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Scientific Literacy
Several years ago an article in "Newsweek" comparing science education in countries around the world ran a companion article listing the most essential scientific vocabulary for high school students. This was easily transformed into a vocabulary exercise where the students are given the definitions and have to supply the terms (which are provided o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
This is a worksheet for listening comprehension to accompany Errol Morris�s documentary on astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, "A Brief History of Time."
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Fawlty Towers - Waldorf Salad
This worksheet is a bit different from the standard listening comprehension worksheets for the British TV sitcom "Fawlty Towers." It could be used with the dialogue jumble that I uploaded with this worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Colloquialisms 2
The list of common colloquial expressions came from an old British coursebook, but I made it into an exercise that is challenging, but not impossible for upper-intermediate and advanced learners. Here students have to match the questions with replies.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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The English Patient - Discussion
"The English Patient" is a beautiful film that won 9 Academy Awards. Here is a worksheet with 2 exercises to follow watching the film. In the first one, they match different flaws with the principal characters, and in the second they choose 8-12 questions about the film to discuss. (Not recommended for students under 17.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 17-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Life in Victorian Britain - Passages
This excellent documentary on Victorian Britain gives good insight into all aspects of life in 19th century Britain. The vocabulary load is high, but advanced students enjoy it. Here are the literary passages quoted in this 50-minute film (available on Amazon UK). These passages complement the worksheet with comprehension questions for "Life in Vic...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Freedom Riders
Here is a worksheet for the powerful, award-winning PBS documentary "Freedom Riders" about young people who set out to change the world and did! Despite attempts by the Kennedy administration and Rev. Martin Luther King to get them to give up their dangerous ride on public buses through the deep South in 1961, they persisted, risking their lives, g...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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Lily Tomlin - Mr. Veedle
Here is Lily Tomlin�s great sketch of telephone operator Ernestine calling a customer about his phone bill, even threatening to have him beat up and to publicize 96 hours of his recorded phone calls. The humor comes in part from a "small" person using their power.
This comes from the CDs "This Is a Recording" and "20th Century Masters - The Mill...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Elephant Orphanage
This 12-minute video news report about an elephant orphanage in Africa and the woman who has devoted her life to saving elephants is always a favorite of my students (intermediate and above). You can see it at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2294561n&tag=related;photovideo>. If you would like the crossword puzzle of the vocabulary, send me a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Presentation Feedback Cards
These cards are for peer feedback to classmates who are giving presentations. Print out the cards, preferably onto colored paper (a different color for each of the 5 cards), and cut them up. (Laminate them if you wish.) Each speaker then gives out 1 card to each member of the audience (including a card for the teacher!) according to the type of fee...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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