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Daily Routines Interview
A whole-class mingle or small group communicative exercise using questions with "who". For follow-up, Ss can make sentences to practice using family members, possessives and 3rd person singular and plural, e.g. Ali�s grandmother makes dinner, Fumiko�s brother and sister go to work, etc.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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How�s the Weather? Q&A, past and present
A simple activity that combines the past and present of verb to be, weather words and temperatures, and practice reading charts. Students complete the cloze, then practice the conversation, taking turns rolling a die to select the Qs and As. You can also teach falling intonation with wh- questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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Vocabulary Pronunciation Game
A lively team activity. Useful for alphabet review, counting syllables, pronunciation, and review of recently taught vocabulary. Detailed instructions on worksheet.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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Song: Last Night I had the Strangest Dream
Simple cloze to a wonderful anti-war folk song, still relevant 50 years later. Originally sung by the Weavers, also available from Simon & Garfunkel, Kingston Trio and others. Easy sing-along with timeless message for young and old.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 13
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Conversations: Housing
Use this grid as a template for student conversations about any topic. Put students in pairs, give each pair one die. Students take turns rolling the die, then practicing the conversation indicated by the number on the die.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 12
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Present & Past of "Have": Warm-up/Review
An exercise to refresh your students� memory of the uses of "have" in the present and past.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Last name lesson
Often in a second language, we feel like we should know it, so we just say "OK" without understanding. This routine will help build students� confidence in asking clarifying questions. Good for beginning and intermediate levels.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 1
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Conversations: Clothing
Students practice a simple shopping conversation. Partners take turns rolling a die and asking and answering the questions with different clothing items and colors as well as comparatives.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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Class survey: brothers and sisters
Students ask each other about their brothers and sisters and learn to spell each others� names. Follow-ups: help them make a bar graph with the data; find out who has the most brothers or sisters. Actual WS looks better than how it appears here, i.e. the table has 4 equal rows.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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Sentence maker: preps of time manipulatives
Students arrange cards to form sentences and questions using prepositions of time. Detailed instructions included on worksheet.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 1
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