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Denny Packard
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Born in the United States, I taught in France for over 40 years (plus many summers in Britain and the U.S.). I taught English primarily to young adults at University level, but I have also taught French secondary school pupils, business people, teachers, prison inmates, and drug addicts. My students have come from 93 countries around the world.
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Numb3rs - Pilot episode
This is a worksheet to episode 1 of the first season of the excellent American TV drama show, "Numb3rs," which is about an FBI agent and his math genius brother, who uses mathematics to solve crimes. This show is very popular with my science and engineering students for both the math and the human drama. Support material for the math can be found o...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Who�s the Leader of China
In this parody of Abbott and Costello�s classic sketch about baseball, "Who�s on First," President George W. Bush questions Condoleezza Rice about Hu, the new leader of China. You can find an audio recording of this sketch on the Internet to play after the students have read this dialogue in pairs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Rowan Atkinson - Return of Constable Savage
An encore from Rowan Atkinson�s first TV show, "Not the Nine O�Clock News," we see the conscientious Constable Savage reprimanded again for arresting the same man 1,254 times, including for "impersonating a member of the general public." The hard-working constable has also arrested the man�s wife and son for "breaking and entering a boiled egg."
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Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Only Fools & Horses - Big Brother
Very popular British sitcom of 2 brothers who try to get through life with as little work as possible, always finding, however, that their schemes don�t work out. A good introduction to working class accents. Series 1, Episode 1.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Spelling Celebrities
Here is a fun way for students to practice their pronunciation of the English alphabet. In pairs or groups, students spell the birth names of the famous people on their cards, and their partners have to guess who these people are better known as (Tom Cruise, Eminem, Bill Clinton, Lady Gaga, etc.)
I start out by asking the students to write down ...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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Coupling - Dressed
Here is a new version of my worksheet with comprehension questions for the very funny British series, "Coupling" (Series 2), which is a British version of "Friends," although better suited for students 18 and older because of the mature content. Here Jane fancies a man and goes to his flat for dinner, only to find that she is not dressed appropriat...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Friends - The One with the Red Sweater
Season 8, Episode 2 of this great sitcom. I used Gabriel Weiss� Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Desperate Housewives Pilot
Vocabulary and comprehension questions from Season 1, Episode 1
This worksheet was designed with the fonts TypoUpright for the title (the same font used for the title on the show) and Garamond Narrow for the text so it fits onto a single A4 page. (Other fonts are possible). The most important words for students to remember are in bold.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 46
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Basic Laser Theory (Prepositions)
Students try to find the missing prepositions. (Sorry about the background of the picture on the correction sheet looking black, but it prints out fine!)
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Young Pakistani Hero Malala
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai may possibly win the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign for girls� education, for which she was targeted for assassination. She survived a gunshot wound to the head, and spoke at the United Nations in a very stirring speech given on her 16th birthday.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50150808n (for this ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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Citizen Kane Teaser
"Citizen Kane" is regarded by most film critics as the greatest film ever. The purpose of this brief PowerPoint presentation is only to generate interest in the film by highlighting some of its unique features, such as all the efforts to suppress it and its being booed at the Academy Awards despite ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 12
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TOIEC Tips
Here are PowerPoint slides that another teacher and I made for our TOEIC preparation classes. The original font is Futura Condensed. I had to delete the soundtrack (Pachibel�s "Canon") and the 2 images in order to get it lean enough to post on this site. Send me a personal message with your e-mail a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 17
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