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TRUTH OR DARE - the perfect game for teenagers or when you want to feel like it
Just the other day we talked about this game in the forum, and I remembered I had it on paper in handwritten notes. So, here is my version. It�s a great game to play with teenagers, but also adults. It creates a relaxing and motivating atmosphere and many of your sts may open up when they play this game. (It�s editable, so you can change the truth ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: others
Downloads: 983
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Christmas is coming - beautiful poetry and activities
This is my choice of absolutely beautiful Christmas poetry by the Ghignas, and activities based on it. I use it for all levels, it�s such lovely imagery, wonderful language, delightful rhythm, that your lessons will practically plan themselves. Christmas doesn�t always have to be the typical songs - you can expand and enrich with poetry like this.
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 72
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student bloopers & history- FUNNY!!!
When you find a funny text, you just have to turn it into a great lesson. This is a lesson plan I developed to take a funny twist to a unit about human history, and it�s based on student bloopers. The lesson plan contains introductory activities, word games, the copy of the text and a follow-up project(5 activities, over 10 pages). The topic is mul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 91
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THE LONELY GIANT - READING FOLLOW-UP
Hi! I was doing stories from around the world with my sts, and I got the book of Scottish folk and fairy tales. I found the story of the Lonely Giant very charming and did it for Valentine�s Day with my sts - this is a follow-up. They found it interesting, and it wasn�t our typical Valentine�s day - we had a fantasy project with their drawings from...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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FAME GAMES - learning games for movies, music, famous people and important events
This is a collection of word games for these topics: movies, music, famous people and important events. You can use these games as ice-breakers, intros into units or to finish lessons. All the games (associations, 4-in-a-row, hangman, identity crisis, identity cards - all with rules included) can be used with intermediate and advanced levels, with ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 528
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Kids on everyday life - how kids interprete everyday situations
This is part 2 inspired by yetigumboots� post about the Middle Wife - I�ve found some anecdotes on how kids interprete everyday life situations based on lack of linguistic or cultural knowledge. It�s funny, and I�ve truned it into speaking and writing activities for my English lessons with kids. I hope you enjoy them.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 49
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STARDUST - wordsearchES
And another Stardust ws - this one different again. In this one sts have 2 different wordsearching tasks - one typical (to look for movie words and names in a grid) and one which makes them match beginnings and the ending of the sentences. My sts found that one especially interesting, because it seemed, but only seemed, very easy. Have fun watching...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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INKHEART - follow-up summary and writing
This is another ws to do as follow-up for the movie Inkheart. Sts need to find mistakes in the movie summary and correct them, and then answer some personal questions in connection to the story. The story itself is wonderful and can be combined with all three beautiful books. Btw, what or who would you bring from the world of fiction to the real wo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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GRADING SHEET - for advanced sts
Some of you have been asking for a grading sheet for advanced sts and for advice on what to grade and how. This is a grading sheet I devised for my FCE and CAE groups three years ago and I often use it for larger and more important exams during the school year. I even used some of it with my teenage intermediate sts. Perhaps you may find use for it...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 34
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project 3 - English speaking countries
This is part 3 of 3 projects I�m posting today. This one deals with countries, and it�s the basis for a classroom project in which you get your sts to actively use English and learn about different countries. It�s a combination of language, geography and basic culture. It includes several pages of ideas, and it�s designed as a longer activity. Your...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 451
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