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short stories
3 short stories about eco-friendly style of life could be used in class to get differents for different groups to copmlete a table on how to make our world better.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-15
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Conditionals. Speaking from passages
A worksheet that could be used to get students to pick scenarios to make conditional sentences. I used it for oral expression but the students could also write them. They can use their own creativity to decide which parts of the narratives can be made into which sort of conditional sentences. I have highlighted a few possible phrases to help them b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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SHORT STORIES ON POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
THESE ARE SHORT TEXTS MEANT FOR 3 RD FORMERSS TUNISIAN STUDENTS RELATED TO MODULE 5 EDUCATION +COMPREHENSION QTS;
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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Short Stories Reading
This is an adapted worksheet to introduce students to reading short stories and analyzing them. Students must develop different tasks with some short stories extracts.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
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News discussion
There are 6 short real news to be discussed and announced.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
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50-word Stories
This is something I prepared that helps students learn about parts of speech and how they work together. They are given examples of 50-word stories and the final task is for them to write one themselves. I have used this with B1 though a few items of vocabulary will need explaining at that level. Fine for B1+, B2 and the story-writing element is fi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type:

 


 
Cask of Amontillado: A Tone and Mood Lesson
A lesson with sentence frames for Edgar Allen Poe�s Cask of Amontillado
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Plot, Characters, Setting Test for Short Stories
Can be used with any short story
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type:

 


 
Short funny stories
Read the 6 funny news reports and then decide if the statements are True or False - Good readig, Fun exercise!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Poe�s short stories

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-16
Type:

 


 
Ray Bradbury his novels and short stories
The students search the Internet to complete the gaps .
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-16
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Short Stories
Short story unit for upper-intermediate learners with several activities before, while and after reading.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Lord Mc Coy short story
This worksheet is meant to be worked after reading Lord Mc Coy short story. Students will work on reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing activities and it�s suggested before a mini test on this short story or speaking work
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
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Present continuous story game
For this game, you need a number of children so they can create groups of three. Cut the cards. Everyone gets a card. When the teacher starts the game, the children walk, mingle and ask other kids what their bold sentence is. They have to decide, whether their sentences fit together in a short story. When they find their partners, they sit on th...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type:

 


 
Funny short stories 2- reading
Read the short articles and translate the words!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Reading
Short stories and questions
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


22 short stories on a page
As the title says - short stories, with exercises. I have uploaded most of these individually.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Hero by Joanna Trollope
a short summary of the main points of discussion of the short story �The Hero� by Joanna Trollope
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Vowels short stories
I use this ppt. at a beginning of a lesson with my early readers.We read out loud to increase phonemic awareness .
Level: elementary
Age: 6-8
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Opening and Concluding of a short story
Opening and concluding of a short story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Developing a theme in a short story
Developing a theme when students are trying to write a story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Creating Stories with the Zimmer Twins Cartoons
This is the simplified version of a presentation I used to introduce to my students the tools for making animated movies on the website http://www.zimmertwi ns.com/ (which I strongly recommend all you teacher to visit and use it in class). This way students can practice sequencing a using elements of a short story. Enjoy
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Practicing simple words & vocabularies through ( short stories)
I used this powerpoint to my toodlers class,esl students need encouragement to speak english i used this to help them to listen first, then we act and after that, slowly by slowly there saying the words in it, as well as they become familiar with the different kinds of animals.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-6
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Teaching Short Stories
PowerPoint for teaching key element of short story
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Difference between Fiction and Nonfiction
I used this to introduce the difference between FICTION and NONFICTION in Literature. Pictures and examples are given and teacher elicits fiction and nonfiction categories. At the end of the PPT, facts are provided. Students can take notes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Short Stories - The Fruitcake Special By Frank Brennan
10 questions based on Short Stories - The Fruitcake Special By Frank Brennan
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Short Stories ::: Mark Twain�s �A Ghost Story�
In spite of being most noted for his novel �The Adventures of Tom Sawyer�, written in 1876, Mark Twain published lots of other things. Between them, we can find some interesting short stories. If you like short stories, you�ll love this one. You can download the story from the internet, print it and distribute to your pupils. Then you can work furt...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Teaching short stories using Shrek
A PowerPoint slide which can be used as an introduction to the film Shrek. The pages include generes of films, characters and plot.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


write short stories
I used it as the first lesson to teach writing short stories. It works well. :) Hope you like it!!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The stolen necklace (A short story) Part 1 Detective stories for 8th grades
This is our sixth unit in Turkey.It is about detective stories.In this work , there is a short story "The Stolen Necklace" and there are some exercises about vocabulary Part 2 http://www.eslprinta bles.com/powerpoint. asp?id=38455#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 3-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

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