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Dorothy G
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Things Fall Apart Proverbs 1
This worksheet contains the proverbs from the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Chapters 1-3. It helps students analyse and learn the use of proverbs in context from the book.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Catcher in the Rye - Key Notes/Ideas
This is a quick summary of the book Catcher in the Rye. I made this for my students so that it aids revision. A few ideas are taken from http://www.gradesaver.com/the-catcher-in-the-rye/study-guide/short-summary/ But most of it has been summarized by me and some have underlying meaning given.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 20


 
Father�s Day Comprehension
This is a story taken from a website. I thought this story can be used as a comprehension exercise for my students for Father�s Day as it shows the love of a child to her Father. The pictures are also taken from the web. But the exercises are designed by myself. MC to check comprehension, followed by vocabulary exercises and a writing activity. Thi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
News Worksheet
This is a worksheet to train students to read authentic material, e.g. newspapers and to allow them to analyse the news and prepare a summary and presentation for the class. This activity would develop students confidence and also engage them in authentic reading and analysing material.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Past Perfect Gap Fill
This is a gap fill worksheet where students have to choose the correct verbs from the box and fill in the blanks using either past perfect or simple past.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14


 
Phrasal Verbs
This is a worksheet I made putting together some of the phrasal verbs that start with draw, do and fall. The first part is matching, followed by filling in the blanks, and then students have to make their own sentences. Hope it will be useful to them. Answers are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36


 
Things Fall Apart - Folktales Intro
A cloze exercise made from an adapted article online as an introduction to teaching the folktales in Things Fall Apart. Hope it�s useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5


 
Story Web
This story web is designed for students to identify and learn the elements of a short story. After they read a story, they can use this worksheet to fill in the setting, resolution, characters and their actions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Emphasis
This is a starter worksheet just to teach the idea of emphasis in a context of a love story. How we stress on certain words to put a point across.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4


 
Listening: Wizards of Waverly Place
This is a listening activity that I designed around a youtube clip from the series �Wizards of Waverly Place�. The worksheet includes pre-listening, listening and post-listening activities. The youtube link for the video clip and answer key is also included plus brief instructions. Hope your students enjoy it as much as mine did.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2

 


Elements of a Short Story: Creating Suspense and Good Endings
This is a powerpoint on elements of a short story. This powerpoint focuses on creating suspense and writing good endings to a story. Students can learn what is needed to create suspense in a story, why they need to create suspense, how they can create suspense and also how to write good endings. Hop...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 55


Descriptive Writing
Based on Chapters 10-12 from The Crooked Sixpence, this powerpoint teaches about descriptive writing. There is a worksheet to go along with it. Hope you find it useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-15
Downloads: 10


Phrasal Verbs: Run & See
This a powerpoint I made on phrasal verbs that use �run� and �see�. Hope you find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 30

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