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A lesson on gratitude
Students often comment on the fact that the verb "take" has several different meanings. While brainstorming idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs with the verb "take", I suggested "take for granted", and my students didn�t know what it meant. I decided to prepare a whole lesson on taking things for granted, but focusing on the opposite option, which...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 19
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Christmas symbols
This is a reading activity which revises or consolidates Christmas vocabulary. I made it for my 10-year-old students, so I tried to keep the vocabulary as simple as possible. The first letters of each term or expression is a hint to help them pick the right word.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
Reading activity, with three tasks, based on an ABC news article. Answers and task instructions on the 2nd page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 26
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Count on me by Bruno Marz
One word in each verse of the lyrics was scrambled; students should be able to unscramble the word by guessing from context what the correct word is. The first letter is always kept in its right place. It is a cute, slow song that can be used even with upper elementary students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Arguments against the use of animals in experiments
This worksheet has two parts: The first part is an article that provides counterarguments to some of the most common arguments in favor of using animals in experiments. Students are supposed to place the headings for each paragraph where they belong, and change the highlighted passive sentences into active ones. The second part of the assignment p...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 32
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Family Members + possessive �s
Most students know the basic vocabulary related to family members, so I wanted to make the task a little more challenging than the usual family tree. So I made this crossword puzzle and a true or false activity which is not so easy because, besides mastering the family member vocabulary, students also have to decipher the use of the genitive case t...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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A reading activity for dog lovers
Most people are dog lovers, so these cute and interesting pictures of dogs and their owners serve as an incentive for students to try to figure out the meaning of words so as to match the right caption to each picture. My students enjoyed it a lot; I hope yours do too.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 29
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Halloween Riddles
Match the riddles with their answers. Be aware of the play on words!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Just say No
This is a reading activity based on an essay published at www.thisibelieve.org, which is a great source of essays on many different topics. In this particular one,the author talks about choosing to say no to some of our modern world "must-haves": a car, a cell phone, pierced ears...there are two pre-reading activities, which include a discussion an...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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Lucky, by Jason Mraz
This activity works better if students don�t know the lyrics of the song by heart, because then they�ll have to activate their schemata in order to predict which word best completes each verse. It is a slow song, good to sing along.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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