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dennypackard
Denny Packard
France



Born in the United States, I taught in France for over 40 years (plus many summers in Britain and the U.S.). I taught English primarily to young adults at University level, but I have also taught French secondary school pupils, business people, teachers, prison inmates, and drug addicts. My students have come from 93 countries around the world.

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Big Bang Theory - Hawking Excitation
Here is a worksheet to go along with one of the latest episodes of the great "The Big Bang Theory" with guest star British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, considered to be the most influential scientist since Albert Einstein. (If you are not familiar with Stephen Hawking, do have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking) My student...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29


 
Comparing Oliver Twist Remakes
The workhouse scene where Oliver Twist asks for more food is one of the most famous in all English literature. About 2 dozen film versions of this novel have been made (the earliest back in 1909!). Show the class 2 or 3 versions of the workhouse scene (many are available on YouTube) leading up to Oliver asking for more food, and have the students t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
Friends - The One with the Thumb
Season 1, Episode 3 of this great sitcom. I used Gabriel Weiss�s Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32


 
Everyday Use Discussion Questions
Discussion questions to go with the beautiful short story "Everyday Use" by black American author Alice Walker. This short story is always a hit, even with my science and engineering students.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
Thank You, M�am - Questions
Langston Hughes is best known as a poet of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s, but here are some discussion questions to a fabulous short story written in the 1950s. As a follow-up (homework, for example), I ask students to write a letter from the boy to the woman 10 or 15 years after the story takes place. Send me a private message with yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5


 
My Blackberry Is Not Working
There are 2 possible ways to use this very funny video from the BBC: 1) As a traditional listening execise, have the students watch this video, discuss the main ideas briefly then hand out the gapped worksheet and ask them to fill in as many of the blanks as they can remember. Then play the video clip again and let them fill in the remaining gaps...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51


 
Scrubs - My Old Lady
This is from Season 1 of the popular American sitcom "Scrubs." For the title and the pictures of the characters, I used the free font Scrubbed, which allows everything to appear on one page. There is also a picture of a doctor in scrubs to illustrate the sitcom�s title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Conditional Questionnaires
Here are 2 questionnaires (A & B) for practicing the conditional tenses. You�ll have to change the font and font size so that both questionnaires fit onto one page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Conditional Snakes & Ladders
In this grammar game, students have to determine which sentences are correct and which need to be changed. The full instructions are given on page 2. I used the font Zeal for the arrows in the squares on the left and right sides of the game board. (Inspired by "Grammar Games" by Mario Rinvolucri, CUP.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
Colloquialisms 2
The list of common colloquial expressions came from an old British coursebook, but I made it into an exercise that is challenging, but not impossible for upper-intermediate and advanced learners. Here students have to match the questions with replies.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38

 

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