Showing posts with label flags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flags. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Project 366: The Third Week

Yes, that's right, 21 days have flown past and on the last count, 84 photos in my Project366 folder in Flickr - that's not counting those that didn't make it that far! Here's a selection from the third week.

Lesson ideas?

Divide class into seven groups, and randomly allocate 1 photo each (throw a dice, for example).  First, elicit all the words they can think of, words which, in their mind, they can associate with the image. Get them to explain later. You (and the students) may think, oh, we've got #3, the worst. What can we say?

That's where critical thinking comes into play. Water and tiles might come into mind, right? I can think of a multitude more: rain, raindrops, dew, transparent, wet, cold, lines, squares, geometry, wall, window, glass, damp, humid, blue, colourless, odourless, etc, etc... get the gist?

Then, use their image to describe a mini story either orally (can be spoken, sung, rapped...) or written (prose, poetry, lyrics...)

Review by asking a group to describe another group's contribution.


Thursday, 2 December 2010

The World's Best Countries: Games and Activities

If you had a choice of a country to live in, where would you choose? What would your criteria be?

Newsweek recently compiled a list of the best countries in the world based on health, economy, politics and the quality of life. The project took them several months to complete, but their results are now available. Click on the image below to browse the scores and rank of the country of your choice, interactively.

Chiew's ELL EFL ESL CLIL Online Games, Resources, Activities: World's Best Countries

Do you agree with the list?

This topic provides endless possibilities for classwork. You can have debates, web quests, conversations on food, culture, weather, etc., work on grammar points such as conditionals, and so on.

Below, I provide you with two point-and-click games: the first is on the geographical locations of the best 20 countries, and the second is one on their flags.

If you have any interesting ideas on how you can use this topic for your class, why don't you share it here with  others?

Chiew's ELL EFL ESL CLIL Online Games, Resources, Activities: World's Best Countries

Chiew's ELL EFL ESL CLIL Online Games, Resources, Activities: World's Best Countries



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Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Flags of the World Online Game



Chiew's ESL EFL CLIL Online Games Juegos Activities Actividades: World Flags

Try to identify all these flags in this point-and-click game. For those who aren't familiar or who still don't know, these games which I created in Purpose Games aren't too difficult. The trick is to click on any dot if you don't know the answer. On the 3rd wrong attempt, notice how one spot will change its colour from blue to purple. Try to remember it for the next time you try. Obviously, you'll need to play the game several times in order to be able to learn something. Always aim for 100%, and always aim for as quick a time as you can achieve. Oh, and please register - it's free. By registering, your scores will be saved and displayed. Make sure to try these other games, too:


For more, browse under category 'geography' in the GAMES AND QUIZZES section.