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Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Another 2nd Conditional - If I were a carpenter

Found this while I was listening with my daughter, there are various versions on the internet but this seems to be the clearest.




A few songs for past modals

Here are a few songs that I found to highlight / introduce the past modals. Hopefully worksheets to follow when i have time.









Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Vincent - Don Maclean

A song about the famous artist, Vincent Van Gogh by Don Maclean - used to introduce the topic of art. Also includes some art vocabulary!





National Gallery here we come!

As a follow up for Laura, whose mother is an art teacher - here is another song about an artist - Lowry




Worksheet for a lower level class match the end words to the lines.

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Rules - Shakira

To introduce the ideas of rules and get students talking about rules.





Worksheet has the lines mixed up in verses and chorus

Tuesday, 3 June 2014

She's leaving home - Easy Star All-Stars

A grammar one at last - used to introduce the idea of participle clauses, a bit livelier than the Beatles but the lyrics are the same if you want to use the Beatles




Streets of London - Ralph McTell

Song used to discuss poverty






Substitute - The Who

A song about substitutes to be used with appearances, I also used it as an introduction to the idea of substitution in grammar.