Resources -

AUDIO Lessons -
BACK TO SCHOOL - 'Brevet' (Annales) -
Canada - Cartoons - Celebrations and Holidays - Cinema - Cooperative learning -
Death - 'Didapages' -
End of school -
Final week of school -
Grammar -
Heroes -
Idioms - Interactive lessons -
Jobs -
Literature - 'Livres animés DIDAPAGES' -
'Macro-tâche et micro-tâche' - Media - Mnemonics - Music - Mysteries -
Pairwork - Paper Craft Exhibition - Parodies - Proverbs -
Reading -
Theatre - Travels -
UK - USA -
Video - Video games -
Weather - Whiteboards - Writing

Teaching English to young learners
62 pages - with many tips and activities
(nstru.ac.th)

The nine national museums in Great Britain have a nice collection of webquests.
ART & DESIGN / CITIZENSHIP / ENGLISH / HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY /
SCIENCE / MUSIC / MATHS / PSHE / D & T / ICT / LANGUAGES / RE / PE
4 KEY STAGES
- Dress for adventure
- Henri VIII's next wife ?
- Painting Elizabeth I
- Children and Families
(Compare our lives with those of children in the past.)
- Heroes of Abolition (of slavery in Britain)
- Number Rhymes
- Shape Challenge
- Cavaliers and Roundheads (the 2 sides in the English Civil War)
- Beyond portraits
- Talking Techniques
- Votes for Women
- Number Challenge
- Tudor Artist's Apprentice
- etc...
You can create your own webquest with a tool kit.
(npg.org.uk)

Thinkfinity Literacy Network
Free online literacy resources for teachers, parents, adult learners, tutors, and volunteers.
- with "activities, visual aids, and strategies for teaching ESL students,
as well as podcasts and interactive teaching tools."
(literacynetwork.verizon.org)

See REVIEW by Education World

English for Everyday Living
Lessons with activities to print
Learn the names of the things you see or use every day.
Learn the sentences you need for everyday situations.
In the Kitchen - In the Bathroom - In the Bedroom - In the Living Room -
In the Garage - In the Yard - In the Office - At School - At the Store -
At the Barbershop - Your Body
(say-it-in-english.com)

Picture based lessons
(eslflow.com)

"MOI J'AI JAMAIS FAIT D'ANGLAIS!"
A course for beginners
" Si vous êtes débutant en anglais c'est ici que vous devez
commencer en faisant les leçons dans l'ordre indiqué."
LESSON 1 - Choisir le bon article indéfini a/an
LESSON 2 - English with pictures vocabulaire
LESSON 3 - I am what I am BE
LESSON 4 - I am reading a book Présent continu
LESSON 5 - Décrire quelqu'un ou quelque chose Be + adjectif
LESSON 6 - What's your name? WHAT, WHO
LESSON 7 - Dire d'où on est et où l'on vit prépositions : IN, FROM
LESSON 8 - Dire ce qui est toujours vrai ou habituel
ETC...
(erp.oissel.onac.org)

News stories and lessons - Sujets très variés (avec son) :
Gun Control, Computers in the Classroom, Smoking Ads Questioned, Teen Suicide, Video Games: Violence and Sex?, etc. avec exercices : vocabulary, select a word, multiple choice, sequencing, etc.

Breaking News English - Daily Lessons
"Each lesson contains an article, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary."

News-based lessons :
CITIZENSHIP : Arts / Business / Commonwealth / Crime and Justice / Environment / European Union / Globalisation / Government / Human rights / Media influence / The Olympics /
Race, religion and identity / Science and Ethics / United Nations /
Voting / War and peace
PSHE : Alcohol, drugs and tobacco / Bullying / Health /
Loss, dealing with it / Peer pressure and image /
Prejudice and stereotypes / Relationships / Responsibility /
Risks of behaviour / Study and Careers
LITERACY : Word level - Media law - Sentence level -
Different media - Journalism skills - Media literacy: Audience -
Text level - Newspapers
(CBBC Newsround)

Bright Ideas for Teaching ESL
Idioms - Grammar - Accent Reduction - Business English -
Reading the News - ESL Books -
Reference Tools - Where to Study - Classroom Materials -
ESL Teacher Talk...
(eslmania.com)

Heads Up English
"Complete lesson plans based on current events in the news
- what we and our students are talking about.
All the materials have been written and tested for upper-intermediate to advanced learners, with additional material
in each ESL EFL lesson targeting specific skills.
Mp3 downloads are also available for use
either in the classroom, or student self-study. Updated weekly!"
(headsupenglish.com)

Karin's ESL PartyLand - Teaching with internet, films, music.

Ideas for Using Authentic Texts with Low-level ESL Classes
Supermarket Ads / Delivery Menus / Labels /
Simple Comic Strips / (Free) Bar Postcards...
(eslpartyland.com)

One Stop English - News lessons - Culture news lessons...

+ Topical News Lessons
"edited to three levels with worksheets for each level for you to use in class.
Each worksheet contains vocabulary, speaking and grammar work as well as reading practice...
All the articles are from The Guardian Weekly."
(onestopenglish.com)

Learn English On Line

Lesson plans (learn-english-online.org)
+ interactive tests

LessonSense
Worksheets, lesson ideas & plans ...
on a wide range of themes and topics.
(lessonsense.com)

PBS Teachers (pbs.org)
"The entry point for all Public Broadcasting Service resources for teachers...
It includes thousands of free lesson plans, local and national educator resources, teacher professional development, videos, blogs, and more."
(Education World)

Penguin Dossiers
- with audio, script and factsheets
(penguindossiers.com)

20-Minute ESL Lessons

Lessons proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
- a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
- a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
- a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

buildings
celebrations and events
dating and marriage
dental care
education
exercise
family relationships
fashion and clothing
household chores
hobbies and recreation
hotel accomodations
illnesses and health
languages
jobs
movies and DVD rentals
music
people: age and build
personalities
sports
school subjects
transportation
travel
weather ...

Self-Evaluation Sheet for Self-Grading Quizzes
( to use with Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab )

Smithsonian Education on the Web
"You'll find topics ranging from presidential elections to ocean ecology to landscape painting, in lesson plans designed for upper elementary and middle school students."

TEAMS Electronic Classrooms - Lesson plans
- Literacy / Language Arts / Science / Technology...
(teams.lacoe.edu)

• AUDIO LESSONS - about 50 Cent - Biography for example
  (englishryan.com)

• Diplôme National du Brevet ( DNB) : Sujets d'examen (Ac. Rennes)

• Brevet 2004 - My name is Bond! (limousin.iufm.fr)

• Révisions pour le Brevet (france-examen)

• Annales des épreuves d'anglais du brevet des collèges (anglaisfacile.com)

• Sujet pour le Brevet (limousin.iufm)
  Idem (limousin.iufm)

• A partir du Manuel "STEP IN 3ème" : une séquence sur "CANADA'S ICE HOTEL"
  
  

  
  - 4 documents proposés par Estelle Piron (27)
  qui précise que la brochure peut être réalisée avec Publisher ou Open Office. :

  1) Séquence Canada s Ice Hotel : déroulement 2) Search on the website - Attention : enlever les réponses avant de donner le questionnaire aux élèves!!! 3) Séquence incorporant les TICE : Production d un prospectus sur le Canada s Ice Hotel - fiche de préparation et de réalisation du prospectus mentionnant les items validables pour le B2I 4) I create an informative and attractive LEAFLET about Canada s ICE HOTEL

• Lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool
  in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels. (cagle.com)

Pages complémentaires :

Fêtes et Traditions (par ordre alphabétique) / (par mois)

• Holidays and Observances: Looking at Diversity and Culture - a lesson plan (thirteen.org)
  Introductory Activity : What We Already Know
  Activity 1: Writing About a Favorite Holiday
  Activity 2: Research on Holidays
  Culminating Activity : Making a Display about Holidays and Culture

• Celebrations and events - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• ARBOR DAY : Arbor Day Across the United States (Education World)
  
  

• BUY NOTHING DAY :
  'Buy Nothing Day' Lesson Plan (developingteachers.com)
  
  

• CHRISTMAS :
  
  
  
  • Sally Saves Christmas! (crdp-reims)
    "Ce travail de didactisation d'un conte de Noël a été élaboré par un groupe de professeurs d'anglais à destination de classes de troisième de collège, de classes de BEP ou de secondes lors d'une séance de l'antenne d'anglais."
    
    

    Sally Saves Christmas - an illustrated story to read (candlelightstories.com)

    

    
    
  • Christmas Around the World -
    "A world of activities and Internet sites focused on the traditions and spirit of Christmas!"
    
    
    
  • Lesson plans - Beaucoup d'idées, d'activités
    
    
    
  • Christmas worksheets (holidaycrosswords.com)
    
    
    
• HALLOWEEN :
  - Directives pour 6ème + Happy Halloween! - Matching exercise (Durée : 1 heure) -
  (Ac. Nancy-Metz)
  - Halloween pour 4ème (Durée : 1 heure) - (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

• Carnival - a lesson plan (Elementary - Pre-Intermediate)
  with Notting Hill Carnival, London - Rio de Janeiro Carnival - New Orleans Mardi Gras
  (Reward English)

• Carnival for Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate (Reward English)

• Fêtes et Traditions (voir Lesson plans)

• Lesson plans with movies

• Wallace & Gromit - a lesson plan (english-4u.com) SITE PAYANT
  Language functions: discussing issues; reading comprehension
  Topic: cinema; films
  Word focus: words related to films and cinema
  (Inscription gratuite)
  - with Teacher's Notes
  
  

• Cooperative learning 
  "is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject..."
  Why use Cooperative Learning?
  Elements of Cooperative Learning
  Class Activities that use Cooperative Learning
  (edtech.kennesaw.edu)

• The Right to Die? - Euthanasia - For and Against
  - "Each text is accompanied by tasks to do." (Frankie Meehan - tesoltasks.com)

• Strange fruit by Billie Holiday :
  "Southern trees bear strange fruit,
  Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
  Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
  Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees..."
  - with a lesson plan (Teachervision) :
  "This lesson focuses on Billie Holiday's signature song, "Strange Fruit," a protest song Lewis Allen (Abel Meeropol) wrote in 1938 about the ongoing and intransigent problem of lynching in the American South... Working in small teams, students analyze a variety of primary source materials related to lynching (news articles, letters written to or written by prominent Americans, pamphlets, broadsides, etc.) in order to assess the effectiveness of the anti-lynching campaign spearheaded by African-Americans."

• STRANGE FRUIT
  
  

  Listen to it. (pbs.org) : "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday - a lesson plan (teachervision.fen.com) - about lynching "Strange Fruit" - the lyrics (bluesforpeace.com) MORE LINKS on Infonews

• Making the Most of the Dreaded End-of-School Days
  "Links to dozens of additional activities to fill the final days."
  (Education World)

   

• Famous People Lessons using biographies and profiles
  ex : Amy Winehouse / Ban-Ki Moon / Barack Obama / Bob Marley / David Beckham / Jackie Chan / Johnny Depp / etc.
  (famouspeoplelessons.com)

• Une page spéciale : POUR LES (VRAIS) DEBUTANTS - Leçons
  

  

• La simulation globale
  « Prenez un lieu, de préférence clos : une île, un immeuble, un village, un hôtel, etc.
  Faites-le investir et décrire par des élèves qui imagineront en être les habitants...
  Utilisez ce lieu-thème comme lieu de vie pour localiser toutes les activités d'expression écrite et orale (...).
  Vous obtenez ainsi une simulation globale. »
  (edufle.net)

• The Building - A Global Simulation to Teach Language and Culture
  - a very succcessful class activity
  (home.sandiego.edu)

• The hotel - a global simulation
  (home.sandiego.edu)

• Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals
  "Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals contains a series of movie segments and activities to assess or practice grammar points through fun, challenging exercises. Here you will find the movie segments, the lesson plans, printable worksheets with answer key for each activity, and the tips to develop your own grammar activities with the DVDs you have at home."
  (moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com)
  
  ex : Memoirs of a Geisha : compound adjectives
  (moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com)

  

• Super Heroes (Comics US) - lesson plan / webquest (prof.danglais) :
  Captain America | Iron man | Daredevil | The Hulk | The Silver Surfer | The Fantastic Four | etc
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Heroes and Role Models - (thirteen.org)
  "This unit asks students to reflect on heroes and role models.
  Students will write about people they know as well as celebrities they admire."

• Everyday Life
  "Life is filled with chaos, and we have to learn how to work and solve problems in the midst of it everyday.
    These interactive lessons give you the opportunity to experience these daily challenges without real-world consequences."
  (gcflearnfree.org)