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Triwizard tournament with pupils
These are the guidelines to organize a Triwizard tournament with the pupils. I think it´s easier to have it outdoor but you can also fix it to have it indoor. There are three challenges just like in Harry Potter. The first one is The Dragon egg; They need to find clues and solve them to find the spot where the golden egg (DIY egg) is. The second ch...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 11
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CuChulainn, the hound of Culainn (preterite) IRELAND
This is a text I enjoy doing with my pupils. They have to fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs (some are regular and some are irregular). Then they need to answer the questions which make them practice the past simple (or preterite)
The story is an Irish legend about the famous CuChulainn (he can be considered as Hercules in Celt...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 16
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Monty Python - Job interview
This worksheet was done to show an example of a job interview before my pupils did their own role play. This is OF COURSE a silly job interview, but it made them think of what you can/can´t do during a job interview. It´s also a good example for pupils of the famous "British humour".
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 171
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An inquiry (part 2)
This was done for a class of 29 pupils. You can also play the game with more or less pupils if you change the grid and the cards. There is one for each pupil.
The teacher is the detective. He asks pupils their name, their age and their activity at 11a.m on that day. The pupils tick the answers on the chart above.
The culprit is among them but he/...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 89
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These poor hands - a miner´s autobiography
A reading based on the true experience of a miner. I got the book at Big Pit, Wales and chose that extract to have my pupils understant the hard life of a miner. KEY INCLUDED
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 33
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Fire Me! Article about a website denouncing people´s tweets
This reading was part of a lesson I called ´Internet : the end of privacy?´. The article is about a new website called Fire Me! that exposes people tweeting horrible things about their jobs.
It makes pupils aware of the dangers of the internet and how careful they should be when posting or tweeting something on the web.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 60
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Molly Malone song (preterite)
Here is a worksheet on the famous song Molly Malone, the lyrics are those used by Fiffin Market but they can easily be adapted to the traditional version of the song (by the Dubliners for example) as there are only few words which change. There are three activities : vocabulary, grammar and reading. Hope you enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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What a wonderful world
This is a worsheet I did to work on the song "What a wonderful world". There are different steps to do so. The worksheet is divided in two parts you must give separately to the pupils.
First, they read the biography of Louis Armstrong, then they listen to the song and see that it´s a joyful song.
Second, they read the lyrics and watch an extract...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Webquest Irish Potato Famine
Here is a webquest about the Great Hunger in Ireland.
The pupils have three tasks :
first they read the letter from an Irish immigrant to the US and highlight the feelings
second they need to find information on a website
finammy, they watch an extract from Gangs of New York
KEY INCLUDED
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 62
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Whose text is it?
This is a worksheet to work on the genitive case (´s) with the pupils. They first decipher the text message and then need to match it with the sender. Finally the pupils write sentences using the genitive
Level: elementary
Age: 9-15
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 39
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