Meg English - Bright and Fun Teacher Resources

Recount Writing Posters

These are two cute, fun posters designed to expand the writing of younger students - one including questions to expand their recount writing and the second to help them build rich, interesting sentences.

Posters have been uploaded in pdf and png formats so can be printed directly or resized.

These come in British English/ Australian and American English versions.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Recount-Writing-Posters-1988636

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Recount-Writing-Posters-US-version-1988651

and are only $2.00.

Copyright 2015 Meg. English

Butterfly Lifecycle - Growth, Changes and Metamorphosis

This is a black and white diagram of the butterfly lifecycle, featuring the Wanderer or Monarch butterfly, a butterfly which is probably identifiable no matter where you're based.

This will work with units on lifecycles, insects or animal studies, changes, seasons or nature observation.

The sheet is quick to colour in. Students will be able to research the markings of the adult butterfly and caterpillar stages and fill them in.

It is provided in png format so it can be easily resized and used as a poster or kept in worksheet size.

This is for sale for $2.00, downloadable from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Butterfly-Lifecycle-Growth-Changes-and-Metamorphosis-1990407.

Parts of a Butterfly - Insects

This is a fun and hands on learning activity that doesn't require real butterflies (; It's bright and interesting and the tactile element keeps it relevant to the natural world.

This package contains:
* a labelled diagram, showing the main parts of the butterfly and the functions of those parts;
* a fun tactile activity where students can label cut-out butterflies; and
* a page where students can label the parts, to check that they have understood the activity.

This would suit units in biology, particularly anatomy or topics on insects.

The activity can be laminated to re-use. Students may also like to colour the diagrams to assist learning.

Copyright 2015 Meg English

This can be downloaded at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Parts-of-a-Butterfly-1991269 for only $2.50!

Everyday Object Flashcards for TESOL/ ESL, Early learners and Language Classes

There are really boring ways to learn vocabulary in your own or other languages, but hopefully this isn't one.

These are flashcards showing everyday objects and the word for them, BUT (and this is the cool part), they come in sets of three: one card shows the picture with the object, another shows just the picture and another shows just the word. So, after teaching the vocabulary with the handy picture, you can then test people using either the pictures or words (I recommend a game of pictionary), or let them pair them up in memory, snap or fish ('Have you got something to use in the bathroom?'). If you have to learn a lot of new words, why be boring?

I can't recommend these sorts of flashcards enough for ESL/ TESOL teachers teaching beginner or early intermediate students. They can be used in other ways too, to prompt conversations without talking too much yourself (Teacher Talking Time), to create scenarios or roleplays such as grocery shopping, homestays or staying at a hotel, (Excuse me please, could I please get a clean towel?'), as a stimulus for describing things or expressing likes and dislikes. They make a bright and interesting addition to lots of lessons.

The set is available online at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Everyday-Objects-Flashcards-ESL-Beginners-LOTE-and-Literacy-2370229 for only $2.00.

Christmas Fun

It gets so exciting coming up to Christmas. Why not decorate your worksheets, homework sheets, classroom, bulletin board or smartboard which Christmas themed decorations? Christmas border are only $2.00 for digital downloading and are available at:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Borders-New-2239931
This is also great for ESL/ TESOL teachers working overseas where there aren't a lot of Christmas decorations available.

I've also created some Christmas gift tags to digitally download. It can get expensive buying gift tags for presents for students, especially if you have a large class or work across many classrooms. So this way, pay once and reprint them as often as you need: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Gift-Tags-2198974 for only $1.25.

Lastly, here is a hand drawn Christmas tree, decorations and presents to colour and decorate the tree with: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Decorate-the-Tree-Christmas-Fun-2229893 for only $1.25 that should keep everyone happy and quiet (:

Letter Combination (Phonics) Flashcards (ph, sh, th, ch, wh, gh)

This is a set of 36 flashcards with bright, fun, hand-drawn images.

They show the consonant combinations that many students have problems with - sh, th, ph, wh, gh and ch (letter combinations using 'h'). This is because adding an 'h' can suddenly change the whole sound, for example from 's' to 'sh'.

Each letter combination has 1 or 2 words. Each word has a card showing just the images, a card with the word for that image and a card showing the target letters.

The cards create a visual aid for the target letter combinations. The word is given to assist with sight learning and the target is drawn out to help students understand which letter combination is associated with that sound.

These can be used as prompts, in memory games, snap or in matching activities, for example:
* letter combination (e.g. 'ch') and image (e.g. 'cheese');
* letter combination (e.g. 'ch') and word (e.g. 'cheese');
* image and word;
* image to prompt word;
* image to prompt letter combination 'ch'.

These will teach the students to scan for these combinations, read the word by sight and associate the image with the sound (phonic association).

These are designed for young learners or ESL learners and can be found at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Letter-Combination-Phonics-Flashcards-ph-sh-th-ch-wh-gh-2111239

Copyright 2015 Meg English.

Relexive Pronouns (-self and -selves)

The type of construction 'I saw myself' or 'They washed themselves' is quite a strange one to many speakers of other languages and can even be confusing to young native speaker 'He washed heself'. For teachers it can be a difficult lesson to make interesting to to give examples for.

This is a set with a complete lesson on reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself etc) including two sets of flashcards - fun cartoon hands to use as prompts as well as paired cards with the reflexive and the corresponding pronoun (e.g he - himself, she - herself). The paired cards can also be used in pairing games (e.g. memory or snap), in pairing exercises or as prompts.

The lesson includes explanations of the grammar, examples, spoken exercise and instructions on how to use the flashcards. It is a very direct, to-the-point lesson which suits shorter lesson times (less than an hour).

The lesson can be found at my tpt store for only $2.00:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflexive-Pronouns-self-and-selves-No-Prep-Lesson-Flashcards-2109451

This makes a good lesson in itself, but can also be used as a display lesson or to advertise ESL classes. Through the lesson, you will be able to assess the skill level of new students.

This is based on a lesson I taught quite frequently and is a great lesson for building confidence as the target structure can be picked up quite easily for intermediate students. This means that students can focus on extending speaking skills.

Copyright 2015, Meg. English.