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How much do we care? - group activity
A three page activity for students to discuss Caring about others and Taking Responsibility. When we see a person or animal in trouble, do we stop to help? What is the best way to handle the situation? Page 1 : Instruction sheet for the students. Page 2: A list of 8 possible situations the students might face, to be cut into strips and one strip gi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9
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Six-word stories : in class or online
A fun writing assignment, to be used either in class or online (zoom, etc). We examine the famous 6-word story attributed to Hemingway, and then read several stories which were posted on the internet. What feeling do they leave us with, can we imagine the story behind them? And finally, the students write their own 6-word story. In this case, I a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 26
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Would you rather?
Another fun activity for the start of the school year, or any time you have extra minutes in class or just want to have a laugh. Excellent for promoting conversation. Suitable for all levels, kids, teens and adults alike. Works well as an icebreaker.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
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Mixed tenses review
A 3 -page, handy exercise in order review tenses studied in junior high and high school: Present simple and progressive, past simple and progressive, present perfect and future.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
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Girl and boy stereotypes -groupwork and a discussion
This is a lead-in to a class discussion about whether stereotypes still exist nowadays regarding boys and girls. Do our students still hold stereotypical views? Divide the students into small groups and have them discuss the questions listed in the 2 charts. Then have one of the group members jot down the group�s opinions.
Finally gather the stud...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
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Phrasal verbs
A worksheet I made up to practice phrasal verbs, with a fill-in exercise. Phrasal verbs include : take (off, up), give (away, up, in, back...), sign ( up, in, out...), look (for, forward to, up...) etc. I used it with 9th and 10th grade students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Passive - comparison of tenses
comparing tenses in the passive voice - at a glance, how important the verb to be is in the passive!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Indifference, part 2
One more exercise following the Indifference reading comprehension worksheet I uploaded (couldn�t fit it on to the first part). There is a word bank with vocabulary related to crime, and the students must complete the sentences using a suitable word. Adapted from Straight to the Point.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Mini project - anti addiction campaign
A mini-project in which students work in small groups on an anti-addiction campaign of their choice: smoking, drugs, alcohol, internet abuse, cell phone abuse, etc. The students make up a campaign and produce a poster to hang in class. The last step is giving an oral presentation in which they present their campaign to their classmates . Included o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 78
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Indifference
3 pages : A reading comprehension exercise including a reading text about Indifference in society (based on a true story), with reading comprehension questions. I am uploading a second part with vocabulary exercises from this text . It�s an interesting activity which is good for sparking conversation about our responsibility, man to man. I adapte...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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