About 6 years ago I became obsessed with finding some sort of magic formula of what a successful lesson plan should look like. I got into neuroscience trying to find answers to how our brains learn and what we should be doing as teachers to make learning more effective. But do you know that feeling …
There’s no Magic Formula but the Science of Learning can help Read More »
Hello, everyone! Hope you’re having a great Monday so far. As I know nobody really likes Monday and some of you might be using Richmond’s English ID 3, here’s the link to a lesson I prepared for my teenage group. All the instructions are in the SPEAKER’S NOTES section below every slide. Click here to …
English ID 3, Unit 3: A Lesson Plan with Authentic Materials about traveling and cities Read More »
Hi there! I hope you’re having fun with your students in this second week of classes. I’m having fun but I have to admit they are a little uninspired and pretty exhausted. Kids are working too hard these days, aren’t they? Swimming, Judo, computer science, horseback riding, robotics, languages, soccer, dance, courses and more courses. …
Food Vocabulary + THERE TO BE Lesson Plan for CEFR-A2 Read More »
So yesterday I had a revision lesson about VERB TO BE in the simple present tense, among other things. I wanted my students to be able to write a letter about themselves stating their names, nationality, age, and something else about their lives. The problem was: my students have varying degrees of skills with the language, …
How can we work with differentiation in the classroom? My Jimmy Fallon challenge Read More »
A lesson about success with Richard St. John’s TED talk 8 secrets of success, and JK Rowling’s commencement speech on the benefits of failure at Harvard.
Today was a great day! My blog has been visited by more than 1000 people from 85 different countries. I have plenty of reasons to celebrate just because of that. However, I’m even happier because of a wonderful lesson I had with my group of YLs. To inspire you, my dear teachers, I’d like to share what …
A fun class for Young Learners about the power of friendship, time, and connections Read More »
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj2lzLZ6YxM&t=310s Whenever you have to talk about sex, religion, politics or drugs, how do you feel? Are you comfortable discussing these hot topics or can you feel the cold sweat coming down already? If I had to guess, I’d say basically everyone has reservations when it comes to controversial issues. I certainly …
A little controversy doesn’t hurt – A video lesson plan about PARSNIPS (hot topics) Read More »
Versão em português – LESSON PLAN SAMPLE 1_português Is there such a thing as the perfect lesson plan? I challenge you to think about that. Have you ever delivered a lesson that felt like you rocked big time? The way I see it, there are no perfect lesson plans. Some might feel perfect to you or …
The Perfect Lesson Plan (but not really) – A sample to help you plan your own lessons Read More »
