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Imagine - Lennon�s all time classic
This is the text for Imagine with discussion questions in the task part. I used it one year for New Year�s Day, last year for Earth Day, sometimes I just do it because I feel my sts need sth for the soul. The lyrics themselves can be printed in a bigger format, cut into lines and jumbled, and then let sts put them in the right order while listening...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 61
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FIREFLIES, STRESS AND INSOMNIA - song ws with additional texts
This is part 2 of my collection with lyrics and texts concerning social topics and everyday life. This one is based on Owl City�s Fireflies and texts about insomnia and stress in our lives, esp teenagers� lives. I�m planning to use it with my teenage sts. It contains 3 pages of wss with links and teacher�s key, aimed at improving reading, writing a...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 118
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Aesop�s fable- spot the difference in the text
This is a spot-the-difference task, but with text instead of pictures. Page 2 contains some more lesson ideas and teacher�s key. A different approach to dictation and reading practice, and developing synonyms.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 82
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riddles
You can find 16 riddles in rhyme here with ideas on how to use them in class and expand them for all levels and age groups. Have fun! Riddles rock!
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 116
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ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING - reading practice
This is a text I got from a friend and used it for teenage and adult groups. This plan contains a list of activities to do before, while and after reading: the introductory discussion, listening-reading activity, writing project in pairs and group work, and finally, the vocabulary follow-up activity. I found it very motivating for teenagers and adu...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 154
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Pride - who can humanity be proud of?
This project is part 3 of today�s series, but can be used completely separately from the other 2. If you decide to use all 3, I do suggest to do this one last - to end on a positive note (Prejudice, Pride & Prejudice, Pride). This lesson plan contains a detailed, several-page set of instructions and various texts about famous people from human hist...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 79
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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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READING FUN - JUMBLED TEXTS
This is an idea on how to get your students to read through different texts at more advanced levels. It�s a game for groups - simple assembling various topics texts in jumbled paragraphs, but the texts are not that easy to deal with. The instructions are inside, and you can edit if you want.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 127
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Valentine�s Day Collection - various teaching materials
This is a collection of wss prepared for my intermediate and advanced groups, based on Valentine�s Day basic info, the movie Intolerable Cruelty (C. Zeta-Jones and G. Clooney), Suspicious Minds song, funny and serious texts about men and women, murphy�s law on love, even some texts from the forum and the teacher�s cafe about love... I hope you find...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 227
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I love Christmas time - all level materials and ideas
Here is my choice of texts to use for all levels on Christmas. There are also vocabulary ideas, stories, songs, etc. for all ages and knowledge levels. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 374
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word games!!!!
It�s time for word games - brain teasers! You can use them to finish your school or start the next one! You can use them all at once, or each slide for a new lesson! You probably know some of them, but they may give you ideas on how to play games with all knowledge levels and ages, and it�s all LANG...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 347
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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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St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33
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CHANGING OUR WORLD - children�s motivational story
Here�s my contribution to Frank�s project for the children. It�s a story inspired by his poem Global Warming, and it�s meant to motivate children to change things. It�s simple reading with three motivational tasks as follow-up. The ppt includes the story and Frank�s poem. Thanks, Frank, for the moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 38
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ALPHABET LESSON - SONG AND RHYME FOR KIDS
This is a rhyme I made up for my kids to add a word to each letter of the alphabet. They can perform it in front of the parents, adding signs for letters and movement for words, and you can add any alphabet song they like. My kids liked it a lot - I hope yours do, too.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Downloads: 46
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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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SUMMER GAMES - fun stuff before summer vacation
This is a collection of activities which can be played as games before the summer vacation, concerning summer, sea animals and clothes. there�s even a story included, so that activities range from writing and memorising to reading and speaking. Each slide is one game, and its key is shown at the bot...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 386
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
I designed this ppt based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced students (FCE&CAE) - it�s a fun, creative way to expand their adjectives vocabulary and let their imagination do some work for them. They love writing stories about interesting photos with some, but not too much, guided vocabul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 354
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revision for adults
This is a ppt I used as revision with my adults� group. It can also be used for intermediate kids (although then I�d add colours and pictures). Afterwards I gave them a similar test using the same exercises. I hope it comes in handy...It revises basic prepositions, tenses, articles, question words, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 41
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CUTE ANIMALS - short stories about animals
This is a ppt linked with my ws also called Cute Animals. The ppt contains 3 of my new stories with a follow-up activity for each, plus three suggestions for the sts to invent their own stories (so you can also use it with intermediate sts). You can use the ppt alone, or accompanied with the ws wher...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 77
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NIGHT LIKE THIS - ROMANCE
This is a simple exercise based on the song �Night Like This� by C. Emerald, with a listening task, vocabulary and writing tasks with adjectives and a short rhyming task with a silly love song at the end. I hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
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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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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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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PREPOSITIONS - with rooms and furniture
This is an OE to practise prepositions. It contains several tasks with multiple choice and fill-in, accompanied with simple pictures to help the students. I hope it�s of use to you!
Level: elementary
Age: 4-100
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LET IT SNOW - RUDOLPH�S COLOURS
This is a fun song about Rudolph I used with a video (littlestorybug) to revise colours. It also has a fill-in task with the basic Rudolph story below. I hope you get as hooked on the song as I have - it�s really cute!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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ANIMAL TALES
This is my fourth OE - but my first one for younger kids. It�s for kids who like animals - it contains some short reading fill-in tasks, find the mistake tasks, questions with can and a video with a follow-up wordsearch. I hope you find it useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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ON THE BEACH - beach, ocean, summer, and grammar!
This is a revision OE with tasks to practise have got, prepositions, ocean vocabulary, prepositions and there is/are. It�s filled with beach and ocean pics and vocabulary, so it can be done for fun even during the summer break.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
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LET IT SNOW - WINTER CLOTHES
This is a very simple task for small children to revise colours and winter clothes. It contains a Peppa video about snow and a task with colours and winter clothes. I made it all in capital letters, because my 6-year-olds find them easier to follow. I hope you find it useful and fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-8
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FANTASY LAND -PART ONE
I made this OE to accompany my Fantasy Land project (5 wss available with posters, projects and games). I prepared this for my after-holiday workshop, to step back into English, but not immediately into our coursebooks. It�s more fun and basic culture than grammar, but I love sneaking vocabulary in ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
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