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a short reading test on animals
No fantastic graphics here, sorry! This is a short reading test on animals for elementary kids. The teacher�s version is first, and then there are several small printable/photocopiable versions for kids. I had my kids do it as a reading test, then write the same thing about another animal in their notebooks, then they switched notebooks and tried t...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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INKHEART - follow-up summary and writing
This is another ws to do as follow-up for the movie Inkheart. Sts need to find mistakes in the movie summary and correct them, and then answer some personal questions in connection to the story. The story itself is wonderful and can be combined with all three beautiful books. Btw, what or who would you bring from the world of fiction to the real wo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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A TRIBUTE TO TINA TURNER
I started it off by writing 1939-1971-2009 on the board and asking students to elicit ideas about what these years might refer to and which historical events happened in this span of time. Then we did the lyrics in groups of 2-3, then we watched Tina and Beyonce perform Proud Mary, then read the biography... Do I need to say how impressed they were...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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lucky lyrics
My students and I just loved this summer song, and they enjoyed doing the worksheet - it seems simple at first - you just have to listen to the song and fix certain words, but they found it challenging in some places and all missed the first �hear�... Try it (teacher�s copy is the right column)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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pink - don�t leave me - lyrics and rhyming
A great summer hit by Pink - you�ll keep singing it, whether you want to or not... The worksheet is a simple fill-in, but the aftertask requires rhyming skills and vocabulary/spelling in pair work. Rhyming is a great "game" to improve your students� listening skills and spelling - it teaches them to distinguish between sound and written symbol, so ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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the Mom song
I loved doing this with my students. It can be used with the video on You Tube with a woman singing this in an opera fashion to William Tell Ouverture. It concerns family, it is perfect for teenagers, pure grammar in disguise...It is pure joy to listen to her and teenagers really get a kick out of it...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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LIMERICKS - A WS COLLECTION
This is a collection of wss and lesson ideas using limericks (funny, rhythmic poems) to improve your sts� language in a fun way. It was inspired by Dusia�s post in the forum. It contains several pages with reading and writing activities and brief instructions. I hope you have fun with it. My teenagers love limericks!
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 541
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SPRING NATURE - elementary crossword
This is a spring crossword about insects and flowers for elementary sts. The document contains a colour and a black-and-white version, plus a key in the end. One of the first crosswords I made as word.doc. (so go easy on the criticism...)!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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MAGIC WORDS - of politeness - classroom poster, stickers, ideas
This is a classroom poster inspired by stexstme�s comments on the growing lack of basic culture (bravo, Sylvie, dear, never give up!). It�s a classroom poster to help teach your sts to be polite, with additional activities and reward stickers. People, let�s create a generation of polite kids, shall we? We might learn a lot in the process!
Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Type: others
Downloads: 144
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LIMERICKS, part 4 - funny limerick story for the third conditional
I�m all about limericks this time - this is the 4th part of my collection. Another funny limerick story by yours truly, this time with activities to practise the 3rd conditional, and discuss stereotype and prejudice. That�s it from me on limericks, really. (But they�re so much fun to do...)
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 175
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ASSOCIATION GAMES TEMPLATE - free and you can actually play it!
Dear colleagues, I�ve been trying to make a ppt in which you can actually play association games, but kept having problems. Then a friend gave me such a simple idea and, as all simple ideas - it worked superbly. So, as promised in the forum, here�s a free template with rules and an example game. I h...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Downloads: 0
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LIMERICK RIDDLES
This is a ppt with some limerick riddles I made - to add to my limerick collection of worksheets as I find limericks so much fun and highly effective. This one contains 6 limerick riddles on no specific topic, and a dare in the end. I hope you and your students enjoy limericks!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 98
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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
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BE THE TEACHER - error correction
This is a collection of movie quotes. Each of them contains a slight mistake, and it�s your sts� job to find them. Key is provided in the end. It�s a fun way to make your sts aware of some mistakes, and afterwards you can ask them to list their typical mistakes and become aware of them. It�s a reall...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 55
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�ALLO �ALLO - short play for intermediate teenagers
This is a ppt of a short play I wrote for my teenagers (there is a wss version for sts uploaded on ESL as well), based on the hillarious comedy �Allo �Allo. They loved imitating different funny characters and their accents, which actually helped them improve their own English. It�s not too complicat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 34
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
I designed this ppt based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced students (FCE&CAE) - it�s a fun, creative way to expand their adjectives vocabulary and let their imagination do some work for them. They love writing stories about interesting photos with some, but not too much, guided vocabul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 353
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ELEMENTARY REVISION GAMES - kids� level 1
This is a ppt I use at the end of school year with my level 1 school kids - we revise all material through this ppt and we play it as games in 2-3 teams. It covers many topics (alphabet, he/she, colours, numbers, city places...) and it�s really fun to do.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Downloads: 58
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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
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advanced Halloween workshop
This is a ppt I prepared for my intermediate and advanced teenage students. They love writing Halloween stories, but we usually do some brainstorming before the actual writing, so this ppt also has some vocab-expansion activities in the beginning. I had problems adding sounds, so feel free to add yo...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 45
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CHIT-CHAT-speaking revision
This is a ppt made up from prop slides. I prepared it for my adults who are not very eager to speak, who need props to help them speak and who want to cover as much as they can in as little time possible. Sounds familiar? Anyway, I hope you find it useful. I�m also uploading a ws with the same vocab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 119
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