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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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AVATAR - movie follow-up worksheet 2
This is the second worksheet (2-pager) based on texts about the movie Avatar. I wasn�t sure whether to put it under intermediate or advanced, but everybody knows their sts best. It�s some writing and comprehension discussion work as well. I hope you find it useful. (There are 3 worksheets in the collection.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 218


 
AVATAR - movie follow-up worksheet 3
This is the third worksheet (2-pager) based on texts about the movie Avatar. I wasn�t sure whether to put it under intermediate or advanced, but everybody knows their sts best. It�s some vocabulary work, writing and comprehension work as well. In the teacher�s key, there are also 2 games prepared. I hope you find it useful. (There are 3 worksheets ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 192


 
AVATAR - movie follow-up worksheet 4
This is the fourth worksheet (2-pager) based on the movie Avatar. I wasn�t sure whether to put it under intermediate or advanced, but everybody knows their sts best. One worksheet is about Leona�s title song, and the other one is a comprehensive comparison of the Na�vi and humans. I hope you find it useful. (There are now 4 worksheets in the collec...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 133


 
baby, baby, it�s a wild world
I just heard this song on the radio and it was irresistible. I�ve prepared a worksheet with song lyrics (jumbled), and idioms and synonyms with �wild�. I�m going to use it with my advanced students, to take a lighter turn on the topic of safety in cities we�ve done recently. Hope you find it useful...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24


 
Batman Begins
This is a follow-up activity for the movie Batman Begins. The first part briefly checks their understanding of the story, but they very much enjoy the second part, and I got some great ideas and essays from my students on that topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17


 
BEGINNERS� CHECK
This is a very simple ws you can use for beginner kids, as revisiom and consolidation. My kids like to paste these in their notebooks, because e. g. they use the stars exercise as picture dictionary. Sometimes I even use it with preschoolers who can read and write. I hope you find use for it.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-9
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4


 
BEN 10 - the kids� superhero
I don�t know about you, but my kids have gone crazy over this Ben 10 guy. So I figured - why not try to use it to my classes� advantage? This is a ws you can do in class, even without watching the cartoon in class, and it has lyrics to the theme song with tense fill-ins, a T/F exercise and one about the super alien creatures which actually needs de...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33


 
BUBLE, HOLLYWOOD & FAME
This is part 3 of my collection of wss based on songs and texts about social problems. This one is based on Michael Buble�s Hollywood and texts about fame and teenagers. All the links and teacher�s key are included. The texts have many active reading tasks, and each page of wss can be used separately.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 89


 
CARTOONS AND FRIENDS - kids� rhymes for a show
I couldn�t resist sharing this with you - it�s something I worked out for my level 1 sts to perform at the end of the school year in front of the parents. It consists of several rhymes about their favourite cartoon characters (I had 2-3 of them speak out each rhyme and added movements and costumes), and they end it with a rhyme about friendship (wh...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Type: reading
Downloads: 43


 
certificates for students
This is a collection of 8 different types of certificates to be handed out to students on different occasion for that little bit of extra motivation. I�ve used free cliparts and my own drawings. This is my first collection of this kind. I hope you find it useful. (Btw, each certificate has been grouped for easier compression and to prevent pics fro...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: others
Downloads: 189

 


PIRATE�S TREASURE - fun summer story with pre, during and post-reading fun
This ppt is based on the story Pirate�s Treasure(the link is included because the online version also contains audio files). It�s a fun short story for children, and the ppt has an activity to do before reading, lots of discussion stuff to do while reading and fun challenges for after reading. I hop...

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 126


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


revision for adults
This is a ppt I used as revision with my adults� group. It can also be used for intermediate kids (although then I�d add colours and pictures). Afterwards I gave them a similar test using the same exercises. I hope it comes in handy...It revises basic prepositions, tenses, articles, question words, ...

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 41


SILLY ENGLISH - how easy is it to translate things?
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced teenagers who got just a little bit overly self-confident as far as their knowledge was concerned. It is based on an e-mail I got with ridiculously translated hotel and other signs around the world. It�s really funny, but the task for the sts is to say it in ...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 82


SPEAK UP -guided intermediate and advanced speaking practice
Here�s a ppt I made for my FCE students to practise describing pictures. It contains several slides with �props� to guide them, inspire them, make them use some vocabulary and be creative. I hope you find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 1044


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


SUMMER GAMES - fun stuff before summer vacation
This is a collection of activities which can be played as games before the summer vacation, concerning summer, sea animals and clothes. there�s even a story included, so that activities range from writing and memorising to reading and speaking. Each slide is one game, and its key is shown at the bot...

Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 386


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


The 5th Element - characters fill-in quiz
This is a ppt about the main characters from the movie The 5th Element. It contains a pic and a fill-in text about all the main characters from this fun science-fiction film. I used info and texts from www.imdb.com. I�m working on it as an additional activity with my sts (levels elementary-intermedi...

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 3


The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13


SHERLOCK HOLMES 2
This is the second part of my Holmes OE series. This one contains two tasks - the first one is a multiple choice task with info on Holmes from Wikipedia, and the second one is an open cloze based on listening to the words from the given TV-series trailer. I hope it�s useful to you.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


SHERLOCK HOLMES 3
This is the third OE I�ve made about Sherlock HOlmes. It contains two reading tasks - a multiple choice(based on a tex from Wikipedia about Holmes�s habits) and a true/false(based on a ppt video about Conan Doyle.). Hope you can use it.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


SUMMER - DON�T YOU JUST LOVE IT?
I made this OE for my last lesson with my students before the summer holidays. There is a bit about ocean animals, about diving and a funny cartoon taking place on the beach. I hope you have fun with it!

Level: elementary
Age: 7-100


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


THE KISS THAT MISSED
This is an OE I made based on my ws for the story The Kiss that Missed (by D. Melling). It�s a funny fairytale with a synonyms task before reading, and the story from a youtube video with follow-up questions (Present and Past Simple).

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12


WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
This is a revision exercise I created for elementary students about jobs. It has several tasks, including a limerick at the end (which you may have to help them read, but limericks are great for rhythm). I hope you and your students find it useful and fun.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-11