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LIVERPOOL
This worksheet includes a link to watch the short videos on Liverpool. I explain how I used them with my students ( exercises + answers included ). This worksheet is both a printable and lesson plan.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28


 
The Power of Tabloids
I give this written comprehension as a test after working on The Press, but you can use it as an introduction to the topic.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45


 
Jigsaw Reading from Harlan Coben�s novel Play Dead
This printable can be used alone as a reading activity or as a follow-up work after working on another extract from the novel situated just before this extract ( see my other printable ). In this extract, the character who is bullied at school hopes her new designer dress will change the way her classmates see her, but she�s in for a big surprise !
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 12


 
Dear Mama - 2Pac
This printable includes the lyrics of the song, the activities you can do ( questions, fill in the blanks, search for vocabulary ). Then I ask students to write to someone they are thankful for.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17


 
Written comprehension on K. Stockett�s best seller THE HELP
This is a written comprehension on an extract from The Help.It�s a very interesting extract dealing with segregation in the South of the USA in the 1960s. I use it as a test but it can be used in a lesson about segregation. Answers are included.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41


 
Worksheet on President Obama�s Speech announcing the death of Bin Laden
This worksheet contains activities on President Obama�s speech announcing the death of Bin Laden (only from the beginning to 5�46, not the full speech) : exercises 1 and 2 only focus on the video of the speech, exercise 3 is a vocabulary exercise on collocations and exercise 4 is on the transcript of the speech.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15


 
Reading and questions on an extract from H. Coben�s Play Dead
This is an extract from Harlan Coben�s novel Play Dead in which the main character remembers how she was bullied at school. It includes questions to check the students�understanding of the text + writing questions. KEY included It can easily be used as a test.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25


 
Article on Michael Jackson (2)
I use this parody of a Mickael Jackson obituary after studying a "serious" article on the same subject ( See my other printable : Article on Mickael Jackson 1 ). It shows the students how the same topic can be dealt with in 2 radically different ways. It includes the questions + answers, and the subject I asked them to write about at the end of th...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3


 
Organizing a debate after watching Supersize Me
This is the subject of a debate you can organize in class after working on the movie Supersize Me. It includes the description of the situation and the different roles to be played by students.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24


 
The History of Central Park
This is a reading comprehension based on an article about Central Park. It includes an article, questions and answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21

 

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Fill in the blanks with adjectives and adverbs from President Obama�s Speech
This is a vocabulary exercise to review some of the adjectives and adverbs studied in President Obama�s Speech ( whose transcript you can find on the web )

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


Mr Men ! Reviewing adjectives about qualities and faults
You probably know the books and cartoons "Mr Men". You can ask your students to do the exercise after looking at their website ( or without if they have a good level )

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100