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New Year Resolutions with Jack
Some exercises around the making of resolutions. I upload this every year, updated. One of these years, Jack will stick to his resolutions and then I�ll have to write a different story;-)
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-15
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 40
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Richard didn�t want to go to school
A passage with a twist in the tale - Richard is the head teacher!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 114
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Classroom language for teachers
This is a guide/round-up of some useful expressions for teachers, to be used with secondary (11-16) students. I always say �please� with commands, but I didn�t write it every time. I hope it will be useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-16
Type: others
Downloads: 145
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The Olympic Games
A brief history of the Olympics and a piece about the next Olympics in London. I�ve included - put the verb in the past simple/correct the sentences/ gap fill/match up the like terms/ choose the correct word and a few pictures for discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 59
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Describe the picture
A wonderful picture, with some exercises to practise basic structures: present continuous tense, prepositions of place, there is/are and colours. The activities are gap fill, choose the correct option and true or false. Key included.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Type:
Downloads: 57
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Spot the difference exercise
A spot the difference exercise. Key on page 2. For beginners, you could blank out words on the key to help them.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type:
Downloads: 38
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Shapes in the High Street
Two pages,a great picture from youtube,with exercises.I am teaching shapes to beginners and intermediate students. This picture lends itself to language work, so I�ve added exercises on present continuous, prepositions and questions and a spelling exercise on shapes. I hope you will find this useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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RC: Gladys and the Samurai sword
They have to put the verbs into the past simple tense and then complete the T/F exercise. Key provided. Advanced students can discuss whether Gladys was brave or stupid.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-16
Type:
Downloads: 18
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New Year�s Resolutions
They read the passages - four students discuss their resolutions - and complete the exercises.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-16
Type:
Downloads: 55
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The Bear and the Crow
This is a true story, with plenty of youtube links- search �bear saves crow�. I�ve written it in the form of an Aesop�s fable. There is a message for them to unravel about who Aesop was. This will suit upper-intermediates.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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Mona Lisa vs Medusa
Making comparisons/ drawing analogies is a great way to teach EAL. This made a great lesson and so I continued with more comparisons: Harry Potter vs Gandalf, Batman vs Jack Sparrow etc. Great fun, great for language development.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 4
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Maxims and sayings
Each slide has quotes about a topic e.g. success/love. The ss discuss them in pairs - instructions on first slide. They can then write their own maxims and make posters.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 40
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Tips on scaffolding and supporting EAL learners
I have uploaded two of these mats in word - here they are updated.
There is also a sentence generator and a grid for learning new words. I have seen these two in other formats(I�m not claiming originality) but I hope my versions will be useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 27
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50+ Activities for ESL
Here is a compilation of great warmers/short activities, many of them �ready to go�. 56 (I think!) slides. Hope you find it useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-16
Downloads: 163
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Describing Pictures
21 slides, each with an image or images and exercises. I�ve prepared this for English GCSE students, but a lot of it is useful as an esl resource.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Downloads: 84
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22 short stories on a page
As the title says - short stories, with exercises. I have uploaded most of these individually.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 120
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Harry Potter vs Gandalf
This powerpoint compares Harry with Gandalf. There are a number of activities: two clozes - missing words and missing vowels, a true or false and pictures that can be used for memory games/guessing games or splat. (I�ve had to reduce picture size to get in the limit, but you can easily enlarge them....
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 15
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Bullying
Anti-bullying week is coming up. I have made this for native English speakers, but I think a lot of the activities will be useful for esl teachers. Thank you to Tony Wow for permission to use his heart warming story about Kyle.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-16
Downloads: 81
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Language activities for science
70+ slides. I made this for science teachers, but a lot of these activities are for good for esl. Hope it will be useful for some of you. Friends, a lot of work went into this!
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-16
Downloads: 18
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European Day of Languages
Some slides about Europe, its capital cities and languages.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-16
Downloads: 96
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