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Declaration of Independence
This worksheet is designed to help students understand the basic points of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. I used the font Zapfino for the title.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Finding Your Partner
Give card with a famous name to each student. They mill around talking to each other, but without telling anyone else what their name is. They must try to find a partner.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Elephant Orphanage
This 12-minute video news report about an elephant orphanage in Africa and the woman who has devoted her life to saving elephants is always a favorite of my students (intermediate and above). You can see it at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2294561n&tag=related;photovideo>. If you would like the crossword puzzle of the vocabulary, send me a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Roald Dahl - The Landlady - Questions
Here are some comprehension questions to accompany Roald Dahl�s great story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Everyday Use Discussion Questions
Discussion questions to go with the beautiful short story "Everyday Use" by black American author Alice Walker. This short story is always a hit, even with my science and engineering students.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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The English Patient - Discussion
"The English Patient" is a beautiful film that won 9 Academy Awards. Here is a worksheet with 2 exercises to follow watching the film. In the first one, they match different flaws with the principal characters, and in the second they choose 8-12 questions about the film to discuss. (Not recommended for students under 17.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 17-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Lily Tomlin - Mr. Veedle
Here is Lily Tomlin�s great sketch of telephone operator Ernestine calling a customer about his phone bill, even threatening to have him beat up and to publicize 96 hours of his recorded phone calls. The humor comes in part from a "small" person using their power.
This comes from the CDs "This Is a Recording" and "20th Century Masters - The Mill...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Arrested Development - Pilot
This intelligent American TV series was a BIG hit with critics and my (B2 and C1 levels) students alike, the story of a wealthy dysfunctional family family that has hit hard times when the father is arrested and his son has to take over the business while keeping his lazy relatives from taking what little money there is left.
I used the font Ant...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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George Carlin - Euphemisms
This is a different kind of worksheet to go with George Carlin�s monologue, Euphemisms (from his DVD "Doin� It Again"; an audio CD is also available). Students like this very much, as George Carlin was a comedian who not only made us laugh, but made us think, too.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 39
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Numb3rs - Pilot episode Transcription
This is a transcript script to episode 1 of the first season of the excellent American TV drama show, "Numb3rs," which is about an FBI agent and his math genius brother, who uses mathematics to solve crimes. This show is very popular with my science and engineering students for both the math and the human drama. Support material for the math can be...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 8
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