What Does It Take To Be A Teacher?
Patience? Wisdom? Organization?
There may be a myriad of answers to this question but most teachers would agree that teaching requires dedication and commitment. There have been times in the classroom when my enthusiasm is running hot, the students are excited by what they're learning, and teaching has felt like the best job in the world. At other times my own momentum has slowed and it seems like I'm dragging the students through an interminable day. Teaching then is hard work.

So we're asking you in our competition this month to tell us what you think is required to be a teacher. It could be a list of qualities, or a list of items. Whatever you think, please tell us. We'll ask you to limit it to five things. Email us with your list of five things to with 'What It Takes To Be A Teacher Competition' in the subject line to editor@english-to-go.com.
We will enter your name in a draw to win a one month's free gold membership (for non-members) to English-to-go.com or a refund of your membership for one month (for ETG members). We will add all interesting ideas to our "What makes a good teacher" page on ETG.

Congratulations to Sylvia Lamoureux for her winning entry in last month's 'Spot The Mistake' competition. Sylvia won a one-month gold English-to-go.com membership.

And to help you in your teaching, we have all kinds of new resources this month, ranging from hosting a cosmetic make-up class with your students, to using the Internet to find the love of your life.

We hope it's a good teaching month for you.

Best wishes,
The English To Go Team

- A Woman's Place?
Women are world leaders, CEOs and are 50% of the world's workers but a poll shows that 25% of people, most of them young, think a woman's place is in the home. Polls and statistics, gender divisions, adverbs.

- A Prince Among Men, Pre-Intermediate Instant Lesson
Read articles about Prince William, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of England, and share information about him to build a picture of what he is like. Prince William, Queen Elizabeth, sharing information, family.

- Making Up, Intermediate Instant Lesson
The average British woman's cosmetic bag is out of date by four years. Women are using cosmetics well past the use-by date. Debenhams asked 1,000 women aged 18 to 70 about the contents of their cosmetic bags and their understanding of the health considerations. Makeup, consumer issues, expiry dates, surveys, doing a makeover.

- Cyber Romance, Upper Intermediate Instant Lesson
A worldwide poll showed that 30% of web users regard the Internet as a good place to find a boyfriend or girlfriend. Internet chat room relationships, 'despite', 'in spite of' and 'although', discourse markers, understanding a graph, writing an ad, interviews.

- Real Lfe Avatar, Advanced Instant Lesson
Activists say the story of the blockbuster sci-fi film Avatar is being played out in India. While Avatar tells the story of the Na'vi -- a clan of blue-hued humanoids whose existence is threatened by a mining corporation, in India's impoverished but mineral-rich state of Orissa, hundreds of indigenous tribespeople are battling to stop a development to extract bauxite from what they say is their sacred mountain. Development versus conservation, making a diagram, completing a timeline, completing a sentence summary, discussion.

- Complete A Picture - Drawing A Face - Weekly Warmer
This Intermediate level and above warmer helps students practice making appropriate questions to obtain information from a partner to complete a drawing, follow instructions and revise words to do with the face and makeup.

- Make" & "Do" - An Intermediate Anna Grammar worksheet
Some of the different uses of make and do.

- Instant Workbook - Not to Your Taste? - Upper Intermediate
Listen to Susan talking about food, read about some strange drinks, talk about people's habits now and in the past, and practise vegetable vocabulary. There are seven online exercises to do.

- ??Confusables - Stationary and Stationery?? - Max Vocabulary Worksheet
Words that are alike but have different meanings often cause trouble. This worksheet will help clear things up!