Kahoot for Quantifiers with Countable and Uncountable Nouns

This is a Kahoot for Quantifiers using countable and uncountable nouns.  I use it with a version of this lesson, but it can also be used independently.  

The Last Unicorn: Movie Review

 (Movie Review)

This is my first time watching this movie, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review. 

The Last Unicorn: Movie Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

* The full movie on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mD7Is57Y-fc?si=JFsB0_z3uxYVRjAw

* My review of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle: https://youtu.be/bAF8LuadGdY

* My review of Disney's Sleeping Beauty: https://youtu.be/DpT7g4oKW0s

Some of the reviews of this movie that I alluded to:

The Last Unicorn: Death and the Legacy of Fantasy: https://youtu.be/M57VN_b9FRM?si=NNTENosN_9rcj5Tn

The Last Unicorn: A Love Letter to Humanity: https://youtu.be/5HELDcv5ZcA?si=hOiZJS-PzJ8ylfDw

The Last Unicorn - Full movie (original)

Quizziz on Reduced Relative Clauses

This is a quizziz game that involves transforming the relative clauses into reduced relative clauses (also known as participle clauses).  The sentences are recycled from a previous Garbage Man activity that I made.

Started: Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann & Mark Halperin (On my shelves since January 05, 2023)

[Note: I just started A Place of Greater Safety yesterday, but I've changed my mind, and am going to do this book first.   Then I'll come back to A Place of Greater Safety once this is finished.]

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle: Book Review

(Book Review--Fantasy)

Started: October 17, 2024

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.) 

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle: Book Review

I bought this book on Book Street.  See my tour of Book Street here: https://youtu.be/2bmHRkV8p_U

Started: A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel (On my shelves since July 14, 2024)

Adjective Clauses Omitting the relative pronoun by tesolthis

This is a Kahoot quiz I found on omitting the relative pronoun from relative clauses.  (It's labelled as "adjective clauses" but I think that's just another name for "relative clauses".

I used this in my classroom, and it worked well.

A note of caution, however, for any teacher who wants to use this in their own class.  I usually teach my students that relative clauses can only be omitted if they are in the object position.  This Kahoot caused me a bit of trouble, because number 8 and number 10 contain relative pronouns that can be omitted, but they are not in the object position.  ("The scene was so beautiful that it made me cry" and "This is the place where I had my first kiss".)  Obviously there are some additional rules about omitting the relative pronoun that I must be unaware of.  If you know these rules (and can explain them to your class), then it shouldn't be a problem.  

Otherwise, if you're like me and you don't want to open that can of worms, then I made a duplicate of this quiz, in which I deleted number 8 and 10.  And then, to pad out the quiz, I added in some extra questions of my own from this worksheet here.  

My version is here: Duplicate of Adjective Clauses Omitting the relative pronoun

Omitting the Relative Pronoun (for Relative Clauses)

(TESOL Ideas and Worksheets Subdivisions)

* Omitting the Relative Pronoun Worksheet

* Relative Clauses: Grammar ESL Listening (from slide 46 to slide 56)

* Kahoot for Omitting the Relative Pronoun

See also Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses:

* Using Strega Nona to Teach the Difference Between Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses

The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology by Robin Hard: Book Review

(Book Review--Greek Mythology)

Started: August 11, 2024

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.) 

The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology by Robin Hard: Book Review

Links to some of the reviews I mentioned:

* My review of The Iliad: https://youtu.be/BwJBerNrwIY

* My review of The Odyssey: https://youtu.be/KykQ5rtaPh0

* My review of Prometheus Bound: https://youtu.be/PBGW3c9JYuE

* Greek Mythology Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5IDSN7E3MWlyZ2a4i_SlkQ&si=4vQ3rzSYMpXcbnHG

Extend the Story: Communicative Follow Up

(TESOL Ideas--Communicative Follow Up)

Sample: docs, pub

One communicative follow up for reading or listening lessons is to expand on an element of the story.  This, obviously, is most appropriate for reading or listening texts that have some sort of a narrative element to them.

Here is an example from the Impact 4 textbook.  In this reading, the students have to read about Nizar Ibrahim and the search for Spinosaurus.  A key point in the story is when Nizar Ibrahim accidently runs into a man with a mustache that he has been looking for.  I asked the students to expand this scene into a movie script.

Imagine you are making a movie about Nizar Ibrahim and the search for Spinosaurus.  Below is the opening of one of the key scenes, in which Nizar Ibrahim finally finds the man from Erfoud.

Scene: Nizar is sitting at an outdoor cafe, drinking tea with his colleague.

Colleague: So, Nizar, how has your search for Spinosaurus been going?

Nizar: Oh, it’s all useless. I travelled all this way to Morocco, but I still can’t find the man I’m looking for.

Colleague: That’s too bad.  [Takes a drink of his tea, and then looks up.] Oh, look at that funny little man walking down the street.  Did you ever see such a distinctive mustache?

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