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FANTASY LAND - MAGICAL CREATURES - PART 1
This is another part of my fantasy land collection. This one contains text tables for a project, to go together with Mythical Beasts (also Fantasy Land, part 1). Part 2 contains poster worksheets for the project, and part 3 games for both beasts and magical creatures. Sorry I had to split it up, but simply couldn�t reduce any more. Matching OE prep...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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RAPUNZEL & fairytales - detailed reading project
This is a lesson plan(with Rapunzel text included) for detailed reading activities. There are no wss inside, because it�s aimed at motivating kids to do a lot with just one copy of the text per group. All the lesson ideas and suggestions are included and are supposed to encourage your students to scan-read, read in detail, play word detectives, use...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 149
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MORE ASSOCIATION GAMES- HAVE FUN!!!
More associations games coming your way - this time 2 pages of them, about books, food, movies, music... The rules are included for those of you who have never played this before. It�s a fun and incredibly useful way of expanding vocabulary, improving listening skills, and your students can make their own games as soon as they get the rules. It�s c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 100
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Idle Jack - children�s play based on a traditional English story
This is a children�s play I did 12 years ago with my younger teenage students, and lent it to a colleague of mine this year - both times the play went great - all the kids got their roles, the audience was interested, because it�s based on a traditional story, so nobody knew how it would end, and we finished with a Monty Python song played on the g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 85
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GREAT LOVE SONGS - collection no.2
Here is the 2nd part of my love songs collection with teacher�s versionsand ideas, and wss for Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Eternal Flame, Don�t Wanna Miss A Thing, More Than Words, Nothing Compares to You, With or Without You, and The Winner Takes it all. I hope you enjoy these.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 168
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the jungle book - children�s play
This is a children�s play based on the Jungle Book, with songs from the cartoon on page 2(and "choreography"). It�s not long, it�s not too complicated, some roles are individual, some require a group of kids, so you can also include the shy kids. The great thing about it is that it can even be performed outside. The songs are really catchy (Bare Ne...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 97
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FAMOUS CHARACTERS- conditionals & phrasal verbs
This is a grammar ws for advanced students. They need to work on some phrasal verbs and then use them to complete sentences in all types of conditionals. The fun catch is that the sentences are about some famous book, TV and cartoon characters.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 112
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Christmas is coming - beautiful poetry and activities
This is my choice of absolutely beautiful Christmas poetry by the Ghignas, and activities based on it. I use it for all levels, it�s such lovely imagery, wonderful language, delightful rhythm, that your lessons will practically plan themselves. Christmas doesn�t always have to be the typical songs - you can expand and enrich with poetry like this.
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 72
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THE SNOW QUEEN - advanced project
This is a project I�ve prepared for my advanced groups. It is based on a long version of the Snow Queen (link included) in 7 parts, and I�ve prepared a pre, while and post reading task for each part. I hope you find it useful. (can be used with the ppt available here http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=36625#thetop)
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 89
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READ AND EXPAND - advanced text work
This is a collection of 8 lesson plans for 8 different texts (some of which I can thank some ESL members for), which I am planning to use with my advanced (even some intermediate) groups. They require reading, writing, vocabulary expansion, etc., and contain texts, tasks, follow-up essay or discussion ideas and game ideas. They are not typical text...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 316
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CHANGING OUR WORLD - children�s motivational story
Here�s my contribution to Frank�s project for the children. It�s a story inspired by his poem Global Warming, and it�s meant to motivate children to change things. It�s simple reading with three motivational tasks as follow-up. The ppt includes the story and Frank�s poem. Thanks, Frank, for the moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 38
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
I designed this ppt based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced students (FCE&CAE) - it�s a fun, creative way to expand their adjectives vocabulary and let their imagination do some work for them. They love writing stories about interesting photos with some, but not too much, guided vocabul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 354
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SILLY ENGLISH - how easy is it to translate things?
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced teenagers who got just a little bit overly self-confident as far as their knowledge was concerned. It is based on an e-mail I got with ridiculously translated hotel and other signs around the world. It�s really funny, but the task for the sts is to say it in ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 82
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FCE PRACTICE - use of English, speaking, writing
I prepared this FCE practice for my groups (highschoolers), using exercises from free web-sites, course books and experience. It concentrates on word formation (use of English), speaking and writing practice, and I use it with my advanced groups as practice, and then give them similar exercises as t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 135
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ELEMENTARY REVISION GAMES - kids� level 2
This is a ppt I use to revise at the end of the year with my level 2 kids. It covers numbers (ordinal and cardinal), months, days of the week, school subjects, to be and prepositions, and we usually do it as a competition between two teams. Hope you find it useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Downloads: 122
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ALPHABET LESSON - SONG AND RHYME FOR KIDS
This is a rhyme I made up for my kids to add a word to each letter of the alphabet. They can perform it in front of the parents, adding signs for letters and movement for words, and you can add any alphabet song they like. My kids liked it a lot - I hope yours do, too.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Downloads: 46
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magic spells - reading and writing through magic
I created this ppt for a group game where I had mixed teams of preschool and teenage kids. It�s a very simple game of reading and then writing magic spells, using pictures and text. It�s easily printable (I used the printed version), but it�s useful because it makes kids use opposite adjectives (tur...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 15
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JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - educational and motivational
This ppt (and a corresponding ws) were inspired by Lucia13 who posted this wonderful text in our ESL cafe not long ago. Since I�m covering describing people with my teenagers, this is just the perfect icing on the cake to teach them to see past the surface. It�s designed for speaking and reading. I ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 221
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FCE VOCABULARY PRACTICE
This is a ppt prepared for the FCE level. It contains a vocabulary task with multiple choice (with key), and a paraphrasing task (with key). Both tasks also contain an extra slide which is bw and printable as a ws or test (with key). These activities are then followed by a brain teaser which you can...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 86
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PRESENT PERFECT WITH HARRY POTTER
Here�s a Present Perfect game based on the HP stories - another addition to moravc�s project. I hope you find it fun and useful. (When you get the answer right, a magical creature appears:)).
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 87
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FISHING FUN
This is an OE based on a fun/funny dialogue between two boys about fishing (thank you, Frank, for your kind permission to use your text). It contains a reading task, two fun fishing videos, a preposition and a vocabulary task. I hope you find it useful and enjoy the dialogue.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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JOKES AND PAST SIMPLE - practice
This is a simple OE to revise or practise the Past Simple. There is a task to practise regular and irregular past forms, a fill-in task with kids� jokes and a task with short past simple answers. I hope it�s of use to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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Comparison with Harry Potter
Another addition to moravc�s project Grammar with HP. This one is for comparison practice and uses Harry Potter characters to make it more fun. (Also available, a ppt game and ws about this). Hope it�s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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SUMMER - DON�T YOU JUST LOVE IT?
I made this OE for my last lesson with my students before the summer holidays. There is a bit about ocean animals, about diving and a funny cartoon taking place on the beach. I hope you have fun with it!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
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Present Perfect with Harry Potter
This exercise is part of moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. It is designed to practise the Present Perfect. It has three different tasks. Thanks, dear moravc, for letting me join the project!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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FANTASY LAND 2
This is another part of my Fantasy Land collection (5 wss and another OE). This one is a bit more difficult - it requires reading and filling in the blanks from given options. Hope it�s of use!
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
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DRAMA QUEEN - from an early age
This is an OE prepared to revise Present and Past Simple (all forms) through a simple story about a gril who was a drama queen and grew up to stay one as well. The OE has four tasks: 1. Past Simple, 2. Present Simple, 3. Drama Queen lyrics tasks (several) and 4. short answers in both Present and Pas...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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I WON�T GIVE UP - JASON MRAZ
I just couldn�t resist this song, the video and the melody. The tasks are rather simple (spelling, opposites and ordering by numbers), but the song is lovely and the video has a nice message. I�m planning to do it on Valentine�s Day, although the message is universal. I hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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EMELI SANDE -CLOWN
The song is just too beautiful to miss. There are some follow-up vocabulary and comprehension tasks with Sande�s biography and explanation for the song. I hope your students enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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SHERLOCK HOLMES 2
This is the second part of my Holmes OE series. This one contains two tasks - the first one is a multiple choice task with info on Holmes from Wikipedia, and the second one is an open cloze based on listening to the words from the given TV-series trailer. I hope it�s useful to you.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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