In the classroom 8/2010

The word is …

Activity: favourite English words
Time: 15 minutes
Level: beginner
Based on: Street beat (page 53)

Sky high

Activity: vocabulary work
Time: 45 minutes + homework
Level: intermediate
Based on: Born to fly (pages 24-25)

Rich kids

Activity: reading, talking about money
Time: 45 minutes
Level: intermediate
Based on: Teen riches (page 6)

Black and white

Activity: reading, discussing ways to stop racism
Time: 45 minutes + homework
Level: advanced
Based on: Between black and white (pages 16-17)

Time to talk

Activity: reading, reporting
Time: 30-45 minutes
Level: beginner-intermediate
Based on: various articles

In the army now

Activity: talking about the military, "too" + "enough", etc.
Time: 45 minutes
Level: intermediate
Based on: Fat fighters (page 51)

It's all gone wrong

Activity: talking about disasters and their effects on people and the environment
Time: 90 minutes + homework
Level: advanced
Based on: Disaster strikes twice (pages 40-43)