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Dorothy G
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News Worksheet
This is a worksheet to train students to read authentic material, e.g. newspapers and to allow them to analyse the news and prepare a summary and presentation for the class. This activity would develop students confidence and also engage them in authentic reading and analysing material.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Things Fall Apart - Folktales Intro
A cloze exercise made from an adapted article online as an introduction to teaching the folktales in Things Fall Apart. Hope it�s useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5


 
Prepositions, Articles and Word Forms
This is an excerpt taken from the Land of Stories, and it has been changed into 2 grammar exercises. Suitable for grammar revision.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Fill in the Blanks
A fill in the blanks exercise with words given for students to choose from. A good way to learn phrases. Feel free to adapt!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24


 
The Abduction of Persephone
This is an easy version of the myth of Persephone. The questions are designed so that students can think about the text in depth and answer appropriately. This exercise trains their reading comprehension.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Articles and Prepositions
This is an exercise that I made based on a newspaper article by blanking out prepositions and articles seeing that ESL students struggle with the usage. Hope it�s useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
Proofreading - Golden Hand
This is a proofreading exercise I made from the original story. Normally, students find it a bit challenging. The original story and the proofreading version is given. Hope it is useful for you.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Catcher in the Rye - Key Notes/Ideas
This is a quick summary of the book Catcher in the Rye. I made this for my students so that it aids revision. A few ideas are taken from http://www.gradesaver.com/the-catcher-in-the-rye/study-guide/short-summary/ But most of it has been summarized by me and some have underlying meaning given.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 20


 
Proverbs
This is a simple proverbs matching exercise, designed by myself. The pictures have been taken from the internet. Some proverbs are given and a situation where the proverb can be used is also given. Students have to understand the situation and match it with the correct proverb.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Phrasal Verbs
This is a phrasal verbs worksheet I made. It is about phrasal verbs that use come and cut. The first part is matching the phrasal verbs to their meanings, followed by two exercises- multiple choice and fill in the blanks. Answer key is included. Hope you find it useful! :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33

 


Elements of a Short Story: Creating Suspense and Good Endings
This is a powerpoint on elements of a short story. This powerpoint focuses on creating suspense and writing good endings to a story. Students can learn what is needed to create suspense in a story, why they need to create suspense, how they can create suspense and also how to write good endings. Hop...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 55


Phrasal Verbs: Run & See
This a powerpoint I made on phrasal verbs that use �run� and �see�. Hope you find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 30


Descriptive Writing
Based on Chapters 10-12 from The Crooked Sixpence, this powerpoint teaches about descriptive writing. There is a worksheet to go along with it. Hope you find it useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-15
Downloads: 10

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