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TEENAGERS FOR PARENTS - A TEENAGE PLAY WITH MUSIC
This is a teenage play I wrote for my teenage sts to talk about their problems to their parents, through old songs their parents can relate to(Queen, from Hair, Sinatra, Cabaret, etc.). It consists of several scenes, each like a newsflash about teenage problems, followed by a song. It�s editable - you can shorten songs, cut out some scenes etc. It ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading

 


 
The Little Christmas Spider - children�s play
This is a play I wrote many years ago and we have been using it for Christmas shows as kids� play or puppet show ever since. It is full of characters (something for every kid) and it�s intertwined with kids� rhymes and songs. I like the story a lot, because it shows that every single creature in the world has a purpose, regardless of the way it loo...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Type: reading

 


 
THE LITTLE INDIAN BOY�S ADVENTURE
This is a play I did with my 7 and 8-year-olds, based on The Bear Hunt. It was lots of fun, with costumes and scenography and props, and it�s not too complicated for kids to learn. You can also add songs and rhymes appropriate for your groups to enrich the play. We had lots of good times and all the parents got involved.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-9
Type: reading

 


 
THE SNOW QUEEN - intermediate ws, play and project
This is a project I prepared for my intermediate students based on a text from storynory.com and a play a friend of mine sent me by e-mail. It contains project ideas and a writing worksheet as well. It can be used with the matching ppt(s), but also separately. The story is very interesting, full of various twists,and can be done in episodes through...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
FRIENDSHIP - role-play, Past Simple and projects
This is a worksheet with Past Simple and reading comprehension, along with several ideas about projects on friendship you can do with your students. The worksheet is based on one of the dialogues between George and his best friend Andy, written by F. Letras and used for this purpose with his kind permission. I hope you find it useful and inspiring.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan

 


 
�ALLO�ALLO - short play for teenagers
This is a short play for intermediate teenagers. It is in printable b&w form on 2 pages to save space, so you can hand it out to your sts. I have also made a ppt which can be used for rehearsals or simply role-reading. It�s lots of fun and can be used along using an episode in a lesson, and teenagers love imitating different accents and the funny c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose

 


 
The Big Green Monster - a children�s play
This is a kids� play I wrote and did a while back with my sts who loved science fiction and aliens, so it�s about how a bunch of them end up in a city and everyone thinks it some kind of a big green monster, but in fact... Well, read it for yourself. Don�t worry- you don�t need any special effects, robotics or fireworks for it, just some funny cost...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Type: reading

 


 
children�s play - THE TORTOISES� PICNIC
Here�s another play I have to share with you - based on another traditional English story. It�s a funny play about a family of tortoises who decide to go on a picnic. I tried it with preschoolers (6-7 yrs old, 2nd & 3rd year of learning), and with school kids (7-9 yrs old), and both times it turned out great. It combines topics like family, food, n...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-10
Type: reading

 


 
teenage play - Peter Perfect
So many of you are asking for teenage plays for your kids, to end the school year in style, Here�s one I did with my teenagers (5th & 6th grade). I was inspired by the tongue twister PETER PLAYS THE PIANO PERFECTLY. It�s about a kid who everybody thinks is perfect and they rub the kids noses in it, and then it turns out - nobody is perfect. It�s fu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: Choose

 


 
the jungle book - children�s play
This is a children�s play based on the Jungle Book, with songs from the cartoon on page 2(and "choreography"). It�s not long, it�s not too complicated, some roles are individual, some require a group of kids, so you can also include the shy kids. The great thing about it is that it can even be performed outside. The songs are really catchy (Bare Ne...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: Choose

 


 
Harry Potter & the Philosopher�s Stone - kids� play
This is a play written for our school�s 10th anniversary - we included our dance groups, preschool/school groups(the little ones had their rhymes) and teenagers - they all had their part in it and it lasted for about 40 mins all together. They performed it at the theatre and it was quite memorable. The boy who played Voldemort is now finishing univ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading

 


 
Idle Jack - children�s play based on a traditional English story
This is a children�s play I did 12 years ago with my younger teenage students, and lent it to a colleague of mine this year - both times the play went great - all the kids got their roles, the audience was interested, because it�s based on a traditional story, so nobody knew how it would end, and we finished with a Monty Python song played on the g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: reading

 


 
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

 


 
The Prince of Bel Air - a teenage play
This is a short teenage play based on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (remember Will Smith�s early years). It was made up for a group fo teenagers who got the chance to perform it in the theatre in front of their parents and guests, but we only had about 5 lessons to write it and rehearse it. It is therefore very simple, funny, revolves arou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: reading

 

 


THE JUNGLE BOOK - short role-play for elementary kids
This is a ppt of a short play for kids I wrote based on Kipling�s Jungle Book. You can use it for class role reading, or even for a play with kids to perform in front of parents or audience, as I did (btw, a ws version is also available on ESL if you need it, and it contains lyrics to the songs used in the play). I used this ppt for rehearsals with...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


HALLOWEEN ASSOCIATION GAMES - play and learn
Finally made it - with a little help from a friend, I managed to turn my association games into ppt games. Rules are included, so if you�ve never played - do try. You can do this with all ages and levels. If you like the game, and want to create your own, I�m also uploading a free template.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


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 because it talks about treating those who are differ...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


CHRISTMAS SPIDER - ROLE PLAY
This is an old role-play of mine based on world legends, tales, songs and nursery rhymes about Christmas(I�ve just updated the word doc uploaded here before). I�ve used it as role play and a puppet show and am planning to use it again this year. It�s nice to do with children, because there are lots of animal roles, it�s quite educational (everyone ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-11
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


�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 complicated, and the ppt version is great for rehearsals if...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


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 hope it works for you! (Pls, forgive me if there ar...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


LET�S PLAY PIRATES!
I made this OE for my students who just love pirate stories, treasure hunting and pirate songs. It has a listening task (a very catchy pirate song), a reading task and a treasure hunt with prepositions. I hope you like it! AAAAArrrrgh!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12

 

 

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