The article below could be part of a unit on adoption and types of families: Twins unwittingly got married in Britain – Yahoo! News Powered by ScribeFire.
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
Stranded
The article linked below gave me the idea for the following upper-intermediate activity. Russians rescued after missing for 3 months – Yahoo! News Activity Students get into groups of 3-5. The premise for this activity is that each group is stranded in a remote location. The teacher has prepared a set of cards for each [...]
Rule of 72
The following is a good segment from NPR. Now if they would just tell me how I could get a guaranteed 8% interest rate for 40 years! NPR : Resolving to Retire with a Nest Egg The Rule of 72 Steve Mariotti, the founder and President of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, says one [...]
Words of wisdom
Many of the following jokes are takes on well known proverbs. In a class, they could be used as a lesson by asking students to match them with the original proverbs. 01. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not [...]
‘Hearty eater’ says buffet banned him
‘Hearty eater’ says buffet banned him – Yahoo! News HOUMA, La. – A 6-foot-3, 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet line, then banned him and a relative because they’re hearty eaters. A spokesman for the restaurant denies the claim… This article is suitable for a high-intermediate class, and [...]