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Parts of Speech Review
I made this print to help students review the parts of speech. Students review the names of the parts of speech, practice identifying the parts of speech in sample sentences. The print makes the point that some words can be used as more than one part of speech. There is also a crossword in which students must write in the parts of speech as answers...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 14
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Four-Skills Lesson: Kanzi the Talking Ape
This four-skills lesson is about an amazing bonobo named Kanzi who learned how to communicate with a special keyboard and raises questions about how languages are learned. I made this lesson for university students studying EFL with a TOEFL score around 500.
The parts of the lesson are as follows: KWL Table, listening cloze with brief comprehens...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 13
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All I Want For Christmas Is You - Cloze
Here is a cloze activity for Mariah Carey�s "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Immigrants to Japan Jigsaw Reading
This is a jigsaw reading with three short similar texts (A,B,C) about immigrants to Japan. I created it for students studying nursing and social work, but it may be of interest to others. Students read their text and fill in the appropriate column in the table. When they have completed their reading they can interact with partners who have read the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Sentence Stems
This activity practices question formation, sentence writing, speaking, and reporting. First, using the worksheet, the students form questions to match the sentences stems. The first one has been done as an example. Then students complete the sentence stems with their own answers. Next, students ask a number of partners for their answers. When they...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Obama�s "Yes, We Can" Speech
This is a lesson based upon U.S. President Obama�s January 2008 "Yes, we can" campaign speech in New Hampshire.
To do the lesson, the teacher should prepare a recording of the speech, which is readily available online, starting from the line, "It was a creed written into the founding documents..."
The lesson includes:
1. A worksheet to ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52
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Alternates to PowerPoint
I made this lesson to introduce alternative presentation programs to my EFL students at the university level. Most of my students already have a lot of experience using Microsoft�s PowerPoint so I wanted to show them that they have other choices. In this case, we looked at the pros and cons of Google Presentation, Prezi, and Keynote. There is a dis...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: others
Downloads: 31
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Apartment Hunting in Canada
In this lesson students have the opportunity to look at apartments in Canada. In the first part they practise vocabulary associated with the different kinds of apartments. In the second part, they brainstorm the things that are important when looking for an apartment. Then in the third part, they use the internet to look at real apartments for rent...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Dining Idioms
This is a worksheet introducing several common eating-related idioms (e.g. hungry as a bear, to have a sweet tooth, etc.). I�ve also included a cut-up sentence activity. I�ll post my (75-minute) lesson plan separately. I hope it�s of some use. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Antonym Pairs
I use these antonym cards to teach opposites and to put students into randoms pairs. I cut up the cards and distribute one to each student. Students must then mingle and find the student with the opposite word card. They must be careful that the part of speech also matches. This activity is a good set up for pair work.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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