Saturday, November 08, 2008

Just Crosswords

Just Crosswords is a site of 15x15 crossword puzzles that you solve right in your Web browser. Click on the clues or the spaces in the puzzle, and then simply type to fill in the blanks. Standard puzzles use symmetric grids with lots of standard crossword words and a few words that fit the theme. Crozzle puzzles use only words that fit the theme.

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Monday, July 07, 2008

LISTEN AND WRITE

Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice.


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Cricklers

Cricklers are Flash-based puzzles which adapt: they become easier or harder depending on the skill of the solver. There are several types of puzzle enjoy the news-based ones (e.g.choose London Times / drop down box right hand corner). They refer to today's news and each clue has a link to the article where you'll find the answer. A bonus for language learners is that you get to see the words in context.

ThanX to Jeffry for this hint

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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

April Fool's Day Test



http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/ldhen/3_minute_test.pdf

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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Songza ThanX Jochen





… is the single best place to search for and listen to music on the Web. Find a song and listen immediately, in one place. Unlike KaZaa or Bit Torrent, Songza users can only listen to songs, not download them. And unlike Last.fm or Rhapsody, Songza permits users to choose exactly the song or artist they want to hear, and does not require them to subscribe or pay for its services.

Songza




Originally
from JochenEnglish
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Monday, March 17, 2008

Resources: Easter



History and Symbols :

  • A game: Egg Rolling - explained with illustrations (ospitiweb.indire.it)

  • Easter (refuel.org.uk)
  • Whyeaster?com (whyeaster.com)
    Easter Customs - Easter Cultures - Easter Story - Easter Fun (word searches, etc)

  • Easter Lessons - facts, hunts, activities, symbols, songs, poems... (The Educator's Network)
  • Famous Bunnies (alphabet-soup.net) :
    Peter Rabbit / Peter Cottontail / Bugs Bunny / Brer Rabbit / The Easter Bunny


Superstitions :

Vocabulary :

Listening :


Tongue twisters :

INTERACTIVE activities :

Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) - Concentration - Word Search
Activities created by: Renée Maufroid

EASTER 10 QUESTION QUIZ - easy (sunniebunniezz.com)

  • Easter - "Read the ... story and answer the questions that follow." (a4esl)
  • Easter Quiz - Rabbits, religion, and the White House Egg Roll (Infoplease)

Activities TO PRINT :

  • The Easter Egg Roll in Washington D.C.
    (extrait du manuel "Step In" 5ème, page 94, Unit 3, 'Reading')
    - un travail de compréhension proposé par Martine ALBRECH, Collège d'Ars-sur-Moselle, Ac. Nancy-Metz

  • Easter Lessons - facts, hunts, activities, symbols, songs, poems... (The Educator's Network)
  • Kid's Domain : History, activities, games, stories, poems... (kidsdomain.com)

Webquests :

  • Happy Easter! - for beginners (Michelle Henry - Editions Didier)

  • No More Easter - (schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us)
    Language arts webquest created for grades 1-4 ...
    "will tell you about where the Easter bunny came from, the kinds of bunnies, the meaning of Easter, and why he uses eggs ...
    You will find puzzles, music, songs, and fun Easter recipes."
  • Easter Scavenger Hunt - (lessonplans.btskinner)
    "Visit the links ... to find out about the history of the Easter holiday."


INTERACTIVE games :

  • Easter Games (esclub.gr)

  • Easter Worksheets (bogglesworldesl.com) :
    Easter Crossword - Easter Rhymes - Easter Egg Hunt - Easter Word Search -
    Easter Egg Hunt Activity Pack for Fish, Memory, and Bingo - Easter Bunny Connect the Dots -
    Easter Big Letters Coloring Sheets - Easter Egg Find

Games TO PRINT :

  • Idem (Definitions and List of words) - (Edhelper)


Jokes :

Cartoons :

Homeland security
- Happy Easter!
(cagle.com)

EASTER CARTOONS
(off the mark)


Happy Easter!
(polarnet.ca)

The snake and the eggs
(offthemark.com)

Who bit the heads...
(offthemark.com)
Stories :


Poems :

Cards :

Songs :

  • Peter Cottontail - a song (grandparentsmagazine.net)
    "Here comes Peter Cottontail,
    Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
    Hippity, hoppity,
    Easter's on its way."
    - with the VIDEO (YouTube) or KARAOKE

Animations :


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Friday, March 14, 2008

Resources: St. Patrick's Day

ThanX Christine!

St Patrick in Chicago

See the video (too long, edit it to use it in class)
http://www.greenchicagoriver.com/pics.html
Read about the tradition
http://www.chicagostpatsparade.com/river-dye.html
Here is the full story
http://www.greenchicagoriver.com/story.html
See the parade and the whole tradition in Chicago
http://www.chicagostpatsparade.com/parade.html

Video and an interactive book

A mini-site from History Channel (with a video for advanced students, rather religious but usable)
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1082
An interactive book of fact
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/book.shtml

Traditions and parades

- see pictures of the parades in Dublin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/parade_gallery.shtml
- U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Irish-American Heritage Month and St. Patrick's Day
[LII New This Week recommended this site of facts and statistics related to St. Patrick's Day, including topics such as population distribution of Americans with Irish ancestry, immigration, places in the U.S. called Dublin and Shamrock, trade with Ireland, beer consumption, and "[the] number of U.S. residents who speak Irish Gaelic at home." From the U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/009465.html

St Patrick's story and legends, and several Irish legends

http://www.youthonline.ca/stpatricksday/history.shtml
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/pat/history.html
http://www.stpatricksday.com/history/stpatricksday/ (history of the day in Ireland and all over the world)
http://www.marvelicious.com/stpatrick.html
http://www.sparta.k12.il.us/SID/legends.htm
http://pedagogie.ac-montpellier.fr/disciplines/anglais/civilisation/patrick.html (history and links, ready to use in the computer lab)
http://members.tripod.com/~bgilley/INDEX.HTM ( short texts about the legends and traditions like "wearing green or getting pinched" and the Blarney Stone)

The Leprechaun's Pot of Gold

A short story about a leprechaun
http://www.beavers.westlancashirescouts.org.uk/Programme%20Ideas/The%20Lazy%20Leprechaun.doc
*** Leprechauns' story starters (to make students write stories, excellent for all levels)
http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/leprechaun.html
Several activities and handicrafts around the theme
- for the youngest : make a rainbow bookmark
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/printcraft.cfm?CraftID=823
- for beginners : color a picture, and write a poem, a few sentence or just some words underneath
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/March/colorwrite.htm
- for kindergarten and primary school : the leprechaun's dance and other songs based on famous tunes
http://www.hummingbirded.com/st-pattys.html
- several activities around the theme, from games to math, including pictures to color
http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/march_ideas.pdf
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/St__Patrick_s_Day/
http://www.theideabox.com/ib.php?web=special&id=saint
- another page of activities : Color a pot of gold, a shamrock, read the story of St Patrick, answer trivias, etc.
http://www.youthonline.ca/stpatricksday/

Handicrafts and coloring pages

- coloring pages, cut out jigsaw puzzles
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/fun.htm
- rainbow mobiles
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/Rainbow.shtml
- Lucky stones
http://www.makingfriends.com/stones_magic.htm
- Rainbow and shamrocks
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/stpart.html
- Paint a shamrock
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/shamrockfun.shtml
- Shamrock template
http://www.first-school.ws/t/pattern/clover.htm
- Hairy shamrocks (with growing seeds)
http://www.theideabox.com/Hairy_Shamrocks.html
- Coloring page
http://www.coloring.ws/patrick.htm

Ireland map coloring Printout

A map of Ireland to color, for geography and English classes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/ireland/activity.shtml

Treasure hunts/webquests/quizzes

http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/stpat/quiz.htm (easy, for lower intermediates)
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/patwqki.doc
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/patrickwq.htm

Ready to use lessons in .pdf

A quiz, a short history of Ireland, a text and a crossword
http://www.reward-english.com/warehouse/March/RW025C-stpatrickI.pdf
a warming up the text and the crossword
http://www.reward-english.com/warehouse/March/RW025C-stpatrickU.pdf
crossword, text and vocabulary
http://www.reward-english.com/warehouse/March/RW025C-stpatrickE.pdf

Recipes

Fun St Patrick's meal and desserts
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_pat_ideas.htm
Irish recipes (with cookies!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/recipes/index.shtml

Other sites about Ireland and St Patrick's Day

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/index.shtml
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjhol/qt/mar17a7.htm
http://www.sdmf.k12.wi.us/bf/resources/stpatrick.htm
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/patrick.htm
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/fetes03.php

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Have a look at: Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss

> The Way Up To Heaven > Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Level A2 (1200 words)

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Friday, February 15, 2008

Have a look at: " Lernkrimi"

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Friday, December 07, 2007

X-MAS

History and Traditions :

  • Click on TOPIC/THEME on the left, then on Christmas activities.

  • CHRISTMAS FROM A-Z (geocities.com/abecedarius)

  • CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS (claus.com)
    - "Learn the origin of some of our favorite symbols and traditions!" :
    Stockings - Sleigh & Reindeer - Ornaments - Mistletoe - Yule Log - Holly - Greenery - Gingerbread House - St. Bernard - Christmas Cards - Candles

Advent calendars :

  • "Here is a fun Advent Calendar
    for you to countdown to Christmas with fascinating questions about Christmas celebrations around the world."
    (Woodlands Junior School)

  • Christmas Words - a list (iteslj.org) :
    General Words / Food / Flowers / Religious / Christmas Tree / Shopping / Santa Claus / Feelings / Reindeer Names

Idioms :

Superstitions :

  • Common superstitions (csicop.org) :
    • To refuse a kiss under mistletoe causes bad luck
    • Animals can talk at midnight on Christmas Eve

Listening :

  • The Snowman - an animated story read to you (British Council)

  • CLAUS.COM - a fun site! Explore the village!
  • Christmas is coming! - a conversation (intermediate) with :
    I. Pre-Listening Exercises
    II. Listening Exercises
    III. Post-Listening Exercises
    Topic : Christmas gifts
    Speakers : a man and 2 children
    (esl-lab.com)
  • The Christmas Gift - a narration (difficult) with :
    I. Pre-Listening Exercises
    II. Listening Exercises
    III. Post-Listening Exercises
    (esl-lab.com)

  • Christmas Day - a lesson (dailyesl.com)
ThanX Michele

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Friday, November 30, 2007

World AIDS Day, December 1st :

Vocabulary :
  • HIV and AIDS
    "HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus.
    AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    HIV is actually the virus that causes the disease AIDS."
    (hivaidssearch.com)

Facts :

  • What is AIDS ? - A guide
    - What is Aids?
    - What is HIV?
    - How do you get it?
    - How do you know if you've got it?
    - Aids myths
    - How common is it?
    - Can it be cured?
    (CBBC News)
  • AIDS
    1 Infection by HIV 2 Diagnosis 3 Symptoms and complications 4 Transmission and prevention 5 Treatment
    6 Epidemiology 7 Economic impact 8 Stigma 9 Origin of HIV 10 Alternative hypotheses 11 HIV and AIDS misconceptions
    12 Notes and references 13 External links
    (Wikipedia)


  • HIV and AIDS
    - HIV Hurts the Immune System
    - How Many People Have HIV and AIDS?
    - How Is HIV Spread?
    - What Are the Symptoms of HIV and AIDS?
    - How Are HIV and AIDS Diagnosed?
    - How Are HIV and AIDS Treated?
    - Can HIV and AIDS Be Prevented?
    - Living With HIV and AIDS
    - Hope for an HIV-Free Future
    (hivaidssearch.com)

World AIDS Day, December 1st :

  • World AIDS Day
    "The 2007 theme, “leadership”, highlights the need for innovation, vision and perseverance in the face of the AIDS challenge. The campaign calls on all sectors of society such as families, communities and civil society organisations - rather than just governments - to take the initiative and provide leadership on AIDS..."
    (avert.org)

  • UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
    + The 2007 AIDS epidemic update "reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic’s evolution."
    +     International consultation on AIDS estimates: Recommendations
    (unaids.org/en)

Pictures :

Listening :

  • Learning English - Words in the News : AIDS conference
    - with the text
    (BBC)

INTERACTIVE activities :

  • People World Wide: HIV/AIDS
    "How does AIDS affect people all over the world? What kind of personal or family or world problems could AIDS cause? Read each sentence and choose an answer... The information on this quiz comes from UNAIDS."
    (a4esl.org)
  • Quizzes
    PHYSIOLOGY - IMMUNE SYSTEM - HISTORY - MEDICINE - EPIDEMICS
    (library.thinkquest.org)

Activities TO PRINT :

Webquests :

  • "It won't happen to me !" - a webquest
    "The final task will be double:
    1) To create a virtual AIDS magazine with interviews and articles that will include all the info everybody should know about AIDS.
    2) To organise an AIDS school campaign.
    To create this magazine you will collaborate in a 4 reporters group. Each one of you will choose a role and will research about an aspect of the disease and its social discrimination."
    Designed by Mercedes de la Casa and Isabel Pérez

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Game: What would you do?
    "An interactive game that explores real life situations with regard to HIV/AIDS."
    (UNICEF - schoolfile.com)

Cartoons :

Aid. Yes! AIDS. No!
(indianink.org)

To promote AIDS awareness
(conservativecartoons.com)

Songs :

  • The Aids Stigma song - Lyrics and VIDEO
    " There are viruses, illnesses, cancers, disease
    That can wrestle the strongest of men to his knees
    But of all the diseases that cut short one’s life
    Only AIDS has a stigma that cuts like a knife..."
    (hiv.co.il)

Videos :

  • AIDS - Explanation + History
    (YouTube)

Posters :

  • AIDS Posters from around the world
    (digital.library.ucla.edu)
ThanX Michele

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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

BOOKBUTLER



BookButler is a price comparison service for books and not a book store. This service helps you to compare the prices, availability and shipping from a wide range of bookstores. After you have found the book you are looking for, click on "Compare Prices" and you will see a list of stores who are selling this book. When you click on "View Item", you are forwarded to the bookstore of your choice where you can order the book.

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BRAINTEASER











Hi,

National Geographic has a series of visually attractive and simply written quizzes about various topics e.g."Brainteaser Grand Canyon":

They are accessible to intermediate English Language Learners.

National Geographic Puzzles and Quizzes

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Thursday, September 06, 2007

BBC: HOW TO ...

Feed for your reader:
downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/how2/rss.xml
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Tuesday. Each programme is six minutes long and contains examples and explanations to help you improve your knowledge of the English language across a wide range of topics.

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

TV ONLINE

Watch Mr. Bean or NASA TV here.


You find different channels at ONLINEGLOTZE

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OZ / NZ?

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

HOW BEER IS MADE

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

CREATE YOUR OWN COMIC STRIPS

Good with words but lacking in artistic ability?
Have no fear, now you can create your own comic strips by using the pre-drawn frames at these sites.

http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/
http://www.wittycomics.com/make-comic.php
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

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Saturday, July 07, 2007

ENGLISH BITES

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Thursday, July 05, 2007

DID YOU KNOW?

Just click on play.

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