hese days it is essential that we stay home and avoid social interactions!
Here you will find great ideas which will help you increase your creativity even at home!
Don't forget that these activities are important because they will be reflected on your whole performance!
Tune in and have fun!
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Staying at home can be boring for all of us but it can also be a great opportunity to work out, read books, watch movies and spend some quality time with your family!
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But what can the cure for boredom be? Let's watch a video...
1. Why is it important to observe in order to boost your creativity? Explain
2. What is the role of routine in being creative? Explain
3. What is daydreaming?
4. What are the main qualities of a creative person?
3. Read the article and match the missing headings (1–6) with each section (A–E). There is one
heading you do not need.
1 Have a good laugh
2 Sit down
3 Get your legs moving
4. Noise
5 Daydream
6 Think outside the box
A _______________________________
In a recent experiment, scientists gave the same task to a group of people who stayed sitting down and to a group
who went for a stroll outside. What they found supports what many people believe, that getting out and about is
very good for creativity. In fact, 100 per cent of the group that went for a walk produced better quality ideas and
produced them more quickly.
The researchers then compared a group walking on a treadmill inside with those stretching their legs outside and
found that while being outside was good for creativity, even walking on a treadmill helped, which suggests that it is
the movement which is most important.
B ___________________________
Your teacher may tell you off for staring out of the window at nothing, but having a wandering mind may be a sign
of intelligence and creativity, according to a new study. The scientists recorded brain activity while people lay still,
but not asleep, and concluded that daydreaming can help people become better problem-solvers. However, if
you’re simply not paying attention when you should be, that clearly isn’t beneficial.
C __________________________
Be willing to challenge things that you have always done. A group of Japanese watermelon farmers had an issue
with the way that watermelons were difficult to pack and store. Their round shape meant that they took up a lot of
space, making their transport more expensive. But why do watermelons actually need to be round? thought the
farmers. They began growing the fruit in square glass boxes, thus creating square watermelons. They just needed
to think differently to find the perfect solution.
D_______________________
Believe it or not, more than one research study has shown that people who watch a comedy film are much better
afterwards at coming up with a creative solution to a problem than those who watched a horror film. It appears that having a chuckle makes us feel more relaxed, which helps the creative process. It is very difficult to be creative
when you’re stressed, because the mind is too focused on survival.
E___________________________
You might imagine that you will be at your most creative if you are able to work in complete silence, but you’d be
wrong. Research shows that for most creative tasks, a low level of noise, like the chatter that you get in a café, is
best. Complete silence is good when you need to focus on a difficult task, but when you want to come up with
ideas, try a little hubbub.
4. Look at the text again and explain what these words/ phrases mean:
get your legs moving
have a good laugh
hubbub
think outside the box
have a wandering mind
5. Last but not least, check how creative you are! Draw these squares and turn each one of them into a recognisable object, e.g.a present or a house! You have 2 minutes!
How many squares did you change? Did you break the rules? Do you think creative people should break the rules? Share your ideas!
6. Check your parents' creativity by doing this test! Time them and ask them to turn the squares into anything they want to, but only in 2 minutes!
Now, you may want to improve your Conitional skills!
To do that, visit this page.
There are the rules for you, visual learners
and practice for everyone!
Do activities 1-8 BEFORE only if you want to be successful at your B2 exams!
Activity 2: Finally, go to the Black Eyed Peas official website. Find the latest news about them and write about them in a comment to this post. You can also include your opinion about this band, your favourite songs, etc.
Mind Boggling Queries!
1. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
2. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?
6. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?
So here comes our first aim: REVISION of PRESENT TENSES!
Watch these tutorials and THEN do the activities in the handouts given to you in class.
Note down anything that is a challenge to you so that we can discuss it in class.
Create a 30 second podcast that introduces themselves. Then you can present them or play them on separate devices in class as an audio gallery.
Write a blog post in the classroom blog introducing yourself to the rest of the classroom.
Create a quick comic strip to describe yourself or to recreate a recent funny moment in your life.
Create a word cloud to describe yourself and share with the rest of the class.
Create your own Voki avatar that introduces yourself to the class. It's going to be even funnier when you are creative with the backgrounds, characters and details of the avatar to reflect your own personality and preferences.
Create a graffiti online that speaks to your interests and personality and share with the class.
Create mashup videos of yourself with Weavly to introduce their interests to the class.
Create a Google map of 5 places you have visited and share with the class
3. I can't stop looking for new exciting ideas for our class!
So, here's our flipped class for today... What do you know about Halloween? How about watching this video to learn more and brush up on your infnitive-gerund knowledge.
You can also study the tutorial here, paying special attention to Part 2 and 3. Practice with a choice of activities: PART 2 One out of 11-13 One of 14 or 15 One out of 17-10 PART 3 (Remember to pay special attention to this part's theory!) Activities 22, 26
Here's the choice of a song from last year's class. What are YOUR favourite songs?
Share them in the class Viber Group and you''ll listen to them in class.
What a great opportunity, to be able to discuss daily issues of great importance with partners from around the globe! What a great way to become Citizens of the World!
This time we collaborate with our partner school in USA for a writing project.
I know you are womdering: How can we write collaboratively? Well, there's no limit to what creative minds -with a little help of modern technology- can do!
2. Click on your number B2a
1. Michael
2. Diana
3. Eva
4. Marianna
5. Deppy
6. Spryros
7. Tony
8. Dimitra
B2b
26. Prokopis
27. Athena
28. Margaret
29. Joanna
30. Christina
31. Alex
3. Write your essay on the subject: Research shows that doing random acts of kindness considerably raises happiness levels in people of all ages. Why do you think this is? What such acts have you done or are planning to do in the future?
4. Connect with the document while in class and see LIVE as your partners in USA are editing your work and helping you improve with real life language!
Group 36 - Spyros
Group 37 - Tony
Group 38- Dimitra
Group 39 - Mariana
Group 40 - Diana
Group 41- Deppy
Group 42 - Eva
Group 43 - Michael
Group 44 - Alex
Group 45 - Christine
Group 46 - Margaret
Group 57 - Joanna
Group 58 - Prokopis
Group 59 - Athina
