Teen Brain

The teenage brain is a work in progress. 

It was believed that the brain was fully developed by the end of childhood, but research has shown that adolescence is a time of  brain growth and change.

Let's take a look at this video!

Past Continuous x Past Simple

A great way to help your students understand how to use the Past Continuous with the Past Simple, is to play videos showing funny situations. You can use America's Funniest Videos or Candid Camera. Make sure to select appropriate clips where no one was harmed or hurt.


You can guide your students during the first clip by explaining that a longer action in the past was interrupted.  Then ask them concept questions (e.g. "What happened to the cat?", "What was the cat doing?").
Finally, tell your students to write or produce the sentences by themselves ( e.g. "The cat was walking when a bird hit him.").




Students will  have a lot of fun during this activity!

Red and Green Debate

This is a great activity, and it will help your students develop new ideas on different subjects.

Make some red and green flashcards and ask your students to select one of them, write some affirmations on the board. 

If they got the red card they will have to go against the affirmation and if they selected the green card they will have to defend it. This game can be done in pairs, or full circle with all the students. They will have a lot of fun coming up with arguments to support their case.

    Suggested affirmations:

• Video games cause bad behavior in children.                            
• Mobile phones should be banned in schools.
• Junk food should be banned from schools.
• Thanks to social networking, there is no face-to-face interaction.