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anitarobi
Anita Kovacevic
website Croatia



�Do not tell me the sky is the limit, when there are footprints on the moon.� I�ve been a teacher and teacher trainer for over 25 years. Some of my materials contain my original stories and poetry. If you use them, pls let me know if it worked out well. You can also find my fiction books on Amazon and other sites. blog at https://anitashaven.wordpress.com/

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ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE & BACK
This is a worksheet I designed for my adult group - a simplified revision of passive, with 4 tasks - revising to be in tenses, Past Participle of some useful verbs, turning active into passive and back. It also contains a key. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 61


 
descriptions - basic adjectives
It�s a fun worksheet for elementary level kids to practise writing basic adjectives, such as tall, short, fat, big, etc.,in the first part, and revise body parts by reading and drawing the task in the second part.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-8
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14


 
FANTASY LAND - MAGICAL CREATURES - PART 1
This is another part of my fantasy land collection. This one contains text tables for a project, to go together with Mythical Beasts (also Fantasy Land, part 1). Part 2 contains poster worksheets for the project, and part 3 games for both beasts and magical creatures. Sorry I had to split it up, but simply couldn�t reduce any more. Matching OE prep...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54


 
MIND OVER MATTER -five open-ended stories in worksheets
This is a collection of five of my open-ended stories organised in worksheets and to be used with upper-intermediate and advanced students. Each story covers a different genre (crime, SF, fantasy, horror, comedy) and also has additional vocabulary at the bottom of each for students to use. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 423


 
children�s play - The Ugly Duckling
This is Ugly Duckling follow-up - it accompanies a ppt I�m sending (which is a children�s play). The ws is elementary, but it�s part of the whole project(children�s play, word games...), although you can do this separately, just as follow-up for the story you read in the ppt. Pages 2 & 3 contain the play in word. The story itself is about how we tr...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: reading
Downloads: 76


 
FANTASY LAND - GAMES - PART THREE
This is only part of a project I prepared for my after-holiday workshop with students about mythical beasts and magical creatures. After spending half the day reducing it in every possible way, I simply had to split it into parts. So - this is part 3 of the project about mythical beasts AND magical creatures(There are also parts 1 & 2- text tables ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: others
Downloads: 50


 
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - poetry or songs???
I decided to look for songs that are borderline poetry and remembered Simon and Garfunkel. I wanted something recognizable but not sth my sts hear on the radio every day. I didn�t want many wss or a lot of work for the sts to do, I wanted to create short breaks from double-lessons, or as intro or end to lessons. This is urban poetry with music, and...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 137


 
fairytale riddles - part 1
This is the first part of a collection of fairytale riddles and pictures to match. They are all in rhyme and all about fairytale characters, such as a witch, a dragon, etc. Part 2 also contains ideas on how to use the riddles to expand the activity. I hope you like it.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 145


 
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
This is a worksheet you can use while and after watching The Fifth Element. It is only one page, but it actually contains several exercises to encourage vocablary retention, develop imagination and make the students actually forget about grammar rules and get into the story. It is also fun to do with a student partner or to use as a guide for a gro...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54


 
VOYAGER - THE STAR TREK ADVENTURE 1
This is part 1 of my Voyager wss. This one contains suggested writing, speaking and class-poster activities about crew members. If your sts like science fiction, and you can�t afford to have them watch a long movie, it�s enough to have them watch 1 episode. Part 2 contains 2 worskheets (basic story and one particular episode paraphrasing worksheet)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15

 


PRESENT PERFECT WITH HARRY POTTER
Here�s a Present Perfect game based on the HP stories - another addition to moravc�s project. I hope you find it fun and useful. (When you get the answer right, a magical creature appears:)).

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 87


FCE PRACTICE - use of English, speaking, writing
I prepared this FCE practice for my groups (highschoolers), using exercises from free web-sites, course books and experience. It concentrates on word formation (use of English), speaking and writing practice, and I use it with my advanced groups as practice, and then give them similar exercises as t...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 135


tenses - when does it happen?
You know when your teenage or adult sts have covered most tenses in English, and there are always those who try to memorize the rules of usage instead of simply listening to the sentences to decide what happens when? So I made this ppt for my sts, to rely on their feelings about time, and only then ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 69


St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!

Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33


FCE VOCABULARY PRACTICE
This is a ppt prepared for the FCE level. It contains a vocabulary task with multiple choice (with key), and a paraphrasing task (with key). Both tasks also contain an extra slide which is bw and printable as a ws or test (with key). These activities are then followed by a brain teaser which you can...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 86


magic spells - reading and writing through magic
I created this ppt for a group game where I had mixed teams of preschool and teenage kids. It�s a very simple game of reading and then writing magic spells, using pictures and text. It�s easily printable (I used the printed version), but it�s useful because it makes kids use opposite adjectives (tur...

Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 15


wanted - enchanted or not...
This is a ppt with basic info on some magical creatures, like wanted posters without pics, for sts to guess the creature. It�s designed to start as simple reading in a game, which can then be turned into using the given info for writing short essays. Again, fairytales go well with Halloween, so it c...

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 10


children�s play - THE UGLY DUCKLING
This is the children�s play I wrote on the basis of the original story. It�s made to suit the needs of my groups(we did a play and a puppet show with it), so I added a few characters (couldn�t load their pics, sorry, too large a format. They absolutely loved it, and so did the parents, especially be...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Downloads: 156


FANTASY - CARTOONS AND MOVIES MIX-UP
This is a ppt with two tasks - to find mistakes in stories (Shrek 2, Robin Hood, Wizard of Oz, Minimoys, Stardust, Inkheart, Harry Potter, Little Mermaid, Lord of the Rings)and then to find mistakes in the spelling of fairytale words. I used it for a group game in summer camp, but since fairytales g...

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 35


THE CONDITIONALS GAME
This is a ppt I made for my intermediate and advanced students who are fed up with revising conditionals using worksheets, which we sometimes all are. It can be used directly in class, or simply as an idea for an activity with pictures and word cards. You can use it with any type of conditional, as ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 358


BORN FREE - OUR PLANET
I made this OE inspired by the video for Born Free, but the basis for the exercise is actually environmental care, enjoying the nature and preserving it, so it revolves around nature vocabulary. It contains two videos and several tasks - vocabulary, spelling, memory practice, fill-in... well, you�ll...

Level: advanced
Age: 11-100


EMELI SANDE -CLOWN
The song is just too beautiful to miss. There are some follow-up vocabulary and comprehension tasks with Sande�s biography and explanation for the song. I hope your students enjoy it.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


TEDDYBEARS - PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND A STORY
This is a simple OE for elementary students to practise some Present Continuous (two tasks, all with animated teddies, followed by a story in rhyme with a fill in task and a challenge. I hope you like the story.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12


LET IT SNOW - RUDOLPH�S COLOURS
This is a fun song about Rudolph I used with a video (littlestorybug) to revise colours. It also has a fill-in task with the basic Rudolph story below. I hope you get as hooked on the song as I have - it�s really cute!

Level: elementary
Age: 7-11


PREPOSITIONS in idioms and phrases
This is my third OE. The graphics are simple, but it will be useful for my FCE students to revise some idioms and phrasal verbs. The tasks are fill-ins. I hope you find it helpful.

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100


QUESTIONS AND TAGS - AGAIN
Here�s another OE with lots of question-making practise. It is based on interesting, little known facts of life from karmas.korner, which makes a rather dull grammar task more interesting and quite fun. Lots of wh-questions to make and even more question tags! Hope it�s of use!

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


Present Perfect with Harry Potter
This exercise is part of moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. It is designed to practise the Present Perfect. It has three different tasks. Thanks, dear moravc, for letting me join the project!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


CONDITIONALS WITH HARRY POTTER
This is an OE with four different types of conditionals (from zero to third) and a fun video/audio challenge at the end, based on Harry Potter stories. It�s another addition to moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. I hope you find it useful!

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


PIRATE FUN
I made this OE for my students to do before or during their summer holidays. It�s a wordsearch, vocabulary task and riddles about pirates and their equipment. It�s also available as a printable, without the interactive options. I love pirate stories, so I have made several materials about this topic...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100


FISHING FUN
This is an OE based on a fun/funny dialogue between two boys about fishing (thank you, Frank, for your kind permission to use your text). It contains a reading task, two fun fishing videos, a preposition and a vocabulary task. I hope you find it useful and enjoy the dialogue.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100