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Citizen Kane - Discussion Questions
Some discussion questions for students to think about while they are watching and studying the great cinema classic, "Citizen Kane."
You will have to adjust the font size so that everything fits onto 1 page, which will allow you to save paper by cutting each sheet in half.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Extraverts Could Cause Problems on a Mission to Mars
This is both a speaking and a reading exercise with the discussion about introverts and extroverts and their suitability for a long mission to Mars leading into to reading the article from "Scientific American."
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Poison - Video
Here�s a worksheet for the 24-minute Alfred Hitchcock TV film, "Poison," based on a short story by British author Roald Dahl. What is remarkable is that for once the film is better than the written short story. Added to the film are the rivalry between the 2 main characters and Harry�s alcoholism.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Bob Newhart - King Kong
Bob Newhart�s funniest monologue of a very conscientious night guard wondering what to do as King Kong climbs the outside of the Empire State Building. This hilarious recording is available on CD and from the iTunes store for a very low price. (Probably on YouTube, too!)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Derek the Human iPod
"60 Minutes" has a fabulous story on Derek Paravicini, the human iPod (so called because once he hears a song, he can play it perfectly), who is a musical genius, but at the same time blind and severely retarded. (He cannot count to three or button his shirt.)
You can view the 14-minute video here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/27/60mi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Telling the Time
Here is a worksheet for telling the time followed by some practice questions, which you can adapt for your students. (This was inspired by a very old handout from the C.R.A.P.E.L. at the University of Nancy II in France.)
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Father Ted-And God Created Woman
Here is a worksheet for the funny Irish/British sitcom "Father Ted," which is available on YouTube in several parts. This episode, "And God Created Woman," is from Series 1, Episode 5. The sitcom is about 3 priests on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. Recommended for students 18 and older.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Tom Lehrer - Irish Ballad
Very funny song by math professor Tom Lehrer about an Irish girl who does her whole family in. Here are several different illustrated worksheets for different levels. The song is readily available on the Internet, Amazon, and the iTunes Store.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Jake - Young Math Genius
Jake is a math prodigy and maybe a future Einstein. He memorized 200 digits of Pi in just one afternoon, and he can cite them backwards. Only 13, he is an honors student at university and helps his fellow students study for their exams. Here is a worksheet and transcript for this 13-minute news report from CBS�s �60 Minutes.� http://www.cbsnews.com...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Phrasal Verbs - Guessing
Here are a set of 4 worksheets designed to help students guess at the meanings of the most common phrasal verbs. (There are more than 500 in English!) In & Out, On & Off, Up & Down, and For and Over. This is an extensive revision of worksheets (plus I added cartoons) made by a former colleague.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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