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dennypackard
Denny Packard
France



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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 		 Shameless Intro
 This acclaimed comedy drama from Channel 4 in Britain portrays a dysfunctional working-class family in very stark terms. The accents are typical of the northern England working class, thus quite difficult! An idea would be to have half of the class watch the scene from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dssnahZ16uU&feature=related> with the sound off,...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2

 		 Tex Avery Cartoon - Cuckoo Clock
 This Tex Avery cartoon has little dialogue, but can be used to focus on clauses with �after� + gerund. It is easily available on the Internet, including http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24mULoKR34> Present the vocabulary that will new or troublesome for your students. After showing the cartoon to your students once, hand out an envelope with the...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10

 		 Freedom Riders
 Here is a worksheet for the powerful, award-winning PBS documentary "Freedom Riders" about young people who set out to change the world and did! Despite attempts by the Kennedy administration and Rev. Martin Luther King to get them to give up their dangerous ride on public buses through the deep South in 1961, they persisted, risking their lives, g...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33

 		 Jack Benny - Christmas Shopping
 Jack Benny was one of the top comedians (and most loved!) in the U.S. from the 1930s through the 1960s. He always played the straight man and got more laughs from his silence than from his words. In this GREAT episode, his efforts to buy gifts for his friends and staff are less than successful. You can use individual scenes or the whole episode. A ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7

 		 Finding Your Partner
 Give card with a famous name to each student. They mill around talking to each other, but without telling anyone else what their name is. They must try to find a partner.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3

 		 The Joys of Hugging
 The purpose of this FUN exercise is to get students to ask a lot of yes/no questions to find out the meaning of "stogging" (hugging). Pass out 1 card to every 2 students. Give them a chance to read the card and then have them ask you yes/no questions about the meaning of "stogging," which is just a made-up word for "hugging." If they don�t succeed,...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6

 		 Drama Role Plays
 Give card with an occupation/activity to each student. They mill around talking to each other, but WITHOUT telling anyone else what their job is. They must try to find a partner by asking questions like, �Can I help you?�, �You seem to be looking for someone,� etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8

 		 Invasion of Britain
 The French invaded Britain in 1797! If you have access to "Coast," this superb BBC and Open University tour of the British coast, you are fortunate! There are several extracts that upper-intermediate and advanced students will find interesting. This 5-minute extract from episode 3 details the French invasion of Britain which lasted only 48 hours, t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7

 		 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

 		 Fawlty Towers - Communication Problems
 This is a worksheet to use with this episode of the British TV sitcom, "Fawlty Towers." I used Bookman font for the title (the same as the television programme). The pictures illustrating the key vocabulary will look best when printed on a PostScript compatible laser printer from a Macintosh, but they should be recognizable with other printers. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28

 

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