Author Archives: Richard Graham

Halloween is coming …

I know it’s time to start putting Halloween things on the site when people start searching for it… So I’m sure we’ll have lots and lots of new stuff this year, but for now here’s the best from last year! 1. The Original:Β Happy HalloweenΒ Song + Picture Cards (from CD6 and the Download Pack) 2. “Trick…

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What do you think of ….? Feedback

Donna has sent in this great feedback for the What do you think of …? lesson. This turned out to be a really exciting lesson. I divided the board into 3 parts: the “What do you think of THIS, the HIM and HER. It could get a bit confusing if the kids aren’tΒ familiarΒ with THIS-IT, HIM-HE…

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How to Massively Increase Your Students’ English – The Secret Warm Ups

Here are some of the tricks you can use to kick your students’ English levels through roof! Gumby wrote in asking how I review all the previous lessons in the first 5 minutes of each lesson (as per the lesson plan.) Β It’s actually quite straight forward and very powerful! Have a look at this video:…

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International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

September 18th is “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” so what better excuse to try the new “Treasure Adventure” song. Don’t worry, there’s no real pirate talk in there, it’s just a great excuse to try the song and have a great lesson! I’ve also just added some new A4 picture cards to go along…

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Breakfast Songs & Games + Why I don’t like card games!

(If you are on email and can’t see the videos, click here for the online version!) One of the themes the teachers chose to do this weekend was the Breakfast Theme. First they introduced it with the “Did you hear the news? The world is going to end tomorrow!” line and asking the kids what…

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3 Things To Guarantee Great Lessons

This weekend I had another workshop in Fukuoka, this time for two days where the teachers actually teach in front of each other and get feedback! We did quite a few themes and also took some good videos so I’ll get those up for you this week. Getting over the dip… The toughest part with…

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