|
Katy Perry: Thinking of you
A great activity for middle/high-school students. The lyrics to the song "Thinking of you" by Katy Perry are broken up into chunks to be cut out and handed to the students. Make sure that they note that every part has a letter to identify them more easily, but they do NOT go in alphabetical order! Also have them take out parts A, H, and K, which ar...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
|
|
Ne-Yo: Closer, listening exercise
The lyrics to the song "Closer" by Ne-Yo. There are two different tasks, either to fill in the correct word (using rhyming and/or context to help figure it out) or to count the number of times a particular word or phrase is repeated.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
|
|
Using E-mail to Write to PenPals
A great activity with a class of students is to connect them to another class of students more or less the same age in another country with English as a common language, set up pairs between the two classes, and have them write weekly emails back and forth. It forces them to use English in a way that will be understood by people from another cultur...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
|
|
Tom�s Diner (Suzanne Vega) - present continuous (progressive)
Activity for the present continuous (present progressive) using the song by Suzanne Vega "Tom�s Diner." The first part students have a list of verbs used in the song and must write them in the gerund form. Then they listen to the song as often as necessary to fill in the blanks, which are all with some form of present continuous. At the end there a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
|
|
Jesse McCartney: "Beautiful Soul" listening exercise
Students listen to the song and fill in the missing words. There are two of the same exercise on each page to save photocopying paper.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
|
|
Movie: "You�ve Got Mail"
a worksheet to complete while watching the whole movie. At the beginning is a vocabulary match for important words for the whole film. Then are questions in order seen in the film. I suggest planning where to stop periodically and telling the students that you will be doing up to number x so they don�t feel too lost. I put this is ok from age 12 an...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42
|
|
Britney Spears: Baby One More Time - Advanced Modals
The song "Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears for more advanced forms of modals (was supposed to, shouldn�t have, need, must, wouldn�t) and one answer with "tell," which can be used to explain the difference between say and tell.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
|
|
Find someone who....
An icebreaker activity for the first day of class, students must stand up and mill, asking the other students (or teachers!) the questions until they can fill each question with one name. They can repeat names, but cannot use their own. The first student who finished must call out "Finished!" at which point everyone sits back down, and as a class y...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
|
|
Future Tense with Will: song "you�ve got a friend" by Carole King
A listening activity for the Future Tense with Will. Students listen to the song and insert the correct answers (in order: I will be, I�ll come, I�ll be, you�ll hear, I will, they�ll hurt). You could have a discussion afterwards about why will is used instead of going to. Also good to do is discuss afterwards "ain�t," what it means and why it�s not...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
|
|
Song: Whenever I say your Name by Sting and Mary J. Blige, -EVER WORDS
The song by Sting (with Mary J. Blige) used for more advanced students studying -ever words, such as whenever, wherever, whoever, whomever, etc. Students listen and fill in the blanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
|
