Preparing for the August ELT Blog Carnival

Humor dosn't always mean acting like a clown!

The 41st ELT Blog Carnival is DONE! Check it out: http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2014/08/41st-elt-blog-carnival-teaching-with.html

Since my July and August are shaping up to be pretty busy, I thought I would announce the August ELT (English Language Teaching) Blog Carnival now and give bloggers plenty of time!

Are you unsure what a blog carnival is? The ELT Blog Carnival home page has examples from all of the past 40 carnivals.

The August ELT Blog Carnival will be filled with blogs about humor.

I am a teacher who strongly believes that humor makes classrooms better! This Blog Carnival is designed to let other teachers share how they use humor in the class, so that other teachers may be inspired from them!

How to participate?

There are three big ways you can participate!

• Submit your post
• If you have an amazing older post that you have written on humor in the ELT field (EFL, ESL, ESP, EAP, etc.) send it my way.
• Alternatively, if you feel inspired, you can write up a new post. There are SO MANY different aspects of humor you can touch on. If you are stuck, look at these questions for inspiration: 



Many students find mustaches amusing

• Do you have a lesson that revolves around a funny movie clip or a silly joke? Perfect!
• Do you have a knock knock joke you use in class that is an example of blended speech? We'd love to see it!
• Do you have a rewards system or class theme that is funny? Share it! 
• Have you read a book about using humor in the classroom and you want to review it? Awesome!
• Is there a website with funny quotes you use in class? Review it!
• Is there a tech tool you use that makes your students laugh? Explain it!
• How much humor is OK or When is humor not appropriate? Discuss it!
• Do you have a story about a time humor really brought a student out of his/her shell? We'd LOVE to hear it.
• As you can see there are TONS of opportunities! Simply find the topic that calls out to you!
• If you feel inspired to write but you don't have a blog, contact me! I would be pleased to host you as a guest blogger. 
• When you write a new post it would be nice to include a link to here http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2014/07/preparing-for-august-elt-blog-carnival.html so your readers can learn more and participate if they would like. 
• Share this post so others can get involved! (You can share this via Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, family board game night, your Nobel Prize acceptance speech, or anywhere else you think you could reach people who are interested). To make it easy for you, by clicking this link http://ctt.ec/qT9Oa you will tweet, "Im ready for the August #eltBlogCarnival on humor http://eslcarissa.blogspot.mx/2014/07/preparing-for-august-elt-blog-carnival.html Pls Join"
• Come back August 6th to read all the lovely blogs! You can keep track of everything via #eltBlogCarnival on Twitter! Or just go to the Blog Carnival.

Funny mug! (If you can't read it the text is here)

To submit your blog you have three options:
1. Tweet it to Carissa Peck (@eslcarissa)
2. Use the general ELT Blog Carnival submission form.
3. Leave your link in the comments of this post

Please try to get all submissions in by Saturday, August 2nd!

For those of you who don't want to participate, but are eager to see the results check back on Wednesday August 6th! You can also leave a comment here and I'll be sure to remind you when August rolls around.

If you have any questions or have a request for a specific blog leave it as a comment!