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Casey Anthony Trial
Here is the worksheet about the Casey Anthony trial.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/evening-news-online-07-05-11/id213885186?i=95450184>
or go directly to the CBS News web site:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/05/eveningnews/main20077009.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea>
The article follows the video report very faithful...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Life in Victorian Britain - Worksheet
This excellent documentary on Victorian Britain gives good insight into all aspects of life in 19th century Britain. The vocabulary load is high, but advanced students find it gripping. The most notable sections (which can be used in isolation) of this 50-minute film are Rural and Urban Poverty, Workhouses, and Innovation and Invention). (I showed ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Catcher in the Rye - Misc. Notes
Here are some miscellaneous notes and suggestions for original exercises for the classic novel, "Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger. (Some of the ideas for exercises come from EFL author Fran�oise Grellet.)
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 10
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Conditionals
A traditional grammar exercise with some speaking practice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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Lamb to the Slaughter Storylines
Before the students read Roald Dahl�s short story or watch Alfred Hitchcock�s 23-minute film, they are given about a dozen short extracts from the story, and in groups they have to discuss a reason for each passage and what might be happening in the story. (This is based on a technique described in Alan Duff and Alan Maley�s great book, "Literature...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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The Tell-Tale Heart - Ideas & Text
Here are a few (original?) ideas to get students involved and talking about Edgar Allen Poe�s famous short story, along with the text to the story on pages 2 and 3. The role cards that I uploaded along with this are related to exercise 3 in this lesson plan.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 52
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Pres. Obama on the Debt Crisis
Here is a listening exercise based on President Obama�s recent speech about the debt crisis, which can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/25/president-obama-deficit-reduction-requires-tackling-entitlements-and-tax-reform
If you want to change any of the blanks, copy and paste the number with the parentheses, and Word will automat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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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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Present Like Steve Jobs
A very good 7-minute video entitled, "How to Present Like Steve Jobs" gives students (and teachers!) excellent advice on how to give very professional presentations (available at BNET.com [http://www.bnet.com/2422-13722_23-192173.html]). This worksheet (along with a corrected transcript) helps students highlight the most important aspects from the ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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The New Prison Governor
Based on a true (but very strange!) story, this surprising role play for upper-intermediate students leads the new prison governor to learn about a mass prison escape.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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