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movies-associations games
You�ve probably played associations before (maybe you call it differently), but if you haven�t, do try - it�s amazing how much fun it can be, how much language material you can cover with it, and kids soon start making them themselves, which is great. I made some about movies, but once you get the principle, you can use it for any level and it can ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: others
Downloads: 72
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comparison - food and movies
I made this worksheet for reinforcement for my intermediate students. They loved doing comparatives and superlatives with food and movies... It�s a lot of writing and thinking, but they did it with smiles on their faces...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-11
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 80
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children�s play - THE TORTOISES� PICNIC
Here�s another play I have to share with you - based on another traditional English story. It�s a funny play about a family of tortoises who decide to go on a picnic. I tried it with preschoolers (6-7 yrs old, 2nd & 3rd year of learning), and with school kids (7-9 yrs old), and both times it turned out great. It combines topics like family, food, n...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-10
Type: reading
Downloads: 116
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certificates for students
This is a collection of 8 different types of certificates to be handed out to students on different occasion for that little bit of extra motivation. I�ve used free cliparts and my own drawings. This is my first collection of this kind. I hope you find it useful. (Btw, each certificate has been grouped for easier compression and to prevent pics fro...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: others
Downloads: 189
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project 3 - English speaking countries
This is part 3 of 3 projects I�m posting today. This one deals with countries, and it�s the basis for a classroom project in which you get your sts to actively use English and learn about different countries. It�s a combination of language, geography and basic culture. It includes several pages of ideas, and it�s designed as a longer activity. Your...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 448
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English Icons - get your sts to explore!!!
Have you ever had a group of sts who could do so much, but were too lazy to do anything about it and just wanted everything done for them, without even opening a dictionary? I had them last year, at the FCE preparatory course, and I decided I�d had enough. So I devised this project for them to explore, look for info alone, in pairs, in groups. Some...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 174
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ACTIVE READING - oxymora
This is a collection of 5 worksheets dealing with oxymorons or oxymora (as you like it) in the English language. The worksheets require reading and writing and are very useful for advanced teenage and adult levels, including FCE and CAE levels. The tasks are rather demanding, but dealing wiht oxymory is highly challenging for the sts. I hope it�s u...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 305
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ALPHABET WORKSHOP - fun with vocabulary on all levels
Hi, dear colleagues! Long time, no see. Here�s my small contribution for the new year. It�s a multi-page collection of activities you can apply to all age groups and all levels. It�s fun and motivates your sts to expand vocabulary and use it in speaking and writing activities. It contains instructions, wordcharts and wss, and some game and project ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 205
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THE SNOW QUEEN - advanced project
This is a project I�ve prepared for my advanced groups. It is based on a long version of the Snow Queen (link included) in 7 parts, and I�ve prepared a pre, while and post reading task for each part. I hope you find it useful. (can be used with the ppt available here http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=36625#thetop)
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 89
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A FAREWELL TO STUDENTS - goodbye message in rhyme
We all try to prepare sth special for our students at the end of the school year. You might want to try doing something like this - a special message with a special text... This is a poem I have written for that occasion. It�s an addition to what I uploaded the other day, so to avoid repeating myself, if you need more ideas on how to use this, feel...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: others
Downloads: 168
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THE RAINBOW IN THE STONE
This is a story I wrote for my younger students, based on leprechaun legends and the mention of the Blarney stone. (I�ve used Ph. Martin�s free cliparts images.)I hope you find it useful and fun. At the end of the story I�ve prepared an association game (using my own template, available in the free ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 36
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magic spells - reading and writing through magic
I created this ppt for a group game where I had mixed teams of preschool and teenage kids. It�s a very simple game of reading and then writing magic spells, using pictures and text. It�s easily printable (I used the printed version), but it�s useful because it makes kids use opposite adjectives (tur...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 15
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CHANGING OUR WORLD - children�s motivational story
Here�s my contribution to Frank�s project for the children. It�s a story inspired by his poem Global Warming, and it�s meant to motivate children to change things. It�s simple reading with three motivational tasks as follow-up. The ppt includes the story and Frank�s poem. Thanks, Frank, for the moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 38
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revision for adults
This is a ppt I used as revision with my adults� group. It can also be used for intermediate kids (although then I�d add colours and pictures). Afterwards I gave them a similar test using the same exercises. I hope it comes in handy...It revises basic prepositions, tenses, articles, question words, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 41
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wanted - enchanted or not...
This is a ppt with basic info on some magical creatures, like wanted posters without pics, for sts to guess the creature. It�s designed to start as simple reading in a game, which can then be turned into using the given info for writing short essays. Again, fairytales go well with Halloween, so it c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 10
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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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PIRATE�S TREASURE - fun summer story with pre, during and post-reading fun
This ppt is based on the story Pirate�s Treasure(the link is included because the online version also contains audio files). It�s a fun short story for children, and the ppt has an activity to do before reading, lots of discussion stuff to do while reading and fun challenges for after reading. I hop...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 126
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Past Simple - practical revision
This is a very simple ppt to revise the past simple tense. I used it with my kids and adults, and it was fun because we played it as games(each slide was one game) in 2 teams, and only made notes afterwards. I even used some exercises in a test later on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 17
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GRAMMAR ASSOCIATION GAMES
This is a collection of 4 ppt association games (I used my own template - available in the free templates) for grammar revision. Each slide is one game and you can use all games at once to revise some grammar, or one by one as you introduce a certain topic. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 190
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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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