Tag: vocabulary lesson

  • I Spy: Dorm Room

    I Spy: Dorm Room

    What hidden things are lying around this dorm room? You will definitely learn some new vocabulary and practice your English here!

  • How to Make Anki Flashcards for Difficult English Vocabulary

    How to Make Anki Flashcards for Difficult English Vocabulary

    You should know by now that using pictures to learn vocabulary is far better than the translation method because it builds direct connections in the brain and improves memory, so every flashcard you make ought to have a picture. Now, that’s easy if the word is “ball”, but it can be quite a challenge with…

  • Morning Walk

    Morning Walk

    The sun is coming up from behind the far-away mountains, but it’s hiding behind a thin layer of clouds and fog. This keeps the air in the morning cool, and a layer of fog is spread out over the river valley. It’s the perfect time for a refreshing morning walk. Now, there’s an old man…

  • Fishing at the Lake

    Fishing at the Lake

    Learn about physical, mental, and emotional recovery while practicing some new English vocabulary related to fishing at the lake!

  • Drones

    Drones

    There are a lot of useful words we can learn about drones! See this free lesson to add them to your vocabulary!

  • Mountain Climbing

    Mountain Climbing

    She is just a silhouette.  Behind her are fluffy, white clouds, lit up by the early morning sun rising over the mountains in the distance, while she is a dark shape.  She is mountain climbing, alone. This woman got up in the middle of the night to start her climb.  The weather in the afternoon…

  • Elephants

    Elephants

    He’s a calf.  He’s the perfect meal for a pride of lions or a pack of wild dogs.  Actually, he’s a week’s worth of meals!  That’s why he’s staying very close to his herd, in-between an adult and an adolescent.  Why is a calf big enough to be a week’s worth of meals for a…

  • Waiting for the Train

    Waiting for the Train

    Warm on the inside, cold on the outside.  Cold on the outside, and cold on the inside.  The people standing on the platform at the Briercrest train station had very different feelings waiting for the train. The common feeling amongst them all was the anxiety of waiting for the train. Blink and you’ll miss it,…

  • Racing Down the Track

    Racing Down the Track

    There’s something special about car racing.  Unlike running, horse racing, boat racing, and most other forms of racing, car racing isn’t just going straight as fast as possible (well, usually).  Car racing has uphills and downhills, sharp lefts and sharp rights, speeding up and slowing down, blocking and passing.  That’s why you’ve never seen a…

  • Skate Park

    Skate Park

    Jake was drinking his fourth bottle of water.  It was hot!  They were having a big heatwave, so temperatures had been high for days, and they were going to stay high.  He was at a skate park. Just an hour earlier, he and his friends were sitting around in the AC with nothing to do. …