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HollyHirst
Holly Hirst
United Kingdom



I am an Englishwoman working in Russia. I teach mostly childrens classes but have a few adult classes in among! Previously, I worked in Spain.

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American football - internet quest
This is a part of a series I�m donig with my kids called �The English Passport� where they have the option to do extra work about different aspects of life in English speaking countries. The emphasis is on autonomous learning. I�ve had a really good response from the kids and they are loving choosing their own research topics. I hope this shee...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Spiders
This is the second of my horror story worksheets. The story is an urban legend which you can find many versions of on the net. This has been adapted specially for my pre-intermediate class. It can be used for reading for pleasure or maybe by giving pairs of students a particular story and then putting one student from each pair or group in a big...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7


 
Earthquakes 1: The San Francisco earthquake
This is the first part of the earthquakes sheet - sorry it�s a bit dull - I couldn�t cut the photos size down to put it on the sheet. You could easily find photos on google though! There is a second part (earthquakes 2: How to survive an earthquake)which gives more general instructions as to how to survive an earthquake. Hope you enjoy and fin...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6


 
An �interview� with the Beatles
This is a worksheet I made for a VERY beginners class (who are doing New English File). It�s an �interview� with the Beatles...obviously bearing very little relation to reality except in the most basic details and I�m doing it as a listening exercise. (Teachers� copy on second page!) It�s mostly to practise �to be� and greetings. It has a little...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Talking about films
This is a worksheet I�ve made to do with an adult class to get them talking about film. There is a vocab section which gives them the necessary tools to talk about films and then there are conversation and listening activities to get them practising.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
New year, new you
This is a sheet to help students think about what they want for and from themselves in the next year. It�s not just about their English progress but a general life thing. I combined it with a �letter to yourself� exercise which the students will open at the end of the school year to see if any of their goals have been reached or if they have manag...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Fairytale descriptions 1
This worksheet uses the students uses to topic of fairytales to enrich and revise students� descriptive vocabulary. Each picture represents a character type (princess, prince, witch, wolf, monster, fairy (godmother), dwarfs and queens) and you should ask them to think about a typical example of this character or how these characters typically are ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Why were you late?
The first text can be used any way you like really. I started of with a general question (do you beleive George?), got students to retell the story and then elicited the grammar (difference between past simple and past continuous). You could use it for anything you like though - acting it out is another option with younger kids. It�s certainly a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Irregular past tense verb test/review

Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Superstitions
A worksheet which can be used as a listening (see text on page 3) or a reading, using saidtext, or as an investigation exercise. Lets the students find out more about superstitions in England. Can be adjusted to level by getting rid off the �fill-in-the-gap� exercise and leaving simply a gap to be filled in.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 35

 

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