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I am hosting recurring Zoom practice sessions to help people try out new tricks before going live in front of students. All are welcome, drop me a line if you'd like the details.

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Make the most of your messy home office desk or kitchen table. Practice English with your students using the everyday items around you.

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We can't make direct eye contact over zoom. But sometimes we can see our learners' mouths better. When practicing pronunciation, encourage your learners get close to the camera.

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"This is a stapler"
"This is an umbrella"

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"Why is the table leaning against the wall?"

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You can do this with anything, and the great thing about Zoom is we have pretty much unlimited access to things we could show and tell. I've grabbed everything from family photos to knitting projects.

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Bring a tablet or laptop into the kitchen, choose a recipe to share, and practice English vocabulary with your learners while you bake.

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Share your screen to watch this Tom and Jerry short. Periodically stop the video and have your students describe what just happened.

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Tom & Jerry | The Home Schooled Mouse | Classic Cartoon | WB Kids

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A student asked to study vocabulary for clothing. So for our next class, I brought the laundry basket. It was a super easy way to practice vocab for garments as well as colors and patterns.

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bring eggs, water, a pot, ice and a bowl.

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bring eggs, water, a pot, ice and a bowl.

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• Share screen and watch this video about how to boil an egg with your student/s.
• Use dictation to make a list of the steps described.
• Then ask them to give you instructions step by step as you boil the eggs.

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• share your screen and share this OHSU get vaccinated page with your learner/s
• demonstrate how to make a vaccine appointment using dummy info, but don't confirm, or...
• if your learners are on computers, you can give them "remote control" to navigate on their own

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COVID-19 Vaccines: Information and Appointments

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We've gathered tools and information about COVID-19 vaccines in Oregon to help you.

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* there's so much you can do with songs, but here are a couple ideas
• play the song through at least once
• do a call-and-response activity where you say the bulk of the line and your learners say the rhyme - in this example
you: "don't stop..."
learners: "believing!"
you: "hold onto that..."
learners: "feeling!"

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"flour" "sugar" "eggs" "berries" "stir" "beat" "mix"

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"Do you like to bake? What's your favorite recipe?"

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"Tom hit Jerry"

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"He hit him with a rolling pin"

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"shirt" "pants" "towel" "blue" "yellow" "plaid" "plain" "patterned"

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"who does the laundry in your family?"

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This will work with just about any project. Just make sure to break the instructions down into manageable chunks.

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Using a wordless video forces the activity not to be about reading or listening. It'll work with anything wordless - silent movie clips are great too!

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Turning the tables is fun! This trick can encourage reticent learners to speak up.

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If you're teaching about Covid, the information is probably available in your learners' languages too. One of my favorite activities to do with heavy material like this is to read the other language version out loud and play "you correct my Spanish, I'll correct your English."

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daniel@torustransforms.org

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www.torustransforms.org