School Crafts and ELT?! I’m a Teacher, Not an Artisan!

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by Katherine Reilly, originally published in ELT NEWS printed magazine

Have you ever experienced the chaos of school crafting? If you’re reading this, then you probably attest to the anguish, frustration and occasional frivolity of trying to accomplish such a feat within the time restrictions of our lessons.

“Teacher? I can’t cut this! Help me!” or the classic, “Mary’s not sharing the markers with us!” And let’s not forget, “This glue has dried up, and Mark is using the other one to stick the pages of his book together!”

So many more incidents could be mentioned, however, we still have a long way to go till Christmas holiday and discouraging you is the last thing I wish to accomplish.

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