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Students’ stories 15: The pot
October 23, 2019
David Heathfield uses a Russian tale about a stubborn and lazy husband and wife to recommend using physical expression to bring comical stories to life. Includes photocopiable materials.
Scrapbook: Migration
September 17, 2019
Gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits & pieces, quotations, snippets, odds & ends on the theme of migration. Includes photocopiable materials.
Students’ stories 14: Uncle Rabbit and Uncle Coyote
September 17, 2019
David Heathfield uses a Guatemalan tale of a trickster rabbit and a gullible coyote to recommend giving different voices to different characters for colour and impact.
Scrapbook: Curiosity
May 16, 2019
Gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits & pieces, quotations, snippets, odds & ends on the theme of curiosity. Includes photocopiable materials.
Students’ stories 21: The Old Couple Who Made the Cherry Tree Bloom
May 16, 2019
David Heathfield ends his storytelling series with a Japanese tale about a husband and wife whose good deeds are rewarded and their greedy neighbour who comes to a sticky end.
Students’ stories 20: Joha and the Magic Mouse
November 2, 2018
David Heathfield uses a Tunisian tale about a trickster who traps a rich man with a supposedly magic mouse, to show how students can retell tales in online breakout rooms.
Scrapbook: gardening
September 25, 2018
Gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits and pieces, quotations, snippets, odds and end, what you will.
Scrapbook: hare raising and more …
June 21, 2018
This Scrapbook is on rabbits and hares ... Rabbits and hares are both members of the leporidae family. Most people can tell a rabbit from a hare by the difference in the length of their ears (hares have very long ears). However, the official difference between a rabbit and a hare is determined by ...
Scrapbook: Stories
January 31, 2018
A shaggy dog story: a reordering reading activity for advanced students.
Students’ stories 12: A frog and two birds
January 3, 2018
David Heathfield finds that a froggy tale from Angola spawns a number of ways to get students doing physical and vocal mirroring.
Scrapbook: weather-related activities
October 5, 2017
Snowed under: It is a popular urban myth that the Eskimo language has an unusually large number of words for snow. In reality, the number of words depends on your definition of Eskimo (there are many different languages ...
Scrapbook: book quotes, hidden treasures and more ..
July 26, 2016
Written by teachers for teachers: gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits and pieces and more
Students’ stories 1
July 8, 2016
David Heathfield discusses the importance of storytelling and begins a new series featuring tales told by his students.
Scrapbook: cars
May 31, 2016
Gems, titbits, puzzles, foibles, quirks, bits and pieces, quotations, snippets, odds and ends, what you will.