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"Rocket Man" by Elton John - A computer room lesson
This is a suggestion for a computer activity I did following teaching a chapter called JOURNEYS which included, among other journeys, a description of a journey to space. This is a fun computer activity which analyzes the song "Rocket Man" by Elton John and deals with vocabulary, analysis of language, feelings of lonliness, etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 8
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Behind the scenes of... developing the first iPhone
This is an adaptation of an article telling the story of the original iPhone development team and what went on behind the scenes of the first iPhone introduction to the public. I used the story as a reading comprehension exercise in a unit called "Behind the scenes". This could be used as a reading comprehension exercise related to technology, busi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 55
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Imagine Text Book - New Vocabulary page 49
Vocabulary work page to review new vocabulary studied in class. Includes answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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The King�s Breakfast by A.A. Milne, part 1
This is the first page of my work sheet dealing with the famous A.A. Milne poem "The King�s Breakfast". In the worksheet I present the poem accompanied with pictures and explanations to the difficult words followed by several exercises about the poem. Since the pictures were heavy the work sheet is divided to two parts.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Dave Chapelle - Cloze
This cloze about the comedian Dave Chapelle includes an answer key. This cloze was given as a test following a unit called "the serious side of laughter" in which we studied about the structure of jokes, comedians, stand up comedy, cultural differences of humor.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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The story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This document was used as a test following a unit called "Lead a Double Life" which dealt with spies and super-heroes. The interesting story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is presented as a cloze. Attached is an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47
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Parts of speech (Using the Dictionary to find parts of speech)
I teach my class to differentiate between nouns, verbs, adjective and adverbs and to analyze, using the dictionary, when to use each. Also, to build word families for each word. This exercise sheet presents a reading paragraph where the students need to complete the missing words using a dictionary and trying to analyze what part of speech should b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Present Progressive Test (easy)
This is a rather easy Present Progressive Test which I use for the 6th grade.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5
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Oscar Pistorious Cloze
Vocabulary cloze (answer key attached) about the famous athlete Oscar Pistorious. The cloze presents him as a controversial figure while describing his inspiring life story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Teenagers in Japan - A Listening Task
This is a listening task I included in a test I wrote following a chpater about "Children Around the World". This is an interviw with a Japanese girl about the habits of Japanese teenagers. The interview is read 3 times in a row and the pupils have to answer true/false questions. This is quite difficult and intended for high level pupils of the 6t...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 6
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Where is the Love (lesson presentation)
I have always thought that the Black Eyed Peas "Where is the Love" song is full of interesting images and icons. I think there is a lot to discuss in this poem. There is a lot of religious terminology I want my classes to be familiar with besides a host of modern terms such as the "KKK", Bloods, usa...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 41
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Is this art?
This presentation deals with the issue of ART. What is art? who decides what is art? No answers are given to these questions but there are enough art works presented to provoke a conversation on this topic. The presentation includes several definitions given to the subject by different people and d...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 116
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Small Talk
This presentation can comprise a whole lesson. You should combine it with group work as instructed in the PPT (where I write "Discuss in small groups). The teacher is welcome to add small anecdotes to make the instructions vivid and clear to the listeners.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 22
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Andy Warhol
Following my students questions about Andy Warhol I prepared this presentation using adapted information from children web sites about art. Credit is given on the first page of the presentation. The information is about Andy Warhol�s personality, his art and its meaning, his paintings, mass product...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 92
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Writing a Heiku
Writing a Heiku - a presentation with different examples: funny, serious, poetic and nonsense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 15
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Schools in Japan
After teaching my 5th grade about a girl from Japan I needed some pictures about schools in Japan in order to show the differences between our schools. This presentation is what I came up with. The pictures and texts are taken from different web sites about Japanese schools.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 23
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Cat Cafe in Japan
Many pictures and some text about cat cafes in Japan. Very interesting for children to read about and can open a discussion about pets around the world and the connection between housing facilities, character traits, animals, etc.
Level: advanced
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 26
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Writing a composition
This is a power point presentation I prepared in order to present the subject of Composition Writing to my students. This presentation centers on presenting your opinion. I am sorry the presentation is not colorful - this made it too heavy.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 12
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The story of Lord Sandwich
The (short) story of Lord Sandwich in very easy English. There is a picture to accompany every sentence. Appropriate for beginners.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 88
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The Wizard of Oz - Introduction Presentation
This is an introduction to the Wizard of Oz, giving some general information about the book, the author, the movie and some of the basic concepts of the book (the Kansas Cyclone, Kansas prairie, memorable quotes from the movie, etc.). I used this presentation before I started teaching the first chap...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 13
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