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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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 		 Summer Olympic Word Search
 I made this word search (Discovery Education) in preparation for the Summer Olympics (which I hope will take place). Notice that the puzzle uses lower case. I found that my Chinese students always "translated" the upper case word bank into lower case so I changed the puzzle to start with. Also, I used football instead of soccer; I put some two word...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31

 		 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

 		 Thanksgiving Dialogue
 I love making dialogues to supplement readings and update with more modern idioms and language use. This dialogue is designed to explain how Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA. Feel free to adapt to your own situation.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Type:
Downloads: 13

 		 Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses Crossword Puzzle
 Here is a crossword puzzle to go along with the "Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses" script I uploaded.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3

 		 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

 		 Scoring Rubric for Short Notes
 College students in China are tested on writing short notes. I�ve developed a scoring rubric I can use to easily mark their practice notes. I have them email me the note in "correct" form. I copy and paste my rubric in my return email to them. I just put x�s next to the error description and mark the errors with highlights and email the whole thing...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5

 		 For Mother�s Day: Love You Forever Word Search
 Mother�s Day is coming! The much-loved short story by Robert Munsch is a perfect Mother�s Day activity. Videos are available on YouTube and Youku. https://youtu.be/IAXcIpoyBwI
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7

 		 Three Little Pigs Word Analysis Using WordSift 2
 I am presenting this amazing web tool to my ESL colleagues in case they might find it useful. Although I used a simple story as the example, the tool will work with large amounts of text and can be very useful linguistically.
Level: advanced
Age: 5-100
Type: others
Downloads: 2

 		 From Head to Toe Crossword
 The delightful chant video by Eric Carle is the basis for this crossword puzzle. The chant links animals with body movements that the children imitate. The puzzle is very easy and a good way to introduce crossword puzzles as a learning activity. (https://multimedia-english.com/videos/kids/song/from-head-to-toe-eric-carle-3456)
Level: elementary
Age: 4-8
Type:
Downloads: 8

 		 Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses Word Search
 Here is a word search to go along with the Pete the Cat materials I already uploaded.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2

 

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

Tutorial for the "Learning Chocolate" website
 This is a tutorial for teachers to show their sudents how to use the "Learning Chocolate" website. I don�t have internet access in my classroom, so I use this ppt to explain how valuable this website is.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Downloads: 3

Shanghai Expo Cloze Activity Part 3
 This is the third in a series of ppts that provide pictures and background information (that can be used as a dictation exercise)and then a cloze exercise.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 5

Thanksgiving Uno
 UNO is a great game for English language learners. This UNO game is adapted for Thanksgiving. Check the notes on the first slide for directions. Previous thematic UNO games include Christmas, Halloween, and Easter. Print on heavier stock paper. Of course, color is required. Photos from Google Common...

Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 33

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

Tutorial for Learning Chocolate Website
 This is a tutorial for teachers to show their sudents how to use the "Learning Chocolate" website. I don�t have internet access in my classroom, so I use this ppt to explain how valuable this website is. Unfortunately, I had to break the presentation into two parts.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Downloads: 9

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

Eight Key Introductory Questions to the United Kingdom
 This is a great ppt to introduce a study of the United Kingdom by posing discussion questions followed by factual information.

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 10

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

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

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