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12/11/2019 0 Comments

December Week Two

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 This week we used a recording of my friends Brendan and Carrie and talked about their amazing adventure crossing the Atlantic.  You can check out their website and instagram.  Long live SV Creeky! 

Listening:
Learners can try an activity called Remembering a Life or the Great Ship Adventure. For something a little harder, try A Survival Story listening comprehension exercise.

For original version watch a video about a family that is sailing around the world or an excerpt from This American Life called When May Day Comes in April.

Reading:
For learners, try a short text about Sailing from the British Council or about a teenager who broke the world sailing record.

For original version, read the article from the New York Times entitled 2 Tots, a Sailboat and a Storm Over Parenting or an article about Greta Thunberberg crossing the Atlantic.

​Writing:
This week for writing please write an article detailing the adventure of the SV Creeky. Or write a creative poem about their trip!

To practice vocabulary, write a shopping list for provisioning.

Best,
Kelly
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December Week One

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This week we tackled the topic of the human body, looking at a lot of vocabulary about different body parts and amazing facts about our human body.

Listening:
This week learners can try any of the several activities available on the British council website that talk about the human body, for example that listening comprehension exercise amazing facts.

For original version, check out any of the videos on the Ted playlist entitled weird facts about the human body. if you're like me, and you want to practice some yoga to get your body moving, I recommend the yoga with adriene YouTube channel.



Reading:
Learners can try a b2 reading comprehension activity about acupuncture and the human body.

For original version read some articles from national geographic about the amazing human body or any of the articles available at the BBC about the human body and mind.

​Writing:
This week for writing, please write a composition responding to one of the following writing prompts:
  1. Think about what your life would be like if you didn’t have fingers. Some people already go through life without them. How would your life be different? What kinds of tools might you use to do the tasks you already do now with your fingers?
  2. What would it be like if humans breathed through gills instead of lungs?
  3. If you could absorb your food through your skin instead of eating it like you do now, would you do it? Why or why not?
  4. What kind of hairstyles would exist if all humans grew hair all over their body like dogs or bears?
  5. Imagine you have shrunk to the smallest size possible and you take an adventure through the human body. What would it be like? What would you see? How would you move from system to system?
  6. Think about all the ways humans use their bodies to communicate. Body language. Describe as many different ways you can communicate without words as you can.
  7. What are the best ways to keep your body in top shape?
  8. If you could give humans a physical ability they currently don’t have, what would it be?
  9. Are there any unnecessary body parts? Make a list and explain why they aren’t needed.
  10. Compare and contrast the human body to another animal.

Best,
Kelly-
Learners can try a b2 reading comprehension activity about acupuncture and the human body.

For original version read some articles from national geographic about the amazing human body or any of the articles available at the BBC about the human body and mind.
This week for writing, please write a composition responding to one of the following writing prompts:
  1. Think about what your life would be like if you didn’t have fingers. Some people already go through life without them. How would your life be different? What kinds of tools might you use to do the tasks you already do now with your fingers?
  2. What would it be like if humans breathed through gills instead of lungs?
  3. If you could absorb your food through your skin instead of eating it like you do now, would you do it? Why or why not?
  4. What kind of hairstyles would exist if all humans grew hair all over their body like dogs or bears?
  5. Imagine you have shrunk to the smallest size possible and you take an adventure through the human body. What would it be like? What would you see? How would you move from system to system?
  6. Think about all the ways humans use their bodies to communicate. Body language. Describe as many different ways you can communicate without words as you can.
  7. What are the best ways to keep your body in top shape?
  8. If you could give humans a physical ability they currently don’t have, what would it be?
  9. Are there any unnecessary body parts? Make a list and explain why they aren’t needed.
  10. Compare and contrast the human body to another animal.

Best,
Kelly
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November Week Four

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 This week, in honor of our Thanksgiving feast in the US, we talked about food, using cookbooks, food magazines, and cooking apps.

Listening:
This week learners can start with something easy like Gourmet Cooking from Randall's ESL Lab, or kitchen capers or any of the many food related videos at ESLVideo.


For original version try any of the videos from J. Kenji López-Alt.such as Tips and Tricks.

Reading:
Learners can test their food vocabulary with Food and drink 1 and 2. if you're ready for a reading exercise, try an article from breaking news English about British food.

For original version try any of the long journalism articles available on longreads.org about food, cooking and cultural identity through cuisine.

Writing:
This week for writing, please write a description about what comfort food means to you. What is a dish that reminds you of home and makes you feel cozy? How is this dish prepared? Make a description of the ingredients and the process to prepare your favorite comfort food.

Best,
Kelly
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November Week Three

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This week we discussed sleep and many topics around sleep: insomnia, dream interpretation, sleeping in on the weekend.

Listening:
This week learners can try an activity from British English called A Good Night's Sleep. or fromRandall's Listening Lab> Sleeping Problem.

For original version try something from one of my favorite podcasts, Radiolab: Sleep, When Sleep is a Battlefield, Sleep Deprivation. 

Reading:
Learners 
can an article from ESL Voices: Sleep, orBreaking News English: Sleep.

For original version try A Sociology of The Smartphone, Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? or How App Developers Keep Us Addicted..

​Writing:
This week respond to one of the following creative writing prompts:
1. You have been tossing and turning all night and you can't seem to go to sleep. You go over to your desk and begin writing your insomniac thoughts in a stream of consciousness style. Detail that account and everything that's going on around you.
2. Talk about the first time you had to sleep in bed with someone else. Whether it be a sibling you had to share a bed with, a significant other, or just an awkward situation. How did you adjust to having someone else in there with you? If it wasn't a big deal, imagine that it was for you or the other person and run with it.
3. Discuss a recurring dream that you've had at some point in your life. Did you ever figure out the meaning? Write out all the details you can think of about the dream and then write out the possible meanings for it.
4. You have a big test the next day and you can't fall asleep because of the noises coming from the next door neighbors. Talk about your frustration, your walk over there, and the results that occur.
5. Sleep deprivation. It happened during school and it still happens in life. Talk about your attempts to survive on very little sleep and how effective they were/are.
6. Detail a day in which you've decided to stay in bed from top to bottom. You on and off sleep the entire time, waking to little interesting scenes of other people in the house with you. Talk about this crazy, lazy day.

Best,
Kelly
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November Week Two

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This week I used my own personal experiment of getting rid of my smartphone as an introduction to talking about cellphones and their pervasive presences in our current lives.

Listening:
This week learners can try a video from the BBC Learning English website: How to Talk About Smartphone Addiction in 6 Minutes.

For original version try one of the thought provoking episodes from the podcast Note to Self: Why Everyone is Talking About Digital Minimalism or Note to Self is Back and We Start with The Big One: Kids and Screens.

Reading:
Learners 
can try some reading from VOA English such as Smartphone Use May Lead to Addiction, Loneliness.

For original version try A Sociology of The Smartphone, Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? or How App Developers Keep Us Addicted..

​Writing.
This week for writing, please write an article analyzing how technology has been incorporated into your life in ways that you are happy with and others that you would like to change. 

Best,
Kelly
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November Week One

 November Week One:

This week we got down to business and figured out how to use a whole bunch of phrasal verbs.  There is a lot to study and memorize here, so let's get to it!

Listening:

Learners can choose one of many videos explaining phrasal verbs from British Council.  Or try Useful Listening Phrasal Verbs to Improve Your Fluency.

For original version, try listening to anything in original version and pick out some phrasal verbs that show up in the video: try watching Netflix, TED Talks, listening to news from BBC or NPR.

Reading:
Learners can try reading a text chocked full ofphrasal verbs, or an activity about seeing the dentistalso full of verbs to practice.

For original version, try reading anything in original version and seeing if you can figure out any phrasal verbs from context: try something from Slate, for instance.

Writing
This week for writing, choose between 5-10 phrasal verbs and write a text trying to use them in context.  Be creative!

Best,
Kelly
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