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Ways of Measuring Food (Reference Sheet)
This reference sheet shows four ways of measuring foods in the U.S.--by volume, weight, container, and portion. It is especially useful for clearing up confusion about all the partitives vocabulary (pound vs. quart vs. bottle vs. piece) that non-American ESL/EFL students may have.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 64
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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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"Hocus Pocus" Writing Exercises
"Hocus Pocus" (1993) is a great film for showing what American Halloween is like, and also for the kid-friendly story. This WS includes a vocabulary section for BEFORE watching, a fill-in-the-blank for DURING, and a paragraph writing section for AFTER. Includes answer key and is fully editable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 121
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Write a love letter using similes
Great for teaching similes or as a Valentine�s Day writing activity. My junior high students enjoyed writing letters to fictional characters (e.g., Doraemon) instead of real people. Whatever works! Included: (1) A practice sheet with a sample letter; (2) A writing sheet with a space for drawing a picture of the beloved!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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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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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: 164
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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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Osaka Instant Ramen Museum Info Scavenger Hunt
If you teach in/near Osaka, Japan, why not go on a class field trip to the Nissin Instant Ramen Museum? Students learn about the history of instant ramen and answer questions on this worksheet. (If you book in advance, you can also have your students make their own packets of instant ramen for free.) Even if you don�t live near Osaka, the museum�s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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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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"Super Size Me" Viewing/Post-Viewing Worksheet
This worksheet is for students to fill out while and after watching "Super Size Me". In the first section, students read a brief introduction to the film and fill in the blanks. In the second section, students fill in the blanks for 5 sentences describing Spurlock�s experiment. In the 3rd section, students circle T or F. Last, there�s a short wri...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 313
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