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Obama�s "Yes, We Can" Speech
This is a lesson based upon U.S. President Obama�s January 2008 "Yes, we can" campaign speech in New Hampshire.
To do the lesson, the teacher should prepare a recording of the speech, which is readily available online, starting from the line, "It was a creed written into the founding documents..."
The lesson includes:
1. A worksheet to ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52
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Niagara Falls Travel Brochure
Students read and answer questions about a travel brochure for Niagara Falls, Canada. They then write their own travel brochure texts based on the one they�ve just read.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Four-Skills Lesson: Kanzi the Talking Ape
This four-skills lesson is about an amazing bonobo named Kanzi who learned how to communicate with a special keyboard and raises questions about how languages are learned. I made this lesson for university students studying EFL with a TOEFL score around 500.
The parts of the lesson are as follows: KWL Table, listening cloze with brief comprehens...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 13
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Body Part Idioms
This print includes a set of 3 activities to help students learn common English idioms related to body parts: 1) A matching activity (idioms and their meanings), 2) a cloze exercise for practice in context, and 3) a short dialogue using several of the target expressions. I like to cut up the matching activity to have students put it together in pai...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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Dining Idioms
This is a worksheet introducing several common eating-related idioms (e.g. hungry as a bear, to have a sweet tooth, etc.). I�ve also included a cut-up sentence activity. I�ll post my (75-minute) lesson plan separately. I hope it�s of some use. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Antonym Pairs
I use these antonym cards to teach opposites and to put students into randoms pairs. I cut up the cards and distribute one to each student. Students must then mingle and find the student with the opposite word card. They must be careful that the part of speech also matches. This activity is a good set up for pair work.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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Dining Idioms Crossword Puzzle
Here is a simple crossword puzzle to be used as a filler or review activity with the idioms from my dining idioms lesson and worksheet (uploaded separately).
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Last Christmas
This is a cloze using the Christmas pop song, "Last Christmas". I first play the original Wham version and then the second time, play the Taylor Swift cover version. The song is also a good opportunity to look at body part idioms (e.g. a shoulder to cry on, catch my eye, give my heart away) Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Tool-Using Chimpanzees Reading Lesson
This reading lesson is aimed at intermediate learners. It includes a pre-reading activity, a one-page article, comprehension questions, a true-false quiz, and a letter-writing activity. The reading is based upon a BBC news article, "Chimpanzees �hunt using spears�". Further activities and audio are available from BBC Learning�s site. Cheers!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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Same or Different
This is a pair activity to practice vocabulary comprehension. One partner reads the sentence first, which is like a definition. Then the other partner reads the word. Finally, decide if the sentence and the word are a match. The print includes a blank template for teachers to insert their own vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 5
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