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1. LOL Teacher!
Engaging Students with Humor
ShellyTerrell.com/humor

2. Our
students
come to us
with all
types of
stress!

3. Work stress!
Traffic!
Arguments!

4. I’m
hungry!
I’m
tired!
I don’t
understand!
I’m having
a bad day!

5. Photo by JD Hancock: Flic.kr/p/atm6G6
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. - Dr. Seuss

6. Encourage play & humor!

7. Supports relationship
building
Improves health
Prepares the mind for learning
Benefits?
Enhances the classroom
atmosphere

8. Helps teachers avoid burn-out!

9. Photo by Renato Ganoza, Flic.kr/p/7nWZuD
Humor can
relax students
before testing

10. Get students interested in the complex

11. Tips for integrating
humor

12. Plan it in the
presentation!

13. Image Memes
Memegenerator.net

14. Have fun with
the delivery!

15. Choose humorous
teaching content

16. Photoprompts.tumblr.com

17. Learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/make-your-monster

18. Learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/make-your-monster

19. Zimmertwins.com

21. Goanimate.com

22. Create Motivational Posters

23. Bighugelabs.com/motivator.php

25. Classtools.net/SMS
Text Chats

26. Genkienglish.net/howRU.htm

28. Joke Mingle
• Students memorize a joke
• Have students in pairs facing each other.
• Give them 30 seconds to a minute to tell their jokes.
• Blow the whistle. They must tell their jokes to different students.
• Optional: a checklist- Was it funny? Did you get it?

29. Fun Apps

30. Freakngenius.com/yak/8024
Animated Dialogues
with YakIt Kids IOS
App

31. Chatterpix Kids
IOS App

33. Talking Ben & Tom News IOS/Android

34. Have them create comics!
Comics Head Lite IOS/ Android App

35. MakebeliefsComics.com & IOS App

37. BitStrips FB, IOS, Android App

38. PhotoFunia IOS/Android App
Photofunia.com

39. Pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/humor-learning/id13246773

40. Futureeducators.org/goteach/2014/11/12/lol-teacher-
using-humor-to-enhance-student-learning/

41. Get a copy of Learning to Go- Gum.co/learn2go
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