Atena Juszko, ELT Editor | Writer | Project Manager
This is the second ebook in the sentence transformation series. It’s been written with the Polish grade 8 exam in mind, but it can also help students prepare for secondary school exams, and Cambridge exams. This part focuses on so, such, what, how, too and enough. You can find the first part here. Download ebook […]
Sentence Transformations B1: Part II (Egzamin Ósmoklasisty: parafraza zdań) Read More »
I’ve never been into writing early-primary materials, but since I’ve been helping my kindergartner with her home-learning, this age group has grown on me. Inspired by a book that my daughter’s teacher asked her class to read (‘Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt’), I put together this nature scavenger hunt. My daughter
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I prepared this ‘Letter to Santa’ template last year for my own kids. They loved completing it and sending it to the North Pole. We’re doing the same this year. This template is an opportunity to look back on 2019, reflect on the good things and think about areas that we’d like to work on.
I made this template for my 5-year-old daughter who is starting school (Kindergarten) in September. My plan is to slightly update the template every year as she develops and her writing gets better. I’m going to keep all these worksheets in a binder of memories of her school years. I’ll be adding photos, report cards,
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What would Shakespeare’s Facebook profile look like? What kind of friends would he have? What status updates would he write? Get your students to use their imagination and practise creative writing with this social media profile template. This template lets students create a mock social media profile. Profiles can be created for: a famous writer,
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These are two exam papers that should help students prepare for the Polish oral matura exam (the exam that students take at the end of their secondary education). Even though these have been written with the matura exam in mind, they can be used by anyone who wants to practise their speaking skills. Download worksheets
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This is the second in a series of photocopiable resources specially written for students taking the Grade 8 exam in Poland (Egzamin Ósmoklasisty). This time, the focus is on key word sentence transformations. It’s impossible to predict what’s going to be in the exam, but having analysed a number of exams and tests at B1
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I’ve spent a good part of 2018 learning about fostering a growth mindset in my children, and also in the ELT classroom. I’ve been thinking of ways I could design materials that would help teachers integrate a growth mindset into their English curriculum. The results are very much a work in progress, and I still
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This is the first in a series of photocopiable resources specially written for students taking the Grade 8 exam in Poland (Egzamin Ósmoklasisty). Completing a description of a photo is a Use of English task in this new exam. It tests lexis, grammar and spelling. This set contains ten exercises, teaching notes with answers, common
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