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The Office: Diversity Day
Here is a worksheet for the popular American sitcom, "The Office." I begin the lesson by asking students why a company would offer diversity training.
For the title I used the font Helvetica Bold, which is the same used on the TV show. I used Baskerville for the rest of the worksheet, but you may wish to change it if it doesn�t all fit onto one ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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Lydia, The Tattooed Lady
Tattoos seem rather common today, but with this amusing song by comedian Groucho Marx, students have to identify and order all of Lydia�s tattoos, illustrating world history and geography. Groucho and his brothers may be less known today than they were generations back, but students enjoy this crazy song. It is easily available on the Internet, as ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Phrasal Verbs - Mutual Dictations
7 different exercises here for pair work dictations. Each student has half of a gapped dialogue illustrating a phrasal verb. The students read and dictate the missing words to each other.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Fawlty Towers - Communication Problems
This is a worksheet to use with this episode of the British TV sitcom, "Fawlty Towers."
I used Bookman font for the title (the same as the television programme). The pictures illustrating the key vocabulary will look best when printed on a PostScript compatible laser printer from a Macintosh, but they should be recognizable with other printers. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Black Adder - Born to be King
Is there anything with Rowan Atkinson that students don�t like?
From series 1 of this popular British sitcom.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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The Tell-Tale Heart - Role-Play
This is a role-play based on Edgar Allen Poe�s "The Tell-Tale Heart." Half of the class are journalists who interview people who knew the madman at various times in his life, such as a neighbor, fianc�e, teacher, doctor, etc. Each journalist interviews 3 or 4 of the madman�s acquaintances.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 60
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Animal Rights Discussion
Students work in small groups discussing the pros and cons of animal rights. This can be followed up with a written essay.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 22
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Being There
Here are worksheets for the exquisite film, "Being There," starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. It is an intelligent film and as funny today as when it was made 3 decades ago. (The worksheets were made by another colleague and myself.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Fawlty Towers - Gourmet Night Characters & Shapes
Here is an original vocabulary exercise to do AFTER viewing the "Fawlty Towers" episode, "Gourmet Night."
Students individually assign a character to each shape according to whatever criteria they want. (It mustn�t be random, however!) Then they attribute the adjectives to the characters, writing the words inside the shape.
Because everyone w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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West Side Story - Tonight
A gap-fill from this famous musical.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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