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New Year Resolutions: Listen, Write, & Speak (Part 2)
This is the 2nd part of my "New Year Resolutions" lesson set. It includes the handout for writing resolutions. Part 1 includes a listening/speaking activity and vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Oral History Project
This project lets students tell and record their own stories (or that of a family member.) First, the teacher plays a clip featuring a short oral history (I�m planning to use the intro segment of the "First Day" episode of "This American Life". You can listen to and download episodes from their website or via iTunes. Another good source for persona...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Listening Practice: Supermarket Announcement
My JHS 3rd years are studying food partitives (e.g., a pound of meat, a gallon of milk, etc.). This listening activity is intended to bring a cultural element into this otherwise boring chapter. First, students predict the prices of 5 American supermarket items. Then, they listen to you read a supermarket announcement (script on page 2) to check...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Love Clinic
Perfect way to combine a Valentine�s Day theme with the "should" modal. I recommend using 2 periods for this. First, have students read a letter from an advice column about romance. This would be a good time to introduce romance-related vocabulary. (Sorry, no handouts for this, yet.) Then, have students write their own fictional "love problem"...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Lyrics Worksheet: No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry
This 2-page worksheet contains a "Before Listening" section in which students match phrases from the song to their meanings, a "Listening" section in which students fill in the blanks, and an "After Listening" section in which students summarize the story contained in the song. The song itself is fairly fast-paced, so it probably works better with...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Survey Activity with Adjectives
After teaching beginner-level students opposite adjectives (e.g., big/small, quiet/noisy, beautiful/ugly, etc.), use this simple one-page worksheet to get them talking! First, students write 3 unique (ideally, subjective) survey questions, using the form, "Is (Are) ...[adjective] or [adjective]?" Then, they interview 5 classmates, note their answ...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Reverse Q&A WS & Cards
This works well as a simple review activity. Students do the card activity in pairs. One reads a statement ("It�s 50 dollars") and the other tries to form the appropriate question ("How much is it?"). The accompanying handout could be done afterward, as homework.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Think & Discuss: The Radio
This WS is a warm-up to a project in which students will make their own radio shows. For this activity, students answer questions such as, "How often do you listen to the radio?" and "What programs do you listen to?" and "What are the differences between TV and radio?" Then, students discuss in groups, and at the end, share with the class.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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3 Steps to Writing a Story
This worksheet set includes the first 3 steps to writing a story: (1) Write a Blurb (or 1-sentence summary) (2) Write an Outline (that includes the story�s characters, problem, plot points, and ending/resolution) (3) Write a Story Flow (or chronology of events).
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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3 Clues Card Game
This is a great game to elicit vocabulary and practice speaking and listening. In small groups, students take turns taking a card at random from a stack and reading aloud the clues, one by one. After each clue, the other students have a chance to guess which word is on the card. The student who guesses correctly gets the card. The student with the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 163
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