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Do and make collocations (a lesson plan)

March 25th, 2009 · 15 Comments

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Preparation
The starting point for this lesson plan was to think of a good number of do or make collocations. My students’ notebooks were helpful for this task. Here is what I found:

Do 100 mph
Do a bungee jump
Make a cup of coffee
Make a face
Make a noise
Make a phone call
Do a strip tease
Make a wish
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Tags: Do/make · Idioms · Lesson plans · Vocabulary

The image of idioms

September 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Like many teachers, I love expressions and sayings in the classroom. What I like about an idiom such as “The grass is always greener on the other side” is that it offers us such good value for money. Some possibilities:

Find out if students have an equivalent saying in their language
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Tags: Adjectives · CLIL · Comparison · Grammar · Idioms · Pronunciation · Translation · Using images from Amazon.com