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CHIT CHAT - speaking revision
This is a list of phrases taken from my ppt. I made it for speaking revision with my adult refreshment course, for people who need to learn/revise a lot fast. I am actually going to use the ppt during the lesson and this will be for their homework to help them prepare for the speaking part of their exam. It covers many everyday topics as well as de...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 110
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REPORTED SPEECH WITH HARRY POTTER
This ws is reported speech practice based on Harry Potter, and represents another addition to moravc�s project of learning grammar with HP. There is also an OE available. This ws contains the colour, b&w version, and the key for teachers. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 106
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WHAT WOMEN WANT - FOLLOW-UP
Yes, what do women want??? Well, if you have telepathic powers, like Mel Gibson had in this charming, romantic, old-fashioned movie, then you know. I did the movie with my adult and highschool groups for Valentine�s Day and they absolutely loved it. Lots of funny situations, good language, no violence or obscenity, just men-women relationships. The...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48
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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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Harry Potter & the Philosopher�s Stone - kids� play
This is a play written for our school�s 10th anniversary - we included our dance groups, preschool/school groups(the little ones had their rhymes) and teenagers - they all had their part in it and it lasted for about 40 mins all together. They performed it at the theatre and it was quite memorable. The boy who played Voldemort is now finishing univ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 93
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FAME GAMES - learning games for movies, music, famous people and important events
This is a collection of word games for these topics: movies, music, famous people and important events. You can use these games as ice-breakers, intros into units or to finish lessons. All the games (associations, 4-in-a-row, hangman, identity crisis, identity cards - all with rules included) can be used with intermediate and advanced levels, with ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 528
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the jungle book - children�s play
This is a children�s play based on the Jungle Book, with songs from the cartoon on page 2(and "choreography"). It�s not long, it�s not too complicated, some roles are individual, some require a group of kids, so you can also include the shy kids. The great thing about it is that it can even be performed outside. The songs are really catchy (Bare Ne...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 97
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PINK & BREAK-UPS - wss with lyrics and additional texts
This is part 5 of my collection of song lyrics and related texts on various social topics. The ws contains sts� wss, links and teacher�s key. Since the song is about the impossibility of accepting a break-up, I chose some additional texts about that topic. There are listening, reading, writing and speaking tasks. I hope you find it useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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THE LONELY GIANT - READING FOLLOW-UP
Hi! I was doing stories from around the world with my sts, and I got the book of Scottish folk and fairy tales. I found the story of the Lonely Giant very charming and did it for Valentine�s Day with my sts - this is a follow-up. They found it interesting, and it wasn�t our typical Valentine�s day - we had a fantasy project with their drawings from...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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the AntZ- WRITING FOLLOW-UP FOR THE CARTOON
This is a follow-up for the cartoon AntZ. If you haven�t seen it, try (voices Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sly Stallone...). It�s not new,so your kids probably won�t know it, which adds to their suspense and surprise, and that�s great. The story is hillarious - can one ant be different? (lots of parallels to the human world can be drawn) You can deba...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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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
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advanced levels - practice (CAE)
This is a ppt I used for my CAE group. It is made up from various exercises from books, free website practice and experience. It requires writing, speaking and English in use, but every 2-3 slides, there�s a short pop-word game to break the drill routine and stimulate the brain. I hope you find use ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 158
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THE SNOW QUEEN - reading and winter word games for elementary students
This is a ppt based on my brief version of the Snow Queen (see minibook, if interested), but it also includes a follow-up with short word games with the story and winter vocabulary. I hope you make use of this beautiful story.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Downloads: 105
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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
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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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AN IMAGINARY PLANET - reading, speaking and writing for intermediate students
I have created this ppt for my internediate kids (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for space and astronauts (a text in Chatterbox 4). It�s a reading text about an imaginary planet, a speaking activity about Earth, and a writing task to create their own planet. (There�s also a matching worksheet available...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 49
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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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CHRISTMAS SPIDER - ROLE PLAY
This is an old role-play of mine based on world legends, tales, songs and nursery rhymes about Christmas(I�ve just updated the word doc uploaded here before). I�ve used it as role play and a puppet show and am planning to use it again this year. It�s nice to do with children, because there are lots ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-11
Downloads: 74
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CHIT-CHAT-speaking revision
This is a ppt made up from prop slides. I prepared it for my adults who are not very eager to speak, who need props to help them speak and who want to cover as much as they can in as little time possible. Sounds familiar? Anyway, I hope you find it useful. I�m also uploading a ws with the same vocab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 119
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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
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Present Perfect with Harry Potter
This exercise is part of moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. It is designed to practise the Present Perfect. It has three different tasks. Thanks, dear moravc, for letting me join the project!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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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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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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JOKES AND PAST SIMPLE - practice
This is a simple OE to revise or practise the Past Simple. There is a task to practise regular and irregular past forms, a fill-in task with kids� jokes and a task with short past simple answers. I hope it�s of use to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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Comparison with Harry Potter
Another addition to moravc�s project Grammar with HP. This one is for comparison practice and uses Harry Potter characters to make it more fun. (Also available, a ppt game and ws about this). Hope it�s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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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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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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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
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SHERLOCK HOLMES
My students love Sherlock Holmes, and this is part of our project - reading stories about him, watching videos and working with the language. This is hopefully only the first of my OEs on the topic - contains a word formation task and a synonyms task connected to a video. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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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
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