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Rio Tinto 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
This recent article tells the sad story of a sacred and important Aboriginal site being blasted by a mining company in Australia, after they were given government permission to do so. There are some questions to test comprehension and knowledge of vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Something to believe in
A fill-the-gap worksheet for a Clannad song.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
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Downloads: 3
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Call to fast-track bike lanes
A recent article from The Guardian about proposals to build more bike lanes in Australia, to take advantage of the recent surge in bike sales during the coronavirus pandemic.
The worksheet includes questions to test comprehension and vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 19
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Dealing with Ocean Plastic in South America
A startup is recycling tonnes of discarded fishing nets throughout Chile. Is this a template for tackling the global plastic waste problem?
This is an article titled "Ocean plastic was choking Chile�s shores. Now it�s in Patagonia�s hats" from The Guardian last month.
There are some questions to test vocabulary and reading comprehensions. An...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type:
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Australian Gold Nuggets
A short article about five famous gold nuggets, with questions to test reading comprehension. Answers are provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Downloads: 13
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Mindfulness with the Roulettes
The Roulettes are the Royal Australian Air Force�s aerobatic display team. This worksheet is to accompany a YouTube video about how mindfulness can help the pilots, with 4 questions to test their understanding and some definitions to help them.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
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The Story of Holden - Part 2
The story continues with this worksheet covering the period from 1960 to 1970. There are two short exercises to test reading comprehension. Again, I used one of the worksheet templates kindly provided by PhilipR; thank you Philip!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
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Downloads: 18
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Locked down with lizards and partridges
An article from The Guardian called "Lizards, vines, papayas: working solo in the Eden Project during lockdown" about a woman who is working alone to look after a giant artificial rainforest at The Eden Project in England.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
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Weird Things About Australia
I found an article on news.com.au: "American who moved to Australia reveals �weird� things about our country"
If you wanted to, you could perhaps also include her TikTok videos in the lesson, to help with listening as well as reading subskills.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 15
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Ten Facts about Jodie Whittaker
Based on �11 Fun Facts About Jodie Whittaker�, this is a short article about the actress, with some questions to test comprehension.
Thanks to zailda; I used her Disney notebook template!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
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Downloads: 5
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