CURIOUS ORIGIN OF SOME ENGLISH WORDS

1.A piggy bank is the form of a pig? The answer is simple and has surprisingly little to do with pigs. In the Middle Ages most of home pottery in England was made from a special sort of clay that was called pygg. Of course, the clay pots, in which people used to keep their money, was also made from pygg. these pygg jars gave birth to pig banks which are now called piggy banks and are made in the form of a pig in so many countries. 

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REVIEW ANY CONCEPT IN GROUPS

Today I'd like to share with you the way I sometimes revise the material with my students at the end of the topic. Usually it evokes a lot of positive emotions, creates basement for contest and is sgreat fun. It is simply not that boring as doing the worksheets.

What is unusual about it, you will ask? 

I use SANDWICHES. You read it correctly. But my sandwiches are made of fabric. You can see them in the photo. I use paper plates for them too.

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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR. YOUNGER LEARNERS

I'm sure that you all know this book by Eric Carle. It can be a really good story to teach your young pupils names of food, mainly fruit and vegetables. In this post I decided to share with you the printables that I have found for this topic and that can be useful at the lesson devoted to food.

First, if somebody doesn't know the story, here is the animated film, that you can watch with your students at the lesson. Watch The Hungry Caterpillar here.

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TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, ARE YOU POLYGLOTS?

As teachers of English we all know the subject very well, we can speak, write and understand English. But unfortunately it is easily forgotten how it feels to learn a new language.

How boring it can be to learn a list of words or to use a grammatical rule in speech. For that reason it could be interesting to start learning a new foreign language to feel the process and work out new techniques that work for you and that might work for your students too.

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 TEACHERS WATCH FILMS AND REVISE COUNTRYSTUDY

Let's start with a short quizz.

I'm sure you have heard such names as Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, East Anglia. In what centuries were they used?

Do you know the names of some kings or queens that lived in those times?

Who was Britain's greatest enemy in that period of time?

If you know the answers to the questions above, then you can be really proud of yourself and of your historical knowledge.

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