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Keeping students active and engaged is the secret to successful virtual learning. You may choose to switch the order of the tasks above; for example, start with the lesson starters, and end with Reading for Pleasure. The idea is to keep students moving from one active task to the next.
Here is one idea!!
Describe how you eat this food - a recipe, a restaurant, WOLT or an experience - GO!
Use Wordwall for ANYTHING!!!!! Best thing ever!
Ideas for Beginnings and Endings
Student Rules for Zoom - In order to make certain your students are active, attending and behaving, here are some good rules to share with them at the beginning of the lesson or week.
Hebrew slideshow - Effective zoom lessons - A Hebrew ppt from the Ministry about making your zoom sessions more effective, and not just "moved the exact lesson to zoom"
Morning Meetings - How to begin a zoom - How are you? What kind of hat are you wearing this morning? Did you sleep?
11 SEL Activities for any Age - This is all we need some days --- Time to see and hear each other....
Virtual Check-ins - Remain connected to students remotely with this great collection.
While waiting for everyone to join the virtual classroom. Slides to show and discuss while waiting.
Exit tickets - How are they feeling at the end of the lesson and what did they learn? Formative assessment will keep them awake and active, and keep you apprised of how much they are actually learning.
English Production (Speaking and Writing) Fun with photos, songs and apps
#1photo50words Project - Students each take a photo, write a blurb, and post. Great topics!
Once Upon a Picture - Display the picture as a prompt for speaking, or writing. Answer the provided questions.
British council funky photos - Display photos. Have students guess what they are, or write about them.
Chatterpix - Install this app on phones. Student takes a photo, animates the photo and adds a voice-over.
Lyrics Training - Students listen to songs, fill in missing words, practice typing, and just have fun. Choose from the song bank, or upload your own choices. computer or app with LingClip.com
Songer - An AI song writer. put in your topic and words. AI writes your song.
A Book in Every Bag - Use this time to get your students reading for pleasure! Get great ideas on this REED site for teachers.
REED Reads Books Have students download this app, to motivate them to read more every day! Ask them to screenshot their daily or weekly time count, and share with you.
One-Click Activities - Ready to Go!!
Use Short lessons, treasure hunts, video-based activities, extensive reading, DIY projects, mini projects, and home "Show and Tell" videos to enhance your students experiences and classes. Zoom lessons CANNOT be boring or they will go back to sleep. Make sure they experience FOMO for not being in your zooms. Click away!!!
Join Debbie for a quick intro to the joys of British Council Teens
EFL Learning Sites That We Know and Love -
and some new ones
Eng-Hub - very large resource of ready-made lessons !!
REED Cookies - Short lessons on many different topics which we made at the beginning of the war when we were home. The are cookies per week and Mini cookies for shorter lesson ideas which may be best for us today.
REED Virtual Tools Recipe Cards - Hayley made this for us with a slew of tools for Virtual teaching. It is an amazing resource.
Debbie's English Site For Teachers - Check out the games page!!
English Portal JHS Distance Learning - Virtual lessons and units recommended by the Inspectorate.
English Portal HS Distance learning - Virtual lessons and units recommended by the Inspectorate.
ESL Cyber Listening Lab - Lots and lots of listening activities for students of all levels.
British Council - Lessons, fun, vocab, reading practice and more! Choose your level.
Brain POP - More high-interest learning activities to change up the pace!
REED Virtual English Fun Site - Time to kick back and relax? Send your students some games and puzzles that require English.
Shema - Teaching EFL to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
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