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ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE & BACK
This is a worksheet I designed for my adult group - a simplified revision of passive, with 4 tasks - revising to be in tenses, Past Participle of some useful verbs, turning active into passive and back. It also contains a key. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 61
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LIMERICKS - A WS COLLECTION
This is a collection of wss and lesson ideas using limericks (funny, rhythmic poems) to improve your sts� language in a fun way. It was inspired by Dusia�s post in the forum. It contains several pages with reading and writing activities and brief instructions. I hope you have fun with it. My teenagers love limericks!
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 541
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LITTLE TEDDY�S BEDTIME RHYME - story in rhyme
This is a story in rhyme I wrote for my preschool advanced group, inspired by my son who never wants to go to bed. The whole lesson plan is included - you can read it for kids, role play it with them, use it for a show, do it in steps, etc. My sts loved it, they learned to finish my lines and to tell the key rhyme by themselves and we had lots of l...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: Choose
Downloads: 51
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ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING - reading practice
This is a text I got from a friend and used it for teenage and adult groups. This plan contains a list of activities to do before, while and after reading: the introductory discussion, listening-reading activity, writing project in pairs and group work, and finally, the vocabulary follow-up activity. I found it very motivating for teenagers and adu...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 154
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SPRING GAMES - shape writing and associations
Here are some spring word games you can play with your students. The first ws deals with shape writing, and you don�t have to print it for the whole class - just use the idea or make a poster. The second page contains 4 spring vocabulary association games (with teacher�s instructions on how to play). It can be fun with small kids, but also teenager...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 163
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HOLD MY HAND - lyrics and discussion points with project ideas
Yet another in a line of worksheets based on this beautiful, positive song, but I simply couldn�t resist using it with my students. The lyrics have a task with antonyms and several discussion points, and after the original text there are some project ideas for teachers. (I�m going to use it with a ppt also uploaded here, but they can be used separa...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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student bloopers & history- FUNNY!!!
When you find a funny text, you just have to turn it into a great lesson. This is a lesson plan I developed to take a funny twist to a unit about human history, and it�s based on student bloopers. The lesson plan contains introductory activities, word games, the copy of the text and a follow-up project(5 activities, over 10 pages). The topic is mul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 90
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WORD PUZZLE - a fun way to expand advanced vocabulary
This is a fun way to deal with word formation and vocabulary expansion when working with advanced sts. It contains instructions and materials for 4 activities which follow each other during the course of the lesson, but can also be used separately. You can apply the same principle to any vocabulary you choose, and it starts from words and expands i...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 116
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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
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EMINEM & RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
I know Eminem�s lyrics have certain elements that should be censored, but I just couldn�t resist using this song (Love the Way You Lie), the previous events with Rihanna, and the sad reality of increasing abuse in relationships not to use it all for wss. Naturally, it�s up to you to decide who you can use it with(perhaps older teenagers and adults)...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 88
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�ALLO �ALLO - short play for intermediate teenagers
This is a ppt of a short play I wrote for my teenagers (there is a wss version for sts uploaded on ESL as well), based on the hillarious comedy �Allo �Allo. They loved imitating different funny characters and their accents, which actually helped them improve their own English. It�s not too complicat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 34
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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
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ASSOCIATION GAMES TEMPLATE - free and you can actually play it!
Dear colleagues, I�ve been trying to make a ppt in which you can actually play association games, but kept having problems. Then a friend gave me such a simple idea and, as all simple ideas - it worked superbly. So, as promised in the forum, here�s a free template with rules and an example game. I h...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Downloads: 0
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CUTE ANIMALS - short stories about animals
This is a ppt linked with my ws also called Cute Animals. The ppt contains 3 of my new stories with a follow-up activity for each, plus three suggestions for the sts to invent their own stories (so you can also use it with intermediate sts). You can use the ppt alone, or accompanied with the ws wher...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 77
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St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33
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THE ADVENTURES OF ISABEL - funny scary poem(for Halloween maybe?)
This is a ppt inspired and dedicated to our very own Franknbea and Anaisabel, and the ESL cafe. It�s based on the Ogden Nash poem The Adventures of Isabel and I�ve also added a Halloween activity for students. It can be used for intermediate sts as well, but it has a special sense of humour, so be c...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 34
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Ever seen this woman?
Not one of my most colourful activities, but the lesson I had using this ppt turned out to be one of the most powerful and memorable experiences with teenagers. I had been looking for an interesting, unlike-typical-school history text to do with kids, when this text came to me via e-mail and stunned...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 58
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THE SNOWFLAKE AND THE RING - interactive story for kids
This story was inspired and commissioned from me by my son. It�s a fairytale with parts which are unfinished, so you need to interact with your sts to get them to complete it. I�ve tried it with various age groups and levels, andit really works. It�s fun and creative and expands their vocabulary...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 39
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THE CONDITIONALS GAME
This is a ppt I made for my intermediate and advanced students who are fed up with revising conditionals using worksheets, which we sometimes all are. It can be used directly in class, or simply as an idea for an activity with pictures and word cards. You can use it with any type of conditional, as ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 358
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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
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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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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
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MEMORIES & RESPECT
This is a word formation task I prepared for my students, although it is the message I�m trying to get across to them, more than have them practise word formation. Inspired by a small, but significant act of teenage vandalism, I decided to prepare this text. I hope you find it useful, be it just for...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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LET�S PLAY PIRATES!
I made this OE for my students who just love pirate stories, treasure hunting and pirate songs. It has a listening task (a very catchy pirate song), a reading task and a treasure hunt with prepositions. I hope you like it! AAAAArrrrgh!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
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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
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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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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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DEMONS - IMAGINE DRAGONS
Trying to find a new song that has a message and no lyrics I would have to censor, I came across this one. I think it has something to teach my teenagers about not being superficial, about being self-critical, but also about relying on the good in each other. I prepared some tasks with synonyms, ant...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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PREPOSITIONS - with rooms and furniture
This is an OE to practise prepositions. It contains several tasks with multiple choice and fill-in, accompanied with simple pictures to help the students. I hope it�s of use to you!
Level: elementary
Age: 4-100
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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
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