Calendar resources
Let's talk about love: Language and story ideas for your English class
How about some fun language activities and literary challenges for Valentine's Day?
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24 Days of Goodness: The Helbling Young Learners Advent Reading Calendar
When you say advent and advent calendar, what’s the first thing that comes to your students’ minds?
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Painting the fence with Tom Sawyer
We probably all agree that one of the most iconic scenes from Mark Twain’s novel is when Tom Sawyer has to whitewash the fence.
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Thanksgiving: 6 topics for your English class
“November had come; the crops were in, and barn, buttery, and bin were overflowing with the harvest that rewarded the summer's hard work.
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City life: stories and language tasks
Cities have always been exciting, vibrant places that offer a lot to their inhabitants and visitors.
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Halloween-inspired writing lessons
There’s no denying it, Halloween has a special atmosphere, whether or not it is part of your cultural heritage.
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Birds in our books
World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated twice each year to highlight the importance of these wonderful strong birds that travel across deserts, oceans and mountain ranges.
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Tackle food loss and waste in the language classroom
Food loss and waste is increasingly evident in our homes, schools and workplaces, but also in cafes, restaurants and supermarkets. And it has a huge impact on the environment.
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Cats in fiction and in the classroom
How many famous cats can you list off the top of your head? As we started thinking about our favourite fictional and real feline friends, we realized that there are quite a lot of them.
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Best of holiday reading 2020: Higher levels
School is out, and while we want our students to relax and enjoy their free time, we'd also like them to keep their English up during these weeks and, who knows, maybe pick up some new words
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Best of holiday reading 2020: Lower levels
School is out, and while we want our students to relax and enjoy their free time, we'd also like them to keep their English up during these weeks and, who knows, maybe pick up some new words
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It’s our world: a month for the environment
Taking action to protect our environment has become an essential part of most teachers’ and students’ agendas.
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