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Conditional Snakes & Ladders
In this grammar game, students have to determine which sentences are correct and which need to be changed. The full instructions are given on page 2. I used the font Zeal for the arrows in the squares on the left and right sides of the game board. (Inspired by "Grammar Games" by Mario Rinvolucri, CUP.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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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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Rat Race Discussion & Vocabulary
This HILARIOUS 2001 film of a race to win $2 million dollars is very popular with my students, some of whom have bought the DVD as gifts for their families and friends after we studied it in class. I have seen it 50+ times, and I still laugh!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Race_(film)
The fantastic cast includes John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Who...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Pranks You Can Pull
A FUN activity! Get the students to describe some practical jokes or pranks. Then hand out the worksheet and go over each item. 1) Have the students rank the pranks in the left column according to how unpleasant they would be if pulled on them personally. 2) Have the students work in groups of 3 or 4 to discuss their rankings, then choose classmate...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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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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Abbott & Costello - Who�s on First (text)
"The second funniest sketch of the 20th century" is what "Time" magazine called this in their millennium issue back in 2000. I don�t think Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ever performed this sketch exactly the same way twice, so the different audio and video versions that you come across will differ somewhat.
It is super fast, but upper-intermediate...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Big Bang Theory - Hawking Excitation
Here is a worksheet to go along with one of the latest episodes of the great "The Big Bang Theory" with guest star British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, considered to be the most influential scientist since Albert Einstein. (If you are not familiar with Stephen Hawking, do have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking) My student...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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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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The New Prison Governor
Based on a true (but very strange!) story, this surprising role play for upper-intermediate students leads the new prison governor to learn about a mass prison escape.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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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
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