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dorothyg
Dorothy G
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Across the Nightingale Floor
This is a proofreading exercise I made on the synopisis taken from http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Secondary/Drama/14-16/NewWindmillsFiction/Resources/A-E/Nightingale.pdf for my students. It can serve as a pre-reading activity for the book or a grammar exercise. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Archie Comic Strip
This is a worksheet designed by me to introduce ESL students to Archie comics and normal everyday conversation and to show them how language can be used to mean different things. The comic strips have all been taken from the internet. This is a very simple worksheet, the questions designed are very easy, you may adapt it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 57


 
Articles and Prepositions
This is an exercise that I made based on a newspaper article by blanking out prepositions and articles seeing that ESL students struggle with the usage. Hope it�s useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
Brand hungry teens benefit from value lessons
This is a comprehension activity based around an authentic article taken from a Canadian newspaper which has been adapted. The article is about teenagers spending on brand name products and how they don�t realize the value of money. This comprehension article can be used when teaching students about money or spending on brand names. It is a good...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41


 
Brave New World
A worksheet to get students to think critically and from different perspectives on the use of Soma in the book and also to get them to think in relation to the world today.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Type:
Downloads: 4


 
Bridge to Terabithia Ch 4
A drawing activity after reading Ch.4 plus an analysis based on Chapter 4 in Bridge to Terabithia. Hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-15
Type:
Downloads: 1


 
Catcher in the Rye - Key Notes/Ideas
This is a quick summary of the book Catcher in the Rye. I made this for my students so that it aids revision. A few ideas are taken from http://www.gradesaver.com/the-catcher-in-the-rye/study-guide/short-summary/ But most of it has been summarized by me and some have underlying meaning given.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 20


 
Dead Birds Rain from sky
This is a comprehension exercise. The article is an authentic, unadapted one and the worksheets have been designed around it. The worksheets mainly focus on some of the vocabulary found in the article. They are useful. You are free to adapt the exercises if you like.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
Descriptive Writing - The Crooked Sixpence
Based on Chapters 10-12 from The Crooked Sixpence, this worksheet teaches students how to write in a descriptive manner. There is a powerpoint to go with this worksheet that would aid teaching. Hope you like it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-15
Type:
Downloads: 9


 
Emphasis
This is a starter worksheet just to teach the idea of emphasis in a context of a love story. How we stress on certain words to put a point across.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4

 


Descriptive Writing
Based on Chapters 10-12 from The Crooked Sixpence, this powerpoint teaches about descriptive writing. There is a worksheet to go along with it. Hope you find it useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-15
Downloads: 10


Elements of a Short Story: Creating Suspense and Good Endings
This is a powerpoint on elements of a short story. This powerpoint focuses on creating suspense and writing good endings to a story. Students can learn what is needed to create suspense in a story, why they need to create suspense, how they can create suspense and also how to write good endings. Hop...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 55


Phrasal Verbs: Run & See
This a powerpoint I made on phrasal verbs that use �run� and �see�. Hope you find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 30

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