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I have in happy instances initiated healthy interludes here in heaven – International House. If he insists, I’ll have infinite hats inscribed henceforth ‘International House is Heaven!’ It’s happening. I’ve had it. Has it had influence here? I hope it has. Hasn’t it? If honestly it hasn’t, insist. How is heaven inclined? Happy? Indifferent? Help is here in his innovative hands.

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Incredibly happy in his infinitely healthy incremental holdings in hallowed IH, humourless Ivor Hugheon insisted he’d initiate huge investment happenings in hybrid institutional homes if he improved his insipid health. In his intimate hotel in invigorating Innsbruck, idly humming incidental hymns, Ivor handed in his increasingly hot image, having immediately hailed it. ‘International House! It’s heaven, innit?’ he insisted heartily.

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“We’d like to take you on a journey through the 60 years of International House, from its humble beginnings in a little house in Cordoba to its global presence in 54 countries around the world.”

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IH 60 Lesson suggestions Speaking

1. Your school is hosting an IH teachers’ conference and you are the organising committee. Organise the conference (venue / schedule / evening entertainment / day trip on rest day)

2. Tell an anecdote about your first / best / worst day at International House

3. How would you spend your 60th birthday?

4. You are the local minister for education making the opening speech at the IH

60th birthday party – plan and give your speech

5. Create an IH competition (use IH award scheme as an example http://ihworld.com/ih/ih50tt perhaps)

Writing

6. Website review – of any IH school website

7. Proposal – a new IH school (could research other schools’ websites and recommend one to IH or invent their own school) / write to your school director proposing changes to your IH school

8. Letter – Nominate your school as the best IH in the network

9. Report – Their learning history at IH / influence on IH within their local

community

10. Article – Interview your teacher about IH and then write an article about it for the local paper

Listening

11. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write questions for other students to answer when they watch the same video

12. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write a summary

paragraph about that school

13. Learners watch the IH Experience tour of IH Newcastle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kkla0dICZI&feature=player_embedded) and find five similarities / differences with their IH

14. Organise a Skype / Google+ hangout question and answer with a teacher /

learners from another IH school

15. Listen to the interview with Brita and think of 6 questions to ask her. Ask your teacher instead!

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IH 60 Lesson suggestions Speaking

1. Your school is hosting an IH teachers’ conference and you are the organising committee. Organise the conference (venue / schedule / evening entertainment / day trip on rest day)

2. Tell an anecdote about your first / best / worst day at International House

3. How would you spend your 60th birthday?

4. You are the local minister for education making the opening speech at the IH

60th birthday party – plan and give your speech

5. Create an IH competition (use IH award scheme as an example http://ihworld.com/ih/ih50tt perhaps)

Writing

6. Website review – of any IH school website

7. Proposal – a new IH school (could research other schools’ websites and recommend one to IH or invent their own school) / write to your school director proposing changes to your IH school

8. Letter – Nominate your school as the best IH in the network

9. Report – Their learning history at IH / influence on IH within their local

community

10. Article – Interview your teacher about IH and then write an article about it for the local paper

Listening

11. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write questions for other students to answer when they watch the same video

12. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write a summary

paragraph about that school

13. Learners watch the IH Experience tour of IH Newcastle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kkla0dICZI&feature=player_embedded) and find five similarities / differences with their IH

14. Organise a Skype / Google+ hangout question and answer with a teacher /

learners from another IH school

15. Listen to the interview with Brita and think of 6 questions to ask her. Ask your teacher instead!

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IH 60 Lesson suggestions Speaking

1. Your school is hosting an IH teachers’ conference and you are the organising committee. Organise the conference (venue / schedule / evening entertainment / day trip on rest day)

2. Tell an anecdote about your first / best / worst day at International House

3. How would you spend your 60th birthday?

4. You are the local minister for education making the opening speech at the IH

60th birthday party – plan and give your speech

5. Create an IH competition (use IH award scheme as an example http://ihworld.com/ih/ih50tt perhaps)

Writing

6. Website review – of any IH school website

7. Proposal – a new IH school (could research other schools’ websites and recommend one to IH or invent their own school) / write to your school director proposing changes to your IH school

8. Letter – Nominate your school as the best IH in the network

9. Report – Their learning history at IH / influence on IH within their local

community

10. Article – Interview your teacher about IH and then write an article about it for the local paper

Listening

11. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write questions for other students to answer when they watch the same video

12. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write a summary

paragraph about that school

13. Learners watch the IH Experience tour of IH Newcastle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kkla0dICZI&feature=player_embedded) and find five similarities / differences with their IH

14. Organise a Skype / Google+ hangout question and answer with a teacher /

learners from another IH school

15. Listen to the interview with Brita and think of 6 questions to ask her. Ask your teacher instead!

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IH 60 Lesson suggestions Speaking

1. Your school is hosting an IH teachers’ conference and you are the organising committee. Organise the conference (venue / schedule / evening entertainment / day trip on rest day)

2. Tell an anecdote about your first / best / worst day at International House

3. How would you spend your 60th birthday?

4. You are the local minister for education making the opening speech at the IH

60th birthday party – plan and give your speech

5. Create an IH competition (use IH award scheme as an example http://ihworld.com/ih/ih50tt perhaps)

Writing

6. Website review – of any IH school website

7. Proposal – a new IH school (could research other schools’ websites and recommend one to IH or invent their own school) / write to your school director proposing changes to your IH school

8. Letter – Nominate your school as the best IH in the network

9. Report – Their learning history at IH / influence on IH within their local

community

10. Article – Interview your teacher about IH and then write an article about it for the local paper

Listening

11. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write questions for other students to answer when they watch the same video

12. Learners watch a Youtube video about an IH school and write a summary

paragraph about that school

13. Learners watch the IH Experience tour of IH Newcastle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kkla0dICZI&feature=player_embedded) and find five similarities / differences with their IH

14. Organise a Skype / Google+ hangout question and answer with a teacher /

learners from another IH school

15. Listen to the interview with Brita and think of 6 questions to ask her. Ask your teacher instead!

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Reading

16. Webquest – ihworld.com (SS create questions for each other to find answers)

17. Rank action day ideas in order of preference http://ihworld.com/actionday

18. Read another IH school’s website and compare to your school’s – find 6 things your school has that the other school could add to their website (or vice versa)

19. Read another IH school’s student blog and write 6 comments

20. Read a day’s tweets from IH schools – which school wins the tweet-off and

why? (Write a reply tweet to each school) / Read 10 IH school’s Facebook pages – which 6 will you like? Why?

Vocabulary

21. Thought shower a list of 60 words they associate with IH

22. Your 60 favourite words learnt at IH

23. The countries / cities where IH has schools

24. International words lesson

25. Words beginning with I and H thought shower Discourse

26. Link 6 facts about IH into a paragraph / blog post

27. Create a blog post from tweets about IH

28. Write replies to emails from your school DoS, responding to the DoS’ increasing familiarity in kind

29. Dictate answers to questions about IH – students write the questions

30. Make a paragraph about your school more emphatic using fronting devices

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Reading

16. Webquest – ihworld.com (SS create questions for each other to find answers)

17. Rank action day ideas in order of preference http://ihworld.com/actionday

18. Read another IH school’s website and compare to your school’s – find 6 things your school has that the other school could add to their website (or vice versa)

19. Read another IH school’s student blog and write 6 comments

20. Read a day’s tweets from IH schools – which school wins the tweet-off and

why? (Write a reply tweet to each school) / Read 10 IH school’s Facebook pages – which 6 will you like? Why?

Vocabulary

21. Thought shower a list of 60 words they associate with IH

22. Your 60 favourite words learnt at IH

23. The countries / cities where IH has schools

24. International words lesson

25. Words beginning with I and H thought shower Discourse

26. Link 6 facts about IH into a paragraph / blog post

27. Create a blog post from tweets about IH

28. Write replies to emails from your school DoS, responding to the DoS’ increasing familiarity in kind

29. Dictate answers to questions about IH – students write the questions

30. Make a paragraph about your school more emphatic using fronting devices

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Reading

16. Webquest – ihworld.com (SS create questions for each other to find answers)

17. Rank action day ideas in order of preference http://ihworld.com/actionday

18. Read another IH school’s website and compare to your school’s – find 6 things your school has that the other school could add to their website (or vice versa)

19. Read another IH school’s student blog and write 6 comments

20. Read a day’s tweets from IH schools – which school wins the tweet-off and

why? (Write a reply tweet to each school) / Read 10 IH school’s Facebook pages – which 6 will you like? Why?

Vocabulary

21. Thought shower a list of 60 words they associate with IH

22. Your 60 favourite words learnt at IH

23. The countries / cities where IH has schools

24. International words lesson

25. Words beginning with I and H thought shower Discourse

26. Link 6 facts about IH into a paragraph / blog post

27. Create a blog post from tweets about IH

28. Write replies to emails from your school DoS, responding to the DoS’ increasing familiarity in kind

29. Dictate answers to questions about IH – students write the questions

30. Make a paragraph about your school more emphatic using fronting devices

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Phonology

31. Different ways of pronouncing I

32. To pronounce or not to pronounce – H is the question

33. Get SS from different IH schools around the network recording the same message (Happy 60th birthday International House, have a fantastic year and thanks for all your help with my English learning. You’re the best!) and SS have to match the message to the country. Then discuss the different sounds of different accents

34. Speed reading race of any short text about IH60 – weak forms practice

35. Sentences about IH60 dictation – how many words are there in the sentence /

write out whole sentence / drill sentence Functions

36. Everyone in the class is celebrating their 60th birthday. Congratulate them all in different ways

37. Everyone in the class is taking early retirement at 60. Give them advice about

how to adjust to their new way of life

38. Roleplay an interview with Brita Haycraft, discussing her pride in past achievements, regrets and hopes for the next 60 years

39. Thank everyone in the class for six things they’ve done for you this year

40. It’s someone’s 60th birthday. Make suggestions about how to celebrate

Grammar

41. Compare and contrast two / three IH schools at a time (create and play Top Trumps)

42. If you were John Haycraft what would you have done the same different over

the last 60 years? / If you were IHWO COO Lucy Horsefield, what changes would you make to IH now?

43. Students thought shower questions to ask you about IH locally and / or

globally

44. Students add passives to a completely active text about IH60 in order to make it more natural

45. What will learning English be like in 60 years time? What changes will there

be? What will stay the same?

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Phonology

31. Different ways of pronouncing I

32. To pronounce or not to pronounce – H is the question

33. Get SS from different IH schools around the network recording the same message (Happy 60th birthday International House, have a fantastic year and thanks for all your help with my English learning. You’re the best!) and SS have to match the message to the country. Then discuss the different sounds of different accents

34. Speed reading race of any short text about IH60 – weak forms practice

35. Sentences about IH60 dictation – how many words are there in the sentence /

write out whole sentence / drill sentence Functions

36. Everyone in the class is celebrating their 60th birthday. Congratulate them all in different ways

37. Everyone in the class is taking early retirement at 60. Give them advice about

how to adjust to their new way of life

38. Roleplay an interview with Brita Haycraft, discussing her pride in past achievements, regrets and hopes for the next 60 years

39. Thank everyone in the class for six things they’ve done for you this year

40. It’s someone’s 60th birthday. Make suggestions about how to celebrate

Grammar

41. Compare and contrast two / three IH schools at a time (create and play Top Trumps)

42. If you were John Haycraft what would you have done the same different over

the last 60 years? / If you were IHWO COO Lucy Horsefield, what changes would you make to IH now?

43. Students thought shower questions to ask you about IH locally and / or

globally

44. Students add passives to a completely active text about IH60 in order to make it more natural

45. What will learning English be like in 60 years time? What changes will there

be? What will stay the same?

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Phonology

31. Different ways of pronouncing I

32. To pronounce or not to pronounce – H is the question

33. Get SS from different IH schools around the network recording the same message (Happy 60th birthday International House, have a fantastic year and thanks for all your help with my English learning. You’re the best!) and SS have to match the message to the country. Then discuss the different sounds of different accents

34. Speed reading race of any short text about IH60 – weak forms practice

35. Sentences about IH60 dictation – how many words are there in the sentence /

write out whole sentence / drill sentence Functions

36. Everyone in the class is celebrating their 60th birthday. Congratulate them all in different ways

37. Everyone in the class is taking early retirement at 60. Give them advice about

how to adjust to their new way of life

38. Roleplay an interview with Brita Haycraft, discussing her pride in past achievements, regrets and hopes for the next 60 years

39. Thank everyone in the class for six things they’ve done for you this year

40. It’s someone’s 60th birthday. Make suggestions about how to celebrate

Grammar

41. Compare and contrast two / three IH schools at a time (create and play Top Trumps)

42. If you were John Haycraft what would you have done the same different over

the last 60 years? / If you were IHWO COO Lucy Horsefield, what changes would you make to IH now?

43. Students thought shower questions to ask you about IH locally and / or

globally

44. Students add passives to a completely active text about IH60 in order to make it more natural

45. What will learning English be like in 60 years time? What changes will there

be? What will stay the same?

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Projects

46. Write a special issue IH 60 years class / level / school magazine

47. Create a class blog for all your IH 60 lesson production

48. SS create a new advertising campaign for your school (Youtube videos / Facebook page / Twitter campaign)

49. Design a new IH school in your country – choose a building / books / teachers /

advertising (TV / radio / newspaper) / languages / special courses

50. Me in 60 profile posters (see Me in 60 lesson, SS create a profile poster over a series of ten lessons)

Exams

51. Compare and contrast photos on IHWO website / IH in 60 lesson

52. Compare and contrast different IH schools, based on their webpages – rank in order of where you’d like to study

53. SS choose an IH school webpage, select a text from the webpage and create

an open cloze / wordbuilding text

54. Talk for two minutes about IH (your history in the school / your school’s history / IH in the local community…)

55. Paragraph insertion (any text about IH – e.g. 60 years of IH lesson text)

Business

56. Present a sales pitch for your local IH

57. Write a nomination letter for your IH for a local community prize

58. Choose an IH school to invest in, ranking those on your continent

59. Roleplay the IH60th Anniversary celebrations organising committee meeting – how to spend your budget of GBP60 000

60. Create a new IH learning app and pitch it to the Dragon’s Den

Plus! 6 more IH lesson resource banks: The IH 60 lessons The IH Brand lessons The IH writing portfolio

The IH CEF activity pack The IH Games Bank The IH General English Activities

all available in the affiliate section of ihworld.com

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Projects

46. Write a special issue IH 60 years class / level / school magazine

47. Create a class blog for all your IH 60 lesson production

48. SS create a new advertising campaign for your school (Youtube videos / Facebook page / Twitter campaign)

49. Design a new IH school in your country – choose a building / books / teachers /

advertising (TV / radio / newspaper) / languages / special courses

50. Me in 60 profile posters (see Me in 60 lesson, SS create a profile poster over a series of ten lessons)

Exams

51. Compare and contrast photos on IHWO website / IH in 60 lesson

52. Compare and contrast different IH schools, based on their webpages – rank in order of where you’d like to study

53. SS choose an IH school webpage, select a text from the webpage and create

an open cloze / wordbuilding text

54. Talk for two minutes about IH (your history in the school / your school’s history / IH in the local community…)

55. Paragraph insertion (any text about IH – e.g. 60 years of IH lesson text)

Business

56. Present a sales pitch for your local IH

57. Write a nomination letter for your IH for a local community prize

58. Choose an IH school to invest in, ranking those on your continent

59. Roleplay the IH60th Anniversary celebrations organising committee meeting – how to spend your budget of GBP60 000

60. Create a new IH learning app and pitch it to the Dragon’s Den

Plus! 6 more IH lesson resource banks: The IH 60 lessons The IH Brand lessons The IH writing portfolio

The IH CEF activity pack The IH Games Bank The IH General English Activities

all available in the affiliate section of ihworld.com

IH60 Resources

Projects

46. Write a special issue IH 60 years class / level / school magazine

47. Create a class blog for all your IH 60 lesson production

48. SS create a new advertising campaign for your school (Youtube videos / Facebook page / Twitter campaign)

49. Design a new IH school in your country – choose a building / books / teachers /

advertising (TV / radio / newspaper) / languages / special courses

50. Me in 60 profile posters (see Me in 60 lesson, SS create a profile poster over a series of ten lessons)

Exams

51. Compare and contrast photos on IHWO website / IH in 60 lesson

52. Compare and contrast different IH schools, based on their webpages – rank in order of where you’d like to study

53. SS choose an IH school webpage, select a text from the webpage and create

an open cloze / wordbuilding text

54. Talk for two minutes about IH (your history in the school / your school’s history / IH in the local community…)

55. Paragraph insertion (any text about IH – e.g. 60 years of IH lesson text)

Business

56. Present a sales pitch for your local IH

57. Write a nomination letter for your IH for a local community prize

58. Choose an IH school to invest in, ranking those on your continent

59. Roleplay the IH60th Anniversary celebrations organising committee meeting – how to spend your budget of GBP60 000

60. Create a new IH learning app and pitch it to the Dragon’s Den

Plus! 6 more IH lesson resource banks: The IH 60 lessons The IH Brand lessons The IH writing portfolio

The IH CEF activity pack The IH Games Bank The IH General English Activities

all available in the affiliate section of ihworld.com

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Projects

46. Write a special issue IH 60 years class / level / school magazine

47. Create a class blog for all your IH 60 lesson production

48. SS create a new advertising campaign for your school (Youtube videos / Facebook page / Twitter campaign)

49. Design a new IH school in your country – choose a building / books / teachers /

advertising (TV / radio / newspaper) / languages / special courses

50. Me in 60 profile posters (see Me in 60 lesson, SS create a profile poster over a series of ten lessons)

Exams

51. Compare and contrast photos on IHWO website / IH in 60 lesson

52. Compare and contrast different IH schools, based on their webpages – rank in order of where you’d like to study

53. SS choose an IH school webpage, select a text from the webpage and create

an open cloze / wordbuilding text

54. Talk for two minutes about IH (your history in the school / your school’s history / IH in the local community…)

55. Paragraph insertion (any text about IH – e.g. 60 years of IH lesson text)

Business

56. Present a sales pitch for your local IH

57. Write a nomination letter for your IH for a local community prize

58. Choose an IH school to invest in, ranking those on your continent

59. Roleplay the IH60th Anniversary celebrations organising committee meeting – how to spend your budget of GBP60 000

60. Create a new IH learning app and pitch it to the Dragon’s Den

Plus! 6 more IH lesson resource banks: The IH 60 lessons The IH Brand lessons The IH writing portfolio

The IH CEF activity pack The IH Games Bank The IH General English Activities

all available in the affiliate section of ihworld.com

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IH60 Competition

Win!•A free IHWO online teacher-training course

•Inclusion of your lesson plan on the IH60th web page

IH60 Competition

Judging criteria•Clearly stated lesson and stage aims, appropriate to the designated level(s)•Logically sequenced activities leading to achievement of lesson aims•A variety of language systems and/or skills and interaction patterns•Creative and effective materials, engagingly presented on the official competition template

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• Refer in someway / anyway to 60

• any type of lesson – template is for presentation of lesson, not for structure

• email to Neil.McMahon@ihworld.com

• deadline: 14th June 2013

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