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Ex Poser
Fancy a lovely Brit Lit lesson for young teeens? "Ex Poser" is based on an authentic short story by writer Paul Jennings. It's about wrong judgement, embarrassment and teen love. Check out the instructions and activities, and happy teaching!
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Sebastian's Swan stories
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Looking for nice stories for the young ones? Sebastian Swan's Infant Explorer offers a lovely set of big books with plans and resources to help you use the stories. Use them online, or print them all out. Have fun!
Why we do what we do
As teachers we make thousands of decisions, before, during and after classes...but how much awareness goes into them? Reflective Teaching is teaching which combines practice and reflection to trigger development. Interested? Here's a nice article: "towards reflective teaching".
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Information and Communication Technology Advice
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ICT Advice helps you understand and use technology in schools. Check Teaching and Learning for lots of good teaching ideas; Admin and Policies and Technology to improve your communications and web skills and be in the know!
I've got the blues for you...
Colour words are everywhere. They're like clothes for our feelings and holidays and customs. Fact Monster offers a cool list of colour words and facts. Learn them all, take the Psychology of Colour Quiz, and add zest to your English!
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We will miss you, Routemaster.
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On 09 December 2005, London said goodbye to one of its icons, the red double decker buses...but luckily, two heritage routes remain. Read the story, enjoy some photos, check the activity from Weekender and a Routemaster for the kids, and share history with students.
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