I was marking tests today. A lot of the test was dictation, and I was not too fussy about spelling as long as it was close, as the point of the dictations I did during semester was to develop listening skills rather than writing. One misspelling pulled me up short, though, mostly because of the image that popped into my head. It was a dialogue that came from the unit in the textbook about booking a hotel, and my student had written this:
I'd like a room for two knights.
(I wanted to illustrate this blog post, but I'll need a lot more practice before I can draw a knight.)
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I have noticed that I get a lot of hits from people searching "present simple" and "ESL," and assume that this is language teachers looking for ideas or lesson plans. The following links are good places to start.
ESL Lounge Here you will find lesson plans organised by level. A fantastically useful site for busy teachers, and easy to navigate.
British Council Here lesson plans are organized by topic. There are more teaching activities in the 'downloads' section.
The Internet TESL Journal
They have not updated this page for a while, but there is still a lot you might find useful.
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This is an online journal, good for ideas, inspiration, and especially good towards the end of semester when you're feeling not quite human.
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Karin's ESL PartyLand
This is a page specifically dealing with teaching simple present and present progressive. I have not tried any of these, but there are a lot of ideas here, and they look good. At the very least you will be inspired.
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I picture them on horseback, with jousting sticks and armor!
Or it's two of the Monty Python gang. ;-)
The Monty Python gang for sure Keera!!
Back to NZ for a moment: staying in a cabin overnight in Upper Hutt above Wellington, the two cabins next to ours were occupied by - yep, two knights, and their ladies, medievally attired. Full amour & rough weave.
I'm not making this up, though it must sound like so - it was a medieval archery convention. Thus indeed they could have reserved their accommodation by saying they'd like two cabins for ... 2 knights! Would have had Eric Idle's shrubbery in a complete knot, that lot!
I have an image of 2 strapping young men sharing a double room...not as sexy as if the room were for 2 knights AND the person making the booking...
If the two knights were Orlando Bloom and Marton Csokas, they could have a room in my Inn any time they like ;-)
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