My top tips for teaching vocabulary: It’s better to teach two words that a student will definitely remember in the next class than to teach ten words all at once and have the student not remember ANY. Every student and every class is different, so you’ll have to determine how much they can handle at once. If you think the student may already know the word, wait for them to say it first.  Give them lots of thinking time! Don’t be afraid of long pauses. Repeat words more times

Comic strips are an excellent way to teach sequence words because comic strips are exactly that: a sequence!

Teaching grammar with comics strips is incredibly flexible! You can adapt your lesson plans to fit just about every verb tense. This lesson plan focuses on the present continuous. Common mistakes students make forgetting the be verb (is, am, are) I have students young and old who either forget to use the be  verb or think that it is not important. But we know how crucial it is! Students will have a much harder time making the PAST continuous if they have not mastered the pr