Welcome to the blog. This is a place where I share some of my lessons. Each post contains a handout and some notes about why I put it together. There is also some further reading included in the footnotes. I hope you find it useful.

This is a grammar lesson that give students practice of using the present simple passive form. Students have to think of similarities between objects expressed in the passive voice.

	level	Skill	Age	Time
	Pre	Grammar: Passive Voice	Adults / YL	40

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This is a vocabulary lesson that challenges students to think about vocabulary in an interesting way. It includes a graphic organiser to help students classify vocabulary items.

	level	Skill	Age	Time
	Pre +	Vocab: Lexical Sets	Adults / YL	40

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This lesson is a reworking of a minimal pairs activity from Pronunciation Games. It’s a TEFL classic and an easy way to get students distinguishing different sounds.

	level	Skill	Age	Time
	Ele+	Pron: Minimal Pairs	Adults / YL	20

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This lesson is a class about moving to the big city. I teach in Yangon and every class has a mix of ethnicities and cultural backgrounds, mostly because of urban migration. I’ve had some fun teaching this class which looks at some of the personal and political issues surrounding the topic. I know that sounds really boring but trust me it isn’t and there is even a song by John Denver.

	level	Skill	Age	Time
	Int+	Reading: Take me home	Adults / YL	90

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It’s took me a little longer to write than expected but here is a fun game that can be used to teach relative clauses or as a Friday afternoon filler. Call my Bluff is an old classic but I find that often there isn’t enough support for lower level classes. This lesson includes an example activity for how the activity can be used with pre-intermediate students.

	level	Skill	Age	Time
	Pre Int+	Speaking: Call my bluff	Adults / YL	90+

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This is the first of a regular series of posts where I am going to share a lesson plan and the materials. First up is reported speech. It’s not something I usually enjoy teaching but I made a special effort with these materials and it actually turned out pretty well. The lesson uses cartoons to give learners fun practice of what can sometimes be a boring grammar item.

	level	Skill	Age	Time
	Int+	Grammar: Reported Speech	Adults	90+

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