We will learn what a snake oil salesman is and where the term comes from. Then, we will play a board game that requires you to sell a product to a special customer. You can find the board game on Amazon here. Snake Oil
Snake Oil
Author: Tim Schilstra
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure
Beautiful Garbage I like to share new Korean phrases and words that I hear. One thing about the Korean language is that they really know how to use portmanteaus to create language. A friend taught me 예쁜쓰레. It translates to beautiful garbage. She used it to talk about flowers as they are only pretty for … Read More
Agree to Disagree
We will learn about English proverbs and how to teach them without translating. We will practice that skill as we explain our proverbs to each other. In the second class, we will discuss whether we agree with the proverb or not. Agree to Disagree ppt Agree to Disagree (printout) Proverb Cards
Gift Giving
We will learn some expressions about gift giving. We will go magazine shopping and give gifts to each other while using the key phrases. Gift Giving Box Printout
World Capital
We will discuss caput mundi. Then, each group will decide which city should be the capital of the world and come up with justification. Finally, we will look at the suggestions from ibx2cat. Caput Mundi
Say Anything
Say Anything is a board game where you have to guess what the judge will like. Everyone will vote on what they think the answer is. Then, the players get points if they guessed correctly. Say Anything (rules)
Impulse Buying
A Dangerous Place Daiso is a dangerous place for me. If you aren’t from Korea or Japan, Daiso is a discount variety store. I went there last night to pick up some Tupperware and Christmas decorations. I spent 44,000 won. The reason why the store is dangerous for me is because they have a lot … Read More
Get the Monkey Off Your Back
Finally, A Win! The Detroit Lions finally got the monkey off their back with their win last Sunday. They won on the last play of the game. The Lions are my favorite American football team but they SUCK. They are really bad this year. I wrote about kissing your kissing your sister when they tied … Read More
Alexander Graham Bell
Vocabulary Before reading, translate these words. Elocution Deaf Influence Mimicry “Visible Speech” Phonetic Corn husk De-husking Flour Mill Manual (adj) Finger-tapping Devotion Acoustics Pupil Enroll Automaton Tuning Fork Philologist Contraption Deduced Mohawk (people) Modify Melodeon Oratory Burning the midnight oil Harmonic Telegram Tone Secured Financing Pluck Overtone Transmit Liquid Electromagnetic Skyrocket Transcontinental
Chris Hadfield
Vocabulary Before reading, translate these words. CF-18 Hornets Test pilot Aircraft CAPCOM Mir Space Station Canadarm + Canadarm2 Spacewalk Antifog solution Oversaw Soyuz Qualified Civilian Launched Press coverage Presence Savvy