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I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources. I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

Prior to this blogpost, I've already left herehere and here a lot of info as well as loads of resources for teachers with different age groups and levels. This year, and because I'm teaching adult beginners' courses, I felt I had to prepare something based on visuals, yes, but not childish...
Observed annually on the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving is one of the most celebrated holidays in the US. As it is so often broadcast in the news, even the president pardoning a turkey, I think we can and should use the holiday as a teaching moment: an interesting way of bringing in some cultural content, some history, the concepts of sharing and gratitude, of being thankful for something, ...
Here is the PPt presentation I'll be showing next Thursday:
I also browsed a bit, trying to find some books and reading for and about Thanksgiving, but the truth is that I basically found children's books. Anyway, here they go:
You can find some info here


You can also find info about the one below here.
Hope you can make good use of these resources and ideas! I'll be waiting for some kind of feedback via mail or blog.
In any case, a happy day, a happy Thanksgiving day.                                                                  

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

amazing Alexandra!
well done! I really liked your presentation!
Simonetta from Italy

Anonymous said...

Fantastic! May I use it?

Teacher Alex said...

Thanks!
Sure you can download it, no problem. In case you need it as I'll present to my classes, just send me an email.
Take care!

Sonia said...

I wish I were your student!!

LN said...

This year I'm thankful for:
having a family who loves me
having friends I cherish
being healthy
having a roof over my head
having food on the table
having a job
keeping my sanity (barely, but still...)

I'm also thankful for teachers like you, who give us hope in the future of education in our society.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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