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The Ultimate Harry Potter Challenge
With all the hype surrounding the latest Harry Potter book and movie, my students seem to be talking about nothing else. I’ve used this conversation lesson over the past week to generate team spirit and conversation in English. My advanced junior high school students haven’t stopped talking about it! Time: 2 hours. It depends on [...]
A Final Farewell At Citizen Cain
Citizen Cain is one of our favorite haunts in Taipei, and it also happens to be the official meeting spot for Reach To Teach teachers and special events. It seemed only natural to have our farewell party there last night, where we were joined Dhruva, Anna, Avi, Alex, Mitch, Vicky, Jason and Jo and Ranjit for [...]
Student Life
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. —Unknown This is what I have to look forward to everyday… We are two happy teachers in Taiwan.
For All Our GRAM Friends…
These are for our friends at GRAM English School. John and I are very fortunate to have been a part of the GRAM team this year. We’ve had some great times. We’ve shared a lot of laughs and we have some great memories. A heartfelt thanks to Carol and Gavin, who took us in and helped [...]
A Muddy Day of Football
The Reach To Teach Team. Season 2 We spent the day at Riverside Park in Yonghe for John’s last game of flag football with the Reach To Teach team. After the hard rain last night, the field conditions were terrible and we had to pick our way through a muddy, wet field when we [...]
Another Saturday Night
We had a long day today, but we’ve still going out as we’ve been looking forward to the Reach To Teach party at Citizen Cain all week. More on that later. Jo is on her way over to our place right now. I’m excited to see her, as I haven’t seen her, or her husband, Range since before Chinese New [...]
ESL Game: Dead Dice
Materials: 3 dice – Preferably the big, plush kind. Rule: Numbers 1 and 3 are ‘death numbers’. I use this game for teaching sentence patterns and grammar points. How to play: Divide the class into two teams.Write the sentence pattern or grammar rule that you are teaching on the board. Have the two teams take [...]
Returning for Another Year With Reach To Teach
It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again. Our contracts end on the 31st of March. These next few weeks are going to go by in a whirlwind of activity as we are prepping new teachers to take over our classes. So, we will both be turning to Reach To Teach to help us [...]
ESL Game: 15 Seconds of Me
This is a great game to use as an ice-breaker and will also give you an opportunity to gauge your students’ ability. I usually use it with older students since it can be a challenge to get them talking. The spontaneous nature of this game forces students to think outside the box. Materials: A stopwatch Warm-Up: [...]
ESL Games: Survivor
SURVIVOR This is a fantastic game that students of all ages can enjoy. I use it primarily for reviewing new vocabulary, verb tenses, and grammar points. For vocabulary lessons: I introduce 6 – 10 new words to my beginner and intermediate classes. I usually give my advanced level classes 12 – 15 new words. After [...]
