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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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SPRING GAMES - shape writing and associations
Here are some spring word games you can play with your students. The first ws deals with shape writing, and you don�t have to print it for the whole class - just use the idea or make a poster. The second page contains 4 spring vocabulary association games (with teacher�s instructions on how to play). It can be fun with small kids, but also teenager...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 163
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BUBLE, HOLLYWOOD & FAME
This is part 3 of my collection of wss based on songs and texts about social problems. This one is based on Michael Buble�s Hollywood and texts about fame and teenagers. All the links and teacher�s key are included. The texts have many active reading tasks, and each page of wss can be used separately.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 89
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ADVANCED VOCABULARY WORKSHOP
This is a 2-page worksheet and word cards (along with suggested activities for teachers on writing, playing and word-formation). I would use this with my FCE and CAE students, or any very advanced group, because it is aimed specifically at expanding vocabulary (adjective+noun, collocations)by using the language, reading it in unfinished sentences a...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 253
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STARDUST - wordsearchES
And another Stardust ws - this one different again. In this one sts have 2 different wordsearching tasks - one typical (to look for movie words and names in a grid) and one which makes them match beginnings and the ending of the sentences. My sts found that one especially interesting, because it seemed, but only seemed, very easy. Have fun watching...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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teenage play - Peter Perfect
So many of you are asking for teenage plays for your kids, to end the school year in style, Here�s one I did with my teenagers (5th & 6th grade). I was inspired by the tongue twister PETER PLAYS THE PIANO PERFECTLY. It�s about a kid who everybody thinks is perfect and they rub the kids noses in it, and then it turns out - nobody is perfect. It�s fu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
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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READ AND EXPAND - advanced text work
This is a collection of 8 lesson plans for 8 different texts (some of which I can thank some ESL members for), which I am planning to use with my advanced (even some intermediate) groups. They require reading, writing, vocabulary expansion, etc., and contain texts, tasks, follow-up essay or discussion ideas and game ideas. They are not typical text...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 316
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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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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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tenses - when does it happen?
You know when your teenage or adult sts have covered most tenses in English, and there are always those who try to memorize the rules of usage instead of simply listening to the sentences to decide what happens when? So I made this ppt for my sts, to rely on their feelings about time, and only then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 69
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Comparison with Harry Potter
This is a short ppt game to practise comparatives and superlatives to describe the characters from Harry Potter. (Another adition to moravc�s project) There�s also a ws and an OE available. I hope it�s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 76
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THINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - intermediate reading and writing practice
This is a ppt I created for my intermediate sts (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for Chatterbox 4 - the units with countries, adjectives and materials. The task is to write a sentence about each item in the slides turning the name of the country into an adjective and using the phrase �made of�. The fina...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 15
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ELEMENTARY REVISION GAMES - kids� level 1
This is a ppt I use at the end of school year with my level 1 school kids - we revise all material through this ppt and we play it as games in 2-3 teams. It covers many topics (alphabet, he/she, colours, numbers, city places...) and it�s really fun to do.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Downloads: 58
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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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ALPHABET LESSON - SONG AND RHYME FOR KIDS
This is a rhyme I made up for my kids to add a word to each letter of the alphabet. They can perform it in front of the parents, adding signs for letters and movement for words, and you can add any alphabet song they like. My kids liked it a lot - I hope yours do, too.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Downloads: 46
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St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33
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upper-intermediate revision games
This can be used for revision with upper intermediate students, and, as always, you can turn revision into team games, and later use the same or similar exercises to prepare an actual test for them. It covers conditionals, gerund vs. infinitive, modals,past tenses, word formation. I�ve even used it ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 32
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The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13
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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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DEMONS - IMAGINE DRAGONS
Trying to find a new song that has a message and no lyrics I would have to censor, I came across this one. I think it has something to teach my teenagers about not being superficial, about being self-critical, but also about relying on the good in each other. I prepared some tasks with synonyms, ant...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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TEDDYBEARS - PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND A STORY
This is a simple OE for elementary students to practise some Present Continuous (two tasks, all with animated teddies, followed by a story in rhyme with a fill in task and a challenge. I hope you like the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
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DRAGONS
I created this OE with my son in mind. (His English level is not yet there, but I�m hoping the topic will inspire him!) The exercise contains several tasks - a T/F one, two reading tasks with comprehension and fill-in and a listening task with the theme song of a dragon movie. There are pics and ani...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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PIRATE FUN
I made this OE for my students to do before or during their summer holidays. It�s a wordsearch, vocabulary task and riddles about pirates and their equipment. It�s also available as a printable, without the interactive options. I love pirate stories, so I have made several materials about this topic...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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BORN FREE - OUR PLANET
I made this OE inspired by the video for Born Free, but the basis for the exercise is actually environmental care, enjoying the nature and preserving it, so it revolves around nature vocabulary. It contains two videos and several tasks - vocabulary, spelling, memory practice, fill-in... well, you�ll...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
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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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