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Webquest - Portrayal of Beauty in the Media
Great for teens. Deals mainly with the idea of photo retouching and the unreal images of beauty portrayed by the media.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Listening to an Aboriginal folktale - Thukeri
Suitable also for pre-intermediate. This is a worksheet to be used with a video on the Australian Museum website: http://australianmuseum.net.au/movie/Thukeri. There�s a moral to the story (�don�t be greedy, help others�) and it explains some aspect of the natural world (why a certain kind of fish have a lot of bones in them). The video is in na...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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Webquest - Marketing to Children
Activities to be completed by visiting the webpages given on the worksheet (current as of 10/2010). The topic--marketing to children--can be used as a lead-in to writing and discussion. May also be suitable for upper-intermediate.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Waltzing Matilda listening activity with vocabulary and comprehension questions
For teaching the traditional Australian song �Waltzing Matilda�, by A.B. Paterson. Students listen to the song and order the strips. The strips have to be prepared beforehand (I recommend making copies onto different colored paper so that it isn�t too much trouble to keep each set separate). The other pages contain the complete lyrics, as well a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 12
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Australian Government Notes (a web-based information gathering activity)
An information gathering/note-taking activity. Focuses on federal, state and (especially) local government in Australia and their roles. Question 21 was written for people living in Tasmania and may have to be adapted or deleted.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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The Pursuit of Happyness (sic)
A worksheet for one short scene in the movie - the scene where Mr. Gardener goes for his initial interview. It begins where he is getting out of jail and ends where he is getting into the elevator/lift. I used it for fun around the time we were studying interviews.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Jumbled news articles
Contains four news articles which the teacher cuts into strips. The students work together in groups to sort the stories and put them in order. Contains a worksheet with questions for discussion, vocabulary and analyzing structure. Contains some interesting vocabulary of motion. Uses intermediate-level past tenses, passive, etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 6
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