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Tim Burton�s "Vincent"
Here is a worksheet prepared by another teacher and myself for Tim Burton�s delightful first film, an animated short about a little boy interested in horror film actor Vincent Price, who actually narrates this film in verse. I used the fonts Garamond Narrow for the text and Shatter LET for the title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Kate & Arthur - Present Perfect Lives
Information about Kate and Arthur is given on page 1, and then the exercises on page 2 highlight the differences between the present perfect and simple past tenses within the context of this couple�s lives. (The dates need to be updated every year.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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The Tell-Tale Heart - Role-Play
This is a role-play based on Edgar Allen Poe�s "The Tell-Tale Heart." Half of the class are journalists who interview people who knew the madman at various times in his life, such as a neighbor, fianc�e, teacher, doctor, etc. Each journalist interviews 3 or 4 of the madman�s acquaintances.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 60
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The Tell-Tale Heart - Pre-Reading ex.
Students are asked to make up a story using key words on these cards. They then tell the story to other students. Next they listen to a reading of Edgar Allen Poe�s "The Tell-Tale Heart" and place the cards in order as they hear them. (You can then have them read the story and study it in your normal way.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 38
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The Tell-Tale Heart - Ideas & Text
Here are a few (original?) ideas to get students involved and talking about Edgar Allen Poe�s famous short story, along with the text to the story on pages 2 and 3. The role cards that I uploaded along with this are related to exercise 3 in this lesson plan.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 52
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Roald Dahl - The Landlady - Questions
Here are some comprehension questions to accompany Roald Dahl�s great story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Thank You, M�am - Questions
Langston Hughes is best known as a poet of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s, but here are some discussion questions to a fabulous short story written in the 1950s. As a follow-up (homework, for example), I ask students to write a letter from the boy to the woman 10 or 15 years after the story takes place.
Send me a private message with yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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At the Pet Shop Role Play
Have the students brainstorm animals that are not normally pets (examples: hippos, crocodiles, pigs, giraffes, penguins, pythons, skunks, etc.). Then have each pair of students select an unconventional pet and draw a picture of it. (You could also use pictures and have the students select an unconventional pet from these).
Then explain to them t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Kaleidoscope - Discussion Questions
Here are some discussion questions to use after students read Ray Bradbury�s short story (science fiction) about interplanetary astronauts facing death. The idea is for each student to cross out or strike through all the questions he or she would NOT like to answer. The students then exchange question sheets with a partner and alternating questions...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Everyday Use - Notes
Some notes and teaching ideas for Alice Walker�s brilliant short story about conflict between a daughter�s modern values and her mother�s traditional values. Send me a personal message if you would like me to send you a copy of the short story.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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