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slkchina
Steve Keith
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I am a retired middle school principal from the US now living in China and teaching privately.

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Pair Activity for Teaching Expressions
I cut the expression into two parts and randomly distribute the parts to my class and send them to the hall to find their partner. When they think they found their partner, they come back and I check to make sure. Once partnered, students figure out what the expression means and then prepare a dialogue using the expression. This activity is great f...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19


 
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses Crossword Puzzle
Here is a crossword puzzle to go along with the "Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses" script I uploaded.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses Word Search
Here is a word search to go along with the Pete the Cat materials I already uploaded.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Pete the Cat and the Magic Sunglasses
There are nearly 20 books in the Pete the Cat series. My students really like them and they are great for oral reading and role play. This printable includes the whole script of the story, with a little cloze activity plus a question and answer dialogue where one student is �a� and another student is �b�. Students learn how to ask and answer questi...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Scoring Rubric for Short Notes
College students in China are tested on writing short notes. I�ve developed a scoring rubric I can use to easily mark their practice notes. I have them email me the note in "correct" form. I copy and paste my rubric in my return email to them. I just put x�s next to the error description and mark the errors with highlights and email the whole thing...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
Shanghai Expo Cloze activity 2
This is the second ws in a series about the Shanghai Expo. I intended to submit this as a ppt but it wouldn�t upload. However, it can easily be turned into a ppt. I use ppt for cloze to save paper. The background information can be used as a study activity or as a dictation exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 0


 
Shanghai Expo Cloze Topic 3
This is the thrid ws in a series about the Shanghai Expo. I intended to submit this as a ppt but it wouldn�t upload. However, it can easily be turned into a ppt. I use ppt for cloze to save paper. The background information can be used as a study activity or as a dictation exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
Shanghai Expo Dictation/Cloze Part 1
I intended to submit this as a ppt but it wouldn�t upload. However, it can easily be turned into a ppt. I use ppt for cloze to save paper. The background information can be used as a study activity or as a dictation exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Summer Olympic Word Search
I made this word search (Discovery Education) in preparation for the Summer Olympics (which I hope will take place). Notice that the puzzle uses lower case. I found that my Chinese students always "translated" the upper case word bank into lower case so I changed the puzzle to start with. Also, I used football instead of soccer; I put some two word...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31


 
Taj Mahal Dialogue
I have uploaded several short dialogues that I have made from stories in our reading books. This enables the students to have a speaking opportunity that is more colloquial and natural than reading from the text. This particular article was from the National Geographic Series.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type:
Downloads: 12

 


Understanding American Coins and Currency
This basic money unit calls for students to work together in a group to determine the total value of coins shown on the screen. It also includes an idea for a venn diagram to compare and contrast American dollars with currency from another country.Good unit to do around President�s Day.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 15


Waltzing Matilda Explained
This famous ballad from Australia is its informal national anthem. Just to listen to it, one wouldn�t realize it is about a migrant who steals a sheep and is caught. Rather than be hanged, he drowns himself. The lyrics are from the Slim Dusty version that was sung by him at the Melbourne Olympics.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 9


Where is Thumbkin?
I finally decided to make a ppt for "Where is Thumbkin?", one of the songs I use when teaching body parts--in addition to "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes" and "The Hokey Pokey". I like to have the girls sing the question part and the boys sing the answer.

Level: elementary
Age: 3-10
Downloads: 4

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