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Love Stinks-- Song for Valentine�s Day?
I played this last year during a Valentine�s Day lesson. The song is great for beginners, because it�s really slow and simple: "He loves her, but she loves him..." My middle schoolers really liked the song and the funny music video. I pre-taught the meaning of "stinks" before they listened. Happy Valentine�s Day! 3
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Simpsons Halloween Special "The Shinning" etc
This is a classic 22 minute, 3 part Simpson Halloween Special. You can give a little background information about the movie The Shining before students watch the first part.
I found English subtitles. Search for Season 6 Episode 6 "Treehouse of Horror V"
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 111
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How to Learn a Language in 6 Months
Students discuss questions about learning a language, learn some background vocabulary from the TED Talk, then watch the video and complete comprehension questions. Video available here:
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/How-to-learn-any-language-in-si
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 108
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Three Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed (5 Min TED Talk)
Students discuss their airplane/flying experiences, do a short background reading about "The Miracle on the Hudson," and then watch the TED Talk and answer comprehension questions.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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Friends Season 4 Episode 8 Chandler in a Box
Friends Season 4 Episode 8. I made activities for each scene in this 22 minute episode.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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If Martin Luther King Had Sneezed
Vocabulary, reading Comprehension, and grammar (past unreal conditionals/mixed conditionals)
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Current Events: Facebook Psychological Experiment Controversy
Here�s an article with a reading comprehension exercise (true/false). There are some discussion questions about Facebook for the students to talk about in groups before and after reading the article.
I ended the class by dividing the class in half and holding a debate-- "Is Facebook good for society?"
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 66
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Have you ever __________? Practice with past participles
This double sided worksheet is good practice with past participles. On the front, students must write sentences-- questions, affirmative, and negative. On the back, students can relax a bit and complete a crossword puzzle and a word search.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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How do you get to school?
Here the students practice writing sentences describing how they get from point A to point B. They also practice with adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, and never. For example, "I usually walk to school." A crossword puzzle and word search are included on the second worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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Greetings: Beyond "I�m fine. Thank you"
My students have a problem with answering "I�m fine. Thank you. And you?" like robots every time I ask "How are you?" I made a lesson to teach them how to respond more naturally. I also taught them: "What�s up? -- "not much; nothing" and "How�s it going?" --- "OK; Not bad"
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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Palm Reading: Meaning of Lines
Students learn the meaning of six lines of the palm (life, health, marriage, love, job, mind) and then practice the future tense by reading a partner�s palm. I plan to upload the worksheet to go along with this.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 108
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Excuse me, how do you spell _________?
I teach English to Korea students. Despite studying English for years, my students still didn�t know how to ask "How do you spell ____________?" Instead, many were saying "Teacher, how spell you ______" or "Teacher, ________spelling??" I got really tired of this. I told them to stop calling me "teac...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Downloads: 5
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Food Idioms
Teach your students some common food idioms through this PPT. I made it into a game in my classes, since my kids love competition.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 16
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Beyond Basic Family, ".........-in-law" Simpsons
After reviewing basic family vocabulary (mother, father, brother, etc...), I made this PPT to graphically teach my students the meaning of "in-law." It�s a difficult concept for students at first, but becomes easier as they see the many examples through the Simpsons family tree. I tested my students...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 139
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