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Writing a Haiku Poem
Use these worksheets to help your students write their first poem, using one of the most simple formats; the haiku. First have them review an example, then change a few adjectives, then build vocabulary and then have them write their own haiku.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 125
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Friendship: What makes a good friend?
This is a nice handout I cobbled together from a variety of sources and modified to get students to talk about what characteristics they find important in a friend.
Begin the lesson with open questions about who has a best friend, why, etc.
A POWERFUL way to close the lesson is to watch a cool youtube short film called "Strangers". Introduce...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 118
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Coraline Movie Study Guide
This worksheet is to be used after watching the first 21:20 minutes of the movie Coraline. Subsequent lessons will be uploaded when ready. The process is vocabulary building, matching, fill in the blank, comparison, and presentation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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Find Someone Who
This printable is great for the first day of class for students and teachers to get to know each other.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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This Music Makes Me Feel...
This lesson about music and different music styles grabs students because you play 3 very different music videos on youtube (Meshuggah, Johnny Cash, Amy Adams). They then check their answers on a question grid. After the videos they turn to their neighbor and ask about their opinions, and fill out their grid. Finally, each student fills out a grid ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51
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Phonics Bingo
Here are 4 Bingo cards. Have a student select words from hat. Instead of markers, have students mark boxes in different ways for each new game. For example, 1st game is a line from upper left to lower right of the word box, 2nd game right up to left down, 3rd circle around the called word, 4th game shade box, etc.
Advanced or additional: teacher...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20
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Coraline Movie Conversation Cards
These are conversation cards that I use after watching minutes 21:20 to 38:30 of the movie Coraline. Put students in groups of 3-4 to hold a 6-10 minute discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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Coraline Movie Crossword Puzzle
This is a crossword puzzle I use after the one hour mark in the movie Coraline.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Coraline Movie Study Guide, pt 3
This is a worksheet that can be used between minutes 1:00:12 � 1:20:28 of the movie Coraline.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Reduced Forms and the Titanic
This is a worksheet made from material in Nina Weinstein�s "Whaddaya Say" that I have found very fun in classes, particularly for students 14 and above.
First review the reduced forms and then watch the youtube clip "I Jump, You Jump (6:54 min)" farom Titanic. Then have students underline the words spoken in reduced form. There are more than yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Phonics: The "Magic E" or "Silent E"
Use this Powerpoint to introduce the concept of Magic "E", also known as the silent E.
I teach the class that it is a "trick", which somehow draws their interest more than just the "silent e". I usually start with bringing up two students, naming the first a short vowel, the second a consonant (...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 39
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