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reading comprehension test
Here is a test I created some years ago. It offered another vision of Scotland than the Hollywood vision students are used to (Braveheart, Rob Roy...). It was designed for French pupils therefore one matching exercise (ex3 on page 2)has to be reshaped in your pupils� own language. I hope you�ll enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
question tags
here is a worksheet about question tags. It is fully editable. Here are the keys your glasses are on the books, aren�t they? Jenny isn�t playing football, is she? Joe often delivers newspapers, doesn�t he? Mum has just had her driving license, hasn�t she? Joe has a terrible headache, hasn�t he? John can�t read, can he? Wayne Gretzky was a...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 74


 
Orianthi according to you
I used this song to work on personality adjectives and to have my pupils discuss about this song. Depending on the level of your class, you can use either modals (should, ought to ...) to give Orianthi some pieces of advice or use the videoclip on youtube to (re-)use the physical description vocabulary etc...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4


 
find someone who can
Here is an activity where pupils have to interview all their classmates to find out who can do the mentioned sport. Then, they report their discoveries to the class.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
The Beginning and the End by Anathema
I did this wonderful rock song for the pupils I took to Liverpool. Of course, we worked on The Beatles (and we visited The Beatles Story)but I wanted them to know about Anathema (another great band from there) and here is the song we worked on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZBVhjWmbI
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
The Whale Rider extract 1
Working on New Zealand with my pupils, I�ve decided to use some parts of the movie "The Whale Rider" in class. Here is the first extract I have chosen (the very beginning of the movie). The first exercise is a simple listening comprehension and the second one consists of questions about the scene. I hope it may be of some use to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19


 
cosmic dancer Billy Elliot
This song is the opening song from the movie "Billy Elliot". I decided to work on it after having studied the main scenes from the movie with my SS. It deals with the two preterites, I also added an easy exercise about phonetics. Hope you�ll find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14


 
The Beatles "ticket to ride": teaching with songs
I�ll soon be bringing pupils to Liverpool and of course we are working on the mighty Beatles before going. I have added this song to our "repertoire" to introduce reported speech but also "ought to" Hope you�ll enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 49


 
The Right To Differ
Here is the lesson I�m doing right now about being different and about the difficulties of being different. The documents I made are included in the lesson plan and so are the links to access the videos, song ...: - an animated short by Pixar - America�s got talent (thank you karina7777) - an article ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 15


 
Harry Potter�s timetable
working on a timetable thanks to Harry Potter.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18

 


possession with Harry Potter
Here is a presentation I made to work on possessives while working on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I hope you�ll like it.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Downloads: 48


describing characters from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Here is a presentation to work on physical description (even personality adjectives). The needed vocabulary has to be seen in a previous lesson.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Downloads: 120


compounds of some any and no part 2
Here is the second and final part of the presentation I created to introduce the compounds of some any and no. This being said, it can also be used as a warm-up exercise with older pupils. I hope you�ll like it.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 24


teaching used to with avatar
I created this presentation because I was dissatisfied with my former presentations on the topic. As I was watching the movie Avatar with my family, I thought that this movie could be a good excuse to introduce clearly (I hope) and visually the structures USED TO, DIDN�T USE TO. Let me know what you...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 138


playing with irregular verbs - medium mix part 2
This is the fourth part of the game I created to have pupils revise their regular verbs in a funny way. It is totally editable therefore if you don�t like a picture you can change it and add one of your own collection. Have a nice day.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 15


let someone do something
Here is the first part of a presentation to introduce the structure let someone do something. I hope you�ll find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 5


How well can you
Here is another very simple presentation about the modal can and can�t.

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 12


compounds of some, any and no part 1
Here is a presentation I created to introduce the compounds of some, any and no. I had to split it in several parts because the original size was too big. Here is the first part. I hope you will find it as useful as I do.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 24


playing with irregular verbs- easy mix
Here is a game I created to have my pupils use irregular verbs. I divided the class into four groups (the group giving the correct verb forms was given ten points). The winners were of course those who had the most points. This activity is to be done five or ten minutes before the end of a lesson a...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 51


reflexive pronouns vs reciprocal pronouns
I created this presentation based upon the characters "Gnomeo and Juliet" for pupils to understand the difference between reflexive pronouns and reciprocal pronouns (even though I mainly put the emphasis on reciprocal pronouns). I hope you will find it useful and that you�ll have as much fun using i...

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 27

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