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Silly Science Cartoon (Listening Activity)
If you want to talk about science in a funny but helpful way, use this old cartoon video and enjoy it with your students.
The link to the video is: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr8nx_silly-science-cartoon_shortfilms
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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FRIENDS -
It�s another incredible Friends� episode. It�s great to discuss the difference between (scientific) fact and opinion, as well as to discuss the boundaries of our beliefs. I have included the script so that you can find the scenes, between Ross and Pheebs mainly, easily.
The title of the episode is "The One Where Heckles Dies".
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Environmental Concerns - (Reading Activity)
I�ve prepared this reading comprehension activity based on the article "The Nightmare Scenario", an interview with Tom Flannery (Speak Up magazine, nr 242). I hope you�ll enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Biography - Noel Rosa
I was teaching biography and I decided to add something of our Brazilian culture. I wrote a short biography for Noel Rosa, one of the most famous Brazilian singers and composers - a remarkable name in the Samba tradition. I hope you enjoy it!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Idioms with numbers
One of the forms of measuring the importance of a subject in a culture is to check the role it plays in the production of new vocabulary items. This is what happens to NUMBERS. They have always been a valuable cultural asset in the English language � IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS departing from numbers are being used in contexts apart from the one of the m...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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ROUTINE (Writing Activity)
A review activity when you are working with the Simple Present tense, meaning habitual actions.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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How to use a dictionary
I�ve organized this handout because I was getting sick and tired of seeing my students (including intermediate and advanced ones) having trouble when they had to use a dictionary and a growing number of them appealing to online translators, turning their writing productions into real and authentic samples of the "samba of the crazy student". I inte...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 125
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Past stories - Past Perfect
A dialog exercise to practice the use of the Past Perfect Tense in alignment with other past tenses in a story in the past. It practices the use of subordination in the past.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Career Paths - Listening exercise (video)
A listening exercise to start up the discussion on the dream job and career choices. The link to the video, on Youtube, is https://youtu.be/-VasGrFLqW8 .
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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Used to, Chris Daughtry (song activity)
I used this song last year with my intermediate students. Chris Daughtry was not the winner from one of the editions of American Idol, but I liked his voice and his style. So, as I had to review the structure �used to� recently taught, I decided to use a song and also work with reading comprehension and improve the students� vocabulary. To my surpr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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