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The Simpsons Movie
I think that films are a great way to motivate students even if the topic isn�t that appealing. I chose this film to introduce the topic The World Around Us, which starts with environmental problems. My students loved it.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 53
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The Devil wears Prada
This is an amazing film about the world of fashion and the consumer society we live in. Students love it because they laugh a lot while watching it. I didn�t include the key due to the size of the file, nevertheless if you need it, please ask for it. It will be sent to you!
This worksheet was done for advanced students, but I think that you can al...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 257
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Movie "Mean Girls"
Although it isn�t a very recent movie, students like it a lot since it�s a comedy and has to do with their school life. Besides, Lindsay Lohan is one of the main characters!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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If I Were a Boy-Beyonc�-Conditionals-Different kinds of exercises on the lyrics-Key included
This is a wonderful song by Beyonc� which is great to introduce conditionals or to talk about the differences between boys/men and girls/women. Besides the listening exercise, there are also several exercises on the lyrics and one whose aim was to draw my students� attention to conditionals.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 98
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Film Blood Diamond/Global Inequality/Human Rights
This is the film my 12th graders watched within the topic �Global Inequality�. It�s a great film to talk about the gap between developed and developing countries and human rights violations. It makes us question how far we are all responsible for what is happening in developing countries.
In case you are interested in working with this film, you ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 108
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Board game - General culture (globalisation, developed and developing countries, environmental problems, democracy, human rights, European Union, etc)
My 12th graders are right now in a unit called "Democracy in a global era", which isn�t that interesting for them. So, this board game was just a way to make them have fun with the topic. My students really love playing games. Besides, I think that this game was also great to consolidate what they had already learnt. I hope you�ll like too! Thanks ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 350
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Spanglish (Film - Key included)
This is a great film about the importance of learning languages, in this case the English language. Nevertheless, it also deals with other important issues such as immigration and family life. This film is suggested in my students� book (Sixteen +), which has a worksheet on it, but it was too simple, therefore I decided to create a new one. I inclu...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 212
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Proud to be an American - Beyonc�
This is the song I chose to start talking about the USA when we were dealing with the unit �English around the world�. It�s a great song and students simply love it. In fact, most students like Beyonc� a lot. She�s a great singer!I�ve decided to include the key this time, but although they are my questions, sometimes lyrics can be interpreted in se...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 96
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Comparison board game 1
This is a differentiated activity meant to be used in a class that is not homogeneous. It consists of 2 board games that deal with comparatives and superlatives. The green one is for stronger students and the yellow one for the weaker ones. I�m sorry, but you�ll have to download them separately. The creation of these board games was only possible t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 340
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Song When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls
This is a nice song called When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls, which is great to talk about famous people, fame, the advantages and disadvantages of being famous and young people�s dreams. I hope you�ll like it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Should, ought to, had better
This is a PowerPoint about �should�, �ought to" and �had better�. First students are told a story about Betty, then they are asked to infer the rules and finally they are given the rules. All pictures are animated gifs (Betty Boop) and everything is related to shopping/consumerism because that�s the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 285
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Human Rights: Children and young people
This is a PowerPoint on human rights as far as children and young people are concerned. First there�s a poem whose writer is unknown. Then there�s information about the important documents that set their rights, the rights that they are supposed to have, the (outrageous) things they have to go throu...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 80
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Graffiti
This is a PowerPoint on graffiti. I think it covers all the relevant aspects of this art form: definition, origin, equipment and materials, motivation factors, types of graffiti, arguments for/against, and possible solutions.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 211
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Problems in developing countries/Ways to help them
This is a powerpoint about some of the problems that poor countries have to face. It also points out some ways to help them overcome those problems. It had many more pictures but I had to delete them because of the size of the file, which is annoying! It can be used with another worksheet of mine th...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 44
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Reflexive pronouns
This PowerPoint consists of 15 slides on reflexive pronouns. First students come across a few situations which allow them to infer the rules, because this how I like to teach grammar structures. Of course, they are given the rules afterwards. The difference between reflexive pronouns and each other/...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 376
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Game - Back to school - Hidden picture (part 1)
This vocabulary game, which consists of 33 slides, is meant to be used on the first day. Students just have to guess the right word(s) as soon as they can. All the words are related to school, holidays and to the summer of 2011. Unfortunately I had to split the game into 6 parts due to the size limi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 252
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Game - Back to school - Hidden picture - Part 4
This is the 4th part of the game which I started uploading yesterday. It�s a vocabulary game which consists of 33 slides. Students have to guess the right word(s) as soon as they can. They are all related to school, holidays and the summer of 2011. I hope you�ll like it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 115
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IMMIGRATION
This is a simple PowerPoint on immigration. It deals with the reasons that might lead people to immigrate, the problems that they might face in the host countries and the possible ways to overcome those problems. The information on it was based on the book "Expand your English � Learning".
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 108
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