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Witch Tongue Twisters for Halloween
Students can practice their pronunciation. Make sure to read the tongue twisters aloud and have students repeat the correct pronunciation before handing out the worksheet.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Battleship-- Asking Questions
This classic battleship game is designed to get students to ask complete questions in English. Each partner is given two worksheets. On the "My Ships" sheet students begin by making 5 boats (1 A boat, 1 B boat, 1 C boat, and 2 D boats) anywhere they choose across the grid (one letter in each grid space). The "My Ships" sheet is a secret from the ot...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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How to Learn a Language in 6 Months
Students discuss questions about learning a language, learn some background vocabulary from the TED Talk, then watch the video and complete comprehension questions. Video available here:
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/How-to-learn-any-language-in-si
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 108
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Columbus Day-- A Dying Holiday
Students discuss what they know about Columbus and then do a short reading followed by more discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Video Clip: Gangs in Chicago
Students watch and listen to the video (13 minutes, Vice TV Episode 9) found here. There is some bad language in the video, so be aware of that when showing this to certain audiences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7q3tokn4ew
Level: advanced
Age: 17-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Three Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed (5 Min TED Talk)
Students discuss their airplane/flying experiences, do a short background reading about "The Miracle on the Hudson," and then watch the TED Talk and answer comprehension questions.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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Robot Discussion
Students talk about robots. If you have a computer available, you can show them this Reuters news clip about new, creepily realistic Japanese robots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7gl7yoBnrM
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are
Students discuss body language in pictures and then watch the TED Talk and answer comprehension questions: http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 111
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TED Talk on Racism: The Little Problem I Had Renting a House
Students discuss questions on the topic of racism as a warmer, complete pre-watching vocabulary (matching exercise), and then watch the TED Talk, answering the comprehension questions True/False. After watching, students discuss their reactions and more questions about racism. TED Talk available to stream or download here: http://www.ted.com/talks/...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 94
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Valentine�s Day- What Makes a Good Partner?
This 2 sided worksheet was a hit with my middle school students last year. In the second part, students are asked to rank the importance of different characteristics in a boyfriend or girlfriend (funny/ intelligent/ responsible/ good looking/ kind). This is simple enough to be completed by lower level students, but can also spark deeper conversatio...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Food Idioms
Teach your students some common food idioms through this PPT. I made it into a game in my classes, since my kids love competition.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 16
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Beyond Basic Family, ".........-in-law" Simpsons
After reviewing basic family vocabulary (mother, father, brother, etc...), I made this PPT to graphically teach my students the meaning of "in-law." It�s a difficult concept for students at first, but becomes easier as they see the many examples through the Simpsons family tree. I tested my students...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 139
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Excuse me, how do you spell _________?
I teach English to Korea students. Despite studying English for years, my students still didn�t know how to ask "How do you spell ____________?" Instead, many were saying "Teacher, how spell you ______" or "Teacher, ________spelling??" I got really tired of this. I told them to stop calling me "teac...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Downloads: 5
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Palm Reading: Meaning of Lines
Students learn the meaning of six lines of the palm (life, health, marriage, love, job, mind) and then practice the future tense by reading a partner�s palm. I plan to upload the worksheet to go along with this.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 107
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