The six lessons cover mythology surrounding the English names of the months and days of the week. Though designed to support ESL instruction, activities range from simple games to writing exercises to creating web pages and are designed to emphasize cooperative learning experiences that encourage student interaction along with individual self expression. As such, they are great for teachers with diverse classrooms. This site offers simple creative writing and storytelling activities for ESL students of all ages. Lesson plans and handouts are formatted for ease of printing.
Exercises are mostly basic skills, but some intermediate writing activities are also included.
There are also interactive pages for students. This site is a novel resource for teachers of English that have Internet connections and wish to encourage web-based activities for their students. Activities involve hunting for words and grammatical structures in material that can be found online. The author encourages exploration and learning from real-world examples and includes many tips on using search engines. The basic idea may be adapted by teachers for various purposes.