Create A Self Grading Multiple Choice Quiz Using Google Docs

Google Docs is a very powerful tool and can seem a bit overwhelming at first. However, once you begin to fully understand the power of this powerful yet free service you will lean towards using it more and more.
In this activity you will be able to create a self grading, multiple choice quiz using Google Docs.
Go to this link to learn how to do it (the site includes a very clear youtube video to help you step by step)

Teaching ideas - Resources online

Here I recommend another useful website for teachers. Find hundreds of free teaching ideas, lesson plans, and primary / secondary resources which can be used in the classroom. A fantastic resource for primary teachers.

TEACHING IDEAS WEBSITE

Practicing Homophones

English Language teachers know that it is quite hard for young learners to understand Homophones. Here we found a very good lesson plan for teachers and activity worksheets on the subject. Enjoy !

Download the pdf file here

The World Cup (South Africa 2010) in the classrooms

Michelle Worgan gives us a dose of World Cup fever with her winning Lesson Share entry that practises the first conditional.

Age: Teenagers / Adults
Level: High elementary / Pre-intermediate
Time: Approx. 60 minutes
Objective: To present and practise the first conditional using the topic of the World Cup
Key skills: Speaking, writing
Materials: One copy of the 2010 World Cup fixture chart per pair of students; one piece of blank paper per student; a football or picture of a football.

Click here to view the photocopiable material

What goes on inside my head when I'm writing?

by Kate Ruttle

This is a great article to understand the writing process from a child's point of view. Ms. Kate Ruttle is a primary teacher in the UK and has written this case study article for us fellow teachers.

Read it / Download it here (pdf format)