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dennypackard
Denny Packard
France



Born in the United States, I taught in France for over 40 years (plus many summers in Britain and the U.S.). I taught English primarily to young adults at University level, but I have also taught French secondary school pupils, business people, teachers, prison inmates, and drug addicts. My students have come from 93 countries around the world.

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Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
Certainly one of Elvis Presley�s most moving songs. There are 2 worksheets here. The first one is a gapped text (interesting to let the students predict the missing words before listening), and then an updated grammar exercise where the students have to supply the correct simple past verbs in a prose summary of the story. There is also an answer...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30


 
How I Met Your Mother - Slap Bet
Here is an illustrated worksheet from the very popular American TV sitcom, "How I Met Your Mother." Season 2, episode 9. I made a PowerPoint presentation showing screenshots with the subtitles illustrating the key vocabulary. Send me a private message, and I will send it to you. I used the font Dax Medium for the title, which is the same as t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29


 
Big Bang Theory - Hawking Excitation
Here is a worksheet to go along with one of the latest episodes of the great "The Big Bang Theory" with guest star British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, considered to be the most influential scientist since Albert Einstein. (If you are not familiar with Stephen Hawking, do have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking) My student...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29


 
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel�s Coat
Here are 2 worksheets for Alfred Hitchcock�s adaptation of Roald Dahl�s short story, "Mrs. Bixby And The Colonel�s Coat." You can use either worksheet, OR give half of the class one, the other half the other. After viewing the film, the students can then pair up and compare their answers. YouTube has several videos of this, including: http://www...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29


 
Fawlty Towers - Basil the Rat
This is a worksheet to use with the popular British TV series, "Fawlty Towers." I used Bookman font for the title (the same as the television programme). The pictures illustrating the key vocabulary will look best when printed on a PostScript compatible laser printer from a Macintosh, but they should be recognizable with other printers. Otherwis...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28


 
Friends - The One with the Red Sweater
Season 8, Episode 2 of this great sitcom. I used Gabriel Weiss� Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28


 
Fawlty Towers - Communication Problems
This is a worksheet to use with this episode of the British TV sitcom, "Fawlty Towers." I used Bookman font for the title (the same as the television programme). The pictures illustrating the key vocabulary will look best when printed on a PostScript compatible laser printer from a Macintosh, but they should be recognizable with other printers. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28


 
Science Fact or Science Fiction?
This is a quiz about science for upper-intermediate students based on questions taken from "The Naked Scientists" podcasts of the BBC radio programme. Here students work in groups of 3 or 4 to discuss whether each statement is Science Fact or Science Fiction. After the groups have made their choices, the teacher conducts a "TV Quiz Show" where each...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28


 
Father Ted-And God Created Woman
Here is a worksheet for the funny Irish/British sitcom "Father Ted," which is available on YouTube in several parts. This episode, "And God Created Woman," is from Series 1, Episode 5. The sitcom is about 3 priests on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. Recommended for students 18 and older.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
Who Gets a Transplant?
This exercise generates a lot of speaking. Students work in small groups of 4 or 5 discussing which 2 of the 5 patients will receive a life-saving liver transplant. (Two of the patients are loosely based on real people.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27

 

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