Survival quest: Zombie Attack

I post one of my favorite worksheets: Zombies are coming... Still working on the procedure sheet and a sample sheet, though. Those kinds of documents take a while, especially because this is a mixture of activities where you can find a modified version of a popular game in Ecuador called "Stop the hand". The pic of the zombie lady bellow is from a photo-shoot done in 2013. If you want to see more pics of the photo-shoot (Rotten Queens Ibarra 2013) here is the link.

http://laindesign.blogspot.com/2013/06/lain-design-so-far.html

The comic in the worksheet is a popular one adapted for didactic use, I had to censore the f... word lol.
Lesson Focus: Lexis and Writing 

If possible, I´ll update the post so the information of how to use this worksheet is even more handy. Thanx for reading.

Author: Fernanda Moreno / Lain

May the force be with you, write down your new year's resolutions!

I had so much fun preparing this class for the next year... this piece belongs to another worksheet I created from the scratch. The world of teaching is a vast ground where everything is possible; it's great to try new things with my students. I hope they enjoy it!
Star Wars has been an engaging sphere I just discovered, eventhough it has been there for quite a while. Aaaaanyways, here is this piece. Thanx for reading.

May the force be with you!

New year´s resolutions by Fernanda/ Lain

January 2016 Vocabulary Calendar

Learning a language is not only about grammar and vocabulary but also understanding that a language is about culture; a global culture where we all are linked. This calendar intends to increase our vocabulary range by reading texts which are interesting to us; they don't necessarily have to be long books but texts related to topics we enjoy the most e.g.: A facebook post, a blog entry, an interesting tweet which could be read in your mother tongue or in an English text. In order to learn a foreign language we have to know our own. There is a lot of information out there and a proper reaction is the key.

January 2016 Vocabulary Calenday by Fernanda/Lain

This calendar has three key points for each day:

1. Word of the day in our mother tongue and/or in English. This point is directly linked to the following ones, mainly because this section intends to rise awareness of unknown meanings by connecting them with a context, a meaningful context to you.
2. Article of the day. This is developed by being constant, I would like to share what I do on my own in order to increase my vocabulary. Try to read a random article about a topic you are interested in.
3. Quote of the day. Have you ever read a phrase or quote on FB, twitter or any other social network where you might have saved the image and where you might have forgotten it for good? My friend... it is time to do something else with those words, bring them to life! Write them on your calendar so you can remember its meaning through the days.

I added a TO DO LIST section, it is up to you what you decide to write there. Hopefully it is useful.

Print it in an A3 format by the way.

If you print it, let me know! It would be great to read other's experiences with this format. I shall post February as well when the time comes.

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October... my favorite month!!!!

This month will be great indeed!!! I am allowed to have 6 social club activities around Halloween, here are the activities I was thinking of:

- Masters of Horror
Open discussion about reading habits, interesting facts and famous quotes by horror masters (Poe, Lovecraft, among others).

Lesson Focus: Lexis & Speaking.

- Gothic Martha Stewart
It is about time to be as creative as we can! Let's work on an awesome halloween decoration ourselves. 

Lesson Focus: Lexis & Speaking.

- Freaky Friday
What would happen if the life you have is not the one you want? There are million of possibilities, what life would you have chosen instead of yours? Whether you are happy with what you have or not, this one-of-a-lifetime experience will shake you to the bone.

Lesson Focus: Grammar & Writing

- The Witching Hour
In this lesson we will learn more about our magical legacy. Interesting magical customs around the world that even today are followed. A night of spells, finding our roots. 

Lesson Focus: Listening & Writing

- Survival Quest "Zombie Attack"
If the zombie apocalypse was a fact... would you be prepared? In this lesson we will learn useful tips to survive and we will be able to test them.

Lesson Focus: Functional Language &  Speaking

- Welcome to Hogwarts
A two-hour lesson where students will have the closest Harry Potter experience ever (unless they go to Orlando... I cannot fight that lol). We will chose students' houses, there will be the three wizard tourniment, we will look for the 7 Horrorcruxes... 

If you have any other suggestion, let me know. I'm still planning this one.

Lesson Focus: Lexis & Speaking

Well, still trying to organiza info... I want my laptop back!!! Thanx for reading :D

Internet and Memes :3

This social club was done last Wednesday. Quite crowded... but awesome! :D check my students' profiles... I'll create a worksheet as soon as I have my laptop back, it would be great to have these pieces in a proper frame where the info is better kept.

In this class the focus was Lexis & Speaking.

My family tree

This was my first Teaching Practice (TP1) in the CELTA course, after testing some clases with different groups, I modified it in order to fit a one-hour class with beginners.
Lesson Focus: Lexis & Writing.
Number of students: 6

Still working on the final procedure sheet. I shall post it when I feel like doing it lol... thanks for passing by.

Author: Fernanda Moreno/Lain