Oxford Picture Dictionary - PDF

Here is an older version of the Oxford Picture Dictionary - as an online PDF.

The Neru Oxford Picture Dictionary contextually illustrates over 2,400 words. The book is a unique language learning tool for students of. English.

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/OxfordPictureDictionary.pdf

Songs for teaching English

Looking for songs to reach your students?  Take a look at these websites with great songs, videos, and music - lyrics are there for you and your students to learn and use in class.

Hello song and others
http://www.supersimplesongs.com/cd2-2.html


Clap your hands - activity song
http://bussongs.com/songs/clap_your_hands.php

Teaching Kids Website

Great website for teaching kids
http://www.esl-kids.com/

Free Video Quizzes

ESL video quizzes created by ESL teachers for ESL students.

Check out the link below:

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

BBC Link - listening, ESL exercises, reading, etc.

This BBC link is amazing!  Listening in British English, vocabulary building, news items, writing, reading, etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/ 

Student Lesson Plan - colours and shapes

Lesson Plan

Class: Ages- 5 to 7 Level- Beginner Total Time: 60 minutes

Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to recognize and identify vocabulary for different colours and shapes.

Materials: Construction paper cutouts of all shapes and colours to be learnt (enough for each pair of students to have copies)

Set-Up: Normal class set up

Engage: I Spy. Start off by explanining the game -  “I spy something blue.” And then show them something blue. Do this again and let them guess. Repeat this through all the planned colours and shapes. Then they can take turns. (5-10 min)

Study: Stand at the front of the class with all the shapes in the different colours. Show the class a red square and trace the outline of the square and say “Square,” to the class. Have them repeat this. Show a red triangle to the class and trace the outline of the triangle and say, “Triangle,” to the class. Have them repeat this. Do the same for the circle, rectangle, and diamond. Then go back to the red square, Say “Red square.” Have them repeat this. Show them a blue square, point to it and say “Blue Square.” Have them repeat this. Continue for all shapes and colours until they say the names without being prompted. (25 min)

Activate: Put the students into pairs. Hand out the prepared construction paper cut outs of shapes, starting with two different colours.  Stand at the front of the class and tell them to raise the shape and colour that the teacher says, (explain this through gestures with my own construction cut outs, example. “Blue triangle!” Then hold up the blue triangle.) Do this a couple of times to make sure they understand. Do all the shapes of the two colours that they were given. Hand out the next colour. Repeat. Hand out the next colour. Repeat. Hand out the final colour. Repeat. (25 min)

Evaluation: Were the students able to properly identify and recognize the shapes and colours?  Pay attention to the groupings; watch for one student doing all the work instead of working together; encourage pair work.

student lesson plan - "Food Chain"

This is a lesson plan presented in the Feb. 2012 Oxford Seminar class

Class:  Elementary    8-10 children     8 years of age                                                                  Date: Time:  45 minutes

Objectives:  - At the end of the class students will understand the basic concepts of a food chain. -  Students will understand the terms predator and prey

Materials: Pictures of different animals, tape white board/ white board marker, scissors, crayons, pictures to colour in, different colour paper,

Set-up: Sitting in a horse shoe shape on the ground in front of me

Engage:  Sing a food chain song with the students.  This song can be modified to a local food chain so that the children can better relate to the lesson. (10-15 mins.) - song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT2mPEVmjv0 - Ask the students if they can name some of their favourite animals (various sizes). Ask them to imitate the animal sounds (5-7 minutes.)

Study: Set up 4-5 parts of the food chain on the board and ask students questions as to which animal(s) eats which animal(s). ( 5 minutes) -        Create a small food chain as a class on the board. -        Teach the children that the big animals are called predators and small animals are called prey ( 5-7 mins) -        Game - In teams, 2 students race to touch either the predator or prey depending on what the teacher calls out. 5 mins

Activate:   -        Have students colour the predators in red and the prey in blue (5 – 10 min) -        Play the game predator and prey. 10 -15 min (see below for game instructions)

Evaluation:  See what the students got for food and see if this made sense. Question them about their selections. (Why did they get that type of food for that animal etc?) (5 minutes.)

Follow up:  The next day we will expand on our knowledge of the food chain, however our warm up activity will require students to remember what they did last class. (i.e.  What a predator is and what a prey is.  Also, they should remember how to create a basic food chain).

Understood before the lesson:

I have been teaching this same group of children for the last month.  They are at the elementary level, and are able to answer questions that I ask.  Today is the first day in our food chain section.  The purpose is to give the students examples of the entire food chain before we go more in depth with specifics.

Predator and Prey Game:  Different colours of papers represent different element of the food chain.  Students pick a paper from a hat.  Each paper will represent a different animal.  The students then circulate the room looking for food that they can eat.  At the end we talk about the food they chose to eat.  This will demonstrate whether they understand how the food chain works.