Would you like your students to learn or practise words related to school? Try these activities in our site:
- There is a Memory Game for students to play with 10 essential words.
- The Quiz with Pictures will help them to associate 20 pictures with 20 words.
- The Type-in Game is for those who want to try how much they remember about the spelling of these words.
You may also use the Printable Worksheet suggested below for more practice.

For higher levels, there is a “Back-to-school” Magazine Cover to create, print and display in the classroom walls for other students to read.

Older and more advanced students may join the Web Quest to find out about what happened this day in history! They may create a report to print or may send it to a friend or teacher.

Would you like your students to play some card games with the words practised in the activities online suggested here?

Print these cards and see how much fun your students can get.
You may use:
- the word-cards and picture-cards to play a memory game,
- the picture cards in a bag for students to pick up and say what the object on the card is,
- the word-cards to play charades or practise spelling.

Does anyone in the class know what these inventions are for?
- Arm Mitten
- Instant Face Lift
- Shoulder Saddle

Have students visit “Totally Absurd” and find out! You may also have them search the archive for the strangest or the least practical inventions, inventions related to parts of the body, pets, means of transport … And how about encouraging some class projects based on these ideas?

Then, if you all want to have more fun, visit this other site for more absurd patents: http://inventionshowcase.com/