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dennypackard
Denny Packard
France



Born in the United States, I taught in France for over 40 years (plus many summers in Britain and the U.S.). I taught English primarily to young adults at University level, but I have also taught French secondary school pupils, business people, teachers, prison inmates, and drug addicts. My students have come from 93 countries around the world.

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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

 		 Sounds of Silence
 Several worksheets for this great song by Simon & Garfunkle. One activity involves students working in groups of 3 to reconstitute the lyrics before listening.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13

 		 Monty Python - Australian Wines
 There are 3 different worksheets here of various levels of difficulty (plus the transcription that I made myself) of Eric Idle�s satirical "praise" of Australian Wines. I usually don�t tell my students that it is a spoof, and then at the end ask them if the speaker has a positive or negative opinion of the wines. Please note that "chunder" is Aust...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12

 		 Occupations
 Students match jobs with humorous definitions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8

 		 Moving House (Flow Chart)
 Using the flow chart on page 2, students work together in small groups to organise a move. Grammar points include "Before/After + -ing." (No set solution, however.)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10

 		 Catcher in the Rye - Cloze Drill
 Here is a cloze drill to use while studying "Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10

 		 Burns & Allen - Willie�s Accident
 George Burns and Gracie Allen were one of the greatest comedy teams ever, popular on radio, on TV, and in movies. Here are 3 worksheets. In 1 students work in pairs to try to match Gracie�s crazy responses to George�s remarks. (This is nearly impossible, but is a good introduction to a difficult listening exercise.) The other 2 are listening worksh...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3

 		 Friends - The One with the E. German Laundry Detergent
 Season 1, Episode 5 of this great sitcom. Here Ross tries to spend time helping Rachel do her laundry. I used Gabriel Weiss� Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31

 		 The Tell-Tale Heart - Ideas & Text
 Here are a few (original?) ideas to get students involved and talking about Edgar Allen Poe�s famous short story, along with the text to the story on pages 2 and 3. The role cards that I uploaded along with this are related to exercise 3 in this lesson plan.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 52

 		 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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