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Being There
Here are worksheets for the exquisite film, "Being There," starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. It is an intelligent film and as funny today as when it was made 3 decades ago. (The worksheets were made by another colleague and myself.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Chairing a Conference
This is a helpful list of expressions and tips for people chairing an academic conference, extensively adapted from handouts (and reformatted) from the CRAPEL at the University of Nancy II, France.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Friends - The One with the Thumb
Season 1, Episode 3 of this great sitcom. I used Gabriel Weiss�s Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Spin City - Miracle Near 34th Street
Considered one of the funniest moments ever on American TV ("TV Guide"), this is Christmas humor at its blackest. Santa not only loses his job, but gets into a fight, gets stuck in a chimney, and then dies, while the mayor sets the city�s Christmas tree on fire, all to prove to a young boy that Santa really exists. I used the font Matrix Bold for t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Great Presentation Resources
Here is a handout with useful resources for students to help them with their class presentations. Many of the websites listed come from Mark Powell, who has written 2 excellent books for English students on giving presentations. You may need to change the fonts in order for everything to fit onto 1 page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: others
Downloads: 59
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Catcher in the Rye - Questions 2
More discussion questions for "Catcher in the Rye."
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Who Owns the Zebra?
In this reading and discussion exercise, students try to solve this brain teaser in pairs. If students have trouble working out the answer, suggest they make a grid (like in the solution). (I got this brain teaser from elsewhere, but I changed most of the nationalities, all the drinks to healthy juices, and replaced their filthy smoking habits with...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 88
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Vaughn Meador - The Economy Lunch
"The First Family" parodied President Kennedy and was a great sensation when it was released in the early 1960s. Trying to save money, Pres. Kennedy shocks world leaders by offering them sandwiches for lunch. Students have to complete the seating chart and then write down what each world leader orders for lunch. The audio track is available on CD.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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15 Exercises We�d Be Better Off Without
Here is a matching exercise for common idioms.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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The Office: Diversity Day
Here is a worksheet for the popular American sitcom, "The Office." I begin the lesson by asking students why a company would offer diversity training.
For the title I used the font Helvetica Bold, which is the same used on the TV show. I used Baskerville for the rest of the worksheet, but you may wish to change it if it doesn�t all fit onto one ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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