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1. Progressive Tense: "He is Looking for Emma Fields"

   In: Teacher's Corner: Progressive Form Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner uses a video game and a jigsaw activity for students to review the present, past, and future progressive

2. Activity for Progressive Tense Review: He is looking for Emma Fields

   Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner uses a video game and a jigsaw activity for students to review the present, past, and future progressive.

3. Gossip and Rumors

   In: Teacher's Corner: Reported Speech Format(s): Text

   This week’s Teacher’s Corner uses a variation of the game “True Truths and a Lie” to help students practice reported speech while they learn more about their classmates.

4. Word Bricks

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English Format(s): Text

   Word Bricks are used for building sentences in English. The Word Bricks have a wide range of words in English written on them: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, pronouns, and so on—all of the building blocks that students need to form complete phrases and sentences in English.

5. Word Bricks-Longest Sentence

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   Students create the longest sentence possible using a set of 15–20 Word Bricks in 3 minutes. Keeping the time limit short makes for a fast-paced, fun atmosphere as teams compete. Download the cards and instructions!

6. Lesson Plan: Athletes, Actions, and Adjectives

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   People who are very familiar with American football and those completely unfamiliar with it can benefit from the interactive, communicative activities presented in this lesson plan. Students can analyze examples from the NFL and create their own team names, team logos, and player descriptions. Ideas for teaching adjectives and body parts are also provided. In the spirit of the game, the plan features quick, lively group activities, all under 50 minutes each.

7. English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 2

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   Find strategies for listening to diverse English voices through podcasts … learn how to contextualize teacher training through needs analysis … read ideas on working with upper-class students as teaching assistants (TAs) … organize a “writing picnic” … get to know an English teacher in Slovenia … use “bear with superpowers” to introduce students to debating … and much more.

8. Word Bricks- Describe and Guess

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   In Describe and Guess, players take turns selecting a Word Brick and then describing one of the words on the brick without saying the actual word. Download the game and instructions!

9. Week 4 - Breaking the Ice With Modals

   In: Teacher's Corner: Modals Format(s): Text

   Icebreaker activities are great ways to get students talking. Icebreakers are even better when students are both talking and practicing a specific language skill or component.

10. Week 2 - Let's Have a Party

    In: Teacher's Corner: Phrasal Verbs Format(s): Text

    This week’s Teacher’s Corner provides students the opportunity to practice using phrasal verbs related to life experiences and planning a party.

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