tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41018558400878614782024-03-29T02:23:14.752-07:00ESL Made EasyESL Tips, Tools and Resources for Teachers and Students!ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-31508644836943102332024-03-06T10:33:00.000-08:002024-03-06T10:33:02.082-08:00Happy International Women's Day!<p><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.06px;"></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.06px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc2EWP7ZIaw7KbqpjL8B6T7n_Vmp0BrVji5eYzT80WpsWOA67kKao4Dk-_J-rbFqNS_VRhNKJ7FxSA5vrdq-iTWf8Nyv0UpsVZ3b09OS9qb7NA8va_cq5oPWx3phsdMiYx38OXfFHNchAFed0kHJQtgZvi4Q76SsTub8vXPkp7te9Tauuo_US1tLBmxc/s1000/951792-internationalwomensday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc2EWP7ZIaw7KbqpjL8B6T7n_Vmp0BrVji5eYzT80WpsWOA67kKao4Dk-_J-rbFqNS_VRhNKJ7FxSA5vrdq-iTWf8Nyv0UpsVZ3b09OS9qb7NA8va_cq5oPWx3phsdMiYx38OXfFHNchAFed0kHJQtgZvi4Q76SsTub8vXPkp7te9Tauuo_US1tLBmxc/w400-h240/951792-internationalwomensday.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></strong></div><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.06px;"><br /><span style="color: #800180;">International Women's Day</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">is March 8th! This year's theme,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"> </span><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Inspire Inclusion</a></span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">, encourages pledging towards women and girls worldwide to help them achieve their ambitions and to lessen the gap between gender inequality. Various events and traditions will be taking place to honour and celebrate women's rights and achievements worldwide. Take the time to explore this global event with your ESL students and get them talking about the progress made, as well as the struggles that many women still face today.</span><p></p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><h3 style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: 100%; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED LINKS AROUND THE TOPIC OF<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY</span>:</h3><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.5minuteenglish.com/march10.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>5 Minute English:</strong> Vocabulary and grammar exercise</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=1825" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Video:</strong> Video with comprehension questions on IWD</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/TWR-13.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Women in World History:</strong> Reading about the past and the present</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://havefunwithyourenglish.blogspot.ca/2014/03/international-womens-day-phenomenal.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Have Fun With Your English:</strong> IWD Poem (video and script) by Maya Angelou</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_womens_rights.shtml" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>BBC:</strong> An interactive quiz on women's rights in British history</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/international-womens-day-level-1/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>News In Levels:</strong> International Women's Days - Listening and vocabulary</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/03/international_womens_day.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Holiday Lessons:</strong> A reading with follow up activities on IWD</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-vocabulary-women.php#.VPSsUrdFvZA" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>My English Pages:</strong> Vocabulary related to women rights and equality</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading-women-changed-the-world.php#.VPSsGbdFvZA" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>My English Papers:</strong> Seven Women Who Changed the World - reading</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.theholidayspot.com/international_womens_day/activities/crossword/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>The Holiday Spot:</strong> A crossword puzzle on IWD with answers</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Tags=women%27s%20day&searchworksheet=GO&type=Printables" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ISL Collective:</strong> Worksheets on IWD</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"> </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 10.06px;"><strong>donation site</strong></span></em><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Resources" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>International Women's Day:</strong> Resources for International Women's Day</a>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-70902020035191165622024-02-05T11:27:00.000-08:002024-02-05T11:27:50.993-08:00February is Here!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpV9ImbzxaOP0GFQPk71lVdDjR4Vvy0pIG9trCp9qV01MJpnLE5teMkF2HeRYeTfp-_Y0_1rYiPBJW-3iGUBSG-rMrqaSzC-l08HMquyr_hp2pOVKhgvoR19Nfjx_zYAskMURiYofkpOjzl487SAhpjdrQm2LFxt6NjqYHhrX9ge6AIluf6qZsYdleFt4/s640/valentines-day-3089687_640.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpV9ImbzxaOP0GFQPk71lVdDjR4Vvy0pIG9trCp9qV01MJpnLE5teMkF2HeRYeTfp-_Y0_1rYiPBJW-3iGUBSG-rMrqaSzC-l08HMquyr_hp2pOVKhgvoR19Nfjx_zYAskMURiYofkpOjzl487SAhpjdrQm2LFxt6NjqYHhrX9ge6AIluf6qZsYdleFt4/s320/valentines-day-3089687_640.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">F</span></b></span>ebruary is a busy month providing ESL teachers with lots of planning topics. Be sure to check out<b> <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank">February Topics and Themes</a></b> and follow <span style="color: #444444;">ESL Made Easy</span> for weekly posts on some of them. One fun topic is <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Valentine's Day</b></span></span> coming up on February 14th. The days leading up to it can be a good time to talk about other topics such symbols and customs, love and relationships and special gifts such as chocolate and roses. February is also <b>Black History</b> month which is observed not only in Canada, but in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. It is a special month to honour the experiences and legacies of those who became an important part of black history.<p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Other mentionables are <b>Canada Flag Day</b>, <b>President's Day</b>, and <b>Levi Strauss's Birthday</b>!</span></span></div></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-58090517753830019392024-02-05T11:22:00.000-08:002024-02-05T11:23:00.079-08:00Black History Month: Recommended Sites for Your ESL Students!<p><br /></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYQjogom5zB37dSkxFlpITkfL_cNMGY-GWLCt8XmKyiuv95ZG2AzMau1RdcUur59oX8kWzIQitokcR0T2zYq-pBqX39Cc6WYcUEbj1TFhCwoJKC1LI9WsUrdQ1OVhYwTHtguKtHDP4gw/s1600/11071603_s.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYQjogom5zB37dSkxFlpITkfL_cNMGY-GWLCt8XmKyiuv95ZG2AzMau1RdcUur59oX8kWzIQitokcR0T2zYq-pBqX39Cc6WYcUEbj1TFhCwoJKC1LI9WsUrdQ1OVhYwTHtguKtHDP4gw/s1600/11071603_s.jpg" width="133" /></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">February</span></span> </b></span></span>is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IThSKYxIjU" target="_blank">Black History</a> month in Canada, the U.S., and the United Kingdom. Be sure to get your ESL students learning more about the activities, events, and the important figures in black history.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">See recommended links on <b>Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement</b> <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/2015/01/january-topic-civil-rights-day.html#more" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR TOPICS AROUND <span style="color: #bf9000;">BLACK HISTORY MONTH</span>:</h2><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/subjects/holidays/blackhistory/blackhistorywordsearch.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Worksheet Library:</b> Black History word search</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.theholidayzone.com/black/blkdiscuss.html" target="_blank"><b>The Holiday Zone: </b>Black History discussion topics</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/teachers.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Library of Congress:</strong> Lessons and activities for teaching Black History</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/article/1610474.html" target="_blank"><b>Learning English VOA News:</b> America Observes Black History Month - read and listen</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://esllibrary.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=black+history" target="_blank"><b>ESL-Library: </b>Activities and worksheets for Black History Month</a> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>membership site</em></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.elcivics.com/black-history-month.html" target="_blank"><b>EL Civics:</b> Black History Month lessons</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/education-outreach/10-ideas-for-teaching-black-history-month.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>ADL:</strong> 10 ideas for teaching Black History month</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://blog.esllibrary.com/2012/02/15/podcast-black-history-month/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>ESL Library:</strong> Podcast - Black History Month</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/black-history.html" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses: </b>Biographies, quizzes, activities and worksheets</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.dpsk12.org/programs/almaproject/pdf/LessonsInCourage.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Sites 4 Teachers:</b> Lessons in Courage - Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month" target="_blank"><b>History: </b>Black History month - videos and quizzes</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.henry4school.fr/Art/pdf/The%20story%20of%20Ruby%20Bridges%20-%20Colette%20Alloing.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Henry4School: </b>A Story of Ruby Bridges - reading and questions</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://blackhistorycanada.ca/education/LearningTools.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Black History Canada:</b> Black History in Canada - an Education Guide</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://blackhistorycanada.ca/Quiz.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Black History Canada: </b>Black History in Canada Quiz</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Please send us any of your suggested topics, links or ideas around Black History Month!</b></span></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-44877218106520449992024-01-15T13:02:00.000-08:002024-01-15T13:03:45.440-08:00Civil Rights Day<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">January </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">15th is <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Civil Rights Day</b></span> in the United States. It is a day to celebrate and honor all those who took part in the American <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxwe6LPvkM" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Civil Rights Movement</a> <i>(video)</i> in the 1960's. It also celebrates the contributions of activist </span><a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Martin Luther King, Jr.</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">, who was well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation and to promote black equality in the United States and globally.</span></p><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED MOVIE: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">THE HELP</a> </h2><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span></span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskgNrLdmnHXceXjIpke1P_5fLnAlUXxAcyhpg_wwc4I6Lfr9r6yAMbEK_zr2OBRMvqDe0e88-WgUFpRg_hUDdIOaBhm_4A2MkPYu5-sAwwrPTLK1u0hdGYvXatFIjSG3HPfBUrhXdwaQ/s1600/untitled.png" style="clear: left; color: #3366cc; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskgNrLdmnHXceXjIpke1P_5fLnAlUXxAcyhpg_wwc4I6Lfr9r6yAMbEK_zr2OBRMvqDe0e88-WgUFpRg_hUDdIOaBhm_4A2MkPYu5-sAwwrPTLK1u0hdGYvXatFIjSG3HPfBUrhXdwaQ/s1600/untitled.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding: 2px;" width="140" /></span></a><i></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>Recommended for:</b><i> High Intermediate/Advanced Students</i><br /><i></i><br /><span face="&quot" style="color: black;">An aspiring author during the C<b>ivil Rights Movement</b> of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.</span></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><b>Listen to Martin Luther King's Famous Speech </b></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;">"I Have a Dream"</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"> - <i>Have your students take notes and then discuss as a class.</i></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><br /><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED ESL LINKS AROUND THE TOPIC OF 'CIVIL RIGHTS':</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><a href="http://www.elcivics.com/martin_luther_king_jr.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>EL Civics:</b> A picture vocabulary lesson on the Civil Rights Movement</a></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/efl-esl-resources.php?c=35#.VLgDKbdFvZB" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>My English Pages:</b> Related readings and resources on Civil Rights Day</a></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/peace_and_solidarity/civil_rights/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Printables:</b> Teaching civil rights worksheets</a> - <i><b><span style="color: red;">membership site</span></b></i></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><a href="http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/american-history-the-civil-rights-movement-133568983/116261.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>VOA News Learning English:</b> Civil Rights Movement (listening and reading)</a></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/civil-rights/lessonplans.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>LOC:</b> Civil Rights lesson plans</a><br /><a href="https://www.esllibrary.com/courses/80/lessons/1324" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Library:</strong> Martin Luther King Jr, Reading and Comprehension</a> - <i><b><span style="color: red;">membership site</span></b></i><br /><a href="http://quizlet.com/2215290/civil-rights-movement-vocabulary-flash-cards/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Quizlet:</b> Civil Rights Movement vocabulary flashcards</a><br /><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/civil_rights_movement_i_have_a_dream/i-have-a/14378" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ISL Collective:</b> Civil Rights Movement worksheet (reading and vocabulary)</a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/01/martin_luther_king_day.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Holiday Lessons:</b> Martin Luther King Day reading and activities</a><br /><a href="http://www.english-online.at/history/civil-rights-movement/civil-rights-movement-history-and-causes.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English Online:</b> A reading on the Civil Rights Movement with vocabulary</a><br /><a href="http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7728" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English Exercises:</b> A listening and vocabulary exercise "Ruby Bridges Goes to School"</a><br /><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/black-history/rosa-parks/lesson-activities.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses:</b> A lesson with activities on Rosa Parks</a><br /><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-civil-rights-movement.cfm#voc" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Discovery Education:</strong> Lesson plan on the Civil Rights Movement</a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wsqtg-Rs7Y" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">You</span><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Tube</span></b>: Lenny Kravitz Black and White America - with lyrics</a></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-55616399008549817762023-12-05T12:47:00.000-08:002023-12-05T12:47:06.014-08:00Happy Holidays!<p><br /></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-ZJlQpMk5Ua89LrE8N6EcybHNIfr4iYDkZF1tDrx5AK0uvo1ngAMnv9-mI86XBX1jJkGGjGN-Vy92MEer9UmQkdLwwsswQnaszw5s1UyOpYy8OpJbLFA5y2EB-oWbxd2I9MwI92L_DU/s1600/15801033_s.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #3366cc; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-ZJlQpMk5Ua89LrE8N6EcybHNIfr4iYDkZF1tDrx5AK0uvo1ngAMnv9-mI86XBX1jJkGGjGN-Vy92MEer9UmQkdLwwsswQnaszw5s1UyOpYy8OpJbLFA5y2EB-oWbxd2I9MwI92L_DU/w204-h254/15801033_s.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding: 2px;" width="204" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><span face="&quot"><span face="&quot" style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>C<span style="color: #cc0000;">h</span>r<span style="color: #cc0000;">i</span>s<span style="color: #cc0000;">t</span>m<span style="color: #cc0000;">a</span>s</b></span> is in the air! Your ESL students should be busy for the next week or so with the various activities, worksheets and lessons related to this festive holiday season found below!</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><span face="&quot"><br /></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><span face="&quot"></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><span face="&quot">Make sure to spend time talking about the origin and meaning of Christmas as well as the festivities, symbols, songs and stories that make it one of the most joyous times of the year for Christians and non-Christians alike throughout the world! <span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><span face="&quot"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: justify;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: left;" /></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: &quot; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED LINKS AROUND THE TOPIC CHRISTMAS FOR ESL STUDENTS:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://esl.about.com/od/holidayresources/a/christmas_traditions.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL About:</b> An easy reading on Christmas traditions</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/christmas-worksheet-vocabulary1.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL PDF:</b> A vocabulary matching exercise on Christmas symbols (1)</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/christmas-worksheet-vocabulary2.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL PDF:</b> A vocabulary matching exercise on Christmas symbols (2)</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/holidays_christmas2.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL PDF:</b> Intermediate vocabulary worksheet on Christmas words (1)</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/holidays_christmas1.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL PDF:</b> Intermediate vocabulary worksheet on Christmas words (2)</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://simpleesl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/WSC2.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Simple ESL:</b> Easy Christmas word search puzzle</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esl-galaxy.com/holiday.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL-Galaxy:</b> Christmas activities for beginners</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/christmas-printables.htm#worksheets" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Anglomaniacy:</b> Christmas printable worksheets</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.dailyesl.com/christmas.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Daily ESL:</b> Christmas Day reading with listening</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.englishpage.com/holidays/christmasprintable.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English Page:</b> Christmas vocabulary fill in the blanks worksheet</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/xmas.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Breaking News English:</b> Christmas conversation and activity ideas</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.123listening.com/christmas.php" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>123 Listening:</b> Christmas listening activities and follow up</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://elcivics.com/esl-christmas.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>EL Civics:</b> A picture lesson with follow up activities about Christmas</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/christmas_worksheets.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>BogglesWorld ESL:</b> A collection of Christmas worksheets and activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/gift/giftsc1.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL-Lab: Reading:</b> The Christmas Gift with listening and follow up activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://iteslj.org/questions/christmas.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ITESLJ:</b> Christmas conversation questions</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php/upper-intermediate-students/upper-intermediate-skill-builders/upper-intermediate-speaking/110-christmas" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Heads Up English:</strong> Conversation questions about Christmas</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4131/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Many Things:</strong> The Origins of Christmas video</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslflow.com/Christmaslessonplans.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESLFlow:</strong> Christmas activities and worksheets for all levels</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses:</b> A variety of online Christmas songs, lessons and activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas-shopping.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses:</b> A variety of online quizzes and games on Christmas shopping</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.teach-this.com/resources/teaching/christmas" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Teach-This:</strong> Christmas lessons and activities PDF</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/12/christmas_day.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Holiday Lessons:</strong> I Love Christmas Day reading and activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Vocabulary_Focus=Christmas" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ISL Collective:</strong> Over 600 Christmas exercise sheets:</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Donation site</strong></span></em><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><br /><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: &quot; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RELATED ACTIVITIES:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.soon.org.uk/en/articles/christmas/around-the-world.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>SOON:</b> What is Christmas like around the world?</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.merry-christmas.com/traditions/christmas-trivia" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Merry-Christmas: </b>Christmas trivia on traditions, food and music</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas-songs.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses:</b> Popular Christmas songs with lyrics, videos and follow up activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4131/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Many Things:</b> Learning video with words - The Origins of Christmas</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-harris/hohohold-that-holiday-spe_b_6291626.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Huffington Post:</b> Ho-Ho-Ho That Holiday Spending - article</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/christmas-budgeting-holiday-shopping-trends-infographic/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>The Digeratilife:</b> Holiday Spending Infographic - and Christmas Budgeting</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-48059824521055892932023-11-10T10:59:00.003-08:002023-11-10T10:59:14.637-08:00World Kindness Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyws_96X6waazSiI7QJoR7yAkgAhyQlxJPSHGN6md-I7SzdL0cUh5Jm3G8y5v4DAMYr7gryvi560RBY3xqbq7GYo4wKJ7FCCD1jf6U_F3r3dft6e7cQLpXT0u1maMWJHAtiUAtxK7U5AgFznR7mb0P_bDe-7iggjuRKHcGSi_8u6SC7Qp5esNFEjjaAxg/s474/wkd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyws_96X6waazSiI7QJoR7yAkgAhyQlxJPSHGN6md-I7SzdL0cUh5Jm3G8y5v4DAMYr7gryvi560RBY3xqbq7GYo4wKJ7FCCD1jf6U_F3r3dft6e7cQLpXT0u1maMWJHAtiUAtxK7U5AgFznR7mb0P_bDe-7iggjuRKHcGSi_8u6SC7Qp5esNFEjjaAxg/w320-h180/wkd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="&quot">November</span><span face="&quot"> 13th is <strong><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=world+kindness+day+2023&&mid=7C082650CEFB84D6F1927C082650CEFB84D6F192&&FORM=VRDGAR" target="_blank">World Kindness Day</a> (watch video). </span></strong></span></span><span style="color: black;">Created in 1997, this special day was developed by a group of humanitarians in Japan who felt that we needed a day to help us all focus on making the world a better place. The idea is that by performing local "random acts of kindness" such as holding the door open for a stranger, paying someone a compliment or donating items to a local charity, we can actually help make the world a better and kinder place.</span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><br /><a href="http://www.theworldkindnessmovement.org/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc;">WORLD KINDNESS DAY</span></a> makes for an excellent discussion topic and also represents a great opportunity to become part of the solution. After discussing the topic, why not challenge your ESL students to perform their own "random acts of kindness" on November 13th? The next day have a follow up discussion about their experiences!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: 100%; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC OF WORLD KINDNESS DAY BY <span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: 10.06px;">ESL MADE EASY:</span></span></h2><span face="&quot" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"> 1. When was the last time you went out of your way to be really kind to someone? What did you do and how did it make you and the other person feel?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">2. When was the last time you felt someone went out of their way to be kind to you? What did they do?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot">3. </span><span face="&quot">What might cause some people to "pretend" to be a kind person?</span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">4. Can being kind really make a difference in life? Explain.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">5. What could be some negatives associated with being too kind a person?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="color: black;">6. What are some things that could affect someone's ability to be kind? <i>(i.e. weather, money, health...etc)</i></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: 100%; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ESL STUDENTS ON THE TOPIC OF WORLD KINDNESS DAY:</h2><span face="&quot" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 8.86px;"><b>You<span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Tube</span>: </b></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A-Egp0lECk" style="color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video of 24 Incredible Acts of Kindness</a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="color: #3366cc;"><a href="http://printableworksheets.in/worksheet/world-kindness-day" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Printable Worksheets:</strong> World Kindness Day</a></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="color: #3366cc;"><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0504/050428-surrogate-e.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Breaking News English:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> A short reading on a "kindness act" with activities</span></span></a></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-stories" style="color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Random Acts of Kindness:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Short motivational stories on acts - of kindness</span></span></a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span face="&quot" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 8.86px;">(<b>ACTIVITY SUGGESTION:</b></span> <span style="font-size: 8.86px;">Have your students read and discuss while looking at new vocabulary and expressions)</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.quotegarden.com/kindness.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Quote Garden:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Kindness Quotations</span></span></a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="font-size: 8.86px;">(<b>ACTIVITY SUGGESTION</b>:</span> <span face="&quot" style="font-size: 8.86px;">Get your students to discuss what each quote could mean)</span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><a href="http://worldkindness.org/be-involved/" style="color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">World Kindness:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Some random acts of kindness ideas</span></span></a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/kind" style="color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">The Free Dictionary:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Idioms and expressions using the word "kind"</span></span></a>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-62655229234617803652023-11-07T18:34:00.005-08:002023-11-07T18:34:56.995-08:00Remembrance Day: Peace<p> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY2wrcwbbTTJ43kIr4xuPZMTFA_GqnEGT7yX4DeSpVO2DthkhbGNoSNS0OdYE9d8aoJQZn_TaQqy4W-ATZOaxItnK25ohFLJnKs64V1w0ltw7eEE29ySYMbjlaKxx7jjNbjV_uboJ-MY/s1600/poppy.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY2wrcwbbTTJ43kIr4xuPZMTFA_GqnEGT7yX4DeSpVO2DthkhbGNoSNS0OdYE9d8aoJQZn_TaQqy4W-ATZOaxItnK25ohFLJnKs64V1w0ltw7eEE29ySYMbjlaKxx7jjNbjV_uboJ-MY/s200/poppy.gif" width="200" /></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>November 11th, </b></span>known as Remembrance Day, Veterans Day and even Poppy Day in some parts of the world, is a time to recognize and remember those courageous soldiers, airmen and sailors who died during times of armed conflict. Originally associated with WW1, the scope of this day has since been expanded to acknowledge those who served in other wars as well as those currently serving.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">here are a number of key symbols associated with November 11th including the famous war poem from WW1 <a href="http://www.multimedia-english.com/videos/esl/in-flanders-fields-poem-john-mccrae-3634" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Flanders Fields Poem</span></a> (video lesson), the <a href="http://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/07/11/final-notes-taps-the-last-post-and-other-military-funeral-tunes/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Last Post call</span></a>, and the <a href="http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/how-the-nation-remembers/two-minute-silence" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc;">Two Minutes of Silence</span></a>. </span><br /> </div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><h2>CONVERSATION QUESTIONS THAT FOCUS ON PEACE BY<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: blue;">ESL MADE EASY:</span></span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Xf9To6651iFcBw6cS6w9mXPAy42n9tG8caUDX67vksWSupgbHlqVUpztMAT7OQJFCbsyNDfIJbwSTYo-1eJSe6NONhwordX9wFElbSI_NzGcHoUstKaTOmBkWp7-eo2pU9WH3-ISjNo/s1600/peace.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Xf9To6651iFcBw6cS6w9mXPAy42n9tG8caUDX67vksWSupgbHlqVUpztMAT7OQJFCbsyNDfIJbwSTYo-1eJSe6NONhwordX9wFElbSI_NzGcHoUstKaTOmBkWp7-eo2pU9WH3-ISjNo/s200/peace.png" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">1. What do the words 'peace' and 'freedom' stand for? Which is more important to you?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">2. In what ways do countries try to achieve and maintain peace? What are some of the laws surrounding the concept of peace in your country? </span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">3. What is your ideal vision of peace in the world? Do you thin</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">k it is, or will ever be, achievable? Why or why not?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">4. What are some characteristics of peaceful people? How can we teach our children to live peaceful lives? If the world was full of just peaceful people, what do you think it would be like?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><br /><h2>CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC OF <span style="color: #cc0000;">REMEMBRANCE/VETERANS</span> DAY:</h2><a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/remembrance-day-worksheets" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Activity Village:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Activity worksheets on Remembrance Day </span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.dltk-holidays.com/remembrance/worksheets.htm" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">DLKT-Holidays:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Remembrance/Veterans Day worksheets for beginners</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/veterans_day_worksheets.htm" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Bogglesworld ESL:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Remembrance/Veterans Day activity worksheets</span></span></a><br /><a href="https://bridgesontario.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/in-flanders-fields-poem-and-vocabulary-sheet-from-bridges.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong><span style="color: #3366cc;">Bridge Ontario:</span></strong><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Flanders Field - poem - beginners - picture vocabulary</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://holidays.mrdonn.org/powerpoints/remembranceday.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">MrDonn.Org:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> What is Remembrance Day PowerPoint</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.lesplan.com/files/current-events/Rem_Day_Nov_2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Canadian Reader:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> A Poppy is for Remembering - full lesson</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Tags=remembrance+day&searchworksheet=GO&type=Printables" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">ISL Collective:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> 6 Remembrance Day worksheets and activities</span></span></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <i><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;"><b>- donation site</b></span></i></span><br /><a href="http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/remembrance/information-for/students/cr-times/CRTimes-2014-ENG.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Government of Canada:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> PDF version of Canada Remembers Times - articles</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">VA U.S. Government:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> The History of Veterans Day</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/veterans/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Teachnology:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Veteran's Day worksheets</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/veterans_day.shtml" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Education World:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Lesson ideas and activities for Veterans Day</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/veteranprint.htm" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Homeschooling:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Printable Veterans Day activity worksheets</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.littleredpoppy.com/files/little_red_poppy_activities.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Little Red Poppy:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Reading and follow up activities</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=2804" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">ESLVideo:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> A Remembrance Day tribute by Bryan Adam with follow up questions</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://englishgateway.com/ArticleVm.aspx?SectionID=1eb00d1a-dedd-4dd3-a0f8-88b826f29452&ArticleID=c43719b5c6464d45a432ad9093e11304" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">English Gateway:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> A short fill in the blank exercise on Remembrance Day collocations</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.esl-library.com/blog/2011/11/02/podcast-remembrance-day-2/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">ESL-Library:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> A free listening podcast - Remembrance Day</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/RemembranceB.htm" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">War Poetry:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Remembrance and Peace Event Poems</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Society/remembrance-day-activities-celebrations.php" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #3366cc;">Altius Directory:</span></b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Remembrance Day activities (poems and quotes)</span></span></a>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-9220446611162726882023-10-03T06:45:00.002-07:002023-10-03T06:48:05.060-07:00Celebrating Thanksgiving!<p><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRDHIkEkRsuaKzOLNNcacLYL6aiLpzhdQ-uQGarrl8h1AmRXWSqw4L1ZiaCWM1jc5E0ZSLW7Y5zm9EYMN_c8W07DxnD7cMhY37rYxqzmU-SVkvt7Pk-O9vMl1gaI3CEQxMOIp-PfNkOCQnfcLRZrLuzL5wOObgIQR_pw5LE39lZ8DFvNOyB340hkW_Ak/s2892/t2.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2452" data-original-width="2892" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRDHIkEkRsuaKzOLNNcacLYL6aiLpzhdQ-uQGarrl8h1AmRXWSqw4L1ZiaCWM1jc5E0ZSLW7Y5zm9EYMN_c8W07DxnD7cMhY37rYxqzmU-SVkvt7Pk-O9vMl1gaI3CEQxMOIp-PfNkOCQnfcLRZrLuzL5wOObgIQR_pw5LE39lZ8DFvNOyB340hkW_Ak/s320/t2.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />It's that special time of the year again when many Canadians celebrate <b><span><span style="color: #783f04;">THANKSGIVING</span></span> </b>- a time for giving thanks for the bountiful harvest and for all the other blessings in life. Even as Canadians take part in roasting turkeys and baking pumpkin pies, people in America are celebrating <b><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: orange;">COLUMBUS DA</span></span></span><span style="color: orange;"><span>Y</span> </span></b><span style="color: black;">- </span>a day for commemorating one of the first European travelers, Christopher Columbus, and his arrival to the New World in 1492. In other parts of the world, countries have been busy with their own<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="color: #990000;">HARVEST FESTIVALS</span></b> </span> to <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">celebrate all the successful harvests on their land. No matter what part of the world you're in, this time of the year provides ESL students with a bit of history and a lot of vocabulary! <span style="color: #660000;"><b> </b></span></span></span><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: justify;"><a name='more'></a><br /><h2 style="font-size: 16px;">WARM UP CONVERSATION QUESTIONS by <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">ESL MADE EASY</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">:</span></span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">1. Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in your country? If so, what are some special symbols and traditions?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">2. In some countries, a Harvest Festival is celebrated. What do you think this means and why do you think it's an important time of the year for farmers? Businesses? Consumers?</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">3. Thanksgiving is generally a time to give thanks for all the blessings in your life. What are some things you are thankful for?</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">4. Thanksgiving is a time for families to come together and share a special meal. What other times of year do families get together around the world? Why is it that family get-togethers are often times of joy and times of stress?</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><h2 style="font-size: 16px;">RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ESL STUDENTS ON THE TOPIC OF THANKSGIVING by <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">ESL MADE EASY</span>:</h2><div><a href="166 Thanksgiving English ESL worksheets pdf & doc" target="_blank"><b>ISL Collective: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c0d38; font-family: Nunito, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px;">166 Thanksgiving English ESL worksheets pdf & doc</span></a> <span style="background-color: #ffa400;">NEW!</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_firsthtanksgiving_elemupper_a.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>A</strong></span></a><a href="http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_firsthtanksgiving_elemupper_a.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>BC Teach</strong>: A PDF reading on the First Thanksgiving with comprehension questions</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/thanks/read/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>Teach-Nology:</strong> Comprehension worksheet on Thanksgiving</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading_thanksgiving.php" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>My English Pages:</strong> Reading and comprehension about Thanksgiving</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://eslfreepress.typepad.com/the_esl_free_press/canadian-thanksgiving.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ESL Free Press:</b> Canadian Thanksgiving easy reading with pictures</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL9HrFIedtg" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black;">You</span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: red;">Tube</span></span>: </span></span></b>Thanksgiving History EFL</a> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Things-to-Know-Before-Your-First-Thanksgiving-in-Canada&id=1505833" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Ezine Articles:</b> Ten Things to Know Before Your First Thanksgiving in Canada</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.canada-esl.com/files/thanksgiving-vocabulary.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Canada-ESL:</b> Thanksgiving reading and vocabulary with questions</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=1064103" target="_blank"><b>ESLPodcast:</b> Thanksgiving Dinner</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/thanksgiving.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ESOL Course:</b> Thanksgiving activities and worksheets</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/" target="_blank"><b>Scholastic:</b> The First Thanksgiving - The Pilgrim Timeline</a> </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.thanksgiving-day.org/celebration-united-kingdom.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Thanksgiving Day Org:</b> Thanksgiving celebrations in the UK and other countries</span></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/thanksgiving_worksheets.htm" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Bogglesworld ESL:</b> Thanksgiving worksheets and activities</span></a> - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Canadian and Am</i></span><i><span style="color: red;">erican</span></i></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.elcivics.com/esl-thanksgiving.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>EL Civics:</b> Thanksgiving picture vocabulary lesson with follow up activities</span></a> - <b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">American</span></i></b></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://eslholidaylessons.com/10/columbus_day.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ESL Holiday Lessons:</b> Columbus Day reading and follow up activities</span></a> - <b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><i>American</i></span></b></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.elcivics.com/columbus-day-1.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>EL Civics:</b></span> Columbus Day picture vocabulary lesson with follow up activities</span></a> - <b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">American</span></i></b></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turkey" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>The Free Dictionary:</b> Turkey Idioms</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://suite.io/harriet-cooper/4dgx2fy" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Suite IO:</b> Exercise for using Thanksgiving idioms</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://iteslj.org/questions/thanksgiving.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ITESLJ:</b> Conversation questions about Thanksgiving</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.poemsource.com/thanksgiving-poems.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Poem Source:</b> Thanksgiving Poems</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/holidays_and_celebrations/thanksgiving-worksheets/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Busy Teacher:</b> Thanksgiving Worksheets </span></a> - <b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">Paid Membership</span></i></b></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-11858357382712477592023-10-03T06:42:00.004-07:002023-10-03T06:42:43.094-07:00October Themes and Teaching Topics<p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFCOtP1r8mXrtarh-y9yqDJUj6LlCArgS199JuUhmbjn9d0x4AD-7fRpobXxydM-mEuk5Qd81xB8ddwF5J3zjQLWkE-tHYPBG-S2bRdTyBFXyEE-CUm7DHC7ZHeK1SsStBb0SHC3Dh-Fp8DFF6R8LHr5V6ks1Oq4Ary2ztV5A2-5suFdwkcIeBsId2CQ/s357/t.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="357" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFCOtP1r8mXrtarh-y9yqDJUj6LlCArgS199JuUhmbjn9d0x4AD-7fRpobXxydM-mEuk5Qd81xB8ddwF5J3zjQLWkE-tHYPBG-S2bRdTyBFXyEE-CUm7DHC7ZHeK1SsStBb0SHC3Dh-Fp8DFF6R8LHr5V6ks1Oq4Ary2ztV5A2-5suFdwkcIeBsId2CQ/s320/t.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br />There's a lot to talk about in the month of October! </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> It's <i><b>Vegetarian Day</b></i> on Oct 1st and a busy week with <i><b>World Animal Day</b></i> on Oct 4th, <i><b>World Habitat Day</b></i> on the 5th and <i><b>World Egg Day</b></i> on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be <b><i>Thanksgiving</i></b> celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 9th as well as <b><i>Halloween</i></b> on Oct 31st. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Be sure to check out <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>October ESL Planning Themes and </b></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Topics </b></span></span></span><a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>here</b></span></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> </b>and follow <b>ESL Made Easy</b> for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!</span></p>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-14659934729038271542023-09-13T11:43:00.002-07:002023-09-13T11:43:32.755-07:00September Teaching Themes and Topics<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95Wmx16dAiI2umHLtuhROtOMmG8iifdPyzmlJ6w15FWckS-WpXgYJ8SmIwgW007QVqtg_0a9LiUbB3YdkiG-c6ncyhKpxPBd0AvpLlXNFZnHTFBNo8NF5jQ367zzyHqaeWSRQgzsUVYMa_POkHRdOYOYtrZhgm7X4pjpZ5YAHn-UIJrrov3RCMm6QmlA/s800/sept.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95Wmx16dAiI2umHLtuhROtOMmG8iifdPyzmlJ6w15FWckS-WpXgYJ8SmIwgW007QVqtg_0a9LiUbB3YdkiG-c6ncyhKpxPBd0AvpLlXNFZnHTFBNo8NF5jQ367zzyHqaeWSRQgzsUVYMa_POkHRdOYOYtrZhgm7X4pjpZ5YAHn-UIJrrov3RCMm6QmlA/s320/sept.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Your ESL students whether returning or new, online or in class will be feeling the September butterflies of "Back to School". Make it easier for yourself and for your students by introducing a few ice breaker games and activities on the first day of class in order to create a comfortable and warm classroom environment.<p></p><p></p><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: You may want to begin by having students ask YOU questions instead of volunteering information. It's a great time to also review question making too!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">See this month's suggested themes and topics <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br /></span>Here's a list of some sites offering first few day ideas (you might need to modify if online) and worksheets! </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.eslactivity.org/esl-activities-for-first-day/" target="_blank">ESL Activities for the First Day</a><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search/first+day" target="_blank">First Day Worksheets</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.teach-this.com/ideas/the-first-day-of-class" target="_blank">The First Day of Class Ideas</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://pandabuddy.net/esl-warm-up-activities/" target="_blank">8 ESL Warm Up Activities</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.teachervision.com/teaching-strategies/getting-know-your-students" target="_blank">Getting to Know Your Students - Icebreakers and Activities</a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: medium;"><b>Whether you're teaching online or in class, all the best for an exciting, successful and most importantly, a rewarding school year!</b></span></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-21672977400971683922023-06-01T12:03:00.006-07:002023-06-01T12:05:55.223-07:00June Topic: World Oceans Day<p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cucD_WEmCbl579EGz5tP5VGanuKfoO1qhhojel9RQkvSbsSzJPHobl0QONUvPb-AIU-HTR2Y1zvROyNyZg8tjoP7Tith4UiO-p-pJcm5_dif5TUfdaIm7o5L-DmelKtdq98JURGe8gVebzpy8UuvkCN1R3KwWc1obv3UHCEzK5x1Zhbxl5NUA0fa/s266/oceans1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="266" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cucD_WEmCbl579EGz5tP5VGanuKfoO1qhhojel9RQkvSbsSzJPHobl0QONUvPb-AIU-HTR2Y1zvROyNyZg8tjoP7Tith4UiO-p-pJcm5_dif5TUfdaIm7o5L-DmelKtdq98JURGe8gVebzpy8UuvkCN1R3KwWc1obv3UHCEzK5x1Zhbxl5NUA0fa/s1600/oceans1.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></span></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><br />June 8th is</span><b> <span style="font-size: large;">WORLD</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;">OCEANS</span> </span></b><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b>DAY</b></span><span style="color: black;">!</span><b> </b></span></span> Officially declared by the U.N. in 1992, this day was intended to help us recognize the importance of oceans as part of our overall ecosystem. Given that they cover 71% of the Earth's surface and represent 99% of the living space, why not get your ESL students talking about the importance of oceans as sources of food, oxygen, and medicine around the world!<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><p></p><div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Read more about World Oceans Day </span></b><a href="http://www.worldoceansday.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span></b><br /><br /></div><h2>WARM-UP QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC OF OCEANS </h2><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">1. Name the world's five oceans. Which one(s) are closest to your home country?</span></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">2. What are some things people do in oceans? Which ones have you done? Explain. </span></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">3. Why are oceans considered to be one of the world's most important resources?</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">4. What are some differences between an ocean, a sea, a lake, a river and a pond? (<i>i.e. resources, animal and plant life, commercial & recreational uses...etc</i>).</span></div><div><br /></div><h2>RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ESL STUDENTS AROUND THE TOPIC OF OCEANS:</h2><div><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/06/world_ocean_day.htm" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ESL Holiday Lessons:</b> Reading with activities on World Oceans Day</span></a></div><div><a href="http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/oceans-quiz" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>National Geographic:</b> An online quiz on oceans</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.protectplanetocean.org/introduction/introbox/oceans/introduction-item.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Protect Planet Ocean:</b> Why are oceans important?</span></a><br /><a href="http://esldiscussions.com/o/oceans.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ESL Discussions:</b> Conversation questions about oceans</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-50468.php" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>To Learn English:</b> All about ocean and continents online activities</span></a></div><div><a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/files5/Continents_Oceans_Wordsearch.doc" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>BogglesWorld ESL:</b> Continents and oceans wordsearch puzzle</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.espressoenglish.net/english-vocabulary-with-pictures-27-ocean-words/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Espresso English:</b> 27 picture vocabulary ocean words</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/continents-and-oceans" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Learning Chocolate:</b> Vocabulary and listening exercise on oceans</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/environment_and_nature/the_oceans/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ESL Printables:</b> Ocean worksheets and activities:</span></a> <i><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b>teacher sharing site</b></span></i></div><div><a href="http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001773.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Fact Monster:</b> Fact table about oceans and seas</span></a> - <b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">get your students to create their own questions!</span></i></b></div><div><a href="http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/oceans.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Science Kids:</b> Fun facts about the oceans</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1004/100426-plastic_garbage_patch.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Breaking News English:</b> A reading with activities on ocean pollution</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4UUS_TYi5Y" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Teacher Phil English:</b> Advanced video lesson on oceans</span></a></div><div><a href="http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/trashtalk_webinar/welcome.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Ocean Today:</b> 10 minute World Oceans Day webinar for educators</span></a></div><div><a href="http://beachchairscientist.com/2012/06/08/100-ocean-quotes/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Beach Chair Scientists:</b> 100 quotes about oceans</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ773hCN2sU" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">You</span><span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Tube</span>:</span></b> Learn about The Great Pacific Garbage Patch</span></a><br /><a href="http://visual.ly/great-pacific-garbage-patch" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Visually:</b> Download Great Pacific Garbage Patch infographic</span></a>: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>ask your students some questions!</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BceygkTN-i0W4xhGESBi4kyd4ktphiXRmCrMHrUvdX2ntKmQ_OiGZjm-gHVi5t75kNxEUXTjZcbEx7TCrzPoEiXtNGf_Fxn3nddw_IGKLShpKE6pwdSWZN0rwNnfGV7dBEchkbXdxt0/s1600/oceans.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BceygkTN-i0W4xhGESBi4kyd4ktphiXRmCrMHrUvdX2ntKmQ_OiGZjm-gHVi5t75kNxEUXTjZcbEx7TCrzPoEiXtNGf_Fxn3nddw_IGKLShpKE6pwdSWZN0rwNnfGV7dBEchkbXdxt0/s320/oceans.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://nature.disney.com/oceans" target="_blank"><b>NATURE:</b> Website about the movie "OCEANS" by Disney with PDF downloads for educators</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A fun way to explore the oceans is to watch the ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Classified as part thriller, and part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world</span>.</span></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span> </div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-74000998223377072402023-06-01T12:02:00.001-07:002023-06-01T12:02:04.053-07:00June Topic and Themes!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35RH9L3AuORR2yhGIkm7YXDhMl22k-ryFPVmeAiJa1ZkXR1DmvDOiAHBNHIWVuWP3YdxPJeVTlZlTC1vz7ty_dGIoBRjTFBtOR7PS1n2GQskxrtAbCv_1NtljrxO7Yshbe0bwUlTNc8nyOLjyfUBeHIVzqiTBYTDHcNToPSytXPBCLz3-i3xZnFA_/s500/June.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35RH9L3AuORR2yhGIkm7YXDhMl22k-ryFPVmeAiJa1ZkXR1DmvDOiAHBNHIWVuWP3YdxPJeVTlZlTC1vz7ty_dGIoBRjTFBtOR7PS1n2GQskxrtAbCv_1NtljrxO7Yshbe0bwUlTNc8nyOLjyfUBeHIVzqiTBYTDHcNToPSytXPBCLz3-i3xZnFA_/s320/June.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />For many teachers and students, June marks the end of the school year, but for others, it's about getting ready for summer classes! There's still a lot to talk about with your ESL students so be sure to check out our <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank">June Topics and Themes</a> and don't forget to follow<b> ESL Made Easy</b> for weekly posts. One topic that may not get a lot of attention is Father's Day (June 18th). Why not use the days ahead to talk about the history of Father's Day as well as the various roles fathers play in the family and in the community. <p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Other noteworthy topics for this month are <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><b>World Ocean Day</b></i></span>, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><b>International Sushi Day</b></i></span>, the <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><b>Summer Solstice</b></i></span>, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><i>World Music Day</i></b></span>, and <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><b>International Anti-Drug Day</b></i></span>. </span></span></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-10668010808646730982023-05-01T10:38:00.004-07:002023-05-01T10:38:49.603-07:00ESL Topic: Sleep<p><span face="&quot" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="&quot" style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2PHq69sellWfpIeTTaQObp68DrtwrMPIPJx2F5uDaP3Q5qgKhwLxke_AbkEUsyCovDJNmdDYFYA7yvOaGM91B4-YWFSNhCM2HA0JHvJMG6IXiLl3VoJRbgbYsI4L47WFI7ik8LszqQDpMur7UPBYjmAP5jruFAtXSzqiZ5d9XgROUtXRbHU-kCx7/s220/sleep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2PHq69sellWfpIeTTaQObp68DrtwrMPIPJx2F5uDaP3Q5qgKhwLxke_AbkEUsyCovDJNmdDYFYA7yvOaGM91B4-YWFSNhCM2HA0JHvJMG6IXiLl3VoJRbgbYsI4L47WFI7ik8LszqQDpMur7UPBYjmAP5jruFAtXSzqiZ5d9XgROUtXRbHU-kCx7/w288-h288/sleep.jpg" width="288" /></a></span></div><span face="&quot" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="&quot" style="font-size: 16px;">May 12th is International <span face="&quot" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Fatigue Syndrome Day. </span></b></span>This day is set aside to recognize the fact that sometimes life can make us feel tired and worn-out. It is also a day to create an awareness on how sleeping problems and disorders can lead to serious health issues. Your ESL students might find this to be a familiar and interesting topic to discuss as they can </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">talk about their own sleeping problems, habits and routines! </span></p><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: Times New Roman; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px;">RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ESL STUDENTS AROUND THE TOPIC OF SLEEP:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.teflpedia.com/Sleep_and_dreams_conversation_questions" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Tefl Pedia:</strong> Sleep discussion questions</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1206/120627-sleep.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Breaking News English:</strong> Learn While You Sleep lesson</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://blog.esllibrary.com/sleep/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Library:</strong> Lesson on sleep</a> <em><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">membership site</span></strong></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="http://www.rong-chang.com/supereasy/se/supereasy071.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Rong-chang: </b>Beginner reading/activities on trying to sleep</a> </span></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.eslreadinglessons.com/sleep_well.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Reading Lesson:</b> A reading text on sleeping</a></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii122/esl-test.php" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English-Test:</b> Sleeping expressions</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/1103/110328-lack_of_sleep.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>News English: </b>Reading with activities on sleep and weight gain </a> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary/3v13-sleepy-sleepy.php" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Lounge:</b> Fill in the blank reading with sleep vocabulary</a> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="https://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=7059732" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Pod:</b> Listening dialogue on sleeping troubles</a> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="http://www.listenaminute.com/s/sleep.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Listen A Minute:</b> Reading on sleep with follow up activities</a> </span></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.china232.com/112-sleep.php" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>China232:</b> ESL listening podcast on insomnia and sleeping problems</a></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.english-test.net/stories/69/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English_Test:</b> Reading with sleep vocabulary</a></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1111/111124-sleeptexting.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Breaking News English:</b> Reading with follow-up activities on 'Sleep Texting"</a></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://esl-voices.com/tag/sleep/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL-voices:</b> A lesson on sleep and sleep disorders</a></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php/advanced-english-students/advanced-news-lessons/advanced-health-lessons/288-healthy-sleep" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Heads Up English:</b> A lesson plan on sleep myths</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/sleep-tiredness/sleep-tiredness.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Learn English Today:</b> Sleep idioms</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3112170.stm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>News BBC: </b>Reading on sleeping positions and personality</a> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><br /></span></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="clear: both;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="&quot"><b>Test your students on sleep and sleep disorder knowledge. Take the quizzes</b> </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/quiz-index" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span face="&quot">.</span></div></div></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-13633713629012378702023-05-01T10:30:00.002-07:002023-05-01T10:30:31.945-07:00May Themes and Topics<p> </p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1m1qDn3N4ebtOxyNVLlKdKEagR03mZl1sQxyajVjePWT5xnVJ0uhWW57ogxfPmUhnjLEP9PRsM1XtFxLiTWW20lke7Qsw5g_pK9BiloBaOfdgQxLhn2yTFn7hs77_e9vAomkwIb4rFkjIIx0aO15FOEWh92z5tEIrBbiMavCvQPzvF3dJ1lkqORz/s200/may.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="160" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1m1qDn3N4ebtOxyNVLlKdKEagR03mZl1sQxyajVjePWT5xnVJ0uhWW57ogxfPmUhnjLEP9PRsM1XtFxLiTWW20lke7Qsw5g_pK9BiloBaOfdgQxLhn2yTFn7hs77_e9vAomkwIb4rFkjIIx0aO15FOEWh92z5tEIrBbiMavCvQPzvF3dJ1lkqORz/s1600/may.gif" width="160" /></a></div>Be sure to check out some of the suggested themes and topics for the month of May </span><a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">! The main topic most of us will be talking about are <strong><span style="color: magenta;">MOTHERS</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span>and their important role in the family and in society!</span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Depending on where you live, you might want to get your students talking about birds as it's <span style="color: black;"><em><strong>International Migratory Bird Day</strong></em> on May 9th! Other mentionables that might give your students plenty to talk about are <strong><em>World Press Freedom Day</em></strong>, <strong><em>International Nurses Day</em></strong>, <i><b>World Meditation Day, </b></i><strong><em>Purple for Peace Day</em></strong>, <em><strong>Victoria Day</strong></em> (Canada), and <em><strong>Memorial Day</strong></em> (U.S.A).</span></span></div></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-50413783919556601192023-04-04T10:07:00.003-07:002023-04-04T10:07:41.223-07:00Happy Easter!<p> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZfFcO734OgcoIGjBO7RNW7GTpxhYSKxAPcfBjB-D4oJU6wFm-qHlJIYUpZ5aXue2vDBuU4NZHP2GFw5M7HBGkYBnZERRcx95FhQZs-R4CEdg_Gx3KlaYW8mzWf5FHTwqKNzOh4WYLyg/s1600/11246294_s.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZfFcO734OgcoIGjBO7RNW7GTpxhYSKxAPcfBjB-D4oJU6wFm-qHlJIYUpZ5aXue2vDBuU4NZHP2GFw5M7HBGkYBnZERRcx95FhQZs-R4CEdg_Gx3KlaYW8mzWf5FHTwqKNzOh4WYLyg/s1600/11246294_s.jpg" width="320" /></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZfFcO734OgcoIGjBO7RNW7GTpxhYSKxAPcfBjB-D4oJU6wFm-qHlJIYUpZ5aXue2vDBuU4NZHP2GFw5M7HBGkYBnZERRcx95FhQZs-R4CEdg_Gx3KlaYW8mzWf5FHTwqKNzOh4WYLyg/s1600/11246294_s.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There's plenty of <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>E<span style="color: yellow;">a</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">s</span>t<span style="color: yellow;">e</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">r</span></b></span></span></span> vocabulary and traditions for your ESL students to learn about this week - starting with Good Friday on Friday, April 2th and Easter Sunday on April 4th. Have your students learn more about this religious celebration as well as the commercial side of Easter including the Easter bunny, chocolate goodies and the joys of Easter egg hunting!</span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><h2>Find recommended links for your ESL students <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/2015/03/happy-easter.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</h2><div><br /></div></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-62016732995444264962023-04-04T10:06:00.003-07:002023-04-04T10:06:31.698-07:00April Themes and Topics<p> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrw5FI3MAc0E8FNBQCWSJ_pxwLWQ14L0o42nQ2QfYfvsord3DEqA-c8L89Toi5Fn_6_WYiW6PxyemAsjx5ZkDnC1jmH-mK8eKJAHkRTzAbp1lbuGD4zmLR7Kxo5GdGNgA9dCF1rsQyf5I/s1600/f2.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrw5FI3MAc0E8FNBQCWSJ_pxwLWQ14L0o42nQ2QfYfvsord3DEqA-c8L89Toi5Fn_6_WYiW6PxyemAsjx5ZkDnC1jmH-mK8eKJAHkRTzAbp1lbuGD4zmLR7Kxo5GdGNgA9dCF1rsQyf5I/s1600/f2.gif" /></a><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It's April and for many of those living in the North, it means warmer temperatures, spring birds and blooming flowers! </span><span>Get your students starting the month off with a joke or two on April 1st as it's <em>April Fool's Day</em> across the globe followed by EASTER! There's plenty of other spring topics to keep your students busy starting with spring cleaning, spring allergies, spring flowers and spring weather. Get them busy learning more about <em>International Pink Day</em> on April 13th and <em>World Earth Day</em> on April 22nd, too!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span><strong>Find more ideas on teaching topics this month </strong><a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>!</strong></span></span>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-77187616413978169812023-02-28T07:51:00.002-08:002023-02-28T07:52:04.148-08:00International Women's Day <p><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaRD3gHJcIl5lUJ3Qe-irmRC9bV5wathx9nm4rE93VTlRWjJgIYpCZq72qNCiGponLalTHoh4oV8KGJyhidpywkjDHxEcvOdsGlQ6I3cG4ENG4tXklVUql8glkO05pobd6V9zle0RXW902_-pV21OJDZc9KZGYkmWyJzp7qUiGzMuqBbaxOafOMT8/s1000/951792-internationalwomensday.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaRD3gHJcIl5lUJ3Qe-irmRC9bV5wathx9nm4rE93VTlRWjJgIYpCZq72qNCiGponLalTHoh4oV8KGJyhidpywkjDHxEcvOdsGlQ6I3cG4ENG4tXklVUql8glkO05pobd6V9zle0RXW902_-pV21OJDZc9KZGYkmWyJzp7qUiGzMuqBbaxOafOMT8/s320/951792-internationalwomensday.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></strong></div><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span face="&quot" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #800180;">International Women's Day</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">is March 8th! This year's theme,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://internationalwomensday.com/2020Theme" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180;">E</span></a>mbrace Equality</span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px;">, challenges stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve situations and celebrate women's achievements. Various events and traditions will be taking place to honour and celebrate women's rights and achievements worldwide. Take the time to explore this global event with your ESL students and get them talking about the progress made, as well as the struggles that many women still face today.</span><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="&quot"></span><br /><span face="&quot">See <span face="&quot" style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>You<span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Tube</span></strong></span> video - <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=international+woman+day+2023&&view=detail&mid=D3A0F6A6CC605064D77ED3A0F6A6CC605064D77E&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dinternational%2Bwoman%2Bday%2B2023%26FORM%3DHDRSC4" target="_blank">International Women's Day 2023</a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><div><br /></div>What is <b>International Women's Day</b>? Watch <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=international+woman+day+2023&&view=detail&mid=E899BF57CA2B891261DDE899BF57CA2B891261DD&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dinternational%2Bwoman%2Bday%2B2023%26FORM%3DHDRSC4" target="_blank">here</a>!<div><br /><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: &quot; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED LINKS AROUND THE TOPIC OF<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY</span>:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.5minuteenglish.com/march10.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>5 Minute English:</strong> Vocabulary and grammar exercise</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=1825" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Video:</strong> Video with comprehension questions on IWD</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/TWR-13.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Women in World History:</strong> Reading about the past and the present</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://havefunwithyourenglish.blogspot.ca/2014/03/international-womens-day-phenomenal.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Have Fun With Your English:</strong> IWD Poem (video and script) by Maya Angelou</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_womens_rights.shtml" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>BBC:</strong> An interactive quiz on women's rights in British history</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/international-womens-day-level-1/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>News In Levels:</strong> International Women's Days - Listening and vocabulary</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/03/international_womens_day.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Holiday Lessons:</strong> A reading with follow up activities on IWD</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-vocabulary-women.php#.VPSsUrdFvZA" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>My English Pages:</strong> Vocabulary related to women rights and equality</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading-women-changed-the-world.php#.VPSsGbdFvZA" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>My English Papers:</strong> Seven Women Who Changed the World - reading</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.theholidayspot.com/international_womens_day/activities/crossword/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>The Holiday Spot:</strong> A crossword puzzle on IWD with answers</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Tags=women%27s%20day&searchworksheet=GO&type=Printables" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ISL Collective:</strong> Worksheets on IWD</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>donation site</strong></span></em><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://podbay.fm/show/431945503/e/1331149304?autostart=1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>ESL Library:</strong> A listening podcast on International Women's Day</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.wordsearchfun.com/74172_International_Womens_Day_wordsearch.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Word Search Fun:</strong> A wordsearch puzzle on IWD</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/iwd_factsheet.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>International Womens Day:</strong> A printable factsheet</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.timeforkids.com/files/media/110311_g5_1.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Time For Kids:</strong> Worksheet on the History of Women in the Workforce (American)</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.timeforkids.com/files/media/120302_g3_2.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Time for Kids:</strong> An activity worksheet on a women's suffrage march</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://speakenglish.thaireformed.com/uploads/3/4/0/1/3401675/___wemons_day_int.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Speak English:</strong> A lesson plan on IWD by ESL Library</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Resources" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>International Women's Day:</strong> Resources for International Women's Day</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-91989381039139625732023-02-28T07:43:00.002-08:002023-02-28T07:43:28.965-08:00March Suggested Teaching Topics<p></p><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8_LuADGg1_lkFH988xmqhMYdTNx4eLZ4l2kZQOt-Wcyo0zsQqQbVi4wL0CN_XIfGIPATOEwOj8LctEiLKLTQrgBuEnyahIwuLiG9PZWGa93frpy3Xu1FaKX51G5vd5mpLL7xpE2El5DroRLcZvJ44p8Av-eJDi_wBDg8pjOjhOhiqKLLZUD7ey3M/s200/march.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8_LuADGg1_lkFH988xmqhMYdTNx4eLZ4l2kZQOt-Wcyo0zsQqQbVi4wL0CN_XIfGIPATOEwOj8LctEiLKLTQrgBuEnyahIwuLiG9PZWGa93frpy3Xu1FaKX51G5vd5mpLL7xpE2El5DroRLcZvJ44p8Av-eJDi_wBDg8pjOjhOhiqKLLZUD7ey3M/s1600/march.png" width="200" /></a></div><br />Where did February go? </b><p></p><p></p><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span>March is a busy month with lots of teaching topic ideas </span><a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a><span> that you can do with your ESL students. Starting with <em>World Compliment Day</em> on March 1st and then <em>International Women's Day</em> on March 8th. Wait...there's more.....it's <em>St. Patrick's Day</em> on March 17th, <em>Earth Hour Day</em> on March 25th, The <em>Spring Equinox</em> on March 21st ......I'm tired already!</span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Happy Teaching!</strong></span></span>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-90954673291319751672023-02-10T08:55:00.001-08:002023-02-10T08:55:11.868-08:00February is Black History Month<p><br /></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYQjogom5zB37dSkxFlpITkfL_cNMGY-GWLCt8XmKyiuv95ZG2AzMau1RdcUur59oX8kWzIQitokcR0T2zYq-pBqX39Cc6WYcUEbj1TFhCwoJKC1LI9WsUrdQ1OVhYwTHtguKtHDP4gw/s1600/11071603_s.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYQjogom5zB37dSkxFlpITkfL_cNMGY-GWLCt8XmKyiuv95ZG2AzMau1RdcUur59oX8kWzIQitokcR0T2zYq-pBqX39Cc6WYcUEbj1TFhCwoJKC1LI9WsUrdQ1OVhYwTHtguKtHDP4gw/s1600/11071603_s.jpg" width="133" /></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">February</span></span> </b></span></span>is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IThSKYxIjU" target="_blank">Black History</a> month in Canada, the U.S., and the United Kingdom. Be sure to get your ESL students learning more about the activities, events, and the important figures in black history.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">See recommended links on <b>Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement</b> <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/2015/01/january-topic-civil-rights-day.html#more" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b></div><a name='more'></a><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR TOPICS AROUND <span style="color: #bf9000;">BLACK HISTORY MONTH</span>:</h2><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/subjects/holidays/blackhistory/blackhistorywordsearch.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Worksheet Library:</b> Black History word search</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.theholidayzone.com/black/blkdiscuss.html" target="_blank"><b>The Holiday Zone: </b>Black History discussion topics</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/teachers.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Library of Congress:</strong> Lessons and activities for teaching Black History</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/article/1610474.html" target="_blank"><b>Learning English VOA News:</b> America Observes Black History Month - read and listen</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://esllibrary.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=black+history" target="_blank"><b>ESL-Library: </b>Activities and worksheets for Black History Month</a> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>membership site</em></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.elcivics.com/black-history-month.html" target="_blank"><b>EL Civics:</b> Black History Month lessons</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/education-outreach/10-ideas-for-teaching-black-history-month.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>ADL:</strong> 10 ideas for teaching Black History month</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://blog.esllibrary.com/2012/02/15/podcast-black-history-month/" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><strong>ESL Library:</strong> Podcast - Black History Month</span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/black-history.html" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses: </b>Biographies, quizzes, activities and worksheets</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.dpsk12.org/programs/almaproject/pdf/LessonsInCourage.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Sites 4 Teachers:</b> Lessons in Courage - Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month" target="_blank"><b>History: </b>Black History month - videos and quizzes</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.henry4school.fr/Art/pdf/The%20story%20of%20Ruby%20Bridges%20-%20Colette%20Alloing.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Henry4School: </b>A Story of Ruby Bridges - reading and questions</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://blackhistorycanada.ca/education/LearningTools.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Black History Canada:</b> Black History in Canada - an Education Guide</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://blackhistorycanada.ca/Quiz.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Black History Canada: </b>Black History in Canada Quiz</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Please send us any of your suggested topics, links or ideas around Black History Month!</b></span></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-58898156282758982492023-02-10T08:53:00.001-08:002023-02-10T08:53:46.445-08:00February Suggested Themes and Topics!<p> </p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcPXrw4aKZwujJUOLyF8MZ7YK9mz9ktldMSwWp7MRnCyJn8DhYWBEXb1OU2bSDltDiHiWvJZMIyUAIQjgUW1DMc7viCEeWH1jshk_yNI3V1Vx6Aj8nmH2dBfD31vBfH9tyt8-CtswVW8/s1600/d.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="916" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcPXrw4aKZwujJUOLyF8MZ7YK9mz9ktldMSwWp7MRnCyJn8DhYWBEXb1OU2bSDltDiHiWvJZMIyUAIQjgUW1DMc7viCEeWH1jshk_yNI3V1Vx6Aj8nmH2dBfD31vBfH9tyt8-CtswVW8/s200/d.png" width="200" /></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">F</span></b></span>ebruary is a busy month providing ESL teachers with lots of planning topics. Be sure to check out<b> <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank">February Topics and Themes</a></b> and follow <span style="color: #444444;">ESL Made Easy</span> for weekly posts on some of them. One fun topic is <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Valentine's Day</b></span></span> coming up on February 14th. The days leading up to it can be a good time to talk about other topics such symbols and customs, love and relationships and special gifts such as chocolate and roses. February is also <b>Black History</b> month which is observed not only in Canada, but in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. It is a special month to honour the experiences and legacies of those who became an important part of black history.</span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Other mentionables are <b>Canada Flag Day</b>, <b>President's Day</b>, and <b>Levi Strauss's Birthday</b>!</span></span></div></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-13931167729613532222023-01-04T12:54:00.006-08:002023-01-04T12:55:19.311-08:00Happy New Year!<p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBd5o2rvogOK6OWq_G3iiknTZoYN-49OnDsq6YLfa6k4ejvBOYpfaNQ2wcZMEfjdbAHezDqBNnRHDH-WpxOrWjsDceRscSN1F183icz5D0LFSWaRkdTChQRjuKkBspaaLN31WTESW_8EP9i1Fl_dxwL5H8LOk4pgQ6XTprAHyviTSgAvyS7rqPuV7s/s1920/1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBd5o2rvogOK6OWq_G3iiknTZoYN-49OnDsq6YLfa6k4ejvBOYpfaNQ2wcZMEfjdbAHezDqBNnRHDH-WpxOrWjsDceRscSN1F183icz5D0LFSWaRkdTChQRjuKkBspaaLN31WTESW_8EP9i1Fl_dxwL5H8LOk4pgQ6XTprAHyviTSgAvyS7rqPuV7s/w310-h310/1.jpg" width="310" /></a></span></div><span><br />New Year's </span><span style="color: #333333;">customs, traditions and celebrations can help generate some lively classroom discussions with your ESL students. It's also great for working on past & future tenses by discussing key personal or global events from this challenging year 2022 as well as plans and possibilities for 2023!</span><div><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><p></p><h2><span style="color: #333333;">Warm Up Questions:</span></h2><span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">1. How did you spend Dec 31st, 2022? Was it different from previous years?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">2. Do you celebrate the coming of a new year in your country of origin? If so, what are some traditions and customs that mark New Year's Eve/Day and the start of the new year in your culture? </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">3. For many people, a new year represents a time for making positive changes in their lives. What do you think are some common resolutions/goals that people make? Why do you think it might be difficult for some people to stick to these resolutions/goals? What advice would you give?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">4. Did you create any resolutions/goals last year (2022)?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">5. Do you have any resolutions/goals for this year (2023)? If so, have you created a plan for achieving them? What about your friend and family members?</span></span><div><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><h2>Recommended Links Around the Topic of the New Year:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/01/new_years_day.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Holiday Lessons:</b><span style="color: #3366cc;"> Reading and follow up activities on New Year's</span></a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.dailyesl.com/new-years.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Daily ESL:</b> Listen and read activity on New Year's Day</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://elcivics.com/new-years-lesson.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>EL Civics:</b> New Year's picture lesson with follow up activities</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://iteslj.org/questions/newyearday.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ITESLJ:</b> New Year's Day conversation questions</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/holidays_and_traditions/new_year_resolutions/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Printables:</b> New Year's Resolution worksheets</a> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://esllibrary.com/collections/16/lessons" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Library</b>: New Year's lessons </a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/new_year_worksheets.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>BogglesWorld ESL:</b> New Year's worksheets</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/new-year-celebrations.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESOL Courses: </b>New Year's worksheets and activities</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/holidays_newyears1.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Learn English Feel Good:</b> New Year's Eve/Day vocabulary quiz</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Tags=new+years&searchworksheet=GO&type=Printables" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ISL Collective: New Year's wor</b>ksheets</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/gp-newyears.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>A4esl:</b> New Year's Eve phrasal verbs quiz</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading_new_year_eve.php#.VKDZHcFD4" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>My English Pages:</b> A short reading on New Year's with comprehension questions</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/speaking/lesson-plans/pdf-content/speaking-skills-happy-new-year-lesson-plan/147359.article" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>One Stop English:</b> 3 speaking activities on New Year's PDF</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.eslflow.com/ICEBREAKERSreal.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Flow:</b> New Year's resolutions and talking about the future worksheets</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.headsupenglish.com/upper-intermediate/speaking/newyear.pdf" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Heads Up English:</b> New Year's speaking activity PDF</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/eslread/ss/s155.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Rong-Chong:</b> New Years Around the World reading with follow up activities</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/TP_All-Change.pdf" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>TEFL Net: </b>A lesson plan on expressions using the word "change"</a> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1501/150102-new-years-resolutions.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Breaking News English:</b> Reading and follow up activities on New Year's resolutions</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/files/pdf/new-years-resolutions-adverbs-of-frequency.pdf" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Using English:</b> New Year's resolution worksheet using adverbs of frequency</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUgld1OR_vw" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>JenniferESL:</b> YOUTUBE mini lesson on New Year's Resolutions</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.english-zone.com/holidays/newyear-trads.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English - Zone: </b>New Year's around the world traditions</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/ourpoemcollections/a/newyearpoems.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Poetry.About: </b>Classic poems about New Year's</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://learningenglishwithmichelle.blogspot.ca/2012/12/5-new-years-resolutions-for-esl-learners.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Learning English with Michelle:</b> Five New Year's Resolutions for ESL Learners</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_newyears.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Brainy Quote: </b>New Year's quotes</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/01/new-years-infographic.png" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>CDN History: </b>New Year's By the Numbers</a> </span></div></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-81002240311855777022022-12-06T06:57:00.002-08:002022-12-06T06:58:11.079-08:00December: Suggested Themes and Topics<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg7csOY2zpPSC6N3Pl7B8WcWbsHv1GjxUh9NCqSTewCOQyE84iWqEA7WhB9mRVS0k16V3MtxQ1UthGbKe1eSuP8OjosTbVVZBiZbet0NF_JpqWZMa7ZzMSYDOapSTwkLxgQfpqvezJk7gVh1MtanCYEufFySfg0aKO8Onfcpa44pJVh9STRPfb2bz/s200/xmas.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="200" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg7csOY2zpPSC6N3Pl7B8WcWbsHv1GjxUh9NCqSTewCOQyE84iWqEA7WhB9mRVS0k16V3MtxQ1UthGbKe1eSuP8OjosTbVVZBiZbet0NF_JpqWZMa7ZzMSYDOapSTwkLxgQfpqvezJk7gVh1MtanCYEufFySfg0aKO8Onfcpa44pJVh9STRPfb2bz/s1600/xmas.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Be sure to take a peek at some of the suggested topics and themes for December <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">! The main theme of course will be the holiday season - decked out in colorful lights and cheery decorations! However, you may also want to discuss a bit about the history of December 25th and focus less on the commercial side of it. Depending on where you are, your students will most likely be surrounded by an abundance of holiday festivities, Christmas carols and red and green symbols in their community......so don't be afraid to get them all into the holiday spirit too - especially this year!</span><p></p><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><h2 style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 19.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED LINKS AROUND THE TOPIC CHRISTMAS FOR ESL STUDENTS:</h2><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://esl.about.com/od/holidayresources/a/christmas_traditions.htm" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL About:</b> An easy reading on Christmas traditions</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/christmas-worksheet-vocabulary1.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL PDF:</b> A vocabulary matching exercise on Christmas symbols (1)</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/christmas-worksheet-vocabulary2.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL PDF:</b> A vocabulary matching exercise on Christmas symbols (2)</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/holidays_christmas2.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL PDF:</b> Intermediate vocabulary worksheet on Christmas words (1)</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslpdf.com/esl-pdfs/holidays_christmas1.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL PDF:</b> Intermediate vocabulary worksheet on Christmas words (2)</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://simpleesl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/WSC2.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>Simple ESL:</b> Easy Christmas word search puzzle</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esl-galaxy.com/holiday.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL-Galaxy:</b> Christmas activities for beginners</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/christmas-printables.htm#worksheets" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>Anglomaniacy:</b> Christmas printable worksheets</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.dailyesl.com/christmas.htm" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>Daily ESL:</b> Christmas Day reading with listening</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.englishpage.com/holidays/christmasprintable.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>English Page:</b> Christmas vocabulary fill in the blanks worksheet</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/xmas.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>Breaking News English:</b> Christmas conversation and activity ideas</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.123listening.com/christmas.php" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>123 Listening:</b> Christmas listening activities and follow up</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://elcivics.com/esl-christmas.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>EL Civics:</b> A picture lesson with follow up activities about Christmas</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/christmas_worksheets.htm" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>BogglesWorld ESL:</b> A collection of Christmas worksheets and activities</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/gift/giftsc1.htm" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ESL-Lab: Reading:</b> The Christmas Gift with listening and follow up activities</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://iteslj.org/questions/christmas.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><b>ITESLJ:</b> Christmas conversation questions</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php/upper-intermediate-students/upper-intermediate-skill-builders/upper-intermediate-speaking/110-christmas" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><strong>Heads Up English:</strong> Conversation questions about Christmas</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4131/" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><strong>Many Things:</strong> The Origins of Christmas video</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslflow.com/Christmaslessonplans.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><span face="&quot"><strong>ESLFlow:</strong> Christmas activities and worksheets for all levels</span></span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><span face="&quot"><b>ESOL Courses:</b> A variety of online Christmas songs, lessons and activities</span></span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas-shopping.html" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><span face="&quot"><b>ESOL Courses:</b> A variety of online quizzes and games on Christmas shopping</span></span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.teach-this.com/resources/teaching/christmas" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><strong>Teach-This:</strong> Christmas lessons and activities PDF</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/12/christmas_day.pdf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><strong>ESL Holiday Lessons:</strong> I Love Christmas Day reading and activities</span></a><br style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"></span><a href="https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Vocabulary_Focus=Christmas" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="&quot"><strong>ISL Collective:</strong> Over 600 Christmas exercise sheets:</span></a><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.6em;"> </span><em style="background-color: #f7f7f7; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Donation site</strong></span></em></span></div>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-48807873333173122192022-11-04T12:46:00.003-07:002022-11-04T12:46:45.115-07:00November Topic: Consumerism<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQ-tjF1m-eNMSlnNpnWwOGla8p6ybcZ1TagFuDeh2RBF_aOfN34MmNadeScOUgQwJ9N44hSvE4EJ3ZJyTbgGzq-C0FNI0lGh3cuxUNGae-QbAL-DK2Nheht4LehjEZB2Jol3a6DSt8X8/s1600/h.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQ-tjF1m-eNMSlnNpnWwOGla8p6ybcZ1TagFuDeh2RBF_aOfN34MmNadeScOUgQwJ9N44hSvE4EJ3ZJyTbgGzq-C0FNI0lGh3cuxUNGae-QbAL-DK2Nheht4LehjEZB2Jol3a6DSt8X8/w287-h287/h.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding: 2px;" width="287" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: justify;">With the holiday season fast approaching, many of us are getting in the spirit of shopping! </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: justify;">It's a good time to get your ESL students talking about shopping and how it relates to <span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">C<span style="color: blue;">O</span><span style="color: lime;">N</span><span style="color: orange;">S</span><span style="color: #990000;">U</span>M<span style="color: #3d85c6;">E</span><span style="color: #274e13;">R</span><span style="color: #660000;">I</span>S<span style="color: #20124d;">M</span></span></b></span>. There is no shortage of vocabulary, expressions and phrases when it comes to teaching around the theme of <b>SHOPPING</b> (<a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/blog-page_1.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">see recommended links</a>) and all the linking topics including sales and discounts, types of stores, online shopping, as well as the countless number of products that society <i>needs</i> and of course <i>wants. </i></span></p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Have your students talk about the culture of shopping in their country and see if it compares to days like <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/black-friday" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Black Friday</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Monday" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cyber Monday</a> (kick offs to the official start of the holiday shopping madness Friday, November 25th and Monday, Nov 28th).</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><strong>Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Shopping to our American neighbours! (</strong></span><a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/2014/10/october-topic-thanksgiving.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><strong>see links to Thanksgiving worksheets and activities</strong></span></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><strong>).**</strong></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: &quot; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">WARM UP CONVERSATION QUESTIONS BY <span style="color: #0b5394;">ESL MADE EASY</span>:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">1. Do you like to shop and if so, what are some things you usually like to shop for besides the basics?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">2. How have shops and stores changed over the years? How does this compare to shops and stores in your home country?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">3. Are you an online shopper and if so, what do you typically buy? How does this experience compare to shopping in a physical store?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">4. How are the terms 'consumption' and 'consumerism' related? What role does consumerism play in the environment, the economy, and in our daily life? Do you think consumerism can affect our well-being?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">5. What are the differences between "needs" and "wants"? Do you think society's 'needs and wants' have changed over the years? If so, what could be some of the reasons besides creative and sneaky marketing strategies?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">6. How has the role of marketing and advertising influenced consumerism? Can you give any specific examples?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><br /><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #333333; font-family: &quot; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; padding: 7px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">RECOMMENDED ESL LINKS AROUND THE TOPIC CONSUMERISM:</h2><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.esldiscussions.com/c/consumerism.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Discussions:</b> Discussion questions on "Consumerism"</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://iteslj.org/questions/money.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ITESLJ:</b> Conversation questions on money and shopping</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.esl-library.com/blog/2011/05/11/podcast-consumerism/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Library:</b> ESL Podcast: How Much Stuff Do We Need?</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.esl-library.com/pdf/lessons/830.type1.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Library:</b> A reading and vocabulary lesson on consumerism</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0610/061011-shopping.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Breaking News English:</b> Men Suffer from Shopping Too! - reading and activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 10.06px;"><span><span style="color: black;">You</span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: red;">Tube</span></span>:</span></span></b> The Story of Stuff</a> - find matching comprehension worksheet <a href="http://blogs.ubc.ca/msruck/files/2014/03/the-story-of-stuff-worksheet.pdf" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/consumer-society-lesson-plan_0.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Teaching English:</b> Consumer - Society Lesson Plan</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://eslrightnow.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/consumerism-supermarket-psychology1.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Right Now:</b> Consumerism-supermarket-psychology lesson plan</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: navy; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.esletc.com/2014/11/14/black-friday-consumption-and-buy-nothing-day/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Ect:</b> Reading activities on Black Friday and Consumption</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: navy; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/search.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=consumerism&username=&B2=Search" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366cc;"><b>ESL Printables:</b> Worksheets and on-line exercises on consumerism</span></a><span> - </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: red; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span><i><span style="font-size: 10.06px;">mem</span></i><span style="font-size: 10.06px;"><i>bership site</i></span></span></b></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: navy; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=10790" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Video:</b> 10 minute documentary on consumerism</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: navy; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/11/buy_nothing_day.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Holiday Lessons: </b>Reading and activities on Buy Nothing Day</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: navy; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/shop1/shopping-bf-video.htm" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Lab:</b> Short video with 3 questions on Black Friday</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zBWjlkKDpA&feature=player_embedded" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 10.06px;"><b>You<span style="background-color: red; color: white;">Tube</span></b>:</span></span> What is Black Friday All About! Watch and discuss</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.eslfast.com/eslread/ss/s159.htm" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Fast:</b> Black Friday reading with follow up activities</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="https://www.esl-library.com/blog/2012/11/26/esl-lesson-plans-for-cyber-monday/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>ESL Library:</b> Lesson Plan on Cyber Monday</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"> - </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: red; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 10.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><i><b>membership site</b></i></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://www.englishblog.com/2011/11/reuters-video-cyber-monday-sales-surge-.html#.VHdUlLdFuNU" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English Blog:</b> Reuters Video on Cyber Monday with full script</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://englishpost.org/2012/10/10/black-friday/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>English Post:</b> Reading on Black Friday and Cyber Monday with questions</a><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><a href="http://dailyinfographic.com/cyber-monday-infographic" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Daily Infographic:</b> Learn all about Cyber Monday</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"> - </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10.06px;">get your students to write summary sentences</span></i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 21.33px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: navy; font-family: Arial,Serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/s/shania_twain/ka_ching.html#!" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Lyrics Mode:</b> Shania Twain's Song with lyrics: "Ka-Ching"</a></span>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-78150320352859281612022-11-04T12:44:00.001-07:002022-11-04T12:44:04.913-07:00November Themes and Topics!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3P6noy4PIqT-RMHWr2SRTJWrqjCVFRB7TCdXVcTxQgaV8yu34Lnt4wvxTprs7YWA1KDTNwlcz90mQ7mz6dGEMrBjwdqg8Ob6h9-VPWyARfkw4CNujo0w9oxzqBaf9sHGulEQGyclTJD90uHtAYyvhs-cIg1oTwhxqas3HRUdzoXMDjIRK7amGo_Q/s200/nov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="200" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3P6noy4PIqT-RMHWr2SRTJWrqjCVFRB7TCdXVcTxQgaV8yu34Lnt4wvxTprs7YWA1KDTNwlcz90mQ7mz6dGEMrBjwdqg8Ob6h9-VPWyARfkw4CNujo0w9oxzqBaf9sHGulEQGyclTJD90uHtAYyvhs-cIg1oTwhxqas3HRUdzoXMDjIRK7amGo_Q/s1600/nov.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />There's lots to talk about with your ESL students this month! Be sure to check out <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>November's Themes and Topics</b></span> <a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank">here </a>for your month's curriculum planning or if you just need a quick idea.<p></p><p></p><span>International observance and celebratory days that might provide some interesting springboard topics this month include <i><b>World Vegan Day</b></i>, <i><b>World Tongue Twister Day</b></i>,<i><b> Remembrance/Veteran's Day, World Kindness Day, Say Hello Day, World Television Day</b></i> and of course the biggie in the U.S. is <b><i>American Thanksgiving</i></b>! Be sure to check them all out and feel free to add any of your ideas and suggestions for this month too!</span>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101855840087861478.post-3792663287400867532022-10-04T08:11:00.005-07:002022-10-04T08:11:38.011-07:00October Themes and Topics<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyKxOMsuuJsLRXRmYVSYgcLhs34vL0jlTzHfTm6zkkLa0sxsJ1nfJ4vE1lKQ_qJcPOpkB_FUNatKTa2QawK0E369KvtAijO9LhwVhXJ-rH4vV9Ayjema-m0qviNRCYCT70ndLd5pQ0Ow/s615/Picture1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="615" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyKxOMsuuJsLRXRmYVSYgcLhs34vL0jlTzHfTm6zkkLa0sxsJ1nfJ4vE1lKQ_qJcPOpkB_FUNatKTa2QawK0E369KvtAijO9LhwVhXJ-rH4vV9Ayjema-m0qviNRCYCT70ndLd5pQ0Ow/w200-h133/Picture1.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There is a lot to talk about in the month of October! </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> It's <i><b>Vegetarian Day</b></i> on Oct 1st and a busy week with <i><b>World Animal Day</b></i> on Oct 4th, <i><b>World Habitat Day</b></i> on the 5th and <i><b>World Egg Day</b></i> on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be <b><i>Thanksgiving</i></b> celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 10th as well as <b><i>Halloween</i></b> on Oct 31st. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Be sure to check out <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>October ESL Planning Themes and </b></span></span></span><p></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Topics </b></span></span></span><a href="http://www.eslmadeeasy.ca/p/esl.html" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>here</b></span></a><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> </b>and follow <b>ESL Made Easy</b> for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!</span></p>ESL Made Easyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08111539312516962865noreply@blogger.com1