These ideas and designs were heavily influenced by the awesome English boards made by ch_armander so please go look there for inspiration!
The folder containing all of these documents can be found below but I'll also list each document individually.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h-ZyKgkoOVNgBxmSL99iIuUkCj1ZaVTr?usp=sharing
There are also pdf versions of everything linked below. One is meant to be printed on A4 and the other on A3 :)
First: this cute news story from Breaking News English. I included emojis to loosely indicate the meaning of words that may be difficult or just catch students' attention as they walk by.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vz6iQ7FrlJ2Ytx75gfyXMGlBW7lTtKqUnl5jusOt6tQ/edit?usp=sharing
Second: This big holiday calender for the month which is split across two A3 pages. Note that I'm from the States so a lot of the holidays included are the ones I was familiar with and could speak to accurately. There is a separate page meant to be printed on A4 with descriptions of each holiday with kanji for difficult and unfamiliar words which has all been checked by a native speaker (feel free to print it on colorful paper since it looks quite bland as is).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xPtEBb9n3ZH4h3qETJ4r8hVEhcMOhfQJtddeMdEx0h8/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gqazXtQuFcULdNBd9xFuWTBpyotTWtKAjm65u4A0nPk/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IrnCCMYxceNDF_EcKBevucbtU46_ZVz-qXnwxAVhrGw/edit?usp=sharing
Third: This fun trivia page with a bit of history about the etymology of the word November as well as details about the zodiacs and birthstones that fall within the month.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11zKuXUztdWj5N5S5_M5Q9Jbcm6y69jHlUEIzu9YYBTA/edit?usp=sharing
Fourth: This document is a mix of a cute survey for the kids to choose their favorite desert, I pinned some stickers up next to the page on the board and the kids vote by placing them. There is also a song of the month which focusses around being thankful. The Spotify code at the bottom is scannable and will play automatically. Finally there is a page of cute designs (mostly from PicMonkey) to cut out and fill dead space with.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nY97FTC7lrjc1Gebe--hhQszb2nLCDMbxTIy7Z750Dc/edit?usp=sharing
Last: I have a whiteboard with a marker attached to the larger English board and every time I'm at that school I switch out the questions to keep the kids engaged week to week. I'll put the questions I have planned for November below. This is also a good opportunity to teach the kids how to use tally marks since they sometimes default to writing 正.
Would you rather live in the clouds or live underwater?
Would you rather have green hair or have pink hair?
Would you rather become a bird or become a fish?
Would you rather learn how to drive or learn how to cook?
Would you rather have really short legs or have really long arms?
Would you rather be allergic to chocolate or allergic to candy?
Would you rather eat super spicy food or super sour food?
Would you rather have two American Thanksgiving dinners or two Christmas dinners?
Would you rather eat Thanksgiving dinner at 10:00am or at 10:00pm?
If you have questions, find mistakes, or would like access to raw coppies of anything please let me know!
Edit: I've set all of the docs to view-only, if you need to make edits for your school's purposes please make a duplicate and edit that! Thanks :)
Enjoy!
Thank you for your hard work that you put in and sharing this useful content! I just wanted to ask if you could compile the data in a single pdf file. Thanks a ton!
@nisaa1234 I just added those pdfs to the site and to the google folder, hope that helps!
Thank you so much!!