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100 ways to praise a child
I got this text by e-mail from a friend, so I don�t know whose it is, but I hope nobody minds my turning it into a ws (page 1) and a lesson-plan(page 2). It�s such a beautiful text, full of positivity (to finish your school year maybe), and in the lesson plan you can find ideas on how to expand it into sth more complicated and even more serious(dis...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 185
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WHAT WOMEN WANT - FOLLOW-UP
Yes, what do women want??? Well, if you have telepathic powers, like Mel Gibson had in this charming, romantic, old-fashioned movie, then you know. I did the movie with my adult and highschool groups for Valentine�s Day and they absolutely loved it. Lots of funny situations, good language, no violence or obscenity, just men-women relationships. The...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48
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CRIME VOCABULARY
This is a fill-in (with list of words provided) on court and crime vocabulary. I found it very useful while doing the crime units, and after doing the ws, we played word games with the given vocabulary and I had pairs of students write crime stories using the list of given words. It was very useful and fun, especially the follow-up story writing.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 104
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WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD by Eugene Field - poetry corner
This is a lesson plan(with wss) based on the wonderful children�s poem Wynken, Blynken and Nod (by Eugene Field). A copy of the poem is included, also 2 wss, an activity card and lots of ideas on how to introduce the topic (dreams and dreaming), discussion points, project and poster ideas. You can just read it to kids (it has such a melodic rhythm)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 33
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MARK TWAIN - the reading/writing adventure
This is a project I�ve prepared for my advanced groups. It can be used before, while and after you read any work by M. Twain, or completely separate from his work (but wouldn�t it be a shame not to share some of his work with sts). It requires reading (funny anecdotes, biography, wise quotes) with tasks and a writing task in the end, with teacher�s...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 186
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READING FUN - JUMBLED TEXTS
This is an idea on how to get your students to read through different texts at more advanced levels. It�s a game for groups - simple assembling various topics texts in jumbled paragraphs, but the texts are not that easy to deal with. The instructions are inside, and you can edit if you want.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 127
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THE INKHEART PROJECT - the book - part 2, INKSPELL
If you�ve always loved fantasy stories like I have and were looking for one for your intermediate and advanced teenagers, Inkheart might be really interesting for you. I�ve used both the book and movie in class, and they�re really interesting - having the gift to read out things and characters from books into real life, who wouldn�t want that? This...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 74
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Imagine - Lennon�s all time classic
This is the text for Imagine with discussion questions in the task part. I used it one year for New Year�s Day, last year for Earth Day, sometimes I just do it because I feel my sts need sth for the soul. The lyrics themselves can be printed in a bigger format, cut into lines and jumbled, and then let sts put them in the right order while listening...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 60
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riddles
You can find 16 riddles in rhyme here with ideas on how to use them in class and expand them for all levels and age groups. Have fun! Riddles rock!
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 116
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tongue twisters and rhyme - WHY LEARN ENGLISH
I�ve used this for a performance with my level 3 group who wanted to perform, but hated siging - it�s a cool rhythmic rhyme about why learn English and duelling with tongue twisters. We finished off by duelling with the audience, because they didn�t want to sing (cool boys, you know), but the response was wonderful. It might come in handy, and it�s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-11
Type: others
Downloads: 50
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CHIT-CHAT-speaking revision
This is a ppt made up from prop slides. I prepared it for my adults who are not very eager to speak, who need props to help them speak and who want to cover as much as they can in as little time possible. Sounds familiar? Anyway, I hope you find it useful. I�m also uploading a ws with the same vocab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 119
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AN IMAGINARY PLANET - reading, speaking and writing for intermediate students
I have created this ppt for my internediate kids (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for space and astronauts (a text in Chatterbox 4). It�s a reading text about an imaginary planet, a speaking activity about Earth, and a writing task to create their own planet. (There�s also a matching worksheet available...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 49
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FCE PRACTICE - use of English, speaking, writing
I prepared this FCE practice for my groups (highschoolers), using exercises from free web-sites, course books and experience. It concentrates on word formation (use of English), speaking and writing practice, and I use it with my advanced groups as practice, and then give them similar exercises as t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 135
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THE RAINBOW IN THE STONE
This is a story I wrote for my younger students, based on leprechaun legends and the mention of the Blarney stone. (I�ve used Ph. Martin�s free cliparts images.)I hope you find it useful and fun. At the end of the story I�ve prepared an association game (using my own template, available in the free ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 36
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advanced Halloween workshop
This is a ppt I prepared for my intermediate and advanced teenage students. They love writing Halloween stories, but we usually do some brainstorming before the actual writing, so this ppt also has some vocab-expansion activities in the beginning. I had problems adding sounds, so feel free to add yo...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 45
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word games!!!!
It�s time for word games - brain teasers! You can use them to finish your school or start the next one! You can use them all at once, or each slide for a new lesson! You probably know some of them, but they may give you ideas on how to play games with all knowledge levels and ages, and it�s all LANG...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 344
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FANTASY - CARTOONS AND MOVIES MIX-UP
This is a ppt with two tasks - to find mistakes in stories (Shrek 2, Robin Hood, Wizard of Oz, Minimoys, Stardust, Inkheart, Harry Potter, Little Mermaid, Lord of the Rings)and then to find mistakes in the spelling of fairytale words. I used it for a group game in summer camp, but since fairytales g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 35
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revision for adults
This is a ppt I used as revision with my adults� group. It can also be used for intermediate kids (although then I�d add colours and pictures). Afterwards I gave them a similar test using the same exercises. I hope it comes in handy...It revises basic prepositions, tenses, articles, question words, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 41
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THINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - intermediate reading and writing practice
This is a ppt I created for my intermediate sts (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for Chatterbox 4 - the units with countries, adjectives and materials. The task is to write a sentence about each item in the slides turning the name of the country into an adjective and using the phrase �made of�. The fina...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 15
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Goblins and Firefairies - HALLOWEEN poem and ppt quiz
With kind permission from the author himself, our very own poet Francisco Letras (franknbea), I have used his Halloween poem to make a reading ppt with tasks of guessing hidden words and a short quiz and writing task as follow-up. I hope you enjoy the poetry and find the ppt useful for intermediate ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 29
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SUMMER - DON�T YOU JUST LOVE IT?
I made this OE for my last lesson with my students before the summer holidays. There is a bit about ocean animals, about diving and a funny cartoon taking place on the beach. I hope you have fun with it!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
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TEDDYBEARS - PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND A STORY
This is a simple OE for elementary students to practise some Present Continuous (two tasks, all with animated teddies, followed by a story in rhyme with a fill in task and a challenge. I hope you like the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
This is a revision exercise I created for elementary students about jobs. It has several tasks, including a limerick at the end (which you may have to help them read, but limericks are great for rhythm). I hope you and your students find it useful and fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-11
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REPORTED SPEECH WITH HARRY POTTER
Another addition to our Grammar with HP project - started by moravc. This one, in addition to the ws, deals with direct and indirect speech. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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SHERLOCK HOLMES 3
This is the third OE I�ve made about Sherlock HOlmes. It contains two reading tasks - a multiple choice(based on a tex from Wikipedia about Holmes�s habits) and a true/false(based on a ppt video about Conan Doyle.). Hope you can use it.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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PREPOSITIONS in idioms and phrases
This is my third OE. The graphics are simple, but it will be useful for my FCE students to revise some idioms and phrasal verbs. The tasks are fill-ins. I hope you find it helpful.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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I WON�T GIVE UP - JASON MRAZ
I just couldn�t resist this song, the video and the melody. The tasks are rather simple (spelling, opposites and ordering by numbers), but the song is lovely and the video has a nice message. I�m planning to do it on Valentine�s Day, although the message is universal. I hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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NIGHT LIKE THIS - ROMANCE
This is a simple exercise based on the song �Night Like This� by C. Emerald, with a listening task, vocabulary and writing tasks with adjectives and a short rhyming task with a silly love song at the end. I hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Comparison with Harry Potter
Another addition to moravc�s project Grammar with HP. This one is for comparison practice and uses Harry Potter characters to make it more fun. (Also available, a ppt game and ws about this). Hope it�s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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CONDITIONALS WITH HARRY POTTER
This is an OE with four different types of conditionals (from zero to third) and a fun video/audio challenge at the end, based on Harry Potter stories. It�s another addition to moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. I hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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