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• General Activity Descriptors

  • Online Activity -

    This activity is for online classes.

  • English Board -

    This consists of materials that can be used on a physical English bulletin board.

  • PowerPoint -

    This activity is based around using a PowerPoint presentation.

  • Flexible -

    This activity can be adapted to a wide variety of grammar points.

  • Warm-up -

    The teacher can use this activity to start a class.

  • Phonics -

    The activity practices or teaches about phonics.

  • Small class size -

    This activity works best in small classes (under 10 students).

  • Vocabulary Review -

    The activity is primarily used to review vocabulary that students have already learned.

  • Pronunciation -

    Activity is centered around practicing pronunciation.

  • No Prep -

    The activity doesn't require any preparation or materials from the teacher. Just remember it and go!

  • Unit or Year Review -

    This activity is intended to review material covered over a unit or school year.

  • Social Distancing -

    This activity takes social distancing measures into account.

• Requirements

  • Pencil -

    Requires students to have a pencil or a similar writing instrument.

  • Prints -

    Requires the teacher to print out the activity on paper.

  • TV -

    Requires the teacher to display materials on a TV.

  • PC -

    Requires the teacher to display or use materials on a computer during class.

  • Dice -

    Requires the teacher to use dice.

• Skills Development

  • Presentation -

    Develops students' presentation skills.

  • Discussion -

    Develops students' discussion skills.

  • Teamwork -

    Develops students' teamwork skills.

  • Critical Thinking -

    Develops students' critical thinking skills.

  • Problem Solving -

    Develops students' problem-solving skills.

  • Creativity -

    Develops students' creative skills.

• Themes

  • Alphabet -

    Students practice the English alphabet in the activity.

  • Numbers -

    Practices pronunciation or spelling of numbers.

  • Jobs and Professions -

    Students practice the names of different jobs or professions.

  • Current Events/Social Issues -

    Students learn about or discuss current events, social issues, or recent news.

  • Conversation Skills -

    Practices basic skills about how to continue conversations.

  • Greetings -

    Practices how to greet other people.

  • Colors -

    Practices colors (red, green, blue, and so on).

  • Shapes -

    Practices shapes (circles, triangles, squares, and so on).

  • Countries -

    Practices the names of different countries, or teaches students about different countries.

  • Hobbies/Clubs -

    Practices or discusses hobbies or clubs that the students participate in.

  • Feelings/Emotions -

    Practices words to express feelings or emotions.

  • Time -

    Practices words for times of day (7:30, 2 o'clock).

  • Food -

    Practices words for food, introduces new food, or involves the students making or eating food.

  • Daily Routine -

    Involves the students explaining their daily routines.

  • Hometown or Country -

    Students introduce their hometown or home country.

  • Self-introductions -

    Students practice introducing themselves, or the teacher introduces themself.

  • Days of the Week -

    Practices pronunciation or spelling of the days of the week. (Sunday, Monday...)

  • Months -

    Practices pronunciation or spelling of months.

  • Animals -

    Students practice words for animals or learn about animals.

  • Family -

    Students practice words for family members or talk about their families.

  • Ordinal numbers -

    Today is the first day of June. Tomorrow is the second.

  • School Subjects -

    Practices school subject names.

  • Body Parts -

    Practices the names for parts of the body.

  • Debate -

    This activity involves students having a debate with each other.

  • Shopping and Dining -

    Activity involves the students practicing buying or selling things.

  • Lunchtime Activity -

    This activity can be used while eating lunch with students.

  • Phone Conversations -

    The activity practices telephone conversations.

  • Injuries and Ailments -

    Students describe their injuries or other ailments (headaches, stomachaches, and so on).

  • Classroom English -

    Practices common words and phrases that will be used as part of English class.

  • Dictionary -

    Activity involves using a dictionary, or trains students in how to use dictionaries.

  • Weather -

    The activity practices words for different kinds of weather.

  • Invitations -

    Students practice inviting other people to do something.

  • Travel and Vacations -

    Concerns travel - where students have gone, or where they want to go.

  • Dreams and The Future -

    Students talk about what they want to do in the future.

  • Sports -

    Students practice the names of sports, learn about sports, or play a sport.

• Grammar points

  • Second conditional -

    If I were a cat, I would sleep all day.

  • Subject Verb Object Complement -

    Sunshine makes me happy.

  • Who -

    Specifically practices the word "Who."

  • What -

    Specifically practices the word "What."

  • Where -

    Specifically practices the word "Where."

  • How -

    Specifically practices the word "How."

  • Unlisted Grammar -

    This is a tag for grammar points that haven't been created yet.

  • Superlative (most + adjective) -

    Fall is the most beautiful season in Kyoto.

  • What (noun) do you (verb)? -

    What season do you like?

  • When conjunction -

    I was eating dinner when my sister came home.

  • Present Perfect Continuous -

    Inez has been reading a book for two hours.

  • Comparative (as ~ as) -

    I'm as tall as my sister.

  • Infinitive (Adverbial) -

    I went to Kobe to watch a baseball game.

  • Infinitive (Adjectival) -

    Do you have something to eat?

  • Conditional -

    If you want to play basketball, please join our team.

  • Present Perfect -

    Tom has eaten two hot dogs.

  • Future (will) -

    I will go to the grocery store tonight.

  • Future (going to) -

    They are going to play rugby on Sunday.

  • Pronouns -

    Her name is Judy.

  • Passive voice -

    Many languages are spoken in Indonesia.

  • Past Perfect Continuous -

    James had been doing homework for two hours before Brendan visited.

  • Copula Verb -

    That looks delicious.

  • Past Continuous -

    My cat was sleeping last night.

  • Past Simple -

    He visited Kyoto last month.

  • Quantifiers -

    Does this store have any towels?

  • Request -

    Will you give me a napkin?

  • False Subjects -

    It's sunny today.

  • Imperative -

    Let's play baseball. Don't use my bat.

  • Plural Nouns -

    She has three notebooks.

  • Infinitive (It… for… to…) -

    It is important for us to exercise.

  • Relative Pronoun -

    He is a boy who writes novels.

  • Which -

    Which do you like, summer or winter?

  • Comparative (-er) -

    He is taller than my brother.

  • Superlative (-est) -

    The blue whale is the biggest animal in the world.

  • This-That -

    This is a fox. That is a hawk.

  • Wh words -

    What/Who/Where/When/Why

  • How many -

    How many apples do you have?

  • Can and Can't -

    I can play the guitar. I can't play the trombone.

  • Why and Because -

    Why do you like strawberries? Because they're delicious.

  • Directions -

    How can I go to the train station?

  • Was and Were -

    I was in London last week. Many people were there.

  • There is/are -

    There are three libraries in this town.

  • Indirect Question -

    I know how to play the piano.

  • Declarative Content Clause -

    He thinks that lemons are delicious.

  • Must/Have to -

    You must clean up your room. We have to go to my uncle's house tonight.

  • Gerunds -

    Amy likes visiting the ocean.

  • Reduced Relative Clause -

    The man making a sandwich is Jon.

  • Adjectives -

    He's thin, cute, and interesting.

  • Infinitive (general) -

    I want to be a mechanic.

  • Subject Verb Object Object -

    She gave him a watch.

  • Prepositions -

    My bag is under the desk. My texbook is on the desk.

  • Possessive form -

    That is Pierre's coat.

  • Modal Verb - "could" -

    I wish I could fly.

  • Simple Present -

    I study English.

  • Present Continuous -

    She is playing volleyball.

  • Plural Verb -

    He plays the piano. Does he play the flute?

  • Be verb -

    I am sleepy. Are you happy?

  • Comparative (more + adjective) -

    Volleyball is more exciting than baseball.

  • Causative Verb -

    My mother made me finish my homework before dinner.

• Holiday

  • New Years -

    Activity applies to New Years.

  • Valentine's Day -

    Activity applies to Valentine's Day.

  • Halloween -

    Activity applies to Halloween. Boo!

  • Thanksgiving -

    Activity applies to Thanksgiving (American or Canadian).

  • Christmas -

    Activity applies to Christmas.

  • Easter -

    Activity applies to Easter.

• Parts of Learning

  • Speaking -

    Students speak in the activity.

  • Listening -

    Students listen in the activity.

  • Reading -

    Students read in the activity.

  • Writing -

    Students write in the activity.

• School Level

  • Corporate -

    Aimed at corporate or business classes.

  • Pre-kindergarten or Kindergarten -

    Aimed at students who have not started Elementary School yet.

  • University -

    Aimed at university students.

  • Adult Conversation -

    Aimed at adult students.

  • Junior High School -

    Aimed at junior high school students.

  • High School -

    Aimed at high school students.

  • Elementary School -

    Aimed at elementary school students.

  • Special Needs -

    This activity can be used in Special Needs classes.

• Sentence Type

  • Affirmative sentence -

    You are hungry.

  • Negative sentence -

    You aren't hungry.

  • Question sentence -

    Are you hungry?

• Textbook-specific

  • Here We Go -

    Specific to the Here We Go series of textbooks.

  • Blue Sky -

    Specific to the Blue Sky textbook series.

  • Junior Sunshine -

    Specific to the Junior Sunshine textbooks.

  • Sunshine -

    Specific to the Sunshine textbook.

  • New Crown -

    Specific to the New Crown textbook.

  • New Horizon -

    Specific to the New Horizon textbook.

  • One World -

    Specific to the One World textbook.

  • Total English -

    Specific to the Total English textbook.

  • We Can -

    Specific to the We Can textbook.

  • Let's Try -

    Specific to the Let's Try textbook.