Mister James Teaches English

This colouring book is full of pages of imaginary cities and real cities such as Sydney, London and Tokyo to colour in.  They even have cities that are in the clouds, trees and in the jungle.  What's your dream city? Would you live in a tree?

At the far end of town where the grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow - and sour - when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting old crows ... is the street of the lifted Lorax.

Thneedville is the town in The Lorax that Ted, his mum, Grammy Norma, Audrey and Mr- O'Hare live in. It seems to be made mostly of plastic and cement and the air is not very good. Cooper Pedy is known for two things - Opal and Underground Homes. Here most of the houses are underground including the hotel. These homes are called "dugouts" and the houses are fashioned in such a way due to scorching temperature during day time. This underground town was established in 1915 following the discovery of opal there. It's interesting to know that ninety five per cent of the world's opal comes from this area. The Seagaia Ocean Dome (シーガイアオーシャンドーム Shīgaia Ōshan Dōmu), was one of the world's largest indoor waterparks, located in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan. The Polynesia-themed Ocean Dome, which was a part of the Sheraton Seagaia Resort, measured 300 metres in length and 100 metres in width, and was listed on the Guinness World Records. It opened in 1993, and ...

According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Sweden  "Most people live in cities, and thus most energy is consumed there, at the same time there is not sufficient space around cities in which to produce the energy, food and materials these cities need. People in the richer parts of the world use more land area for energy consumption than their equitable share." We can begin talking about the city from the local part of it you spend most of your time. Think about the area you live in a spend most of your time. Do you know it's history? How many people live there? How is it for public transport? Does everyone drive cars? Where does the water come from? When does the poop go? Has the area grown in population recently? Is it declining? Are there industries in the area? How many parks are there? Do any animals live there -  wild and domestic? What do you think the future of this area will be. You can use Google Maps and Wikipedia to get some idea...

The Honey Bee. Perhaps the most important insect in the world....without the bees we would not have crops, fruit, vegetables. Things would be grim. Finally there is the waggle dance. Bees communicate by dancing and this was discovered and understood by Karl Ritter von Frisch, an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973. The "waggle dance" tells about more distant food sources. In order to do this, the dancing bee moves forward a certain distance on the vertically hanging honeycomb in the hive, then traces a half circle to return to her starting point, whereupon the dance begins again. On the straight stretch, the bee "waggles" with her posterior. The direction of the straight stretch contains the information about the direction of the food source, the angle between the straight stretch and the vertical being precisely the angle which the direction of flight has to the position of the sun. The distance to the food so...

What is sustainability? Why is it important? What are people doing to achieve it? The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The Goals interconnect and in order to leave no one behind, it ís important that we achieve each Goal and target by 2030. The Goals are explained in detail here . The Young People's Trust for the Environment is a charity set up to encourage young people's understanding of the environment. Founded back in 1982, it aims to give young people a real awareness of environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, deforestation and endangered flora and fauna.

T wo old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse. Said he who caught the Muffin to him who caught the Mouse,-- 'This happens just in time! For we've nothing in the house, 'Save a tiny slice of lemon and a teaspoonful of honey, 'And what to do for dinner -- since we haven't any money? 'And what can we expect if we haven't any dinner, 'But to loose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?' Said he who caught the Mouse to him who caught the Muffin,-- 'We might cook this little Mouse, if we had only some Stuffin'! 'If we had but Sage andOnion we could do extremely well, 'But how to get that Stuffin' it is difficult to tell'-- Those two old Bachelors ran quickly to the town And asked for Sage and Onions as they wandered up and down; They borrowed two large Onions, but no Sage was to be found In the Shops, or in the Market, or in all the Gardens round. But some o...

Here are some games that you can play online for practicing and learning English . If you want some free language games to download go  here .   HAVE FUN!

It is possible to tell stories using animation. Here I have created a series of ideas that are about being bored at school. You can make you own here: https://www.renderforest.com/ and https://www.animaker.com/

Animation is a process used to create motion pictures through the combination of still images (e.g., digital graphics, photographs of drawings, photographs of objects, etc.) which, when played in sequence, create the illusion of movement. All television cartoons, for example, are animations, and are made up of thousands of still images (drawn by hand or on a computer) that are played sequentially, along with a soundtrack, to tell a story. Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc Sondheimer, “Piper,” a short from Pixar Animation Studios, tells the story of a hungry sandpiper hatchling who ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The only problem is, the food is buried beneath the sand where scary waves roll up onto the shore. “Piper” debuted in theaters worldwide with “Finding Dory” in 2016. Director’s Statement  “Piper began as a test to try and craft develop animation tools that would provide greater flexibility to for artists. As...

Telling stories from pictures gives you something to work with from the very beginning. How would you connect these images together to explain what is happening in them? Every picture may be worth 1000 words, but you can tell a pretty good story with only a few dozen. Try to create a story using Storybird:  https://storybird.com/

The Tale of Peter Rabbit  by Beatrix Potter was first published in 1902. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny was published in 1904. This is a film of the two books combined. The book of The Tale of Peter Rabbit can be downloaded here . The book of The Tale of Benjamin Bunny can be downloaded here .

Bean, Boggis and Bunce are the farmers that want to kill Mr. Fox and his family. But Mr. Fox is too smart for them. We have read up to page 20 today. The chase continues. We have now heard how the Fantastic Mr. Fox has led his children and himself into Boggis Chicken House Number One, where he took three chickens for his supper. The three angry farmers have not even come close to catching Mr. Fox since the shot his tail off four days ago. Since then it has been a merry chase. Continue listening to the story from the video above. Mr Fox does not just feed his own family. He takes enough food from the storehouses of Baggis, Bunce and Bean to feed all the burrowing animals: badger, rat, weasel, rabbit, beaver and mole. Script Writing Can you retell this story using your own ideas? An apple tree stands alone at the top of a hill. A handsome fox dressed in an Edwardian-style navy velvet suit leans against it with his arms folded and hi...

Lesson One Listen to the the first ten minutes of the audiobook, The BFG; In the moonlight, Sophie caught a glimpse of an enormous long pale wrinkly face with the most enormous ears. The nose was as sharp as a knife, and above the nose there were two bright flashing eyes, and the eyes were staring straight at Sophie. There was a fierce and devilish look about them. (Page 4) Read aloud this description of the BFG to the class. Ask them to close their eyes as they listen and to imagine they are Sophie, peering out of the window into the dark night at this strange giant figure. Ask them to try as hard as they can to picture the character as the author is describing him. How do they feel when they realize that the Giant is staring at them? STARTER TASK: In groups, give the children a short time limit to write down on one sheet of paper all the feelings they experienced when the Giant stared at them (e.g. fear, terror, hairs standing up on the back of their neck). Compare th...

Hoist anchor, maties! And set a course for the grandest pirate yarn ever to shiver your timbers in this thrillingly animated, song-and-laughter filled version of Robert Louis Stevenson's swash bucklinng adventure classic!