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North Korean: Portrait of True Grit
This article from "Newsweek" tells the amazing story of a young refugee from North Korea. Included are comprehension questions, discussion questions, and vocabulary exercises.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Notable People
Here is an exercise to generate a lot of discussion. Have the class brainstorm a list of famous people who have died since they were born (statesmen, criminals, athletes, musicians, business men and women, writers, scientists, etc.).
Then ask them to choose from the list --
a. the FIVE people who had the greatest influence on our lives and the ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Numb3rs - Pilot episode
This is a worksheet to episode 1 of the first season of the excellent American TV drama show, "Numb3rs," which is about an FBI agent and his math genius brother, who uses mathematics to solve crimes. This show is very popular with my science and engineering students for both the math and the human drama. Support material for the math can be found o...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Numb3rs - Pilot episode Transcription
This is a transcript script to episode 1 of the first season of the excellent American TV drama show, "Numb3rs," which is about an FBI agent and his math genius brother, who uses mathematics to solve crimes. This show is very popular with my science and engineering students for both the math and the human drama. Support material for the math can be...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 8
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Numb3rs - Uncertainty Principle
This program is a big hit with science and engineering students.
I used Helvetica Neue Light for the title, the same font as the one used for the title sequence. The most important words for students to remember are in bold.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Occupational Misfit
With these puns, students work in pairs to match a man�s jobs with explanations of why he failed at them. There is a worksheet for each pair, plus a set of cut-up slips of papers with the explanations.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Occupations
Students match jobs with humorous definitions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Odd Man Out
Lots of discussion � and FUN � with this logic exercise! Students work in small groups to find which of the items in each group doesn�t belong there. But, in fact, several possibilities exist. In a few instances, every one of the items could be an odd man out.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Only Fools & Horses - Big Brother
Very popular British sitcom of 2 brothers who try to get through life with as little work as possible, always finding, however, that their schemes don�t work out. A good introduction to working class accents. Series 1, Episode 1.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Parson�s Pleasure Jigsaw Reading
This is a jigsaw reading exercise where students work in groups of 3, each having a different part of a story adapted from a short story by British author Roald Dahl.
Each student reads his or her portion of the story (best NOT to mention the stars in the upper right corners of their papers) and then take turns asking the others the questions at...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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