November 4, 2022: Smartphones

By the end of this lesson, we will get to know each other and remember each other’s names.

Staff at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra have been requested to avoid the use of certain words related to gender. ANU’s Gender Institute issued a list of replacement terms for everyday words like ‘mother’ and ‘father’.

Time flies! This week, we are looking back at 2025 and celebrating our personal highlights. Join us for “The Nomination Battle,” where you’ll get to share your best memories of the year—from delicious food to surprise discoveries—and practice giving opinions in English!

I went through the “Conversation Topics” worksheets and tabulated the results. This lesson’s topic will be culture. I made a list of the popular topics and will ask all of you to help me choose which ones to use for the remaining classes.

This activity uses a story to promote discussion and problem-solving skills. Students are put into small groups and given one paragraph of a story at a time. After reading each paragraph, the groups will discuss possible solutions or advice for the character in the story.

These middle school students have a warning about teens and social media