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Paying Attention, Expressions for Use in Conversation
A review exercise: chart of expressions, sample speaking dialogue, student generated dialogue and performance
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 11
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Review: Time Expressions in the Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
This worksheet is a review of the relationship between time expressions and the present simple and present continuous tenses. The exercise should last about 30+ minutes with opportunities to check student comprehension of questioning and answering in the Pres Simple vs Pres Cont. Rather than correct students directly, it also gives peers the opport...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Health Insurance (ObamaCare) News Listening Comprehension Exercise
High intermediate/advanced listening activity using authentic English news clip, includes a cloze exercise on a YouTube news segment discussing ObamaCare health insurance policies and expert panel opinions, related listening comprehension questions, and directions for follow up small group research projects related to health services/insurance/issu...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 34
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Speed Dating Activity
Directions: For use to promote listening/speaking skills, vocabulary development and comradery in an advanced level class � Begin by frontloading vocabulary � which words don�t students already know? Next pair students together to start. Explain the similarities this activity shares with speed dating. Every time the teacher says �switch� and signa...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5
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Real Life Superheroes
This is an activity to practice writing paragraphs. It is scaffolded for lower level intermediate with fill in the blanks, followed by free writing and includes a brief lesson plan. Great to add after the Superhero PPT or as a separate writing practice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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RSA: Drive, The Truth about What Motivates Us Listening and Speaking Activity
There are several activities here directed to help scaffold instruction so that intermediate/advanced listening and speaking students have practice listening to an authentic lecture and discussing related ideas to frontload vocabulary and activate prior knowledge before taking a formal assessment of their listening/note taking skills in the form of...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 15
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R/L/S New Student Interview
30+ minute Reading, Listening and Speaking activity icebreaker for new students to get to know each other while also practicing all three skills; Pair activity/role switching -asking "getting to know you" type questions, dictating student responses word for word or summarizing and using creative and descriptive language to report back in the 3rd pe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Identity Theft Authentic News Listening Segment and Discussion Activity
High intermediate/advanced listening activity using authentic English news clip, includes a cloze exercise on a YouTube news segment discussing Identity Theft, related listening comprehension questions, and directions for a homework assignment with follow up discussion on types of crime, many opportunities for listening and speaking
Level: advanced
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Reviewing HAVE (GOT) TO, CAN, ALLOWED TO
Worksheet includes opportunities to review the rules for using HAVE (GOT) TO, CAN and ALLOWED TO, as well as generating sentences, exercises in dictation, using the grammar in the past tense, interpreting rules: what you can and can�t do and creating your own poster of rules. Upper Intermediate and Advanced
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Aches and Pains: Learning Terminology through Dialogue
This lesson covers terminology used to describe aches and pains. It includes activities on inferring meaning through listening comprehension/reading and practice by doing: creating new dialogues using this terminology. Students have a lot of fun with this and use their creativity/sense of humor/dramatic side. *Recommended for a creative class that ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 9
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Modals PPT
Teaches different kinds of modals: form and use with student exercises and complete lesson plan
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 19
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A Lesson on Superheroes
This lesson lasts about an hour and begins with open discussion about Superheroes, followed by a mini lesson on the use and form for "can/can�t." In the end, students create their own Superheroes and then present them by creating either an original theme song, dialogue or poster presentation. Fun on...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 22
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What�s your sign? Horoscopes, Fates and the Dating Game (Various Activities)
A fun filled comprehensive lesson that can last for hours - includes opportunities for speaking, listening, writing, reading and mini-grammar lessons. As a warmup, students discuss their understanding and opinion of destiny (defined). Next, they survey each other on related Y/N questions about desti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 38
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Comparisons on Family: A Review of Comparative Forms using My Big Fat Greek Wedding Scene 11
This lesson incorporates cultural contexts and authentic speech into a General English lesson on making comparisons. It is largely a review/assessment lesson that has opportunities to utilize descriptive vocabulary, listening comprehension, discussion and writing related to comparing family and cul...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 10
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Debate Terms Activity
This activity allows for whole class participation in a review of agree/disagree terms and their usage and provides opportunities for pair debates that follow.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 22
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