Special days
What did you do this morning? What do you do on your birthday? What can you do on Mother’s day? What do you do New Years? What will you do after class? This is a beginner lesson, a guided conversation about special days.
What did you do this morning? What do you do on your birthday? What can you do on Mother’s day? What do you do New Years? What will you do after class? This is a beginner lesson, a guided conversation about special days.
Do you have a phone watch? What color is it? My phone watch can tell the time. My phone watch can call my mom. My phone watch can take pictures. Where did you get your phone watch? This beginner lesson helps the student with producing details about each of the things that their phone watch can do. Additionally, I am trying some fun new things in this lesson: slides with images to talk about, and caption.
What did you do this morning? What do you like to eat? What do you like to do with your friends? What do you like to watch on TV? What will you do this evening? This is an beginner level lesson, for students who are still learning to use simple sentences. And here’s version #2, which is for larger groups, and lower intermediate level.
What social media apps do you use? How can social media apps be helpful/hurtful? How can we have a healthy relationship with our phones? How do you begin a new habit? This lesson is a discussion in which the student will compare the pros and cons of social media, and think of ways we can live with social media in a healthy way. Best for highschool age and up. [purchase_link id=”1552″ text=”Purchase” style=”button” color=”blue”] I use Facebook, Youtube, Wechat and…
What is a ‘public health emergency’? What is the novel coronavirus? When will it be safe to go to school again? Are you very concerned about the coronavirus? Do you feel safe? What can we do to help each other stay safe? What does ‘Wuhan, add oil!’ mean? This lesson gives the student space to talk about the current public emergency affecting them. We online teachers are in a unique position to stay connected with students who are quarantined. If…
Would you rather live in the modern day or 1000 years ago? What invention made our lives more… comfortable…safe? What invention saved us time? What would you like to invent? This lesson will introduce the student to the history behind everyday inventions, and challenge the student to see everyday things in a new light. [purchase_link id=”1590″ text=”Purchase” style=”button” color=”blue”] Our lives have become better in a lot of ways, thanks to inventions. Here, I’ll talk about some fantastic inventions. Humans…
What is the best way to ask someone out on a date? What is an interesting date…for shy students?…for flight attendants?…for your mom and dad? What would be the perfect date idea for you? This is a conversation best for university age students or older. They should be old enough to date at least. [purchase_link id=”1530″ text=”Purchase” style=”button” color=”blue”] You have a date tonight! And you don’t want it to be boring. What should you do? Here are 3 interesting…
Where is your hometown? Do you want to live there? Is living in the city or country-side …better for you health? …better money? …more fun? Overall, which do you prefer? This is another easy one; likely the students have encountered this prompt in the past, and can easily give an opinion and support with reasons. [purchase_link id=”1527″ text=”Purchase” style=”button” color=”blue”] Life in the countryside is very different from life in the city. We will compare the two and give our…
What is a disaster? What disasters have you heard of? What disasters could wipe out the world (natural…man-made…never-before seen…)? Is the world more dangerous today than it was 300 years ago? This lesson is a foray into the apocalyptic, and could be an intriguing conversation for your student. Definitely not bland “educational content”. [purchase_link id=”1534″ text=”Purchase” style=”button” color=”blue”] A disaster is something very bad that happens. These are a few disasters. In 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was most…
Do you have a best friend? How did you meet? How can you make friends…with your coworkers?…with someone you just met?…with a stray cat? How can you know who is really your friend? This is a conversation about how to make friends, for students who think they know and those who don’t. [purchase_link id=”1528″ text=”Purchase” style=”button” color=”blue”] For some people, making friends is easy. But not for me! Here are some ways I learned to make friends. One way could…