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Basic Time Telling Game (15 Cards)
A simple time-telling listening game. Place the cards facing up on a couple of desks or a table. The teacher says a time out loud and students swipe up that time card before anyone else does in their small group (3 to 6 students). The student with the most cards after all the cards are swiped up wins. Prepare one set of cards for each group.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 149
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SHOPPING for SINGULAR and PLURAL items- drills and speaking activities
Distinguish between singular and plural nouns and make related sentences. Match the names of the things with the pictures. Fill in the blanks with "is this" or "are these" and complete the shopping sentences. Decide and write down prices like in example letter a. Introduce and drill shopping phrases that you would like to teach. Students stand up, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 59
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USA Holidays & Celebrations
Suggestion: Introduce and practice pronouncing the names of the holidays and celebrations. Students read (alone or aloud) the descriptions of the holidays. Then match them with the pictures. Answer key: Independence Day(G), New Years Day(A), Martin Luther King,Jr Day(B), Memorial Day(F), Christmas Day(L), Thanksgiving Day(K), Labor Day(H), Columbu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 405
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Asking For and Giving Railway Directions
This is an information gap activity. (Step1) Half of the class gets the Tokyo Tower worksheet and the other half gets the Asakusa Shrine worksheet. (Step2) Drill the asking for and giving of train-subway directions to various destinations dialog patterns. (Step3) Everybody walks around to find a classmate with the other worksheet and asks her for d...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 78
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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Bee Gees listening dictation
This is the melancholic classic slow ballad by the English super group, the Bee Gees. Being a slow ballad, it�s not too difficult, but just right for lower intermediate students. Here are some tips for teaching English with this song. 1. Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, home town). 2. Slowly drill the missing phrases and ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Yesterday Song Listening
General steps and ideas for teaching English with songs
1) Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, hometown) with interesting facts about the singer and song. Google the title of the song. Sites like songfacts dot com and Wikipedia are often good sources.
2) Slowly drill the missing phrases and words, defining new words and ph...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 171
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Holidays & Celebrations 2009 in the US
This worksheet can be used simply as a matching the holiday with the date exercise. It can also be used for higher levels to teach WHEN questions and saying dates. Finally, it can be used as a listening excercise where teachers and students who know can say when the holidays or celebrations are, while the rest of the class listens and connects th...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Abraham Martin and John Song by Dion (1968)
This is based on the song by Dion, who grew up in the Bronx in Manhattan, New York. It was written in 1968 soon after the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy. Along with these two men, the song also honors Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Here are some suggested steps for teaching English with ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Daily Routine: Actions from Morning through Evening
Part1. Say and match daily routine phrasal verbs with corresponding pictures. Part2: Find and circle the key words. Part3. Answer questions about your daily routine. Write your answers in the space provided. Part4. Ask a classmate about their daily routine and write about it in the space provided.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1599
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Christmas Through Your Eyes by Gloria Estefan
This is a contemporary Christmas song about the innocence of children that Gloria Estefan wrote for her daughter. Here are some suggested steps for teaching with the song:
1. Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, home town). 2. Slowly drill the missing phrases and words, defining new words and phrases, while drilling their pron...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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