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If I Were a Boy-Beyonc�-Conditionals-Different kinds of exercises on the lyrics-Key included
This is a wonderful song by Beyonc� which is great to introduce conditionals or to talk about the differences between boys/men and girls/women. Besides the listening exercise, there are also several exercises on the lyrics and one whose aim was to draw my students� attention to conditionals.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 98
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Film Blood Diamond/Global Inequality/Human Rights
This is the film my 12th graders watched within the topic �Global Inequality�. It�s a great film to talk about the gap between developed and developing countries and human rights violations. It makes us question how far we are all responsible for what is happening in developing countries.
In case you are interested in working with this film, you ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 108
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Freedom Writers (1st part of the worksheet)
Freedom Writers is really a great movie. I watched it with my students last month to finish the unit about Human Rights. It deals with important and controversial issues such as discrimination,prejudice, racial hatred, equality, tolerance, teaching methods, etc. As the file was too big, I had to divide it into 2 parts. Here you only have the first ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 80
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Song When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls
This is a nice song called When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls, which is great to talk about famous people, fame, the advantages and disadvantages of being famous and young people�s dreams. I hope you�ll like it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Democracy
First thanks Zailda for the template! My 12th graders have to deal with issues that aren�t that easy for them; sometimes they aren�t even easy for me either. Therefore, I often give them a worksheet with some useful information to help them. This worksheet is just a kind of a summary of the information that they have in some of the texts they had t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 124
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Song
This was the way I chose to start talking about women�s rights. Although this is an outstanding love song, when it was released Rolling Stone magazine characterised it as �almost biblically chauvinistic�. There are several different exercises: correcting the lyrics, five questions on the lyrics, finding synonyms/antonyms for the given words, three ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 147
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Proud to be an American - Beyonc�
This is the song I chose to start talking about the USA when we were dealing with the unit �English around the world�. It�s a great song and students simply love it. In fact, most students like Beyonc� a lot. She�s a great singer!I�ve decided to include the key this time, but although they are my questions, sometimes lyrics can be interpreted in se...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 96
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Freedom Writers (2nd part of the worksheet)
This is the second part of the worksheet on the film Freedom Writers. Watch this film with your students. It�s really worth it!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 120
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The Simpsons Movie
I think that films are a great way to motivate students even if the topic isn�t that appealing. I chose this film to introduce the topic The World Around Us, which starts with environmental problems. My students loved it.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 53
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Song "It�s My Life" by Bon Jovi (key included)
This is my favourite band and this is a great song which can be used while dealing with teen worries. It was created for my 11th graders at the time we were going through the topic �The World of Work�, but it can also be used if you want to talk about the generation gap. It has got 4 different types of exercises: spotting the mistakes in the lyrics...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 100
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Should, ought to, had better
This is a PowerPoint about �should�, �ought to" and �had better�. First students are told a story about Betty, then they are asked to infer the rules and finally they are given the rules. All pictures are animated gifs (Betty Boop) and everything is related to shopping/consumerism because that�s the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 285
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IMMIGRATION
This is a simple PowerPoint on immigration. It deals with the reasons that might lead people to immigrate, the problems that they might face in the host countries and the possible ways to overcome those problems. The information on it was based on the book "Expand your English � Learning".
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 108
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Game - Back to school - Hidden picture - Part 4
This is the 4th part of the game which I started uploading yesterday. It�s a vocabulary game which consists of 33 slides. Students have to guess the right word(s) as soon as they can. They are all related to school, holidays and the summer of 2011. I hope you�ll like it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 115
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Problems in developing countries/Ways to help them
This is a powerpoint about some of the problems that poor countries have to face. It also points out some ways to help them overcome those problems. It had many more pictures but I had to delete them because of the size of the file, which is annoying! It can be used with another worksheet of mine th...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 44
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Graffiti
This is a PowerPoint on graffiti. I think it covers all the relevant aspects of this art form: definition, origin, equipment and materials, motivation factors, types of graffiti, arguments for/against, and possible solutions.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 211
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Human Rights: Children and young people
This is a PowerPoint on human rights as far as children and young people are concerned. First there�s a poem whose writer is unknown. Then there�s information about the important documents that set their rights, the rights that they are supposed to have, the (outrageous) things they have to go throu...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 80
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Game - Back to school - Hidden picture (part 1)
This vocabulary game, which consists of 33 slides, is meant to be used on the first day. Students just have to guess the right word(s) as soon as they can. All the words are related to school, holidays and to the summer of 2011. Unfortunately I had to split the game into 6 parts due to the size limi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 252
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Reflexive pronouns
This PowerPoint consists of 15 slides on reflexive pronouns. First students come across a few situations which allow them to infer the rules, because this how I like to teach grammar structures. Of course, they are given the rules afterwards. The difference between reflexive pronouns and each other/...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 376
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