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How to Turn Summative Assessment into a Creative, Stress-Free Experience
Summative assessment is more than a test. Move beyond the ‘gap-fill’ and use my soulful rubrics to grade creative song lessons with clarity and joy.
How to Teach the Second Conditional with a Boost (Using Katy Perry’s “Bandaids”)
Get a free ESL lesson plan to teach the Second Conditional with Katy Perry’s “Bandaids.” End grammar boredom and get a full “Assessment with a Soul” toolkit to eliminate your assessment anxiety.
3 Simple Formative Assessment Techniques You Can Use in Your Next Song Lesson
Discover 3 simple, low-prep formative assessment techniques to use in your next ESL song lesson. Learn how to gauge student understanding in real-time without breaking the magic of the music.
How To Use Alex Warren’s Ordinary To Turn Boring ESL Into Extraordinary Success
A creative ESL lesson plan using Alex Warren’s “Ordinary.” This B2/C1 song activity goes beyond gap-fills to teach critical thinking and figurative language
ESL Song Analysis: Why Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” is Great
Tired of boring gap-fill exercises? Discover how to use Alex Warren’s hit song “Ordinary” to create a truly creative and time-saving song activity for your teen or adult ESL students. This deep dive moves beyond the surface, offering a line-by-line analysis of powerful metaphors and vocabulary you can actually teach with. Get a FREE, ready-to-use lesson plan designed to develop critical thinking, listening skills, and grammar in a meaningful context. Stop searching and start teaching with an activity that fosters deep discussion and engages students with music they already love.
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