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anitarobi
Anita Kovacevic
website Croatia



�Do not tell me the sky is the limit, when there are footprints on the moon.� I�ve been a teacher and teacher trainer for over 25 years. Some of my materials contain my original stories and poetry. If you use them, pls let me know if it worked out well. You can also find my fiction books on Amazon and other sites. blog at https://anitashaven.wordpress.com/

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toys - matching ws for kids
This is a very simple ws for smaller kids to match toys and their words. The words are all caps, because preschoolers and 1st graders are more comfortable with these. I use it as a ws, but also as a class poster. I sometimes give them colourful wss as a special reward, but it�s editable so you can print it in b&w if you want to.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-8
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
TEENAGERS FOR PARENTS - A TEENAGE PLAY WITH MUSIC
This is a teenage play I wrote for my teenage sts to talk about their problems to their parents, through old songs their parents can relate to(Queen, from Hair, Sinatra, Cabaret, etc.). It consists of several scenes, each like a newsflash about teenage problems, followed by a song. It�s editable - you can shorten songs, cut out some scenes etc. It ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 248


 
MORE ASSOCIATION GAMES- HAVE FUN!!!
More associations games coming your way - this time 2 pages of them, about books, food, movies, music... The rules are included for those of you who have never played this before. It�s a fun and incredibly useful way of expanding vocabulary, improving listening skills, and your students can make their own games as soon as they get the rules. It�s c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 100


 
elementary or intermediate? - that is the question
I use this sometimes when I get a new group and I�m not sure about their knowledge level. It can also be used for revision or as a test, but I sometimes just use it to play games with it. It helps me assess the level, because it covers some basic things, but also checks some vocabulary finessing, spelling problems and tenses. Try it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19


 
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


 
St. Patrick�s Day - elementary worksheet with key
It�s a simple, colourful ws for elementary students, with 3 different writing tasks, and the answer key on page 2. I love doing this topic with kids, especially leprechauns, and it�s a nice introduction into spring.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 119


 
MIND OVER MATTER -five open-ended stories in worksheets
This is a collection of five of my open-ended stories organised in worksheets and to be used with upper-intermediate and advanced students. Each story covers a different genre (crime, SF, fantasy, horror, comedy) and also has additional vocabulary at the bottom of each for students to use. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 421


 
Batman Begins
This is a follow-up activity for the movie Batman Begins. The first part briefly checks their understanding of the story, but they very much enjoy the second part, and I got some great ideas and essays from my students on that topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17


 
a short reading test on animals
No fantastic graphics here, sorry! This is a short reading test on animals for elementary kids. The teacher�s version is first, and then there are several small printable/photocopiable versions for kids. I had my kids do it as a reading test, then write the same thing about another animal in their notebooks, then they switched notebooks and tried t...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36


 
LOVE ACTUALLY - British humour & great movie story
One of the most charming movies ever, in my book, deserved an extensive ws(Liam Neeson, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman...). I watched it with adults and highschoolers (watch it before you do it with sts), and it was fantastic - we did it at Christmas time (or you can do it for Valentine�s day. The ws requires a lot of vocab...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 95

 


THE SNOW QUEEN - advanced project
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced groups based on 7 parts of a long version of the story. The ppt contains some pre, while and post reading tasks for all the chapters, but is basically meant to be used with the worksheet available here http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=477995#thet...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 53


Comparison with Harry Potter
This is a short ppt game to practise comparatives and superlatives to describe the characters from Harry Potter. (Another adition to moravc�s project) There�s also a ws and an OE available. I hope it�s useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 76


CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
I designed this ppt based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced students (FCE&CAE) - it�s a fun, creative way to expand their adjectives vocabulary and let their imagination do some work for them. They love writing stories about interesting photos with some, but not too much, guided vocabul...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 353


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


THE SNOW QUEEN - intermediate project
This is a ppt based on the storynory.com text (link for text and audio provided). I made it for my intermediate students. It contains the part of the story till Kay is taken by the Snow Queen (with pics) and from then on there are tasks for sts to guess what happens next, etc. It can be used with ma...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 57


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


children�s play - THE UGLY DUCKLING
This is the children�s play I wrote on the basis of the original story. It�s made to suit the needs of my groups(we did a play and a puppet show with it), so I added a few characters (couldn�t load their pics, sorry, too large a format. They absolutely loved it, and so did the parents, especially be...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Downloads: 156


CHANGING OUR WORLD - children�s motivational story
Here�s my contribution to Frank�s project for the children. It�s a story inspired by his poem Global Warming, and it�s meant to motivate children to change things. It�s simple reading with three motivational tasks as follow-up. The ppt includes the story and Frank�s poem. Thanks, Frank, for the moti...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 38


HALLOWEEN ASSOCIATION GAMES - play and learn
Finally made it - with a little help from a friend, I managed to turn my association games into ppt games. Rules are included, so if you�ve never played - do try. You can do this with all ages and levels. If you like the game, and want to create your own, I�m also uploading a free template.

Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 186


Past Simple - practical revision
This is a very simple ppt to revise the past simple tense. I used it with my kids and adults, and it was fun because we played it as games(each slide was one game) in 2 teams, and only made notes afterwards. I even used some exercises in a test later on.

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 17


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


THE KISS THAT MISSED
This is an OE I made based on my ws for the story The Kiss that Missed (by D. Melling). It�s a funny fairytale with a synonyms task before reading, and the story from a youtube video with follow-up questions (Present and Past Simple).

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12


EMELI SANDE -CLOWN
The song is just too beautiful to miss. There are some follow-up vocabulary and comprehension tasks with Sande�s biography and explanation for the song. I hope your students enjoy it.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


READ & LEARN - SYNONYMS & WORD FORMATION
This is a vocabulary task based on a poem by F. Letras (with his kind permission) and it contains synonyms, word formation and reading comprehension. I hope you find it useful. The poem has an interesting ending, so you might even use it (for Halloween maybe?) as an open-ended poem with your stodent...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100


FISHING FUN
This is an OE based on a fun/funny dialogue between two boys about fishing (thank you, Frank, for your kind permission to use your text). It contains a reading task, two fun fishing videos, a preposition and a vocabulary task. I hope you find it useful and enjoy the dialogue.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


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


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


ON THE BEACH - beach, ocean, summer, and grammar!
This is a revision OE with tasks to practise have got, prepositions, ocean vocabulary, prepositions and there is/are. It�s filled with beach and ocean pics and vocabulary, so it can be done for fun even during the summer break.

Level: elementary
Age: 7-100


QUESTIONS - yes-no, wh, tags and some fun
This is an OE designed to drill the students in making questions in various tenses - yes-no questions, wh-questions, question tags. There�s a fun teenage youtube video at the end with the �world record� in asking and answering questions. It�s there just for fun and an extra challenge for your studen...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100


SHERLOCK HOLMES 2
This is the second part of my Holmes OE series. This one contains two tasks - the first one is a multiple choice task with info on Holmes from Wikipedia, and the second one is an open cloze based on listening to the words from the given TV-series trailer. I hope it�s useful to you.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100