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Reading: Newspaper article �US electronics chain offers free guns to TV subscribers�
A read and report lesson with an article from the Daily Telegraph, London (April 2011) with the headline: "US electronics chain offers free guns to TV subscribers". Thanks
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13


 
Book report- writing lesson plan
A lesson plan outline focussing on a book review. It starts by looking at the book "Three Cups of Tea" (details included on pages 3 and 4), moving on to writing a synopsis of the first page, then discussing book review content before crafting the book report. This lesson format is taken from Tricia Hedge�s book "Writing"- I have chosen a differe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 10


 
Treasure hunt- alphabet & have got
A treasure hunt, based on the battleships game, to review "have got" questions and short answers. It also reviews the 20 most frequent letters of the alphabet. Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3


 
Future conversation cards
Conversation prompts to be used with a desk of playing cards. There are two pages. This activity is intended as a review of all future tenses. Cards 2-6 should elicit sentences with will. Card 7 should elicit a sentence with won�t Cards 8-9 should elicit a sentence with �going to� Cards 10 & �jack� should elicit a sentence with the future perfe...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 59


 
Paraphrasing: worksheet and game
Page 1 is a worksheet to introduce paraphrasing structures. Page 2 has a dominoes game for students to practice the phrases. Thanks, Elise
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16


 
Reading: 10 management practices to throw overboard (Bloomberg Business Week)
Reading article with before reading activities (opinion writing and vocabulary) and after reading questions. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4


 
Sports vocabulary gap fill
A gap fill activity for upper intermediate and above students. The subject is the Brazilian football league so might be of interest to those students living in Brazil or with an interest in the Brazilian football league. Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7


 
"My friends" Red Hot Chilli Peppers
A gap fill activity focussing on word formation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7


 
Video: Marley and me
Before, while and after watching activities for the clip where the dogsitter looks after Marley. From the film (full movie avialable on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE0JRHJSC7A) go to 44.20 mins for the while watching and 48.39 mins for the after watching. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9


 
Find the people- countries and nationalities activity
Students complete an activity to match the countries to the flags then write the nationalities. They then, in pairs, play a version of battleships with people "hidden" in their grid to practice asking questions and short answers. Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5

 


So and Such for emphasis/extremes
A presentation with examples showing when we use so and such for emphasis and extremes.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 17


Introduction to the Passive Voice
An introduction to the passive using celebrities who commit crimes as the context (Hugh Grant and OJ Simpson). The presentation includes notes (quite detailed as I like a script!). Please excuse the references to Brazil, where I teach. Hope it is helpful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 6


Adverb position
Powerpoint outlining the rules for adverb position, including when there is more than only adverb in a sentence. Practice included at the end. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 171


Relative clauses
A power point presentation about relative clauses, using Vincent van Gogh as the concept. This was created for an upper intermediate class, so some of the language might need to be re-graded for lower levels. The presentation includes defining and non-defining relative clauses. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 28


Word formation
This presentation focusses on prefixes and suffixes in general, before looking specifically at forming nouns from verbs and adjectives. I have included my notes on the presentation. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 39


Have- causative verb
A presentation with examples and practice for have as a causative verb. Hope it helps.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21


Adjectives: -ing & -ed
Using love as a context, students explore -ing and -ed adjective forms. There are notes on the PPT slides. After slide 11 students can work on: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=567555#thetop On slide 13 there is a link (a MS Word icon) to a document for students to match the diffe...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 45


Reported speech
A presentation about reported speech including: - introductory verbs - tense changes and no tense changes - pronoun changes - changes to place and time - modal verbs - reported questions - indirect commands & requests & suggestions Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 9


Sentence stress
A presentation reviewing stressed and unstressed words to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50


Adjectives and adverbs: gradable & ungradable
A powerpoint showing gradabale and ungradable adjectives and the adverbs of degree and intensity that can be combined with them. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 30

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