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Fun Christmas Activities for your ENGLISH Class - meaningful, learny ones!
Fun Christmas Activities for your ENGLISH Class - ones that involve learning!
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Jo Hayes
Oct 305 min read
Teacher Confessions: The Habits We Can't Seem to Shake!
Have a laugh as Jo goes over some teacher confessions - habits we can't seem to shake!
Sue de Lautour
Oct 304 min read
Writing: developing ideas and thinking perceptively - two things that students don't really understand...and how to explain them better.
When I returned to New Zealand from a stint working as an advisor in Abu Dhabi the education system had changed and so had the jargon of...
Sue de Lautour
Oct 155 min read
Simple ways to fit GRAMMAR into your already-crammed English programme.
English teachers - fit GRAMMAR into your already-crammed English programme with these sustainable strategies.
Jo Hayes
Oct 103 min read
Organise, plan, create: Notebook LM - the perfect teacher tool.
Teachers, you don't have to be a tech expert to enjoy organising, planning and creating with Notebook LM! It's GOLD!
Jo Hayes
Sep 162 min read
Check Writing for AI use with the Revision History Chrome Extension - Here's How!
Teachers, here's a fantastic tool to check students' writing for AI content!
Sue de Lautour
Sep 115 min read
Sentence Structure Must-Knows to Begin the School Year!
Ten small steps to teach your students to set them up for writing success - right from the beginning of the year!
Sue de Lautour
Aug 287 min read
Getting back to BASICS to teach formal writing structure.
Teach the structure of formal writing with these back-to-basics steps!
Jo Hayes
Aug 223 min read
Saving your resources to the cloud - here's how!
Saving your files to the cloud is essential for making sure you never lose important resources, such as the Drive Resources workbooks......
Jo Hayes
Aug 62 min read
Easily create audio books for your class with your iPhone!
Create audio books for your class with your iPhone - or your android - with these simple instructions about how to record and upload to your
Sue de Lautour
Aug 17 min read
Teaching Film as Literature - a teacher guide
Teaching film as literature can be overwhelming for English/ELA teachers. Here's a quick teacher guide to help!
Jo Hayes
Jul 223 min read
Google My Maps for Engaging English Lessons
Follow a character and engage with the setting in your next text study in English. Google My Maps for English lessons is a GAME-CHANGER!
Sue de Lautour
Jul 185 min read
Teaching Tips to Revise 1.3 Writing and 1.4 Unfamiliar Texts
A few things I'd be reiterating with students over in the final weeks (and couple of months) of the year to revise for 1.3 Writing and...
Sue de Lautour
Jun 265 min read
Annotating texts: the MAGIC ELIXIR for reading and writing skills
I’ve been thinking a lot about annotation lately. It pops up for reading, research, responding… It’s a springboard for writing...
Sue de Lautour
Jun 203 min read
Being an immigrant teacher in BICULTURAL Aotearoa New Zealand
By Jo Hayes In the beginning... Heading to New Zealand from the UK in 2010, I was confident in my research and what I could expect. I was...
Jo Hayes
Jun 102 min read
Know with Jo: Teacher Tips for Google Classroom - #1
Quick teacher tips for Google Classroom. Stay in the know with Jo!
Sue de Lautour
Jun 67 min read
Setting is BOSS! Teaching students about setting
Key points and few strategies for teaching your students 4 types of setting. Setting is BOSS!
Sue de Lautour
Apr 235 min read
Teaching students to discuss text purpose needn't be like pushing *&%# uphill.
I’m sick of reading paragraphs with a cursory nod to ‘purpose’ tacked on as a final sentence. Students aren’t thinking about the...
Sue de Lautour
Apr 73 min read
3 proofreading habits that improve writing
How you can improve students' writing with proofreading habits.
Sue de Lautour
Mar 147 min read
Lifting the Lid on Daily Lesson Planning: Realities and Ideas
What’s everyone else doing? Am I the only one still searching for that holy grail of planning systems? Am I the only one muddling...
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