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Just Desserts

“These scripts will give students the opportunity to confidently practise language in a safe and structured setting where they can enjoy playing roles and bringing the story to life. … they’ll be having so much fun that they won’t even realise that they are learning!”
—David Farmer, NILE training consultant, theatre director, and author, Learning Through Drama and 101 Drama Games and Activities

In Just Desserts, a baking competition pits an award-winning chef against a member of his own staff with a secret recipe from a faraway country. As students read and perform this original short play, they practice speaking skills they can apply in their real life.

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Introducing Rob

“These scripts will give students the opportunity to confidently practise language in a safe and structured setting where they can enjoy playing roles and bringing the story to life. … they’ll be having so much fun that they won’t even realise that they are learning!”
—David Farmer, NILE training consultant, theatre director, and author, Learning Through Drama and 101 Drama Games and Activities

In Introducing Rob, a career woman at a tech company brings home a boyfriend to meet her family. But all is not as it seems. Rob is actually a robot! Students will get to discuss the future of AI and social communication. Plus as students read and perform this original short play, they practice speaking skills such as dealing with an awkward situation, sharing emotions, and showing empathy.

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60 Positive Activities for Kids

From the author of the best-selling 60 Positive Activities for Adults this new book contains 60 creative, engaging prompts for younger children that get them talking, writing, and reflecting on the good things in their life.

Check out the edition for teens and adults
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Check out PDF copies on Teachers Pay Teachers. You can even download the activities individually!

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Rising Water Textbook

“What a pleasure it was to discover a series totally devoted to the EFL/ESL teacher who may already understand the value of teaching through Drama, or who would like to try this approach for the first time in the classroom” — Charlyn Wessels Dyers, Author of Drama in the Oxford Resource Series for Teachers

“A wealth of preparatory activities, suggestions for varied ways of using the text and helpful suggestions for follow-up. What are we waiting for? The play’s the thing . . .” — Alan Maley

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Stories Without End

Finalist, British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in English Language Teaching 2019

“The storylines are imaginative and varied, and the concept of encouraging written fluency by getting students to create their own ‘flash fiction’ is something my classes enjoyed immensely” — IATEFL Voices

“One of the best [lessons] this year for engagement, and tonnes of language production.” — Peter Clements, British Councils, and author of 30 Roleplays for TEFL

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Only the Best Intentions Textbook

“A wealth of preparatory activities, suggestions for varied ways of using the text and helpful suggestions for follow-up. What are we waiting for? The play’s the thing . . .” — Alan Maley

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Her Own Worst Enemy Textbook

“Drama in the performance of texts is one of the most compelling of language learning resources…This book offers a wealth of preparatory activities, suggestions for varied ways of using the text and helpful suggestions for follow-up.” — Alan Maley

“A treasure trove of teaching ideas, covering areas like pronunciation, grammar, pragmatics, discussion themes.” — Charlyn Wessels Dyers, author of Drama in the Oxford Resource Series for Teachers

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50 Activities for the First Day of School

“It’s a little gem for newer teachers who want accessible activities for the first day or week at their fingertips.” —Modern English Teacher

“A treasure trove of creative and practical icebreakers, warm-ups, and activities for building a cohesive class.” —Dorothy Zemach

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On the Board

A beautiful collection of riddles, puzzles, brain teasers and more! Very useful and helpful.
— Irina, teacher Smashwords customer
If you are an ESL teacher in need of thoughtful, humorous warm-ups and activities to introduce new material or review old material, [this] is a book you ought to include in your library of resources.
— Trinity Christian Bustria, ESL Teacher and Tutor, Amazon buyer

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Classroom Community Builders

This is an indispensable book, for novice and experienced teachers, for teachers of young learners or adults, or in the ESL or EFL context.
— Scott Thornbury
With solid pedagogical explanations for the exercises rendered in these pages, Burns offers a worthy professional tool for fellow teachers.— Kirkus Reviews

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Successful Group Work

The skills associated with successful group work go way beyond the classroom. They are life skills that can be applied in all areas of our lives. Patrice [Palmer’s] wonderful course…is a must for any teacher and every resource room. – Chris Mares, author of 50 Ways to Be a Better Teacher

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