Using Facebook to learn about Antonyms and Synonyms (10th Grade)

This is an activity that can be used for your high school students that already have a Facebook account (what high schooler doesn´t have Facebook) to learn about antonyms and synonyms.

This activity can be done for students to do as homework and bring the next day or in class if you're in a computer lab.

The instructions are simple:

1. Have students log on to Facebook and go to their "wall."
2. Have them pick 10 facebook status.
4. Now, have them swap the some words. Swap 5 statuses with antonyms and 5 statuses with synonyms. 
5. Share with the class the funny Facebook statuses now that you have swap some of the words for their antonyms and others for synonyms.

Make sure that the statuses the students pick are appropriate so that they can share them with the class.

Here is an example I got from my very own Facebook "wall."



I can´t actually breath once again now that I started my paper...now it will be difficult
 going for the rest of the semester til I graduate.


Enjoy all the silly statuses with your students!

Toy Story 3: Listening Comprehension for Young Ages (Elementary Level)

Toy Story 3: Listening Comprehension

Language Level: Beginner

Age Group: Elementary 

This activitiy is to confirm that your students are understanding the English Language by answering simple questions that are related to the movie. 

As a warm up activity to introduce the lesson start a discussion on toys and what their favorite toy is and why. 

For this activity play the movie once to your students for them to meet the characters of the short film. 

Next, pass out the questions and read them out loud together. 

Play the movie one more time and ask the students to answer the questions related to the short film. 

Once the movie is over go over the answers and clear doubts.

1. Where is Andy going away to?
2. What is the little girl’s name?
3. What does Jessie, the roughest toughest cowgirl love? What is the name of her best pal?
4. What abilities does Buzz Light Year have?

Answers:

1. He is going away to college. 
2. The little girl’s name is Bonnie.
3.   Jessie loves critters and her Bulls Eye is her pals name.
4.   Buzz Light Year can fly and shoot laser.

Children See, Children Do

This video is amazing. 

Let´s be careful with what we do and say in front of our students. 

Teaching our students how to eat

This video is a great wake-up call of how we are killing our children. 

How? Because we are making future generations addicted to fast food therefore, making it harder for them to quit and live a more healthy, organic, planet based diet as adults.
I know the video is long but you´ll enjoy every minute of it if you´re passionate about making our children Happy & Healthy for the future.

As a teacher I swear to incorporate the importance of a healthy diet into the classroom and grow awareness in them.

Check the video out yourself and tell me what you think!

Spread Kindness

Being teachers I think one of the most important things we need to teach our children is to be kind to one another, no matter the circumstance.
Here is a video you can share in class or watch yourself to get inspired to teach ¨Kindness.¨

World Cancer Day

Today, February 4th is World Cancer Day and we should spread the world about this disease that affects us all one way or another. 

Cancer is much easier to treat with early diagnosis, substantially improving the prognosis for survival so here is the official website for World Cancer Day for you to inform yourself and accept the fact that Cancer isn´t a disease that...

1. We don´t need to talk about

2. Doesn´t have signs or symptos 

3. You can´t do anything about.

Spread the word!

Know your students, Introvert/Extroverts

Good morning! I think it´s always important to know who we have in the classroom. We usually stumble upon two types of personalities; introverts and extroverts. 

Here is a little chart I found which I feel can help you work with both types of personalities and get the best out of your students! 

Enjoy!