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How babies are born and other questions? - project
This lesson plan and project were inspired by a forum post by yetigumboots about �The Middle Wife�. It has inspired a whole series of projects (this being the 1st one) based on language misunderstandings and kids� special language use and understanding �grown-up� concepts. This project was created to sort of connect and intertwine several age group...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 50
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Mary Poppins
Who would have guessed modern kids would love Mary Poppins?! Just goes to show you never can tell until you try. My elementary students loved the movie, the songs, the worksheet, the movie word games... They all tried to snap their fingers to tidy up their rooms, too (it didn�t work though)... If you try this, please, let me know how it went.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-9
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - lyrics detectives
This is a ws based on listening to Natasha Bedingfield�s 2 songs. It�s a fill-in and a synonyms� fill-in, and her songs are not bad listening practice, because she sings very clearly and kids (esp teenagers) like the songs. I even used Soulmate as a dictation later on and they liked doing it like that (although, for a singing dictation, I would alw...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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Kids and exam answers - student bloopers used to learn
This project is also inspired by a post in the forum about students� science exam answers/bloopers and expanded using some �false� definitions many of you wrote (I hope nobody minds my using it as inspiration and linguistic material). I decided again to use laughing at mistakes as prevention for making one. Using funny texts with advanced levels (a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 53
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FANTASY LAND - GAMES - PART THREE
This is only part of a project I prepared for my after-holiday workshop with students about mythical beasts and magical creatures. After spending half the day reducing it in every possible way, I simply had to split it into parts. So - this is part 3 of the project about mythical beasts AND magical creatures(There are also parts 1 & 2- text tables ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: others
Downloads: 50
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SANTA VS. GRINCH - fun grammar worksheet
I needed a worksheet to review some grammar material at this Christmassy time of the year, so I decided to make it using Santa and the Grinch. The ws contains 3 tasks - comparing Santa and Grinch, filling in (with Past S.) a story about Santa�s bad day and guessing jobs the Grinch tried when he decided to be honest. I hope you find it useful! Happy...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 192
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St. Patrick�s Day
Here are only some of my St. Patrick�s Day�s favourite activities - a crossword, a song, a text about Ireland and a story about a leprechaun and a greedy lady. The story is really educational and I�ve used it with all my levels - with preschoolers I added mime and sounds and a song afterwards, with intermediates I had a jumbled text to sort out, an...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 104
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Aesop�s fable- spot the difference in the text
This is a spot-the-difference task, but with text instead of pictures. Page 2 contains some more lesson ideas and teacher�s key. A different approach to dictation and reading practice, and developing synonyms.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 82
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VALENTINE�S DAY - word games worksheet
This is a ws which can be used after playing games in the ppt(http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=23081#thetop), or as a completely separate task. After the teacher�s key, it also contains 4 association games suitable for Valentine�s Day.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 46
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PINK & BREAK-UPS - wss with lyrics and additional texts
This is part 5 of my collection of song lyrics and related texts on various social topics. The ws contains sts� wss, links and teacher�s key. Since the song is about the impossibility of accepting a break-up, I chose some additional texts about that topic. There are listening, reading, writing and speaking tasks. I hope you find it useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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THE SNOW QUEEN - intermediate project
This is a ppt based on the storynory.com text (link for text and audio provided). I made it for my intermediate students. It contains the part of the story till Kay is taken by the Snow Queen (with pics) and from then on there are tasks for sts to guess what happens next, etc. It can be used with ma...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 57
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THE RAINBOW IN THE STONE
This is a story I wrote for my younger students, based on leprechaun legends and the mention of the Blarney stone. (I�ve used Ph. Martin�s free cliparts images.)I hope you find it useful and fun. At the end of the story I�ve prepared an association game (using my own template, available in the free ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 36
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Comparison with Harry Potter
This is a short ppt game to practise comparatives and superlatives to describe the characters from Harry Potter. (Another adition to moravc�s project) There�s also a ws and an OE available. I hope it�s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 76
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children�s play - THE UGLY DUCKLING
This is the children�s play I wrote on the basis of the original story. It�s made to suit the needs of my groups(we did a play and a puppet show with it), so I added a few characters (couldn�t load their pics, sorry, too large a format. They absolutely loved it, and so did the parents, especially be...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Downloads: 156
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CHANGING OUR WORLD - children�s motivational story
Here�s my contribution to Frank�s project for the children. It�s a story inspired by his poem Global Warming, and it�s meant to motivate children to change things. It�s simple reading with three motivational tasks as follow-up. The ppt includes the story and Frank�s poem. Thanks, Frank, for the moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 38
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FCE PRACTICE - use of English, speaking, writing
I prepared this FCE practice for my groups (highschoolers), using exercises from free web-sites, course books and experience. It concentrates on word formation (use of English), speaking and writing practice, and I use it with my advanced groups as practice, and then give them similar exercises as t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 135
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Past Simple - practical revision
This is a very simple ppt to revise the past simple tense. I used it with my kids and adults, and it was fun because we played it as games(each slide was one game) in 2 teams, and only made notes afterwards. I even used some exercises in a test later on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 17
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tenses - when does it happen?
You know when your teenage or adult sts have covered most tenses in English, and there are always those who try to memorize the rules of usage instead of simply listening to the sentences to decide what happens when? So I made this ppt for my sts, to rely on their feelings about time, and only then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 69
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The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13
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advanced levels - practice (CAE)
This is a ppt I used for my CAE group. It is made up from various exercises from books, free website practice and experience. It requires writing, speaking and English in use, but every 2-3 slides, there�s a short pop-word game to break the drill routine and stimulate the brain. I hope you find use ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 158
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READ & LEARN - SYNONYMS & WORD FORMATION
This is a vocabulary task based on a poem by F. Letras (with his kind permission) and it contains synonyms, word formation and reading comprehension. I hope you find it useful. The poem has an interesting ending, so you might even use it (for Halloween maybe?) as an open-ended poem with your stodent...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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LIFE CHALLENGES
Our very own Victoria-ladybug posted this video in the cafe and I just wanted to make sth with it so it inspired me to make my first OE. It doesn�t focus on one particular grammar or vocabulary point, but it�s good for discussing problems, giving advice (should...) and motivating. The video is about...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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MEMORIES & RESPECT
This is a word formation task I prepared for my students, although it is the message I�m trying to get across to them, more than have them practise word formation. Inspired by a small, but significant act of teenage vandalism, I decided to prepare this text. I hope you find it useful, be it just for...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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ON THE BEACH - beach, ocean, summer, and grammar!
This is a revision OE with tasks to practise have got, prepositions, ocean vocabulary, prepositions and there is/are. It�s filled with beach and ocean pics and vocabulary, so it can be done for fun even during the summer break.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
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Comparison with Harry Potter
Another addition to moravc�s project Grammar with HP. This one is for comparison practice and uses Harry Potter characters to make it more fun. (Also available, a ppt game and ws about this). Hope it�s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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FISHING FUN
This is an OE based on a fun/funny dialogue between two boys about fishing (thank you, Frank, for your kind permission to use your text). It contains a reading task, two fun fishing videos, a preposition and a vocabulary task. I hope you find it useful and enjoy the dialogue.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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