienced in many classrooms across Europe. Free movement across intra-European borders as well as increasing migration into Europe has made the language situation in Europe increasingly diverse over the last decades, and many teachers are struggling to find the most suitable way of approaching this situation.

The term "teacher language awareness" (TLA) refers to "the interface between what teachers know, or need to know, about language and their pedagogical practice" (Andrews 2008). Although TLA is mostly referred to in the context of language teaching, it is also highly relevant to teachers of other subjects who are working in multi-lingual environments. While many teachers are already language-aware, many others are not conscious of the fact that linguistic diversity cannot only be perceived as a problem, but also as a very valuable pedagogical resource.

This course will encourage teachers of all age groups and from all subject disciplines to think more deeply about the importance of teacher language awareness and to better understand and utilise the linguistic diversity existing in their classroom. Besides, the course will provide teachers with different tools and resources to deliver curricular subjects in different languages and to plan lessons accordingly.

Enrol now in this course to learn about how to become a language-aware teacher. You will have the chance to discuss and exchange with like-minded peers, share practices and participate in a community of practice where you will learn from each other.
Aims and Learning Objectives
The aim of the "Language-aware teacher" MOOC is to enhance teachers' awareness about the language competences of their students and how to benefit from them as well as to provide them with different tools and resources to support them to deliver curricular subjects in different languages.

This MOOC is especially valuable to teachers who are new to working in bilingual and CLIL projects or have little experience of these, and it will serve to provide participants with various tools and resources they can easily integrate in their lessons for a more efficient and innovative teaching and learning. This MOOC focuses on raising awareness about the advantage of having students from diverse nationalities and speaking different languages in the same classroom can actually be used as an asset providing a benefit and added value to their classrooms. Besides, the MOOC will serve to help teachers to build learning scenarios for Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in a framework of 21st century skills.
In this MOOC, participants will:

Be aware of the importance of teachers' awareness about the students' language diversity.

Understand and turn language diversity into an asset for their teaching

Learn to empower language teaching with innovative technologies (CLIL, Multilingualism and Translanguaging) and how to apply them in the classroom.

Explore freely available online tools and open educational resources for language teaching and learning to integrate in the classroom

Become familiar with Multilingual classroom projects

Learn how to build learning activities using resources for CLIL

The course will help to develop key skills such as

scaffolding language

task design to support communication

anticipating problems and selecting tools to support understanding

checking learners' understanding

providing relevant and personal feedback

To get the most out of the course, you can participate in our Facebook group or share your thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #languageMOOC.

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Teachers often face a number of complex challenges linked to the increasing language diversity experienced in many classrooms across Europe. Free movement across intra-European borders as well as increasing migration into Europe has made the language situation in Europe increasingly diverse over the last decades, and many teachers are struggling to find the most suitable way of approaching this situation.

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Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED

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Creativity in the language classroom

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The activities will help teachers to explore the role of creativity in the classroom both in the sense of helping students to express their unique creative identity and also by helping them to think about and use language in a creative way. The activities are suitable for a broad range of students from young to old and from low to higher levels and can be used alongside your existing syllabus and course materials to enhance your students' experience of learning English. This book is free to download below as a pdf file.
Edited by Alan Maley and Nik Peachey

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Creativity in the English language classroom

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The activities will help teachers to explore the role of creativity in the classroom both in the sense of helping students to express their unique creative identity and also by helping them to think about and use language in a creative way.

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IATEFL

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Learning to read with phonics? Click the '+' for advice.

Learning to read with phonics

If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Their school is very likely to use either the Letters and Sounds phonics framework or the Read Write Inc. programme. Check with your school if you're not sure which one they use.

Using Letters and Sounds?

If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following:

If you don't know your child's Phase, you can check with your school. As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1-4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4-5. Beyond Phase 5, your child will be able to decode most books.

In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

Some series contain occasional 'tricky words' that your child can't decode using phonics. Use the inside front cover notes to teach your child these words before they start the book.

Find out more about Letters and Sounds >

Using Read Write Inc. Phonics?
If your child is being taught to read using the Read Write Inc. programme, you can find books suitable for them by clicking on the 'Levels' menu below and using the 'Read Write Inc.' filter to select the right level.

Find more support and resources for Read Write Inc. in our parents' guide to Read Write Inc. >

Looking for printed books for phonics practice at home?

Not reading to practise phonics?

Sharing books and independent reading

If your child is reading simply for enjoyment, comprehension, or practice, just browse the library or use any of the other filters. You can check which level is right for your child with this simple test from Read with Oxford.

Reading for pleasure

Are you a teacher? Find out about the Oxford Owl for School eBook library.

More available on Oxford Owl for School

Schools who are registered with Oxford Owl can provide pupils with access to an additional 30 Oxford Primary eBooks, plus a separate library of 50 Read Write Inc. titles all for free using a class login associated with their Oxford Owl for School.
How to set up a class login >

If you need more eBooks, Oxford Owl for School has introduced a new annual subscription of up to 550 titles. For more information, please visit the OUP website.

Are you looking for your class login?

Accessing your class eBook library from home

The class log in link has moved. If your teacher has given you login details to use your class library at home, please use the log in link at the very top of this page and select 'Students'.

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Songbirds

Levelled phonics books from the fabulous Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo.

Read Write Inc. Phonics

A step-by-step phonics programme to support reading. Learn at home with Read Write Inc. Phonics

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Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press

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Browse our library of free children's eBooks to read with your child including Oxford Reading Tree adventures with Biff, Chip and Kipper.

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Teaching children reading and writing in a creative way... not only in English!

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Teaching children reading and writing in a creative way... not only in English!

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Creative ideas for teaching children to read and write - in pictures

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We went in search for inventive ways to get students excited about reading and writing. Here's our round-up

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Getting the attention of young students in Pre K, Kindergarten or elementary school is difficult, especially if the class is large. Here are a variety of attention getting games to use with young students.

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English in Early Childhood - Online Course

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Discover how very young children learn English as an additional language and how you can help them progress.

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It brings together the experience and expertise of teachers from around the world to provide a range of stimulating and exciting classroom activities for the primary classroom. There are 50 tried and trusted activities which have been refined and improved over the years by teachers working in diverse contexts and environments. Children will enjoy practising their English through these stimulating and motivating activities.

Over 1000 teachers were contacted and asked to send their favourite activities for teaching English to young learners. The most original and creative activities received were selected for this book. This book grew out of an Aston University - British Council research project called ' Investigating Global Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners '.

This publication is free to download or you can order a paperback copy from Bournemouth English Book Centre.

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Crazy animals and other activities for teaching young learners

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Trainer, storyteller, Oxford University Press author

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Practical Action | Inspiring Human Ingenuity | Practical Action

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Practical Action is a global innovator, inspiring people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage.

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Gail presents a range of picturebooks to identify the criteria to use when selecting picturebooks, as the key to successful storytelling is having the right story for the linguistic and cognitive ability of the children.
During the webinar, Gail used several picturebooks. For a list of these, please download the attached documents at the bottom of this page.
Watch a recording:
http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p8op8zk5s0w/
About the speaker:
Gail Ellis is Adviser Young Learners and Quality for the British Council and has over 30 years' experience in English language teaching. She is co-author of Tell it Again! The Storytelling Handbook for Primary English Language Teachers recently republished in its third edition by the British Council and The Primary English Teacher's Guide published by Penguin Longman.
Download Tell it Again! The Storytelling Handbook for Primary English Language Teachers
You can download your own copy of Tell it Again! by clicking here or going to our Publications section.

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Gail Ellis: Using children's literature to teach children English

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Gail presents a range of picturebooks to identify the criteria to use when selecting picturebooks, as the key to successful storytelling is having the right story for the linguistic and cognitive ability of the children. During the webinar, Gail used several picturebooks. For a list of these, please download the attached documents at the bottom of this page.

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Language Assessment in the Classroom - Online Course

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Assessment is becoming increasingly important in language education. Understand it better with this course for language teachers from the British Council.

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Kids Take Action Against Ocean Plastic | Short Film Showcase

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Free webinars for teachers

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www.taylorstracks.com So you've decided that you want to teach English abroad, congratulations! You've taken the first step to your dreams of working abroad. It can be a little overwhelming at first to get going. First of...

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Are you looking for a Yummy topic? Here are some good ideas you can use for your English lessons.
Enjoy!

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Find kids recipes that are easy, quick and cheap. Search for fun recipes for cooking with kids including kids healthy cooking recipes and craft and science recipes.

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About games for language teaching...

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Like many teachers, I use games in the classroom. It might be something quite basic like a quiz game or a game to review to some vocabulary. Sometimes it's a more involved game based around the idea of a board game. Board games are generative and adaptable to target a variety of language aims. Such games also have their own language in terms of vocabulary to refer to the pieces (dice, counters, board etc.) and phrases such as 'You go next.', 'It's your turn.", "Move forward 1 space." and so on.

Recently I used a snakes and ladders board game with students to review question forms. During the game students asked me about the names of the items (counters, dice) and they also wanted the language to talk about the rules (e.g. go up ladders and down snakes).

(This is the board game which uses the template provided in ETpedia Materials Writing, published by Pavilion)

So the next time I brought a board game into the class, I decided to pre-teach the language for playing games. I made a worksheet which you can click on below. It's fairly straightforward to use and takes about ten minutes with a pre-intermediate class or above to work through. Having completed it, you'll hear students using the language for playing games at the same time they are practising whatever the language point of the game is. Anyway, print out this copy and try it for yourself. It'd be good to hear any feedback from you by leaving a comment on this post.
The language of games worksheet
I'll also be talking about using games in the classroom in a webinar on February 13th and 15th, 2018. Register by clicking here.

Categories: Using games

Tags: games, webinars, writing elt materials

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A free downloadable booklet by British Council

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Teaching vocabulary and poetry to 6th graders. Fun way to bring healthy foods into an English lesson on poetry and vocabulary.

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COURSE FOR TEACHERS

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We Are Teachers - Ideas and inspiration for reaching the next generation

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We Are Teachers is a proud community of K-12 educators, sharing ideas, resources, and awesome freebies and giveaways.

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Here is my Article, published in the October '17 issue of the HLT online magazine.
It has been really interesting to compare teachers tools to digital Apps :

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Mooc= Massive online open course

These online courses are very useful to improve your teaching practice. Future Learn offers a huge variety of courses, here are some examples. The courses are free and very flexible (you can decide when and where to attend to the online lessons) and all materials and resources (videos and pdf documents) are downloadable.

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FutureLearn's range of online teaching courses gives existing and aspiring teachers the chance to improve their skills and focus on professional development. Whether you're looking to pursue an interest, advance your career, or learn a new skill, you can find teaching courses to support your ambitions.

Why choose an online teaching course?

One of the main reasons why people choose to take teaching courses online is the flexibility that it brings. It can sometimes be hard to step away from the hectic pace of life, but studying online gives you the opportunity to do so from just about anywhere. You can take your FutureLearn teaching course in an environment that's comfortable for you. They give you the chance to study from home, without the need for early-morning or late-night commutes to class.

An online teaching course also gives you the freedom and flexibility to study at a time that suits you. Many of our programs require just 2-5 hours of study each week, but it's up to you when you dedicate that time.

What types of courses are available?

Our online courses for teachers cover a wide variety of subject areas, meaning you're sure to find something that suits your needs. This includes topics such as STEM teaching and language teaching, as well as courses on teaching maths and teaching science. If you're looking to learn about inclusive teaching or how to teach online, we've got you covered there too.

Short or in-depth teaching courses

As well as regular teaching courses, we also offer microcredentials and longer programs. Microcredentials are courses that give you the chance to upskill your existing knowledge without the demands of a full degree. These industry-relevant subjects will give you credit towards a degree or an independent certification.

With programs, you can take multiple courses related to a specific topic.

So, if you're interested in teaching computing, you can find a program on programming. Similarly, if you want to know about Teaching English or TEFL, a program on understanding the IELTS could be useful.

Alongside online courses for teachers, you'll also find a range of relevant degrees from leading universities. We're committed to helping the professional development of teachers, offering content suitable for both primary and secondary education teaching.

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Free Online Teaching Courses for Teacher CPD - FutureLearn

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FutureLearn's range of online teaching courses gives existing and aspiring teachers the chance to improve their skills and focus on professional development. Whether you're looking to pursue an interest, advance your career, or learn a new skill, you can find teaching courses to support your ambitions.

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free online professional development courses to enhance your teaching practice

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Apps for storytelling

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This versatile pre-writing or publishing tool is easy for young storytellers to use. Dozens of photos sorted into categories including culture, people, family and fun, serve as inspiration for prompts. Kids can tell stories using the in-app recording feature. Teachers can also create custom prompts with their own images and voice. Giving ELLs a safe space to tell stories about their lives and experiences validates their unique contributions to the class community.

Students can create impressive video slideshows using research resources built right into the app. They can capture screengrabs from an interactive map, safely search for images from the Web and access image archives from trusted sources like the Library of Congress. Kids put the slides in order, add text, music and narration, and then export the final project as a video file. Shadow Puppet Edu supports ELLs in developing academic vocabulary in both collaborative groups and independently. Students can use it to review new concepts, present research, track progress, explain their thinking and more.

Just as with the original Toontastic app, Toontastic 3D is a storytelling app that's inspired by puppetry, theater, and animation. It employs a "Story Arc" with five sequential scenes to guide story structure (setup, conflict, challenge, climax and resolution). Kids move characters around each scene as they record narration and dialogue. For ELLs, Toontastic 3D can be an invaluable tool for building writing skills or practicing story analysis. Students can storyboard a piece of original writing or a story they read in class, and then bring it to life with fun settings and quirky characters.

Students or teachers can create and share media projects that incorporate video, image, voice, or even drawings. Once posted, projects can be open to text, voice or video comments from a select group or from all VoiceThread members. It's a natural fit for a range of student presentations and projects such as explaining research or retelling a story with original artwork. Alternately, teachers can create a VoiceThread to solicit student commentary. For ELLs who sometimes are hesitant to speak up in class, VoiceThread gives them a chance to thoughtfully craft their presentations or comments and contribute their ideas with confidence.

This formidable tool is like a superhero version of PowerPoint. Users can import photos, PDF files, movies and more from many sources to use in a presentation. Students can learn how to present information using multiple forms of expression (images, text, video and audio) through digital technology. Students can edit the audio in their presentations, which gives ELLs a chance to self-assess and revise before presenting to their peers and teacher. Plus, allowing students to create multimedia presentations can take some of the focus off the speaking task, and can give creative, tech-savvy students a chance to shine.

Sutori
(Middle/High)

Sutori* is a tool for creating interactive timelines and stories. Students can craft multimedia projects with text, images, videos, "Did You Know" call-out boxes, click-to-reveal text links, and multiple-choice quiz questions. Sutori offers collaboration features, allowing students to co-create stories for group projects as well. Teachers and students can access pre-made stories and view or contribute to a collection of community submitted stories. Sutori is another great option for empowering ELLs to share their stories and knowledge without the stress of an oral presentation.
Erin Wilkey Oh is Executive Editor of Education Content for Common Sense, creator of Graphite, a free service for educators in search of the best apps, games and websites for learning. Tools included here have received high ratings on Graphite by educators and by the editorial staff at Common Sense. Go to Graphite to read full reviews of digital tools and how teachers use them for learning in class. *This post has been updated to include Sutori.

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7 Storytelling Apps That Get English Language Learners Talking | KQED

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A warmer is an activity at the start of the class to warm up the learners. They tend to be short, dynamic activities.

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Planning a lesson is no easy task, especially if you're about to introduce a difficult topic. Sometimes, you need a little bit of something extra to really make your lesson flow. For this reason, ESL teachers usually use warmers and fillers. Warmers are used in lessons to ease the students into the topic you're going to present. Along the same lines, fillers are used to reinforce topics or follow up with extra practice for students. BusyTeacher.org has 363 warmer and filler worksheets to make your lesson run smoothly without skipping a beat.

The beauty of using warmers and fillers is that very little planning goes into using them. That's great because it cuts your planning time by a lot, and also cuts out any awkward downtime in the classroom. These worksheets are helpful when it comes to grammar, vocabulary, writing, or even listening and speaking practice.

These warmer and filler worksheets can be used in several ways. Some can be used as discussion topics to get your students speaking. Some can be used to review grammar topics you have covered in the past. Another great warmer is a writing practice worksheet, which gives students sentences like "This morning I..." and students write down what they did that morning. There are endless possibilities to what you can do in your classroom with these worksheets.

Another great feature of these warmer/filler worksheets is that most can be used for all levels. However, if you need a worksheet for a specific level, the descriptions of all worksheets on BusyTeacher.org show the levels for which they're appropriate . You can even reuse them for your other classes of different levels. Not sure if a certain worksheet is right for your lesson? No problem! Just click on the thumbnail to preview the worksheet and see if it's right for your class.

Don't worry about registering or subscribing, since all worksheets on BusyTeacher.org are free to download, and there's no limit to how many you can download! You can use one or two of our worksheets for your lessons every day. All worksheets on BusyTeacher.org were created and submitted by fellow ESL teachers from all over the world. They've been used in classrooms, too - so rest assured that these worksheets are tried and true.

If you have some worksheets of your own that you've found useful in your lessons, why not share them with other ESL teachers to use in their lessons as well? Upload your worksheets to BusyTeacher.org by clicking the link at the bottom of this page titled "Submit a worksheet," and join the hundreds of thousands of ESL teachers who already use BusyTeacher.org for their lesson planning needs.

Make BusyTeacher.org your number one online resource for worksheets by bookmarking us today. With 363 warmers and fillers, lesson planning will be a breeze. Get started by checking out our most popular warmers and fillers below.

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363 FREE Warmers, Ice-Breakers and Fillers For The ESL Classroom

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Planning a lesson is no easy task, especially if you're about to introduce a difficult topic. Sometimes, you need a little bit of something extra to really make your lesson flow. For this reason, ESL teachers usually use warmers and fillers. Warmers are used in lessons to ease the students into the topic you're going to present.

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Starting a lesson with a simple, fun speaking activity creates a great buzz that will last for the whole class. When your students arrive, they may not have spoken a single word of English for a week, and so they'll probably be nervous. Your job is to make them relaxed and comfortable speaking English again in a positive environment; and a great way to achieve this is by planning an effective warmer. If you're a bit stuck on how to start your lesson then don't worry, we've come up with a list of 5 warmers every TEFL teachers should know - yourself included!
Rules of thumb for a great warmer:
* Get students talking to students in pairs, in groups, or mingling. (The teacher talking to one student at a time is not a warmer!)

* Make sure the language is familiar - we're not teaching anything new here!

* Don't correct students as it will inhibit them

* Think of ways to include physical movement

* Make it fun!

Here are 5 warmers every TEFL teacher should know. Feel free to use them as they are, or create your own variations.

They'll work with almost any level - if your class is very high or low ability, adjust any language required.
True/False Game
1) Ask students to write down three statements about themselves: two true and one false. (You can do an example for yourself - don't make the false one too obvious!)
2) Students mingle, and tell each other their three statements. The others have to guess which are true and which is false.
3) Finally ask students to share things they found out with the whole class.
Picture Mingle
1) Each student draws three things in their life on a post-it (e.g. their house, dog and neighbour).
2) Get students to stick the post-it to their front or their arm.
3) Play some music. Students dance around the room.
4) When the music stops they ask the person nearest them about their pictures.
5) Play the music again and repeat several times.
Hot Seat
1) Put the students into small teams.
2) One person from each group sits with their back to the board.
3) The teacher writes a word they've recently learned on the board.
4) The students facing the board describe the word without saying it. The students with their back to the board have to guess what it is.
5) The person who guesses correctly wins a point for their team. They stay in the seat out the front, and the others have to swap with another team member.

(Variation: The students with their backs to the board ask their teams yes/no questions to work out the word.)
Line-Up
1) Ask the whole class, 'How long does it take you to get to school?'. Elicit several answers.
2) Tell the students to line up against the wall, from the shortest time at one end, to the longest time at the other (students will need to mingle and ask each other to work this out).
3) Once the students are lined up, divide them into pairs. Ask them to talk about a related topic (e.g. what happened on the way?)
4) Repeat the line-up with a different question.

(This works with any question that will let you sequence students: 'When's your birthday?', 'How long have you been in the UK?' etc. It has to be something they need to ask each other to be able to do - it doesn't work, for example, with height!)
Find Someone Who...
You'll need to prepare a set of ten 'find someone who' questions (preferably related to one topic), and make a copy for each student. For example:

Find someone who:
... has met a celebrity__________
... has been on TV or radio __________
... has sung in front of a large group __________
(etc.)

1) Do an example on the board. Elicit the questions students need to ask (e.g. 'Have you ever met a celebrity?').
2) Students mingle and ask each other the questions. If someone says 'yes', they should write the person's name on the line (there should be a different name on each line). They can ask for more detail but don't need to write this down.
3) Finally, ask the class to share something interesting they've learnt about someone.

For more warmer ideas, have a look at i-to-i's Essential TEFL book, which contains over 300 warmers and activities - perfect if you need a it of inspiration!

If you've been teaching, what warmers have worked for you? Please share your ideas - we'd love to hear them!

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Starting a lesson with a simple, fun speaking activity creates a great buzz that will last for the whole class. When your students arrive, they may not have spoken a single word of English for a week, and so they'll probably be nervous.

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ESL warm-up activities are essential in the English classroom. Students may be tired or have other things on their minds and diving straight into a textbook or grammar explanation can be quite jarring. With a good warmer you can put your students into English mode; attentive, interested and ready to participate. A warmer can also serve to review language from a previous lesson or prime the class for a new topic.

No-preparation ESL Warm-up activities

Here is a list of warm-up activities you can use which don't require any preparation. Most of them can, of course, also be used as filler activities if you find yourself a few minutes short at the end of the lesson.

Quick questions

Write a list of two or three questions on the board which introduce the theme of the lesson. For example, if you are going to talk about books, you could write: What's your favourite book? What was the last book you read? What kind of books do you prefer? etc. Give the students 5-10 minutes to discuss the questions and then have students report back to the class.

If you're looking for ideas for conversation questions, check out our book 50 Conversation classes, which contains over 500 thought-provoking questions on 50 different topics.

Make the most words

Write a topical vocabulary item on the board. In twos or threes, students make as many new words from it as they can. Use longish seed words such as apologise, dictionary or September. Score teams a point per word and award a bonus point for the longest.

Make the longest words

Write a topical target word vertically down the board, for example, WINTER. In twos or threes, students attempt to come up with the longest word that begins with each letter. Give teams a point per word and a bonus point for the longest.

What does your name mean?

Using a dictionary, google or any other resource, students find and write down an appropriate adjective that begins with each letter of their first name. For example:

Mixed-up sentence

Write a sentence on the board but mix up the word order, then challenge students to reconstruct the original sentence. For example:
morning hadn't eaten wish that döner kebab I at this 5am
Hangman

This popular filler can also be a great way to start a lesson with beginner learners who are still unsure of the alphabet. Just put a recently learned word on the board and let the students take it in turns to guess a letter. If you don't know how to play, you can read an explanation here.

Mixed-up sentence (anagram variation)

Write a sentence on the board but this time scramble the letters of each word. For example:
hwy ddint' I dusty draher ta vieyunrsit?
Word ladders

In this activity, a word must be transformed step by step into a target word. To illustrate the idea, write the word run on the board and explain that the target word is fit. For each turn, only one letter can be changed. See if the class can find a valid sequence together. One possible sequence is:

If you want to find possible word pairs, there is a site with a handy word ladder generator.

Put students in pairs and have them create their own word ladders to test their classmates with.

What do you know about bananas?

Set a five-minute time limit and in groups have students think up and write down as many facts as they can about bananas (or cats, Belgium, David Beckham, etc.). One point should be given for each true sentence.

How many sounds can you hear?

Students sit in silence for two minutes and write down every sound that they hear. Let them compare their lists with their neighbours before seeing who has the longest list?

The A to Z game

Give students a theme, for example, jobs, things you take on holiday, food. Write the letters A to Z on the board. Teams of students must race to write an appropriate word next to each letter on the board. Read more about the A to Z game here.

Things to do with a potato

(one of many brilliantly simple ideas from this very handy book) Produce a potato (if that's not possible, introduce the concept of a potato). Ask students to come up with a list of as many unconventional uses for it as they can. For example paperweight, weapon, pen holder, smartphone dock. The longest list wins the potato.

Odd one out

Give the students a couple of examples to guess, then get students to come up with their own ideas. Here are some examples:

apple, peach, banana, tomato - a banana doesn't have seeds
strawberry, branch, bowling ball, boat, iceberg - bowling balls don't float
window, river, envelope, client, oregano - client doesn't begin and end with the same letter
comb, champagne, knife, plum - the word plum doesn't contain any silent letters

Note: There can be more than one correct answer

Name ten

Have students think of 10 items that fit particular criteria. For example:

Jobs where you have to wear a uniform

English football clubs

Sports that are played with a ball

Foods that contain egg

Animals that lay eggs

Three letter parts of the body - eye, arm, leg, hip, ear, toe jaw, rib, lip, gum

Two truths and a lie

An ESL classroom staple. Write or dictate three sentences about yourself. Two statements should be true and one false, for example:

I used to be an air steward
I can ride a unicycle
My favourite food is sushi

Now invite students to discuss in pairs which statement they think is the lie. Ask each pair which statement they think is untrue and have them explain why. Reveal your answer, and ask students to come up with three sentences about themselves. I find students need quite a lot of time (at least five minutes) to come up with three ideas. If some students are still short of a sentence or two, start the game anyway, and they can finish their statements during play. Check students' statements and then have them take it in turns to read them out to the class. In each case, the other students have to guess which is the untrue statement.

For a longer more involved version of this game, see the lying game.

Mastermind (AKA Bulls & Cows, Jotto)

Based on the code-breaking board game where players have to deduce the order of 4 coloured pegs which the other player had hidden behind a plastic guard. It's slightly complicated to grasp but fun when you get the hang of it.

Think of a four-letter word and write XXXX on the board, each X represents one of the letters of your word.

Invite the first student to guess what the word is.

Start a new line underneath your original XXXX. If the first letter in the student's word is the same as the first letter in your word put a ✓ in the first position. If the first letter is not the same as the first letter in your word but is contained somewhere in your word put a half-tick /. If the first letter of the student's word is not contained anywhere your word put an X.

In the following example, the teacher chooses the word FIRE.

A word of warning. Stick to 4 or 5 letter words. It's much more difficult to guess longer words and it can also be tricky trying to mark each guess.

When students are familiar with the game you can get them to come and put their own words on the board.

I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking a ...

This is a guess the rule type game. Think of a rule which governs which items can be taken on a picnic, for example, it must be six letters long, or it must start with a vowel. In this example, the rule is that the word must be an uncountable noun.

Teacher: I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking milk.
Student A: I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking eggs.
Teacher: No, you can't take eggs.
Student B: Can I take orange juice?
Teacher: Yes, you can take orange juice.

And so on.

Continue adding items to your picnic list until a student correctly guesses the rule (the choices don't have to make sense within the picnic scenario e.g. love, information, air ). When you've finished, invite the students (alone or in pairs) to come up with their own rules and let them run the game.

Word Association

This must be one of the oldest ESL warm-up activities, but sometimes the simplest ideas turn out to be surprisingly effective and word games don't get any simpler than word association. Give an initial word, for example, banana and each student takes it in turns to say a word which they associate with the previous word. If the connection isn't obvious, challenge the student to justify their choice.
banana - monkey - zoo - tourists - hotel - bible ...
Three things in common

This is a great icebreaker, but you can also use it as a lead-in to a theme or to test your students' knowledge of a grammar point. Simply ask students to work in pairs and find three things that they have in common and then report back to the class. You can narrow the topic down to areas like t hree things we both did at the weekend, three foods we both like, three things we both don't like about this city, three things neither of us has done yet but would like to, etc.

Just a Minute Tic Tac Toe

Based on the BBC Radio show. Draw a Tic Tac Toe grid on the board and in each space write a topic that you think some of your students might be interested in or have some knowledge of. Play the game with two teams, to claim their X or O, a team member must attempt to talk about the topic in the chosen square for 45 to 60 seconds (depending on their level) without pausing or repetition. Check out this tic tac toe page for more ideas on how to use this popular ESL game.

One-upmanship

I discovered this great activity at BusinessEnglishResources.com. Start off by explaining the concept of one-upmanship, that some people always like to appear to be more interesting or superior to others in their company. Tell the students a relatively mundane story about something that happened recently and invite a student to tell a similar story but to top it in some way. Each student, in turn, tries to top the previous student's tale. For example:

You: Yesterday I overslept and was five minutes late to class.
Student: That's nothing, I overslept and was an hour late.
Student B: An hour! I once overslept a whole day!

If the students are sufficiently advanced you could have them watch and read through Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen sketch which is a very funny skit on the subject of one-upmanship.

Spontaneous Scatter Sheet

Scatter Sheets are a great way to review vocabulary, introduce a theme and get students talking. As a warmer, have students brainstorm words connected to a theme, for example, the seaside, London, marketing, etc. Write these words on the board randomly, not in straight lines or columns but higgledy-piggledy and at jaunty angles. When you have around 20 words on the board, go around the room asking each student, in turn, to describe one of the words, when it's been successfully guessed, circle it and move on to the next student. Encourage students to let the describer produce at least two sentences before shouting out the answer.

Spin the marker

Sometimes students just want a chance to talk and express themselves in an unstructured way and it's a good idea to encourage this. Spin the marker pen and whoever it points to can dictate the conversation, ask questions, suggest the topic, etc. Spin the marker again when you feel the conversation has run its course. I find this activity works best when students are sitting in a small circle not too far apart.

Fortunately / Unfortunately

English learners often have trouble remembering and correctly pronouncing these two useful words. One way to practice it is to start a story and have learners alternately advancing the story using these adverbs.

For example:

Teacher: Yesterday my car was stolen.

Student A: Fortunately, it was insured.

Student B: Unfortunately, the insurance company went bankrupt.

Student C: Fortunately, my grandfather said he would buy me a new car.

Student D: Unfortunately, he's lost his mind and doesn't have any money.

Etc.

Organise yourselves!

Have students arrange themselves in order according to a given criterion. For example by age, alphabetical order of first name or surname, the number of shoes owned, etc.

Letter string dictation

This is a great way to lead into the topic that you want to cover in the class and also serves as a simple activity to help students recognise letters of the alphabet. Think of a couple of questions for students to discuss in pairs or groups. Write the questions down and then dictate them as a long string of letters.

For example:
whatsyourfavouritecolour? whatdidyoudoattheweekend? whatkindofbooksdoyouliketoread?
After dictating the letter strings, students should attempt to form the questions and then discuss and report back to class.

To make it more challenging, dictate the letters backwards and then have the students figure out the question. This is more challenging because students will find it more difficult to predict the next letter and therefore must focus on the letters being dictated.
?teemotekiltsomuoydluowohw
For more ideas on using dictation see the article 10 dictation activities.

Whose weekend?

Give each student a slip of paper and ask each student to write down three things they did at the weekend. Collect up the slips of paper and randomly read each one out. The students must guess whose weekend is being described.

Provocative statements

Write a provocative statement on the board and then put students into small groups to discuss their opinion of it. For example, some drugs should be legalised, Facebook should be banned, Breaking Bad is overrated, one child is enough, organic food is a waste of money, etc. Have students report back to the class. You could make a list of arguments for and against the thesis.

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ESL warm-up activities are essential in the English classroom. Students may be tired or have other things on their minds and diving straight into a textbook or grammar explanation can be quite jarring. With a good warmer you can put your students into English mode; attentive, interested and ready to participate.

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Understanding Multiple Intelligences for the classroom

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Putting a bit of creativity in your lesson plan is always a good thing...

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Responding to what you read is an important literacy skill. Reading about other people's experiences and perspectives helps kids learn about the world. And although students don't need to dive deeply into every single book they read, occasionally digging into characters, settings, and themes can help them learn to look beyond the prose. Here are 35 creative book report ideas designed to make reading more meaningful.

1. Concrete Found Poem

This clever activity is basically a shape poem made up of words, phrases, and whole sentences found in the books students read. The words come together to create an image that represents something from the story.

2. Graphic Novel

Have students rewrite the book they are reading, or a chapter of their book, as a graphic novel. Set parameters for the assignment such as including six scenes from the story, three characters, details about the setting, etc. And, of course, include detailed illustrations to accompany the story.

3. Book Snaps

Book Snaps are a way for students to visually show how they are reacting to, processing, and/or connecting with a text. First, students snap a picture of a page in the book they are reading. Then, they add comments, images, highlights, and more.

4. Diary Entry

Have your students place themselves in the shoes of one of the characters from their book and write a first-person diary entry of a critical moment from the story. Ask them to choose a moment in the story where the character has plenty of interaction and emotion to share in a diary entry.

5. Character To-Do List

This fun activity is an off-the-beaten-path way to dive deep into character analysis. Get inside the head of the main character in a book and write a to-do list that they might write. Use actual information from the text, but also make inferences into what that character may wish to accomplish.

6. Mint Tin Book Report

There are so many super-creative, open-ended projects you can use mint tins for. This teacher blogger describes the process of creating book reports and using them. There's even a free template for cards that fit inside.

7. Fictional Yearbook Entries

Ask your students to create a yearbook based on the characters and setting in the book. What do they look like? Cut out magazine pictures to give a good visual image for their school picture. What kind of superlative might they get? Best looking? Class clown? What clubs would they be in or lead? Did they win any awards? It should be obvious from their small yearbooks whether your students dug deep into the characters in their books. They may also learn that who we are as individuals is reflected in what we choose to do with our lives.

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8. Book Report Cake

This project would be perfect for a book tasting in your classroom! Each student presents their book report in the shape of food. See the sandwich and pizza options above and check out this blog for more delicious ideas.

9. Current Events Comparison

Have students locate three to five current events articles a character in their book might be interested in. After they've found the articles, have them explain why the character would find them interesting and how they relate to the book. Learning about how current events affect time, place, and people is critical to helping develop opinions about what we read and experience in life.

10. Sandwich Book Report

Yum! You'll notice a lot of our creative book report ideas revolve around food. In this oldie but goodie, each layer of this book report sandwich covers a different element of the book-characters, setting, conflict, etc. A fun adaptation of this project is the book report cheeseburger.

11. Book Alphabet

Choose 15 to 20 alphabet books to help give your students examples of how they work around themes. Then ask your students to create their own Book Alphabet based on the book they read. What artifacts, vocabulary words, and names reflect the important parts of the book? After they find a word to represent each letter, have them write one sentence that explains where the word fits in.

12. Peekaboo Book Report

Using cardboard lap books (or small science report boards), students include details about their book's main characters, plot, setting, conflict, resolution, etc. Then they draw a head and arms on card stock and attach them to the board from behind to make it look like the main character is peeking over the report.

13. T-Shirt Book Report

Another fun and creative idea: Create a wearable book report with a plain white tee. Come up with your own using Sharpie pens and acrylic paint. Get step-by-step directions.

14. Book Jacket

Have students create a new book jacket for their story. Include an attractive illustrated cover, a summary, a short biography of the author, and a few reviews from readers.

15. Watercolor Rainbow Book Report

This is great for biography research projects. Students cut out a photocopied image of their subject and glue it in the middle. Then, they draw lines from the image to the edges of the paper, like rays of sunshine, and fill in each section with information about the person. As a book report template, the center image could be a copy of the book cover, and each section expands on key information such as character names, theme(s), conflict, resolution, etc.

16. Act the Part

Have students dress up as their favorite character from the book and present an oral book report. If their favorite character is not the main character, retell the story from their point of view.

17. Pizza Box Book Report

If you're looking for creative book report ideas that use upcycled materials, try this one using a pizza box. It works well for both nonfiction and fiction book reports. The top lid provides a picture of the book cover. Each wedge of the pizza pie tells part of the story.

18. Bookmark

Have students create a custom illustrated bookmark including drawings and words from either their favorite chapter or the entire book.

19. Book Reports in a Bag

This project really encourages creative thinking. Students read a book and write a summary. Then, they decorate a paper grocery bag with a scene from the book, place five items that represent something from the book inside the bag, and present the bag to the class.

20. Reading Lists for Characters

Ask your students to think about a character in their book. What kinds of books might that character like to read? Take them to the library to choose five books the character might have on their to-be-read list. Have them list the books and explain what each book might mean to the character. Post the to-be-read lists for others to see and choose from-there's nothing like trying out a book character's style when developing your own identity.

21. File Folder Book Report

Also called a lap book, this easy-to-make book report hits on all the major elements of a book study and gives students a chance to show what they know in a colorful way.

22. Collage

Create a collage using pictures and words that represent different parts of the book. Use old magazines or print pictures from the internet.

23. Book Report Triorama

Who doesn't love a multidimensional book report? This image shows a 3D model, but the link provides a lesson to show students how to glue four triangles together to make a 4D model.

24. Timeline

Have students create a timeline of the main events from their book. Be sure to include character names and details for each event. Use 8 x 11 sheets of paper taped together or a long portion of bulletin board paper.

25. Clothes Hanger Book Report Mobile

This creative project doesn't require a fancy or expensive supply list. Students just need an ordinary clothes hanger, strings, and paper. The body of the hanger is used to identify the book, and the cards on the strings dangling below are filled with key elements of the book, like characters, setting, and a summary.

26. Public Service Announcement

If a student has read a book about a cause that affects people, animals, or the environment, teach them about public service announcements. Once they understand what a PSA is, have them research the issue or cause that stood out in the book. Then give them a template for a storyboard so they can create their own PSA. Some students might want to take it a step further and create a video based on their storyboard. Consider sharing their storyboard or video with an organization that supports the cause or issue.

27. Dodecahedron Book Report

Creative book report ideas think outside the box. In this case, it's a ball! SO much information can be covered on the 12 panels, and it allows students to take a deep dive in a creative way.

28. Character Cards

Make trading cards (like baseball cards) for a few characters from the book. On the front side, draw the character. On the back side, make a list of their character traits and include a quote or two.

29. Book Report Booklets

This clever book report is made from ordinary paper bags. Stack the paper bags on top of each other, fold them in half, and staple the closed-off ends of the bags together. Students can write, draw, and decorate on the paper bag pages. They can also record information on writing or drawing paper and glue the paper onto the pages. The open ends of the bags can be used as pockets to insert photos, cut-outs, postcards, or other flat items that help them tell their story.

30. Letter to the Author

Write a letter to the author of the book. Tell them three things you really liked about the story. Ask three questions about the plot, characters, or anything else you're curious about.

31. Book Report Charm Bracelet

What a "charming" way to write a book report! Each illustrated bracelet charm captures a character, an event in the plot, setting, or other detail.

32. Fact Sheet

Create a list of 10 facts that you learned from reading the book. Write your facts in complete sentences, and be sure that each fact is something that you didn't know before you read the book.

33. Cereal Box TV Book Report

This book report project is a low-tech version of a television made from a cereal box and two paper towel rolls. Students create the viewing screen cut-out at the top, then insert a scroll of paper with writing and illustrations inside the box. When the cardboard roll is rotated, the story unfolds.

34. Be a Character Therapist

Therapists work to uncover their clients' fears based on their words and actions. When we read books, we must learn to use a character's actions and dialogue to infer their fears. Many plots revolve around a character's fear and the work it takes to overcome that fear. Ask students to identify a character's fear and find 8 to 10 scenes that prove this fear exists. Then have them write about ways the character overcame the fear (or didn't) in the story. What might the character have done differently?

35. Mind Maps

Mind maps can be a great way to synthesize what students have learned from reading a book. Plus, there are so many ways to approach them. Begin by writing a central idea in the middle of the page. For example, general information, characters, plot, etc. Then branch out from the center with ideas, thoughts, and connections to material from the book.

36. Foldables

From Rainbows Within Reach, this clever idea would be a great introduction to writing book reports. Adapt the flap categories for students at different levels. Adjust the number of categories (or flaps) per the needs of your students.

37. Board games

This is a great project if you want your students to develop a little more insight into what they're reading. Have them think about the elements of their favorite board games and think about how they can be adapted to fit this assignment. For more, here are step by step directions.

38. Comic strips

Students who like to express themselves through visual arts can create a comic book based on the book they read. Include an illustrated cover with the title and author. The pages of the book should retell the story using dialogue and descriptions of the setting and characters. Of course, no comic book would be complete without copious illustrations and thought bubbles.

39. Timeline

Create a timeline using a long roll of butcher paper, a poster board, or index cards taped together. For each event on the timeline, write a brief description of what happens. Add pictures, clip art, word art and symbols to make your time line more lively and colorful.

40. Cereal Box

Recycle a cereal box and create a book report Wheaties-style. Decorate all sides of the box with information about the book's characters, setting, plot, summary,etc.

41. Wanted Poster

Make a "wanted" poster for one of the book's main characters. Indicate whether they are wanted dead or alive. Include a picture of the character. Also, a description of what the character is "wanted" for, three examples of the character showing this trait, and a detailed account of where the character was last seen.

42. Movie Version

If the book your students have read has been made into a movie, have them write a report about how the versions are alike and different. If the book has not been made into a movie, have them write a report telling how they would make it into a movie, using specific details from the book.

What creative book report ideas did we miss? Come share in our We Are Teachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.

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Book reports don't have to be boring. Help your students make the books come alive with these 35 creative book report ideas.

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DINOSAURS are not estinguished!!! Children like them and this is a good topic especially for very young learners (4-7 years old).
Here are some examples of Crafts (and the instructions are in English) for your little learners. Enjoy!

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Whether you're planning a dinosaur themed boy birthday party or just have little guys who like dinosaurs, you''re going to like these great ideas for dinosaur crafts: Easy to Make Paper Dinosaur, DIY Dinosaur Hat, Paper Plate Dinosaur, Dinosaur Bones Fossil, and Dinosaur Track Flip Flops.

Plenty of these crafts can do double duty as party decorations or party favors that the boys can make and take home, such as the Dinosaur Frozen Fossils Game, Fossil Dough, Make Your Own Lava Lamp, and Printable Dinosaur Coloring Pages.

The DIY Dinosaur Plate Craft, Free Printable Dinosaur Puppets, and Hand Print Volcano Card are great for younger boys, while How to Make Dinosaur Fossils, How to Make Dinosaur Feet, Make a Giant Dinosaur out of Toilet Paper Rolls, and the Clothespin Dinosaur Crafts are ideal for older boys.

All boys will have fun making the Box Dinosaur Hat, Paper Plate Stegosaurus Dinosaur, DIY Paper Dinosaur Hat, and the Cardboard Dinosaur. Phew! That's a lot of dinosaurs!

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1. Easy to Make Paper Dinosaur
From Krokotak
Children of all ages will enjoy creating these easy-to-make paper dinosaurs. Save those empty toilet paper rolls.

These paper dinosaurs are extra cute standing on toilet paper roll legs. What a fun dinosaur party craft idea! Have guests add their names for a really cute place setting marker.

2. DIY Dinosaur Hat
From Lalymom
Kids will love sporting one of these adorable DIY dinosaur hats that are easy enough for them to help make!

This craft is a perfect dinosaur party craft and makes an awesome send home party favor.

You'll need green hats, white and black felt, scissors, a fabric marker and glue gun.

Depending on the ages of your party guests, more or less adult supervision will be needed with the cutting and gluing.

3. Paper Plate Dinosaur Craft for Kids with Free Templates
From Learn With Play at Home
All dinosaur-loving kids will go crazy for this paper plate dinosaur craft that includes a free template!

What a fun addition to a dinosaur party!

Guests can DIY their own paper plate-a-saurus using paper plates, colored cardstock, paint, sponge stamps, scissors, and googley eyes.

There are 5 free dinosaur templates to choose from.

4. Dinosaurs Begin with D
From Little Page Turners
Not only is this dinosaur project a great arts and crafts activity, it is a fun way to introduce the letter "D" and the shapes triangle and rectangle.

Notice that the dinosaur's body is a letter "D", and the scales and legs are triangles and rectangles.

Add this dinosaur craft to your party plans for a fun party activity.

5. Dinosaur Bones Fossil Craft
From Preschool Crafts for Kids, sourced from Activity Village
Save your cardboard for this cool dinosaur bones fossil craft. You'll start by cutting out a skull shape and dinosaur bones from the cardstock.

Using PVA glue mixed with equal parts water, you'll glue scrunched of pieces of toilet paper to cover the cardboard silhouettes.

Once dried, these dinosaur bones fossils can be hidden around your dinosaur party space as a fun game.

6. Easy Dinosaur Craft
From Spaceships and Laser Beams
Cardboard, pasta, and glue are the only materials required for this easy dinosaur party craft. It makes a great welcome activity as guests arrive and are waiting for the party to officially start.

Using penne pasta, party friends can create their own dinosaur skeleton. Once they have their skeleton design laid out to their liking, a little dab of glue on each pasta piece will seal their design to their cardboard.

Display the finished pieces in a makeshift party dinosaur museum for all guests to admire. The artwork can act as party decorations during the party.

7. Dinosaur Track Flip Flops
From Wine and Glue
These dinosaur track flip flops definitely win the prize for creativity. And while your birthday boy and his guests may not be wearing these flip flops to the beach anytime soon, they will be excited about making their own sets of dinosaur tracks.

Ribbon, hot glue, and wood are the secret materials for creating dinosaur track magic!

8. Dinosaur Frozen Fossils Game
From Spaceships and Laser Beams
You'll need some fun games and party activities to keep excited guests entertained at a dinosaur party. With a little preparation, you can give them their own excavation experience by putting together this easy dinosaur frozen fossils game.

Prep involves freezing small toy dinosaurs in water in one half of a plastic Easter egg. When it's game time, arm your dino excavators with a cup each of warm water and salt, and a digging tool (chopsticks work well).

Have them compete to dig out their dinosaurs! This activity can get messy, so giving each child a cookie sheet to house excavation materials and the resulting mess is advised.

What a fun dinosaur party game!

9. Fossil Dough
From Nuttin' But Preschool
When homemade playdough gets a prehistoric makeover, it becomes fossil dough, making it a perfect dinosaur party activity!

Made from simple ingredients including cold coffee and coffee grounds, this no cook fossil dough will last for at least a month if stored properly in an airtight container.

Kids will love using toy dinosaurs to make imprints!

10. DIY Dinosaur Plate Craft
From Spaceships and Laser Beams
A dinosaur party craft doesn't get much easier than this one! Grab an extra set or two of green party plates!

These dinosaurs incorporate one plate for the body and cut up portions of 2 more plates for the head and tail! Little ones will have fun gluing on purple triangles to create the dinosaur's scales.

11. How to Make Dinosaur Fossils
From Spaceships and Laser Beams, Idea from I Can Teach My Child
Are you looking for a dinosaur party activity that guests will roar about? Follow the easy recipe for coffee ground playdough ("fossil dough").

Then let party guests create their own prehistoric fossils by stamping dino tracks using dinosaur toys.

The recipe is no bake, and the fossil dough will keep for a month. You can leave the fossils out to dry.

12. Make Your Own Lava Lamp
From I Can Teach My Child
Guests at your dinosaur party will love creating their own imitation lava lamp. While this isn't an electric version, it does look awfully like it.

You'll need to collect empty 16. oz. water bottles for each party guest, vegetable oil (8 oz., per party guest), a funnel, water, food coloring, and Alka-Seltzer tablets (adult handling/supervision required).

Party guests will love watching the magic that happens as the various components are added to the water bottle.

13. Printable Dinosaur Coloring Pages
From Itsy Bitsy Fun
Set up a coloring table at your dinosaur party! You can download and print these free dinosaur coloring pages.

Kids will have fun decorating their own dinosaurs and imagining what it would've been like to live in prehistoric times.

14. DIY Paper Dinosaur Hat
From Cutting Tiny Bites
Encourage loads of pretend play at your dinosaur themed birthday party.

Party guests can DIY their own paper dinosaur hats using green construction paper (3 sheets per person), glue sticks, tape, and scissors.

Once the hats are finished, encourage the children to wear their hats and practice their best dinosaur roars.

15. How to Make Dinosaur Feet
From Spaceships and Laser Beams, Idea from Make and Takes
You'll definitely want to download the free printable template and make these foam dinosaur feet.

Wouldn't they make a fun dinosaur party favor and craft activity? Or, use them in a fun game, like a dinosaur cake walk!

16. Free Printable Dinosaur Puppets
From Paging Supermom!
Paper bag puppets are so fun! You can create these dinosaur puppets using brown paper lunch sacks and the free printable dinosaur templates.

Kids will love using their imaginations to color their perfect dinosaur. Scissors and glue will be needed for cutting the dinosaur template and adhering the completed pieces to the brown paper sacks.

Include this activity as part of a dinosaur party, and let party guests put on their very own puppet show.

17. Paper Plate Stegosaurus Dinosaur Craft
From Preschool Crafts for Kids
Paper plate crafts make great party crafts because they are budget-friendly and so versatile.

A great dinosaur party activity, these paper plate stegosauruses only require a few materials: paper plates, paint & brushes, construction paper, glue, scissors, and a sticker eye.

They are easy enough to make that very little adult help is needed.

18. Make a Giant Dinosaur out of Toilet Paper Rolls
From Your Modern Family
Don't you just love party activities that don't require a lot of supervision? This dinosaur party game does require you to save paper towel and toilet paper rolls ahead of time.

But come party day, you can provide party guests with an image of a dinosaur skeleton, dump the cardboard rolls on the floor, and let the kids have at it creating their own giant dinosaur. They can try a few different dinosaur designs simply by moving around the cardboard tubes.

Once the kids have settled on their basic dino skeleton design, let them add a paper skull. Provide some cardstock and scissors for creating a skull, or have some precut skulls available if you want to avoid the use of scissors during party time.

19. Box Dinosaur Hat
From House of Baby Piranha
A dinosaur birthday party calls for some creative party hats! You can craft up these adorable dinosaur hats from recycled boxes, cardstock, and paint.

If your party guests are young, you can have these party hats made up ahead of time. If guests are older, consider setting out materials for a fun hat making station.

Either way, guests can sport cool dinosaur hats during the party, and take them home as a party favor when the roaring party comes to an end.

20. Clothespin Dinosaur Craft
From Crafts by Amanda
Clothespins aren't just useful for hanging clothes. They also make perfect chomping jaws for a fun dinosaur party craft.

Set up this dinosaur birthday party activity station with a pile of wooden clothespins, a set of free printable dinosaur patterns, paint (black and white), felt (green, brown, gold, and gray), and some basic craft tools (paintbrush, black marker, hot glue gun, and toothpick).

Younger children will need a little more adult supervision and help.

21. Hand Print Volcano Card
From All Done Monkey
Dinosaurs and volcanoes go hand-in-hand making it perfectly logical to include a volcano craft as part of your dinosaur party craft ideas!

This handprint volcano craft is a simple project, and the finished art makes for a pretty cool backdrop for toy dinosaur play.

You'll need cardstock, brown, yellow, and orange paint, and a paintbrush.

Plan the ultimate boy's dinosaur birthday party with these party sources the Spaceships and Laser Beams team thinks you may love!
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Whether you're planning a dinosaur themed boy birthday party or just have little guys who like dinosaurs, you''re going to like these great ideas for dinosaur crafts: Easy to Make Paper Dinosaur, DIY Dinosaur Hat, Paper Plate Dinosaur, Dinosaur Bones Fossil, and Dinosaur Track Flip Flops.

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Lesson plans and story notes for 12 stories from around the world!
For each story there are a series of lesson plans with photocopiable activity sheets. Download the free publication here:

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Picture storybooks and the technique of storytelling provide teachers with an attractive and appealing resource for meeting the diverse needs of children in the primary English language classroom. Tell it Again! first published in 1991 as The Storytelling Handbook, has now been republished in its third edition. There have been minor revisions and updated sections on using learning technologies, creating an inclusive learning environment and references and further reading.

Tell it Again! provides a comprehensive methodology section and story notes on 12 stories from around the world. For each story there are a series of lesson plans with photocopiable activity sheets. The stories include ten of the most popular Puffin storybooks as well as two stories that can be copied.

You can download this publication in pdf format below or order a paperback copy form Bournemouth English Book Centre.

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Tell it Again! The Storytelling Handbook for Primary English Language Teachers

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A lesson plan should be very well structured. Here is a picture that might help you understanding how to organize your lesson.