Age: 13-15

The Journey of Athletes

This running dictation activity turns learning into a fun, collaborative game. Learners work in pairs or small groups, moving between reading and writing tasks, which encourages active participation and communication. While enjoying the game, learners naturally produce language and focus on noticing and correctly using the present perfect progressive and past perfect progressive tenses.

Renaissance Revealed

In this lesson, learners are introduced to common daily routine expressions using visual flashcards. The teacher shows flashcards depicting various actions and models pronunciation. Learners engage in several enjoyable activities such as matching activities, pairing images with words or short phrases, which help them enhance their vocabulary and communicative skills.

Η ομορφιά δεν είναι το παν Κάλλος οὐκ ἐστί πᾶν

Το μάθημα στοχεύει να βοηθήσει τους μαθητές/τις μαθήτριες να κατανοήσουν μέσω της Ορθογραφίας επί τροχάδην και πολυγλωσσικών παιδαγωγικών πρακτικών την Α’ Κλίση των Ουσιαστικών της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας. Μέσω της σύγκρισης αρχαίων και νέων ελληνικών σκοπεύει να τους/τις εξοικειώσει με τη χρήση και τις ομοιότητες των δύο γλωσσών και την παραγωγή και μετάφραση του κειμένου (ή ουσιαστικών) και στις δύο γλώσσες.

Πάμε Σινεμά!

Το μάθημα στοχεύει να βοηθήσει τους μαθητές/τις μαθήτριες να εξοικειωθούν με την παιδαγωγική διαγλωσσικότητα δηλαδή τη συμπερίληψη της πρώτης τους γλώσσας στη μαθησιακή διαδικασία. Έτσι, μέσω της σύγκρισης πρώτης και δεύτερης γλώσσας αναμένεται να βελτιώσουν τη μορφολογική τους επίγνωσης και να αποκτήσουν γλωσσικές και μεταγλωσσικές δεξιότητες.

Fruits

In this English lesson, students explore vocabulary related to fruits through creative and interactive activities. Using flashcards, matching games, and a hands-on “My Fruit Salad” task, students learn to recognize, pronounce, and spell new words while connecting English vocabulary with their L1. They practice language through visual aids and peer interaction, strengthening both comprehension and speaking skills. The lesson promotes collaboration, creativity, and active participation, while fostering curiosity about healthy eating and confidence in using English for everyday communication.

Days of Laughs: From Mall Adventures to Birthday Parties

In this English lesson, students strengthen their listening comprehension, grammar awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging texts about fun activities and daily routines. Using the running dictation technique, learners listen to short narratives, note key information, and reconstruct the texts from memory. This activity focuses on past perfective and imperfective aspects in main clauses, helping students notice and apply correct verb forms to distinguish between completed and ongoing actions in the past. Through group or pair work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while developing strategies for active listening and language retention. By comparing their reconstructed versions with the original texts, students enhance self-correction skills, expand vocabulary related to leisure and daily life, and build confidence in using English to describe past experiences and habitual activities.

The Power of Expression: How Music and Dance Connect Us

In this English lesson, students strengthen their listening comprehension, grammar awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging texts about music and dance. Using the running dictation technique, learners listen to short narratives, note key information, and reconstruct the texts from memory. This activity focuses on complementary clauses and indirect question clauses, helping students recognize and use embedded questions accurately within sentences. Through group or pair work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while developing strategies for active listening and language retention. By comparing their reconstructed versions with the original texts, students enhance self-correction skills, expand vocabulary related to music, performance, and artistic expression, and build confidence in using English to express curiosity, report questions, and communicate ideas about creativity and culture.

Training for Success: The journey of Athletes

In this English lesson, students develop listening comprehension, grammar awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging stories about sports. Using the dictogloss technique, learners listen to narratives about training and competitions, take notes with visual support, and reconstruct the texts from memory. The lesson focuses on present perfect progressive and past perfect progressive, helping students notice and use forms such as have/has been practicing and had been training in context. Through pair or group work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while improving strategies for active listening. By comparing their reconstructions with the original texts, students enhance self-correction skills and gain confidence in describing ongoing and past activities in English.

Who Does What

In this English lesson, students develop grammar awareness, comprehension, and communicative skills through structured activities focused on subject-verb agreement. Following the Processing Instruction approach, learners are guided to notice the agreement between subjects and verbs, including the singular use of indefinite pronouns (everybody, nobody, someone, etc.), and to identify grammatical and ungrammatical forms. Through referential and affective activities, students listen, read, complete gaps, match subjects with verbs, and evaluate sentence correctness, while also engaging in discussions about their personal experiences and opinions. Pair and group work promote active engagement, peer correction, self-monitoring, and confidence in accurately using subject-verb agreement in meaningful and personalized contexts.

Professions

In this English lesson, students explore vocabulary related to professions through visual, written, and collaborative activities. Using flashcards, group discussions, and the Frayer Model, students learn to define, describe, and categorize different professions while connecting English vocabulary with their L1. They practice language through speaking, writing, and presentation tasks, strengthening comprehension and communication skills. The lesson promotes critical thinking, teamwork, and active participation, while encouraging students to reflect on future aspirations and develop confidence in using English to describe real-world concepts.

Stories and Fables

In this English lesson, students develop vocabulary inference skills through the use of contextual cues. Using authentic and adapted texts, learners explore how to guess the meanings of unfamiliar words by identifying definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms in context. Through teacher modeling, guided pair work, and independent practice, students apply a four-step strategy to interpret new vocabulary. The lesson promotes metacognitive awareness, reading comprehension, and autonomy in language learning. It fosters collaboration, critical thinking, and confidence in understanding texts without relying solely on dictionaries.

Actions in Time

In this English lesson, students develop grammar awareness, comprehension, and communicative skills through structured activities focused on present perfect progressive and past perfect progressive. Following the Processing Instruction approach, learners are guided to notice the differences in form and meaning, including whether an action is ongoing or completed, and how duration is expressed through the use of have/had + been + -ing. Through referential and affective activities, students listen, read, complete multiple-choice tasks, and evaluate statements, while also engaging in discussions about general knowledge and personal experiences. Pair and group work promote active engagement, peer correction, self-monitoring, and confidence in accurately expressing actions with the appropriate progressive tense and duration.

From Clicks to Motion

In this English lesson, students develop grammar awareness, comprehension, and communicative skills through structured activities focused on past perfective and imperfective aspect in main clauses. Following the Processing Instruction approach, learners are guided to notice the difference between simple past and past progressive forms, including their habitual, completed, or ongoing meanings, and to distinguish between snapshot (perfective) and video (imperfective) interpretations of events. Through referential and affective activities, students read sentences, match them to images, evaluate aspectual meanings, and discuss their personal experiences, reinforcing accurate understanding of aspect in meaningful contexts. Pair and group work promote active engagement, peer correction, self-monitoring, and confidence in expressing past events with the appropriate aspect.

The Power of Expression: How Music and Dance Connect Us

In this English lesson, students develop listening comprehension, grammar awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging stories about music and dance. Using the dictogloss technique, learners listen to short narratives, take notes with the support of visual aids, and reconstruct the texts from memory. The lesson focuses on complementary clauses and indirect question clauses, helping students notice and use constructions such as wonder what…, ask how…, and explain why… in meaningful contexts. Through pair or group work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while gaining confidence in describing events, thoughts, and inquiries in English.

Days of Laughs: From Mall Adventures to Birthday Parties

In this English lesson, students enhance their listening comprehension, grammatical awareness, and collaborative skills through two engaging stories about fun activities. Using the dictogloss technique, learners actively listen to short narratives about leisure and social experiences, take notes with the support of visual aids, and reconstruct the stories from memory. The lesson focuses on the past perfective and imperfective aspect in main clauses, helping students understand how these forms express sequence, duration, and background actions in the past. Through group or pair work, learners practice accuracy, recall, and teamwork while developing strategies for active listening and language retention. By comparing their reconstructed versions with the original texts, students strengthen their self-monitoring and editing skills, deepen their understanding of narrative structure, and build confidence in using English to describe past experiences and events in a coherent and meaningful way.