Search


Inspirational English
- Apr 19, 2016
Postman Pat´s flying post
Dear inspiring teacher, it is time for another adventure with Postman Pat and his black and white cat. The title of the episode is: Postman Pat´s flying post. Here´s the lesson plan: Write the title of the episode on the board and show the pictures to your students. Tell them that the pictures are not in the correct order. Ask your students to work in small groups and try to order them. Then check their ideas. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) 2. Play the video and ask the studen
44 views0 comments

Inspirational English
- Apr 12, 2016
Postman Pat and the Surprise Present
Dear colleagues, It´s time for another adventure with Postman Pat and his black and white cat. The new episode is called “Postman Pat and the Surprise Present”. As a warm-up activity you could ask the students to come up with ideas about how they could surprise someone special for their birthday. Then tell them that in the new episode Postman Pat and the other villagers surprise the local doctor Gilbertson for her birthday party. Ask the pupils to work in pairs and think whic
46 views0 comments

Inspirational English
- Apr 7, 2016
A video lesson for young learners
Here´s another video lesson based around the cartoon Postman Pat. I have been told that your students love it. Mine definitely look forward to every new episode. This episode is called “Postman Pat and the Crazy Crockery”. It´s suitable for a lesson when you talk about “Food” with your students. Introduce the title of the episode and pre-teach the following vocabulary from the video: Bubble wrap, crockery, spoil your appetite, fragile load, Yorkshire pudding, speed bump Ask t
16 views0 comments

Inspirational English
- Mar 7, 2016
Imagine- Lesson Plan
Ask your students if they have heard of John Lennon. Based on my own teaching experience most students have heard of the Beatles but they are unfamiliar with their songs. You can elicit some information about the rock group and their lead singer. You can find more information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon 2. Write the word “IMAGINE” on the board and ask the students to work in groups and make up a sentence referring
4,074 views0 comments
{"items":["5d3565aaf4e7660175d290f9","5d3565aad5c0d801b44c68fe","5d3565aa5af41001a31a0a10","5d3565aad5c0d801b44c68ff","5d3565aaa2accc0192eabeed"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":5,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(0,52,72,1)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}