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Reading: Why teenagers find learning a drag
Printable includes: activity plan, cards to cut out and match (activity lead-in), tasks for students (true/false, prediction, word-definition match and debate) and abridged article. This is an ESA reading activity which takes about 30 minutes.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Listening: British Council podcast: "Charities"
Instructions:
Listen to the British Council magazine podcast �Charities� and answer the questions below about the charities mentioned.
The podcast is available online or for mp3 download from: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/charities
There is a different task available online.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 21
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You read, I write: weddings, marriage and relationship vocabulary
Students take it in turns to read their text to their pair. Demonstrate that the students need to say blank or mmm to indicate where there is a gap. If students did not hear or understand the word, they should ask their partner �can you repeat that please?� or �can you spell that please?�. Arrange the class into pairs: A and B. Ask pairs A and B to...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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Passive voice- newspaper article
A lesson plan for a reading exercise looking at the passive voice. The article is from the Daily Mail newspaper (UK) about the arrest of a TV soap opera star. The lesson plan focusses on the usage of the passive rather than structure and form.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 84
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Employment words- pairs crossword
Students work in pairs to describe the employment related words (responsibility, development, salary etc) in their crosswords to their partners in order to complete their crossword. Hints are included on page two if students need support.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Find the people- countries and nationalities activity
Students complete an activity to match the countries to the flags then write the nationalities. They then, in pairs, play a version of battleships with people "hidden" in their grid to practice asking questions and short answers.
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Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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Book report- writing lesson plan
A lesson plan outline focussing on a book review. It starts by looking at the book "Three Cups of Tea" (details included on pages 3 and 4), moving on to writing a synopsis of the first page, then discussing book review content before crafting the book report.
This lesson format is taken from Tricia Hedge�s book "Writing"- I have chosen a differe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 10
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Question battle- review of past tense questions
Students work in pairs to make past tense simple questions. Students judge of their partner�s responses are correct. When correct, they write an X to "blast" the square. If not, the square stays blank for their partner to try again.
Try to encourage students to create open questions using How often, how many, when, where, how etc.
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Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Treasure hunt- alphabet & have got
A treasure hunt, based on the battleships game, to review "have got" questions and short answers. It also reviews the 20 most frequent letters of the alphabet.
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Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Reading: Newspaper article �US electronics chain offers free guns to TV subscribers�
A read and report lesson with an article from the Daily Telegraph, London (April 2011) with the headline: "US electronics chain offers free guns to TV subscribers".
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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