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SHAPE WRITING - a fun and creative teaching idea to improve writing skills
I used this idea this Christmas and Easter with my sts and they absolutely loved it - all levels and ages. It�s fun and effective, doesn�t take a lot of time, and the effect is amazing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 104
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lucky lyrics
My students and I just loved this summer song, and they enjoyed doing the worksheet - it seems simple at first - you just have to listen to the song and fix certain words, but they found it challenging in some places and all missed the first �hear�... Try it (teacher�s copy is the right column)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
This is a collection of worksheets designed for advanced levels. It is based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced level groups, and it inspires creative story writing offering some guided vocabulary. It also contains a list of 200 useful adjectives for teachers (with the link). I usually combine this type of activity with the ppt of the s...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 320
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??? TAGS & PAST PERFECT WITH OTHER TENSES
No huge philosophy here - a ws for advanced sts to practice question tags and past perfect in combination with other tenses, with brief rules into each in the introduction. I hope it comes in handy!
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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PAST SIMPLE REVISION
There are two identical worksheets on one A4 paper (saves paper and can be pasted in smaller notebooks). It provides simple practice for the Past Simple Tense in the 1st exercise, and a fun exercise about famous people and characters in the 2nd one.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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FIREFLIES, STRESS AND INSOMNIA - song ws with additional texts
This is part 2 of my collection with lyrics and texts concerning social topics and everyday life. This one is based on Owl City�s Fireflies and texts about insomnia and stress in our lives, esp teenagers� lives. I�m planning to use it with my teenage sts. It contains 3 pages of wss with links and teacher�s key, aimed at improving reading, writing a...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 118
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Arthur and the Minimoys
This is a follow-up worksheet for the movie/cartoon Arthur and the Minimoys. It strengthens vocabulary, and reading and writing skills. My students especially love the fact that the pictures are black-and-white, because they love to colour them later on. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Batman Begins
This is a follow-up activity for the movie Batman Begins. The first part briefly checks their understanding of the story, but they very much enjoy the second part, and I got some great ideas and essays from my students on that topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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OUR FAVOURITE TOYS - original rhymes for kids� shows
This is a small collection of rhymes I wrote for my advanced preschoolers and their final performance (they performed them in a theatre for their parents and the rest of the audience), including a theme song from their coursebook at the end. The material includes costume&prop suggestions and a �choreography� for each line, and also the link for the...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-9
Type: Choose
Downloads: 22
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children�s play - The Ugly Duckling
This is Ugly Duckling follow-up - it accompanies a ppt I�m sending (which is a children�s play). The ws is elementary, but it�s part of the whole project(children�s play, word games...), although you can do this separately, just as follow-up for the story you read in the ppt. Pages 2 & 3 contain the play in word. The story itself is about how we tr...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: reading
Downloads: 76
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