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Sandra Vieira
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Food Domino D
This is file four out of six. If you are curious about this, look for the files Food Domino A, Food Domino B and Food Domino C - preparation and usage are explained there. This specific file is differentr from all the previous ones because I had to remove some of the pictures that are meant to be there, in order to make the file small enough to ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Type: others
Downloads: 3


 
Food Domino E
This is the fifth file (out of six) of a domino game on food. If you are curious about how to turn these pictures / text into domino pieces and of how it is meant to be played by ss, look for the description I wrote (in this box for comments) on the two first files - Food Domino A and Food Domino B. To make this specific file ( Food domino E) sma...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
Food Domino F
This is the final file. If it happens to be first one you see, there are five other files which are needed to complete the domino game. Look for them (Food Domino A, Food Domino B, ..., Food Domino E) and see the instructions I left in the boxes of comments (this very box) of Food domino A and Food Domino B - I explain there how the pieces are to ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
I fought the law
"I fought the law" is a song by The Clash which I used it to introduce the past simple to my pupils because of the ludic aspect it brings into class. The rythm of the song is very stressed and the song is very simple - a few lines are repeated over and over again, so if pupils miss the verb on the first time it shows up, they have more opportuniti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
I, Robot
This worksheet about the movie "I, Robot" (based on Isaac Asimov�s novel and starring Will Smith) consists of a few during-viewing activities. Ss are asked to identify and then very briefly characterise some of the main characters. A vocabulary exercise is also included at the end, to make sure they understand some phrases in the context they are ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Media history timeline
This media history timeline should help make ss aware that the evolution of the media has been going on for a very long time, and has played a central role in the way we perceive the world. Projecting one event at a time enables the teacher to elicit discussion from ss regarding not only the changes that event caused, but also its the relevance fo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: others
Downloads: 16


 
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Sally is a very insecure teenager who sees a very distorted image of herself when she looks in the mirror. Ss are asked to reflect upon it and then very briefly describe her (in one or two sentences), both physically and psychologically. In a second exercise, they are asked to read a text about beauty as a social construction in order to spot and ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17


 
Noughts and crosses
This printable is to be covered (digitally - with the black highlighter - which instead of highlighting anything, covers it - or merely with some post-it notes, if you work with an overhead projector) so that the teacher can control that ss only see one question at a time. A noughts and crosses scheme is to be drawn (on the board, on a very large ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
Prepositions of time and phrases to go with them
The boxes with time expressions are to be cut and distributed by ss. They should then come to the board, one at a time, and stick the card(s) they have under the adequate preposition (which had been previously cut and stuck there, causing three columns to appear). An alternative, for someone working with few ss, may be to give out to each pupil a c...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 4


 
Save Miguel - Guidelines
Save Miguel (www.savemiguel.com) is a campaign (by an environmentalist organization and by a cork industry) meant to promote the usage of cork (instead of plastic - cork is not only natural and recyclable, but it also promotes a very large absortion of CO2) and to protect cork oak forests, which are a natural habitat for many endangered species. T...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9

 


Modal verbs
This PowerPoint explains the most common usage of modal verbs, giving specific information about the limits to the usage of each one of them and illustrating the contents with specific examples (whenever necessary, the sentences in which modals are used come as a part of two- or three-long sentence ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 49


Passive voice - present simple and past simple
A very simple PowerPoint presentation on the passive voice (usage and form) of sentences in the present simple tense and in the past simple tense. The examples shown make this powerpoint a good teaching tool to work with late teenagers / adults.

Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 34


Past Simple Tense
Clear and detailed explanation on how to form the past simple tense (in the affirmative, in the negative and in the interrogative), and on spelling changes of regular verbs in the affirmative.

Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 38


Phrasal verbs with turn
Powerpoint with phrasal verbs made from "turn" - the most common meanings are explained with a clear definition and a practical example of how each can be used. Verbs with similar or opposite meanings are grouped in the same slide to help ss compare and contrast them as to meaning and usage.

Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 15


Present Simple tense
A detailed powerpoint explaining how the present simple tense is formed - in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. It is a good tool for teenagers / adults.

Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 13


Questions on TV programmes
These questions are meant to have ss start talking about different types of TV programmes and discuss their preferences; as ss name their favourite TV programmes, the teacher can register (on the board) the name of the programme and the type of show it is, and from here other types of programmes can...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 7


Quiz on Space Exploration
This PowerPoint consists of ten multiple choice questions on different stages of space exploration. It is a nice way to introduce the topic of space exploration - students choose the answers they consider correct and then compare them to the key that comes at the end, to check their score.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 43


Reported speech
A powerpoint presentation showing the changes to be made from direct speech to reported speech - verb tenses, modal verbs, pronouns and adverbs (both time and place). The vocabulary used in examples focusses mainly on the topic "media", namely on Rageh Omar (the journalist).

Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 37


The inner structure of a traditional piece of news
This is a short powerpoint presentation to show the three most common parts of a traditional piece of news - headline + lead paragraph + text. It can be used to guide ss in writing when working on the topic news / media. For obvious reasons, pictures and the subtitlies that go with them are not dea...

Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 9

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