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'''Below are some of the many 'global justice' contexts you can use with articles and Ready Lessons from this wiki:'''
 
'''Below are some of the many 'global justice' contexts you can use with articles and Ready Lessons from this wiki:'''
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'''Passives''':
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*[[SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM 2016 - a 1.5 hr lesson for Upper Intermediate groups: reading, speaking and grammar (passives)]]
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'''Used to + infinitive:'''
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*[[THEN AND NOW - a 1.5/2 hr lesson for Intermediate learners: grammar (used to/present perfect) + reading, speaking and vocabulary]]
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'''Comparatives''': practise comparing literacy and life expectancy in North Korea and Myanmar: 
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*[[READY LESSON (for Pre-Intermediate learners) : OTHER COUNTRIES]]
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'''Present perfect active and passive''': compare active achievements of women from the past to now with passive examples of what's been done to them:
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*[[READY LESSON (for Intermediate learners): WOMEN]]
  
 
'''Present Continuous''': what are various countries around the world doing to combat climate change?:  
 
'''Present Continuous''': what are various countries around the world doing to combat climate change?:  
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'''Passives''':
 
*[[SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM 2016 - a 1.5 hr lesson for Upper Intermediate groups: reading, speaking and grammar (passives)]]
 
 
'''Used to + infinitive:'''
 
*[[THEN AND NOW - a 1.5/2 hr lesson for Intermediate learners: grammar (used to/present perfect) + reading, speaking and vocabulary]]
 
 
'''Comparatives''': practise comparing literacy and life expectancy in North Korea and Myanmar: 
 
*[[READY LESSON (for Pre-Intermediate learners) : OTHER COUNTRIES]]
 
 
'''Present perfect active and passive''': compare active achievements of women from the past to now with passive examples of what's been done to them:
 
*[[READY LESSON (for Intermediate learners): WOMEN]]
 
  
 
'''Review of conditionals:''' discussing health inequality around the world:
 
'''Review of conditionals:''' discussing health inequality around the world:

Revision as of 17:23, 3 February 2017

TEACHING AND PRACTISING GRAMMAR:

'What am I doing? ... I'm opening the door...' - Present Continuous; 'How many countries have you been to / shoes have you got / cars have you driven ...? -Present Perfect; 'Yesterday, Mary (or some other invented, non-existent person) got up at 7. She had breakfast ...' -Past simple''; 'If you won £1,000,000, what would you do?...' -2nd conditional....

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IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS (boring, distant and/or promoting a capitalist / consumerist world view)!!!!

Below are some of the many 'global justice' contexts you can use with articles and Ready Lessons from this wiki:

Passives:

Used to + infinitive:

Comparatives: practise comparing literacy and life expectancy in North Korea and Myanmar:

Present perfect active and passive: compare active achievements of women from the past to now with passive examples of what's been done to them:

Present Continuous: what are various countries around the world doing to combat climate change?:

Past Simple (regular/irregular verbs - pre-int level): summarise these short stories about women wearing veils:

Present perfect: what have all the groups in these stories done to help refugees?:

or in Ready Lesson form:

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Review of conditionals: discussing health inequality around the world:

or a Ready Lesson hypothesizing about conservation, poaching, fund-raising etc and how much they help:

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Question forms: in this lesson about Pangolins (what are they??):