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Speaking Activity: What Did Your Parents Teach You?
This is a speaking and thinking activity for small groups. The students read the sayings/lessons that all parents teach, and then they rank them in the order that they would put them. Each group shares the first three and the last three on their list. (There is one sort of strange saying from my own mother. I wrote an explanation for it.) I hope yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Paraphrase Lesson
This can work with high intermediates or advanced students. It explains the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing, and there is one long paragraph with an answer key. I also have two websites for additional help.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Recycling Christmas Cards
This is a craft my sister-in-law taught me twenty years ago. It is a lesson about not only recycling Christmas cards but also reading and following directions. The photos at the end are the Christmas card ball ornament she made for us many years ago. On the last page, there are a few questions to answer about the main purpose of the lesson.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 6
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"The Cask of Amontillado" Illustrated Voc. for Advanced Students Page 1
This is Page 1 of a list of an illustrated vocabulary word list for "The Cask of Amontillado."
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 14
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The Rhyme Scheme in "Eldorado" by Poe
This worksheet could go along with the online exercise about "Eldorado." This sheet defines rhyme, rhyme scheme, stanza, and it has a table with the rhyme scheme for "Eldorado." Finally, there are two short exercises for students to practice finding rhyme schemes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Blake "The Clod and the Pebble"
The printable analyzes William Blake�s poem "The Clod and the Pebble." There are seven comprehension questions and an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Punctuating Titles
This sheet tells you when to underline or when to use quotation marks with a title. There are 15 sentences to punctuate correctly, and there is an answer sheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Jack London and the Naturalism Genre
This is an introduction to naturalism, Jack London�s writing style, and his book THE CALL OF THE WILD. Allegories are defined, and there is a cloze activity to go with the reading. Plus, I have a word bank.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Illustrated Idioms
This sheet defines idioms, gives a humorous illustration of the idiom, gives two examples explaining them, and then it has 10 idioms for the student to figure out the literal meanings.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Irony in "The Cask of Amontillado"
This is a handout meant for advanced students studying the short story "The Cask of Amontillado." It deals with the three types of irony found in the story.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 12
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Adjectives
This is my version an adjective ppt for older students who are intermediate learners. It also explains the questions that adjectives answer.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 12
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Adjectives and Questions for Elementary Students
This power point features Coco, a black American cocker spaniel, explaining the questions that adjectives answer about nouns and pronouns. There is also a link to a video of the song "How Much is that Doggie in the Window?" Carla Horne
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 11
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Halloween poem
This is a Halloween poem that explains couplets, synonyms, and antonyms. It has some illustrations, questions, and a wordsearch.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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The Family Wants a Pet
This is a short exercise about animals that can be pets. The student needs to know how to correctly spell the animal�s name and what it looks like.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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The World Calendar
It has been proposed that we need a calendar for the entire world. I found this to be a very interesting concept, so I used the information from the site to create an exercise. There are also several pictures to show our relationship with the environment. The pictures mainly focus on females, the la...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Ballad: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
I use this song to teach ballads. It is based on a true event that I give background information for. I have a link to a Youtube video, several pictures, choose-the-correct answer checklst for ballads, and a wordsearch. I hope it is helpful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Dinosaur Lesson: Myths
This lesson begins with popular myths about dinosaurs. Next, there is an article about a recent find in Argentina. There is also a link to some dinosaur podcasts. Finally, I have choose the correct answer questions and a small wordsearch. I hope it is enjoyable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Conjunctive Adverbs
This is a very short exercise focusing on conjunctive adverbs that join two independent clauses. I hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Short Story Terms
The student chooses the correct word to match the definition, and then finds the word in the puzzle.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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"Heart! We Will Forget Him" by Emily Dickinson
This is a short poem by Emily Dickinson. It is simple to understand once the students understand the vocabulary, which I have provided the definitions and a link to the free online dictionary.com. There are also a few choose the answer questions and a wordsearch. I hope it is useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
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The Blue Crab Wordsearch
There is a short definition and description of the blue crab.
I have also created 4 reading worksheets with questions for the blue crab.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
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Haiku Lesson
This is a lesson about how to write a haiku poem. It has the definition, a table, an exercise, and a word search.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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