IN-CLASS
Research shows that building a sense of community in the classroom is an integral part of creating a positive learning environment. Community building begins on the first day students and teachers come together. It is here that social and emotional learning can be integrated into classroom life. Here, social emotional learning is seen not as an add-on for the teacher but the way that relationships, routines, and procedures are established so everyone feels cared for, respected and valued.
Theory into Practice by Jaqueline A. Norris.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ESL CLASSROOMS
I would like to share with other teachers these group dynamics that have worked well throughout the thirty years I have had the pleasure of working with adult students in ESL Classrooms (1993 – 2023). I hope you find these speaking activities useful to complement your own lesson plans. Please feel free to share your own experience with us!
2022 – 2023
DYSLEXIA-FRIENDLY
- Exceptional students
- Dyslexic thinking
- Three activities to help A1 Learners with dyslexia
- Written tasks for a dyslexia-friendly classroom
- How to boost our dyslexic students reading skills
- Three tools for dyslexia friendly classrooms
2021 – 2023
BREAKOUT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITES
- How to create your breakout: the Agatha Christie experience
- The body in the library
- The Mysterious affair at Styles
- All Hallows Eve
- Green-eyed Girl
- The Sherlocked Experience
- The Hound Challenge
2019 – 2020
FIVE LOCKDOWN LESSONS
The following were created during unprecedented Lockdown online sessions in March 2020:
1993 – 2023
ACTIVITIES WITH Ei & MF COMPONENTS
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All ears
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Beginners
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Book-crossing
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Bring in an object
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Chain of affection
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Christmas all the way
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Christmas wishes
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Circles
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Emotional response
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Elevenses
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48:1
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Gaudí effect
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Give thanks and eat pie
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Good Things Come in Threes
- One: Windows of the mind
- Two: Tales of the Supernatural
- Three: The Importance of Being Earnest
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Haiku
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Heartfulness on Valentine’s Day
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Hermes
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Indian secrets
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It’s Christmas time
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Learn by doing
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Let’s go hybrid
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Lucky charms
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Mors tua, vita mea
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Musical chairs
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Never let me go
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Of foxes and hedgehogs
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Remote Thanksgiving ideas
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Soft skills
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Take it personal
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Ten for dinner
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The Arts
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The Grammar Club
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The Guest House
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Top Card
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Woman to woman
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Word clouds
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World Poetry Day
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Your position in the family
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You’ve got mail
«Our capacity to pay attention and to learn has a lot to do with what’s happening internally on the visceral and emotional level and what our gut feelings are telling us» by Gabor Mate.
«How emotions affect our cognitive functioning»
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