Today when The Man and I went out on our bicycles I took the camera especially so that I could get a picture of a dog we often see. It is usually sitting bolt upright, as if it had a father like mine, who would shout, "SHOULDERS BACK!" periodically at dinner time, in between, "ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE!" and "DON'T LICK YOUR KNIFE!" My father was worried that we'd all end up with bad posture and worse manners.
This dog has perfect posture. "I was brought up properly," it seems to be saying. "When I sit, I sit neatly, with my back straight and my paws just so."
Today, however, it was lying down. But it even lies down neatly, back paws tidily together, front legs elegantly crossed, tail curled around just right. It is a perfect model of dog posture. I'm sure it would never even dream of putting its elbows on the table.
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I have noticed that I get a lot of hits from people searching "present simple" and "ESL," and assume that this is language teachers looking for ideas or lesson plans. The following links are good places to start.
ESL Lounge Here you will find lesson plans organised by level. A fantastically useful site for busy teachers, and easy to navigate.
British Council Here lesson plans are organized by topic. There are more teaching activities in the 'downloads' section.
The Internet TESL Journal
They have not updated this page for a while, but there is still a lot you might find useful.
Humanising Language Teaching
This is an online journal, good for ideas, inspiration, and especially good towards the end of semester when you're feeling not quite human.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Almost too much to wade through, but a very useful resource. Lots of links to other sources.
Karin's ESL PartyLand
This is a page specifically dealing with teaching simple present and present progressive. I have not tried any of these, but there are a lot of ideas here, and they look good. At the very least you will be inspired.
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6 comments:
Ahh!! What a beauty! She (is it a she?) looks kinda gloomy though.
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She is a gorgeous dog. I can't imagine she'd be too thrilled about being chained up on that porch in the event a kitty should run by for her to chase but at least she has fresh air.
Perhaps I should consider some obedience/training lessons as I tend to slouch. Not to mention scratch myself on rare occasion.
I love seeing dogs with their legs crossed. They somehow look pensive that way and contented.
Ever considered changing professions? Like becoming an animal psychologist? You seem to 'get' into their heads so easily...love your 'mind-reading'.
in that second picture it's almost as though he/she is looking at me in a "You do NOT want to hug me. Do Not hug the dog." fashion.
So cuddly yet dignified.
You made me hastily whip my elbows off the table!
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