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Down in Australia
The Sydney Olympics were a long time ago, but matching these stupid questions from visitors with the sarcastic answers can be fun. (Students can provide their own answers where none are provided.)
As a follow-up, students can work in pairs or small groups to make up stupid questions about their country, e.g. What time does the Bastille prison open...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Presentation Feedback Cards
These cards are for peer feedback to classmates who are giving presentations. Print out the cards, preferably onto colored paper (a different color for each of the 5 cards), and cut them up. (Laminate them if you wish.) Each speaker then gives out 1 card to each member of the audience (including a card for the teacher!) according to the type of fee...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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Spin City - Miracle Near 34th Street
Considered one of the funniest moments ever on American TV ("TV Guide"), this is Christmas humor at its blackest. Santa not only loses his job, but gets into a fight, gets stuck in a chimney, and then dies, while the mayor sets the city�s Christmas tree on fire, all to prove to a young boy that Santa really exists. I used the font Matrix Bold for t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Colloquialisms 1
The list of common colloquial expressions came from an old British coursebook, but I made it into an exercise that is challenging, but not impossible for upper-intermediate and advanced learners. Here students have to match the questions with replies.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 62
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Everyday Use - Notes
Some notes and teaching ideas for Alice Walker�s brilliant short story about conflict between a daughter�s modern values and her mother�s traditional values. Send me a personal message if you would like me to send you a copy of the short story.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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Witness - 6 Characters
About 2/3s or 3/4s of the way through the film "Witness," distribute cards to the class and explain that this is their new identity. Give them some time to write questions they would like to ask other characters in the film while you go around giving help.
Then collect the role cards, and have the students stand up and walk around at a party. Th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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Victor Borge - Inflationary Language
Comedian and pianist Victor Borge explains how inflation can affect English, where "before" becomes "befive." Here you can give the students either the original or the "inflated" version to "convert" before listening. This is a transcription that I made of his famous routine, which is available in audio and DVD formats from the iTunes store and Ama...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Citizen Kane Comprehension Questions
While "Citizen Kane" is regarded as one of the best films ever made, understanding this great film is not easy. Here are comprehension questions that go along with each of the 5 interviews that make up most of the film.
You may wish to look at my worksheets for the newsreel "News on the March" and "Citizen Kane Discussion Questions" and my PowerPo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Tex Avery Cartoon - Red Hot Riding Hood
You can find this famous Tex Avery cartoon on several sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn7Su0A-inA (high quality)
http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=8039477657790445932&q=genre3Aanimation+tex+avery
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8039477657790445932#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGdL4md3Ig
With the students, you might g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Language of Presentations
Contains a list of signposting expressions to be incorporated into presentations.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52
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