Peppermints and Diamonds

Visiting Turanga 📚 Mini Lesson: Visiting Tūranga Library Level: A2 Time: 40–45 minutes 1️⃣ Warm-up: Talking About Libraries (5 minutes) Teacher prompts: “What is a library?” “What can you do in a library?” Write answers on the board: read books study use a computer borrow books Pair talk (A2): “Do you go to the library?” “What do you do there?” 2️⃣ Vocabulary Focus (10 minutes) Places & Things library shelves librarian computers study area Actions read borrow return look for ask for help Rules be quiet walk inside no food or drink 👉 Quick check: “What does borrow mean?” “When do we return a book?” 3️⃣ Library Rules – Discussion (5 minutes) Write on the board: “You must be quiet.” “You must walk.” “You must look after the books.” Ask: “Why must we be quiet?” “Is food allowed?” A2 speaking: Students complete the sentence: “In the library, you must ______.” 4️⃣ Useful Sentences at Tūranga (10 minutes) Practice these together: “Can you help me, please?” “Where can I find this book?” ...

Upwords – Very Easy Rules Goal Make words. Start Take 7 letters  Your turn You can: Put letters on the board, or Put a letter on another letter Words Words go across or down  Use real English words Words must touch other words Stacking You can put a letter on top You can stack up to 5 letters  Points 1 point = 1 letter Extra point for letters on top End No more moves = stop Most points wins MuJun starting to play Upwords

The tortoise and the hare Many years ago there was a very fast hare. His name was Hare. Hare was always talking about how fast he could run. He talked about himself so much that all the other animals got tired of his talking. There was a very slow tortoise too. The tortoise’s name was Slow and Steady. One day Slow and Steady got tired of Hare’s talking and said to him, “Let’s have a race.” Then Hare said, “How can you run faster than me? I am the fastest animal. It will be nothing for me to win the race.” Slow and Steady said, “I will do my best.” On the day of the race, all the animals came to watch. They were interested to see who would win the race. Hare and Slow and Steady stood in line and somebody said, “Go!” Hare started running very fast. He ran hard and soon he couldn’t see the tortoise. After a short time, Hare started to get sleepy so he stopped. He said to himself, “I can run much faster than Slow and Steady. I’m going to have a sleep.” He lay down and went to s...

  13 Rules on How to Be a Good and Effective ESL Teacher 1. Don’t Be a Dictator When Teaching ESL As a teacher, the classroom is never about you, but only the students. This is not to imply that you should let students walk over you or that they shouldn’t conduct themselves respectfully. What it means is that you should create a classroom environment where the students feel comfortable to speak, ask questions, be creative and engage not only with you but with their fellow classmates. It is not your job to get up there and lecture and talk down to the students. If you are a person with control issues, then you ought not to be teaching ESL or any subject for that matter. If you are teaching adults, remember that your students are adults and never treat them like children. Just because they speak English at a low-level doesn’t mean they aren’t well-educated and dignified in their own language. If you are teaching adults at a private language school, the reality is that if they can aff...

  📘✨ ESOL BASE LESSON TEMPLATE 🔵  THE BASE LESSON (ALWAYS THE SAME) 🧺 Base Ingredients (Every Lesson) 👋 Warm-up / activation 👂 Input (listening / reading / viewing) 🧠 Language focus (vocab / grammar / pronunciation) ✍️ Guided practice 🗣️ Speaking / interaction 🔄 Review & reflection 🥣💛 Base Lesson Flow 1️⃣ Activate prior knowledge 2️⃣ Comprehensible input 3️⃣ Notice the language 4️⃣ Supported practice 5️⃣ Communicative use 6️⃣ Reflect & check learning ♾️ Built-in Pedagogy 👥 Sociocultural (interaction & collaboration) 🎨 Experiential (learning by doing) ♾️ UDL (multiple ways to engage & express) 📝 ESOL scaffolding (models, sentence frames, visuals) 📊 Assessment (Always Present) ✅ Formative: observation, drafts, peer talk 🎟️ Exit ticket / quick reflection 🔍 Teacher notes for next lesson 🟢  THE SWAP-IN OPTIONS (CHANGE THESE) (Like cake flavours — mix & match!) 📖 Input Swap (Choose ...

            Term 1     Monday     Tuesday     Wednesday     Thursday     Friday     Week  1     3 - 7 Feb     9:30-12.30             Lunar New Year     Waitangi Day     Waitangi Day     Welcome Back Party     Week 2     10 -14 Feb     9:30-12.30             Was about Donald Trump but I  deleted  it   Lantern Festival     Going to the Pharmacy             Valentine's Day     Week 3     17-21 Feb     9:30-12.30             Christchurch Earthquake Remembrance Day     International Mother Language Day         Happiness     Week 4     24-28 Feb     9:30-12.30             New Regent Street     New Regent Street             Visit to New Regent St         Week 5     3 -7 Mar     9:30-12.30             Art...