http://www.kevinmccaughey.com English Language Teacher Trainer / Writer Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:52:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a chant created by five teachers from Aqaba, Jordan, during a training session on November 12, 2008. The Season Chant Winter Summer Autumn Spring Winter is rainy Summer is sunny Autumn is cloudy Spring is lovely words by Sawsan El Khateeb, Ala'a Al Shaer, Areen Al Kamaysh, Eman Obeasat, Shiraz Ahmad. Music by Kevin Have your students chant ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/jordan/the-season-chant Watch a photo slide show with original music about girls' who wear boots in Belarus. http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/videos/boots-of-belarus English Teachers in Russia & Elsewhere, E-textbook -- Issue #129 In this issue you have a new poem, with audio, about a monster called Paul. Also you'll find some activities from past ETs in Russia issues included below. Contents => Paul the Monster Crashes a Party (poem with audio) => Ghostly Unfinished Sentences (speaking ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/129-halloween-stuff-2008 English Teachers in Russia & Elsewhere #128 Contents => 4 Riddles: Easy C-Test Activities => Kasha Malasha Translation Activity => Riddle Answers Quick Riddle C-Test Activity In a C-test, half of every second word is missing. An apostrophe counts as a letter. In the four riddles below, students will figure out the missing letters and complete ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/128-2-quick-riddles-kasha-malasha-translation English Teachers in Russia & Elsewhere #127 Contents => The Paper-Wrapped Surprise Game => In the Next Issues The Paper-Wrapped Surprise Game This game was explained to me -- in English -- by 10-year-old Dana Yastremskaya of Minsk, Belarus. Thanks, Dana. (Oh, incidentally, you can hear a recording ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/127-the-paper-wrapped-surprise-game English Teachers in Russia & Elsewhere E-textbook -- Issue #126 Contents => The Great Song Translation Activity => Where to find songs? => Lyrics to Cole Porter's "True Love" => In the Next Issues The Great Song Translation Activity This activity has many steps, but that's ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/126-the-great-song-translation-activity Contents => Word Origins: Scavenger & Scavenger Hunt => 3 Scavenger Hunt Ideas => In the Next Issues -------------------------------------------------------- Word Origins: Scavenger & Scavenger Hunt -------------------------------------------------------- Scavengers are animals that find and eat dead animals. These include vultures, beetles, and raccoons. Scavenger comes from a Middle English word, skawager, which was, actually, a ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/125-scavenger-hunts Contents => Tapering Dialogues - a pair writing activity by Mario Rinvolucri => Following up Tapering Dialogues => In the Next Issues --------------------------------------------------------- Tapering Dialogues - a pair writing activity by Mario Rinvolucri --------------------------------------------------------- This activity was created by Mario Rinvolucri. (See "Unleashing Writing Creativity in Students, English Teaching Forum, Volume 43, Number 4, 2005). It ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/tapering-dialogues-a-pair-writing-activity " . , . , . ' . , , . ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/articles-assorted-stuff-thats-true/%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%bc-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8b%d0%bc-%d0%bf%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bc Contents => What's a Fortune Cookie? => Quick Fortune Writing Activity => Funny Fortune Cookie Contest " and a poem? => Three Quotations About Fortunes " gap-fill => In the Next Issues Fortune cookies are those things that you get at Chinese restaurants after your meal, and usually along with your bill. You ... http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/e-textbook/123-writing-your-own-fortune-cookies