Valentine’s Day Vocabulary

This lesson on YouTube English Danny is useful for Valentine’s Day vocabulary. Very interesting for ESL students who want to know more about this significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration.

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day is observed every year on February 2, having originated in the town of Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania. The annual ritual has roots in pre-Christian traditions and was brougt to the USA by German immigrants. The emergence of a groundhog from its burrow is said to foretell the weather for the following,

The following video explains the origins of the tradition:

Topworksheets

With Topworksheets you will be able to create interactive auto-grading worksheets easely and free. You don’t need to learn any code. 

You can add many different question types: fill the blank, dropdown, join elements, drag & drop. You can also include multimedia content like video, audio or images, assign worksheets as tasks for your students, and receive results directly in your account. 

https://www.topworksheets.com/en/home

School Day of Non-violence and Peace. Martin Luther King

The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Dia Escolar de la No-violència i la Pau) was founded by the Spanish poet Llorenç Vidal in 1964 as support for a pacifying and non-violent eucation. This day is observed on January 30 every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi in schools all over the world. 

To celebrate it in your English class you can use this video about the life of Martin Luther King, a reference of the non-violent struggle for the achievement of human rights.

Recursos educativos abiertos y redes docentes para Inglés y AICLE

Video emitido en directo el 26 de enero de 2022 que presenta los recursos educativos abiertos (REA) del proyecto EDIA como materiales accesibles de gran utilidad a través de sus propuestas basadas en metodologías activas, referenciadas curricularmente y pautadas y completadas con todos los elementos necesarios para su puesta en marcha y su evaluación en la asignatura de Inglés.

En el webinar toman parte Leo Boix, estimado excompañero en la red de CEFIRE, Domingo Chica, Javier Ramos y Laura Pérez.

Si no lo visteis en su día, podéis acceder a él en:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQJA_dVJdw 

WikiKahoot #Recursos a través de juegos

Esta página ha servido de vehículo a una proyecto de acompañamiento digital nacido de la iniciativa de los centros educativos de secundaria de Petrer, el IES Azorín, el IES la Canal y el IES Poeta Paco Mollá y muestra el trabajo resultante de la gamificación de contenidos de diferentes etapas educativas por medio de Kahoot. Así mismo, ofrece la posibilidad de colaborar al profesorado, facilitando la creación de nuevos recursos.

La página principal permite acceder a juegos relativos a una gran número de áreas y niveles. 

https://wikikahoot.iespacomolla.es/index.html 

Merece destacarse por su número, la cantidad de juegos en inglés o para el aprendizaje de esta lengua.

https://wikikahoot.iespacomolla.es/sec/sec-ingles.html 

https://wikikahoot.iespacomolla.es/bach/bach-ingles.html 

https://wikikahoot.iespacomolla.es/indexmasj.html

Story Starters

Story Starters is a section of the Scholastic.com site consisting of a virtual machine that provides students with randomly selected themes for writing assignments from general fiction to adventure, fantasy, and sicence fiction. 

Find it on:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/index.html

Youngzine #ClimateScience

Youngzine is an unique news site for young people that focuses on climate science, solutions, and policies to address the myriad effects of global warming. Its mission is to bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world by providing a platform for young people to learn, explore and discover their role as global citizens.

Kids have an opportunity to express their views and literary creativity by submitting poetry or essays.

https://youngzine.org/

Wonderopolis

Created by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) in 2010, Wonderopolis has become one of the most popular education sites. 

Every day it posts a new standard-based article exploring intriguing questions, and covering a vast range of topics.

Wonderopolis is a place where curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages.

Fiind it on:

https://wonderopolis.org/

How many verb tenses are there in English?

Lesson by Anna Ananichuk, directed by Luke Rotzler. 

Anna Ananichuk explains how thanks to something called grammatical aspect, each of these time periods (present, past, and future) actually divides further. 

Full lesson on TEDEd:

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-verb-tenses-are-there-in-english-anna-ananichuk

All about #bats

This resource has been produced by the Bat Conservation Trust, the leading non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom solely devoted to the conservation of bats and the landscapes on which they rely. 

This pack consists of a series of themed sheets, tailored to inform students about bats and bat conservation science, and to enrich and expand curricular opportunities. 

It includes additional teacher’s notes and activities relevant to each theme. 

Find it on:

https://www.bats.org.uk/resources/education-outreach-resources/resources-for-teachers-youth-leaders/explore-the-world-of-bat-conservation-through-the-national-curriculum 

Everything About Christmas. Peekaboo Kidz

Peekaboo is YouTube channel specially designed for kids with Educational Videos, Classic English songs, Phonics Songs, Lullabies and more.

Find it on:

https://www.youtube.com/c/PeekabooKids/featured

Here you can find an example through a video dedicated to the history of Christmas.

Designing an advert

The OER Designing an advert is an English project for 1st ESO in which students will have to design a multimedia advertising campaign for a product they have imagined themselves.

This content combines an essential dimension of project-based learning: the dissemination by students of everything they have learnt and the activities they have carried out.

This educational resource allows students to acquire the English skills covered in the curriculum and to develop other skills such as digital competence. It also allows an interdisciplinary approach and can be adapted to the learning of any foreign language.

Discover it on:

https://cedec.intef.es/proyectoediainglesreadesigning/ 

The life of women and men in Europe 2021. Interactive edition

The life of women and men in Europe is an interactive publication that aims at comparing women and men in their daily lives. It also shows how similar or different the everyday life of women and men is in European countries.

This publication includes three chapters:

Living & ageing focuses on demography and health, including for example data on life expectancy, single mothers and fathers and how we perceive our health. 

Learning & earning includes data on education levels, reconciliation of work and family life, full-time and part-time work, the gender pay gap, female and male managers, etc. It highlights not only structural differences but also inequalities between women and men.

Eating & surfing focuses on nutrition, sport practice and online practices, including for example data on consumption of fruit and vegetables, alcohol consumption, body mass index, use of social networks and online shopping. A final part is dedicated to childcare, housework and cooking

The life of women and men in Europe contains short texts, interactive visualisation tools, infographics, photos, etc. It has been developed by Eurostat in collaboration with the National Statistical Institutes of the EU Member States and the EFTA countries

Visit:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/infographs/womenmen/ 

Funky English by @EnglishStudy

Funky English was previously a social network for English language learners. It is now a website that features a range of English language learning materials including British culture, common phrases, grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs, proverbs, slang, language in the news…

Visit Funky English on:

https://funkyenglish.com/

American Panorama

American Panorama is an historical atlas of the United States that combines cutting-edge research with innovative interactive mapping techniques. It is an ongoing project created by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond.

American Panorama has been designed to appeal to anyone with an interest in American history or a love of maps. 

Find it on:

https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/ 

English Idioms, Phrases, Proverbs, & Slangs

Idioms, Phrases, Proverbs, and Slangs are a great way to express your thoughts while impressing people.

English Idioms and Phrases is a  English learning app that helps students learn all the English idioms, phrases and slangs with their meanings, definition and examples. 

Through this application you can learn:

- Popular English idioms  

- Best English Phrases 

- English Proverbs with Meanings 

- British and American Slangs 

The app daily sends you Idiom, Phrase, or Proverb of the Day  It gives definition, meaning, and example of each phrase, idioms, slang, and proverbs. The app also has quizzes that will let you know your progress. You can also mark phrases, idioms, proverbs and slangs as Favorites. (Source English Idioms, Phrases, Proverbs, & Slangs)

Downloadable from GooglePlay on:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vocabularybuilder.idiomsandphrases 

Historiana

Historiana is an on-line educational multimedia tool that offers students multi-perspective, cross-border and comparative historical sources to supplement their national history textbooks.

Historiana promotes  the development of critical thinking, digital and other transversal competences important for preparing a young generation for active participation as citizens of the 21 st Century.

It might be considered as a digital alternative to a European textbook by offering a framework for comparing and contrasting the impact on and responses by Europe’s nations to a range of different events and developments which have shaped the world from the distant past to modern times. (Source Historiana)

Find on Historiana historical content, learning activities and innovative digital tools made by and for  history educators across Europe.

https://historiana.eu/

ChatterPix Kids

Free resource for children. This app allows you to share a sound image to which you have added your voice. It can be interesting as an activity for the English class to create messages of various kinds. 

On App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id734046126?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

On Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckmoosedesign.cpkids

Covid is Airborne

Resources on transmission & prevention of COVID-19 with focus on airborne routes i.e. aerosols (& ballistic droplets).

This webpage includes reports, guides, tools, media articles, infographics & images, videos, science articles, webinars...

Visit:

https://www.covidisairborne.org