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lucky lyrics
My students and I just loved this summer song, and they enjoyed doing the worksheet - it seems simple at first - you just have to listen to the song and fix certain words, but they found it challenging in some places and all missed the first �hear�... Try it (teacher�s copy is the right column)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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THE BLADE RUNNER WORKSHEETS
These are worksheets I used with my advanced classes who liked science fiction. Since Avatar and Star Trek have had a huge success with them and awakened interest in this topic, I�ve always found it interesting, in such situations, to awaken the interest in some older, more classical, works, such as this movie. The worksheets are b&w and editable, ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48
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project 3 - English speaking countries
This is part 3 of 3 projects I�m posting today. This one deals with countries, and it�s the basis for a classroom project in which you get your sts to actively use English and learn about different countries. It�s a combination of language, geography and basic culture. It includes several pages of ideas, and it�s designed as a longer activity. Your...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 451
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ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE & BACK
This is a worksheet I designed for my adult group - a simplified revision of passive, with 4 tasks - revising to be in tenses, Past Participle of some useful verbs, turning active into passive and back. It also contains a key. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 61
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STARDUST - jumbled movie
I just love Stardust (Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Claire Danes) - it is fantasy, with such a funny and grotesque twist to it, and a romantic ending, s a proper fairytale should have. Here�s one of my Stardust wss - this one is the jumbled story (retold movie).
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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Arthur and the Minimoys
This is a follow-up worksheet for the movie/cartoon Arthur and the Minimoys. It strengthens vocabulary, and reading and writing skills. My students especially love the fact that the pictures are black-and-white, because they love to colour them later on. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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TALES ABOUT TAILS - animal stories with writing activities
There are 2 animal stories with morals here, both with follow-up activity cards (not wss, so you can save some paper and toner), and then several activity cards for a writing workshop to inspire your sts to write in pairs or small groups. It can be fun. I hope you like it.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 144
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word games
This is a very practical type of word game you can use with students of all ages. I did it with intermediate and advanced students (kids and adults) and it turned out to be more challenging than they had expected. I always do it in teams or pairs. It�s really useful, because it doesn�t require a lot of time to prepare, you don�t need all kinds of t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 13
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A FAREWELL TO STUDENTS - goodbye message in rhyme
We all try to prepare sth special for our students at the end of the school year. You might want to try doing something like this - a special message with a special text... This is a poem I have written for that occasion. It�s an addition to what I uploaded the other day, so to avoid repeating myself, if you need more ideas on how to use this, feel...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: others
Downloads: 169
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GREAT LOVE SONGS - collection no.2
Here is the 2nd part of my love songs collection with teacher�s versionsand ideas, and wss for Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Eternal Flame, Don�t Wanna Miss A Thing, More Than Words, Nothing Compares to You, With or Without You, and The Winner Takes it all. I hope you enjoy these.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 168
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JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - educational and motivational
This ppt (and a corresponding ws) were inspired by Lucia13 who posted this wonderful text in our ESL cafe not long ago. Since I�m covering describing people with my teenagers, this is just the perfect icing on the cake to teach them to see past the surface. It�s designed for speaking and reading. I ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 221
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AN IMAGINARY PLANET - reading, speaking and writing for intermediate students
I have created this ppt for my internediate kids (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for space and astronauts (a text in Chatterbox 4). It�s a reading text about an imaginary planet, a speaking activity about Earth, and a writing task to create their own planet. (There�s also a matching worksheet available...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 49
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VALENTINE�S DAY - WORD GAMES
This is a ppt created to play team word games with sts in class. It�s fun, nothing difficult, playing with words (5 games with key), but can be used at the beginning or the end of the lesson. It can be done in writing or as speaking activities. The tasks are also available in printable form as a ws ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 82
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HALLOWEEN ASSOCIATION GAMES - play and learn
Finally made it - with a little help from a friend, I managed to turn my association games into ppt games. Rules are included, so if you�ve never played - do try. You can do this with all ages and levels. If you like the game, and want to create your own, I�m also uploading a free template.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 186
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FCE PRACTICE - use of English, speaking, writing
I prepared this FCE practice for my groups (highschoolers), using exercises from free web-sites, course books and experience. It concentrates on word formation (use of English), speaking and writing practice, and I use it with my advanced groups as practice, and then give them similar exercises as t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 135
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THINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - intermediate reading and writing practice
This is a ppt I created for my intermediate sts (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for Chatterbox 4 - the units with countries, adjectives and materials. The task is to write a sentence about each item in the slides turning the name of the country into an adjective and using the phrase �made of�. The fina...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 15
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GRAMMAR ASSOCIATION GAMES
This is a collection of 4 ppt association games (I used my own template - available in the free templates) for grammar revision. Each slide is one game and you can use all games at once to revise some grammar, or one by one as you introduce a certain topic. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 190
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SILLY ENGLISH - how easy is it to translate things?
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced teenagers who got just a little bit overly self-confident as far as their knowledge was concerned. It is based on an e-mail I got with ridiculously translated hotel and other signs around the world. It�s really funny, but the task for the sts is to say it in ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 82
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Ever seen this woman?
Not one of my most colourful activities, but the lesson I had using this ppt turned out to be one of the most powerful and memorable experiences with teenagers. I had been looking for an interesting, unlike-typical-school history text to do with kids, when this text came to me via e-mail and stunned...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 58
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FCE VOCABULARY PRACTICE
This is a ppt prepared for the FCE level. It contains a vocabulary task with multiple choice (with key), and a paraphrasing task (with key). Both tasks also contain an extra slide which is bw and printable as a ws or test (with key). These activities are then followed by a brain teaser which you can...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 86
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DRAGONS
I created this OE with my son in mind. (His English level is not yet there, but I�m hoping the topic will inspire him!) The exercise contains several tasks - a T/F one, two reading tasks with comprehension and fill-in and a listening task with the theme song of a dragon movie. There are pics and ani...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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CONDITIONALS WITH HARRY POTTER
This is an OE with four different types of conditionals (from zero to third) and a fun video/audio challenge at the end, based on Harry Potter stories. It�s another addition to moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. I hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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SHERLOCK HOLMES 3
This is the third OE I�ve made about Sherlock HOlmes. It contains two reading tasks - a multiple choice(based on a tex from Wikipedia about Holmes�s habits) and a true/false(based on a ppt video about Conan Doyle.). Hope you can use it.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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JOKES AND PAST SIMPLE - practice
This is a simple OE to revise or practise the Past Simple. There is a task to practise regular and irregular past forms, a fill-in task with kids� jokes and a task with short past simple answers. I hope it�s of use to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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Present Perfect with Harry Potter
This exercise is part of moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. It is designed to practise the Present Perfect. It has three different tasks. Thanks, dear moravc, for letting me join the project!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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QUESTIONS - yes-no, wh, tags and some fun
This is an OE designed to drill the students in making questions in various tenses - yes-no questions, wh-questions, question tags. There�s a fun teenage youtube video at the end with the �world record� in asking and answering questions. It�s there just for fun and an extra challenge for your studen...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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PIRATE FUN
I made this OE for my students to do before or during their summer holidays. It�s a wordsearch, vocabulary task and riddles about pirates and their equipment. It�s also available as a printable, without the interactive options. I love pirate stories, so I have made several materials about this topic...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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EMELI SANDE -CLOWN
The song is just too beautiful to miss. There are some follow-up vocabulary and comprehension tasks with Sande�s biography and explanation for the song. I hope your students enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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QUESTIONS AND TAGS - AGAIN
Here�s another OE with lots of question-making practise. It is based on interesting, little known facts of life from karmas.korner, which makes a rather dull grammar task more interesting and quite fun. Lots of wh-questions to make and even more question tags! Hope it�s of use!
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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LET�S PLAY PIRATES!
I made this OE for my students who just love pirate stories, treasure hunting and pirate songs. It has a listening task (a very catchy pirate song), a reading task and a treasure hunt with prepositions. I hope you like it! AAAAArrrrgh!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
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