All articles by Jackie McAvoy – Page 2

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Reading lesson plans: Plastic

Students are encouraged to think about the impact of plastic bags on the environment.

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Reading lesson plans: Astrology

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about astrology, including a jigsaw reading on Western and Chinese astology.

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Reading lesson plans: Santa

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about Santa, in this lesson available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +).

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Reading lesson plans: Pearls

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about pearls.

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Reading lesson plans: Weddings

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about weddings.

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Reading lesson plans: Flags

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about flags.

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Reading lesson plans: Cheating

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about cheating.

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Writing tips

Jackie McAvoy provides some useful tips for integrating writing into your English lessons.

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Writing skills: statistical report

To teach and practise language relevant to writing a statistical report

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Writing skills: news story

To help students produce writing with a higher occurrence of lexical variation, complex sentences and appropriate use of passive structures.

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Lesson Share: Speaking: SuDoku lesson

To provide fun and meaningful practice for modals of prediction using a SuDoku puzzle.

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Reading lesson plans: Tattoo

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about tattoos.

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Reading lesson plans: Mobile phones

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about mobile phones.

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Reading lesson plans: Taxi

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about taxis.

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Reading lesson plans: Waste

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about waste.

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Reading lesson plans: Smell

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about smell.

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Reading lesson plans: Hair

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about hair.

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Reading lesson plans: Genius

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about a genius.

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Writing skills: formal and informal writing

To enable students to break down the different features of formal and informal English by working through a step-by-step text transformation at their own pace.

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Reading lesson plans: Football