Hi All, here is the latest ESL eZine, enjoy!

I have just put over 20 of my favorite teacher friendly lessons in an
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Some thoughts for Christmas:

"At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a
year."
--Thomas Tusser

"At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows."
--William Shakespeare
(1564 - 1616)
Love's Labour Lost

"Heap on more wood - the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep our Christmas merry still."
--Sir Walter Scott
(1771 - 1832)

"Christmas comes but once a year,
And when it comes it brings good cheer."
--Mother Goose

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====What Others Are Saying!======

I have already used some of the ideas I printed out from
your book & they worked well. I have some ideas myself. Always
try to make my classes fun. I teach adults at night who are tired and they
appreciate my efforts.
--Mary G
C.A. USA

Thanks alot. Love the book. I've actually bought it on two different
occasions and over the years people seem to run off with it.
They must like it too. Great job.
--Clark Richardson
Tokyo

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"I purchased a copy of Word Up board game recently,
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--Michael T (Korea)
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If you own Word Up or are thinking about it, check out
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=========QUOTES===============

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
--Robin Williams (1951 - )

"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual
arousal, particularly in women.
Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 500SL."
--Lynn Lavner

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice
because thorns have roses."
--Ziggy


=====Lesson Ideas!===========

1) Can You Actions: Use this game for teaching "Can you...?" "Yes, I
can" "No, I can't". These actions are fun: wiggle, dance, run
quickly, hop, skip, do a star jump, do a handstand, touch your toes,
cross your eyes, snap your fingers, whistle, sing. E.g. Ask a S "Can
you cross your eyes?". If the S replies "Yes, I can" then say "Ok,
go!" and the S does the action. If the S says "No, I can't" say "Too
bad. Ok, can you (wiggle)?".

2) Category Spin: Sit Ss in a circle. Spin a bottle or an arrow - the
S that the arrow points to is first. The S needs to say a word from a
pre-decided category. The next S will say last word plus his own and
so on until it gets to the one who fails. For example: S1:"zebra",
S2: "zebra cat", S3: "zebra cat dog".

3) Category Tag: Choose a category (e.g. food, weather,
transportation, etc.). Ss run around the room and the T chases them.
When the T tags a S s/he must name a word from the category (e.g.
food: cheese, fish, bread, etc.). Give a time limit to answer (e.g. 5
seconds). If the S cannot answer or says a word that has already been
used s/he sits out until the next round.

4) Category Writing Game: Divide the classroom into two or three
groups. Each group chooses their "captain". The teacher writes on the
board a word like "FRUIT" or "COLORS" or "ANIMALS", etc. Each group
has to tell their captain to write down as many words as they can
which belong to that category. They have 1 or 2 mins. Each group
takes 1 point for each word. Correct Spelling is very important in
this exercise! (submitted by Eftychia Charalambous).

5) Charades: Have a S come to the front of the class and whisper a
word or show a FC to that S. The S the acts out that word and the
first S to guess can be the next player. This works very well with
action verbs. Variation: divide the class up into teams - the first S
to guess wins a point for his/her team.



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What others are saying......

"Hey, ive been using the scrabble cut outs from Edutainment
recently.....big hit!!
The enjoyment that classes can get from your brainchild still amazes me."
Cheers-- Julien R - Tokyo
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"I just wanted to let you know that I think your newsletter is tops.
I learn something new everytime I read it. Thanks for taking the time
to put it together."
R. Walsh, Visiting Professor
Information & Communication University
Center for International Education
Republic of Korea

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"The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to
take your pants off."
--Ringo Starr

"Food is the most primitive form of comfort."
--Sheila Graham

"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
about the problem."
--Malcolm Forbes
(1919 - 1990)

"I'm so optimistic I'd go after Moby Dick in a row boat and take the
tartar sauce with me."
--Zig Ziglar

"Nothing is as far away as one minute ago."
--Jim Bishop

"Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification."
--Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)

"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do
something about its width and depth."
--Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)



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EslGames.com Famous Quotes!
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--Benjamin Disraeli
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Popular songs are very successful for teaching language.
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"Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
--Yogi Berra

"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government
and business."
--Tom Robbins (1936 - )

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
--Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)

"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by
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--Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)


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A man and a woman who had never met before, and were both married to
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After a moment of silence, he farted.


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"Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the
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"Even God cannot change the past."
--Agathon (448 BC - 400 BC)

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an
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--Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)


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