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Tsila Sofer Elguez
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Stative Verbs Review
Answer key is attached to this grammar exercise. Present Simple and Present Progressive exercise including many many Stative verbs which are the focus of this review.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 88


 
Stative verbs exercise
This exercise includes an answer key. A grammar cloze including verbs in present progressive, present simple and many stative verbs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 86


 
Compare and Contrast Two Children from around the world
This is an exercise using Compare and Contrast - a higher order thinking skill. These are two descriptions of two girls from two different countries (Japan and France)which the children need to compare. Not all the information about one girl has an equivalent in the other description. The children should search for the appropriate information. Whe...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 74


 
James Bond
James Bond vocabulary cloze. Answer Key included. This cloze combines many words and 2 idioms (to be a fly on the wall/ keep a low profile) studied in a unit dealing with spies/espionage.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71


 
Aliens in the Garden / Story
A short story which can serve as reading material or as an unseen exercise for practice or test. The story comes with an exercise sheet with different types of questions, including true/false questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 64


 
The sinking of the Titanic
Vocabulary cloze + answer key. The story of the Titanic is used to review vocabulary taught under the title "Emergency situations".
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 59


 
Behind the scenes of... developing the first iPhone
This is an adaptation of an article telling the story of the original iPhone development team and what went on behind the scenes of the first iPhone introduction to the public. I used the story as a reading comprehension exercise in a unit called "Behind the scenes". This could be used as a reading comprehension exercise related to technology, busi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 55


 
The story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This document was used as a test following a unit called "Lead a Double Life" which dealt with spies and super-heroes. The interesting story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is presented as a cloze. Attached is an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47


 
Writing a letter
This work sheet is part of a lesson plan about "Writing Letters". This work sheet contains a summary of class discussion about letter writing and provides a simple example with explanations how to write a letter, followed by an exercise (which asks to provide an answer letter). Pupils should be able to analyze the relationship between the sender an...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 40


 
Ice Breaker Activity for the first day of school - Silly Questions
I use these silly questions as an icebreaker on the first day of school. I cut the questions along the lines and put them all in a small bag. I let each child pick out a question. I found out it takes them some time to come up with a good answer so I usually start discussing administrative issues and from time to time ask them to read their questio...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 33

 


Is this art?
This presentation deals with the issue of ART. What is art? who decides what is art? No answers are given to these questions but there are enough art works presented to provoke a conversation on this topic. The presentation includes several definitions given to the subject by different people and d...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 116


Andy Warhol
Following my students questions about Andy Warhol I prepared this presentation using adapted information from children web sites about art. Credit is given on the first page of the presentation. The information is about Andy Warhol�s personality, his art and its meaning, his paintings, mass product...

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 92


The story of Lord Sandwich
The (short) story of Lord Sandwich in very easy English. There is a picture to accompany every sentence. Appropriate for beginners.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 88


Christopher Columbus Discovers America
This presentation was prepared as part of a unit called "Explorers". Presentation provides background and general information + pictures of Christopher Columbus first trip to America. Last page includes modern day criticism of Columbus treatment of the Indians. If you don�t want to go into this subj...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 55


Where is the Love (lesson presentation)
I have always thought that the Black Eyed Peas "Where is the Love" song is full of interesting images and icons. I think there is a lot to discuss in this poem. There is a lot of religious terminology I want my classes to be familiar with besides a host of modern terms such as the "KKK", Bloods, usa...

Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 41


Cat Cafe in Japan
Many pictures and some text about cat cafes in Japan. Very interesting for children to read about and can open a discussion about pets around the world and the connection between housing facilities, character traits, animals, etc.

Level: advanced
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 26


The Wizard of Oz (new version)
An introduction to the beautiful story (and movie) presenting information about the author, Kansas and its special characteristics portrayed in the book (the prairie, the tornado) + historical background. This is a new version of a Power Point Presentation I made a year ago. Upon teaching this story...

Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 24


Schools in Japan
After teaching my 5th grade about a girl from Japan I needed some pictures about schools in Japan in order to show the differences between our schools. This presentation is what I came up with. The pictures and texts are taken from different web sites about Japanese schools.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 23


Small Talk
This presentation can comprise a whole lesson. You should combine it with group work as instructed in the PPT (where I write "Discuss in small groups). The teacher is welcome to add small anecdotes to make the instructions vivid and clear to the listeners.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 22


Writing a Heiku
Writing a Heiku - a presentation with different examples: funny, serious, poetic and nonsense.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 15

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