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slkchina
Steve Keith
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I am a retired middle school principal from the US now living in China and teaching privately.

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Body Parts Diagram with Word Search
I think this diagram includes 36 of the basic body vocabulary words. The accompanying word search will help students spell and find the best place to label the body part. I hope all the lines upload properly.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Easter Dialogue
I love to give my elementary students conversational dialogues to supplement our lessons. Here is one about Easter.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type:
Downloads: 12


 
Shanghai Expo Dictation/Cloze Part 1
I intended to submit this as a ppt but it wouldn´t upload. However, it can easily be turned into a ppt. I use ppt for cloze to save paper. The background information can be used as a study activity or as a dictation exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Oral Presentation Scoring Guide
What do you look for when students give oral reports? This rubric helps isolate particular aspects of making an oral presentation. I tell my students that this form makes the presentation evaluation 70 percent objective and 30 percent subjective. For example, we can count how many times a student repeats a word. I either make a tic or actually writ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 28


 
China´s Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
This is an article I wrote for the Indianapolis Star which details the incredible sacrifice Chinese high schoolers and their parents make for college preparation and acceptance. It also details some of the differences between the life of a Chinese high school senior and a U.S. high school senior.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: article
Downloads: 7


 
Shanghai Expo Cloze activity 2
This is the second ws in a series about the Shanghai Expo. I intended to submit this as a ppt but it wouldn´t upload. However, it can easily be turned into a ppt. I use ppt for cloze to save paper. The background information can be used as a study activity or as a dictation exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 0


 
Beginning Reports Using Cloze: Animals
I teach English to a small group of Chinese early elementary students. I have had great success with this type of oral report to help build student confidence and fluency in speaking before their classmates. An example of the brief report is at the bottom of the data page and students search through the data to fill in the information for their spo...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: others
Downloads: 6


 
Monopoly Terms Word Search
I´ve had success getting my students to talk naturally through game playing. Go Fish, for example. I´m ready to go to the next level and try Monopoly. I´ve prepared this simple word search and I hope my students can catch on and make some deals.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Three Sheep Songs
Easter season is a good time to teach these three nursery rhymes: Baa Baa Black Sheep, Little Bo Peep, and Mary Had a Little Lamb. There are lots of videos of these songs on Youtube or Youkou (China) and the kids love to sing them. I used this worksheet as a summary review close activity. Good vocabulary building and verb tense practice.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-11
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7


 
Shanghai Expo Cloze Topic 3
This is the thrid ws in a series about the Shanghai Expo. I intended to submit this as a ppt but it wouldn’t upload. However, it can easily be turned into a ppt. I use ppt for cloze to save paper. The background information can be used as a study activity or as a dictation exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3

 


Shanghai Expo Cloze Activity 2
This ppt includes background information that can also be a dictation exercise as well as a cloze activity relating to the China Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 5


Intro to American Education Using "Be True To Your School"
The famous Beach Boys song, "Be True To Your School",is a great introduction to American education. In addition to examining the lyrics of this song, the ppt also gives a brief overview of American education. Play the song and/or give the lyrics as a dictation exercise. Your students will love it.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 4


Waltzing Matilda Explained
This famous ballad from Australia is its informal national anthem. Just to listen to it, one wouldn´t realize it is about a migrant who steals a sheep and is caught. Rather than be hanged, he drowns himself. The lyrics are from the Slim Dusty version that was sung by him at the Melbourne Olympics.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 9


March Madness Dialogue
Here is a PPT that explains a bit about March Madness and the Final Four (btw, examples of alliteration) and sets up a dialogue that your students will like. Please note that the dates and times of the games are set for Chinese time, 12 hours ahead of USA. Better late than never.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 2


Tale of Peter Rabbit Dialogue
This is a paired dialogue activity for the classic story of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. My students watch the video several times and then by pairs alternate between A and B to develop a conversation and learn how to retell a story.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Downloads: 24


Eight Iconic Sights of London
This is a companion ppt to the Intro to United Kingdom ppt. Shows a photo (public domain) with explanatory information. Great for class discussion.

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 13


Halloween UNO
This game uses the UNO concept to learn Halloween vocabulary. Students must say the color and the character to play a card. The person who plays all his/her cards wins. This game is similar to the Christmas and Easter UNO games I previously uploaded. Print on heavier weight paper in color and cut ap...

Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 40


How to play the game of Monopoly
Here is a presentation to introduce the game of Monopoly to your students. It is a great way to encourage authentic English use. It is amazing how quickly students drop their native language when they are fined a Monopoly dollar every time they lapse.

Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Downloads: 28


Easter Vocabulary Uno
My kids love to play Uno and thanks to klopa1981 for the template, I made Uno cards for Easter. The directions are on the notes section of the first slide. Just print the slides onto heavier stock paper, laminate or not, and see how the kids love learning English through a game.

Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Downloads: 30


Understanding American Coins and Currency
This basic money unit calls for students to work together in a group to determine the total value of coins shown on the screen. It also includes an idea for a venn diagram to compare and contrast American dollars with currency from another country.Good unit to do around President´s Day.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 15

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