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SHAPE WRITING - a fun and creative teaching idea to improve writing skills
I used this idea this Christmas and Easter with my sts and they absolutely loved it - all levels and ages. It�s fun and effective, doesn�t take a lot of time, and the effect is amazing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 104
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St. Patrick�s Day
Here are only some of my St. Patrick�s Day�s favourite activities - a crossword, a song, a text about Ireland and a story about a leprechaun and a greedy lady. The story is really educational and I�ve used it with all my levels - with preschoolers I added mime and sounds and a song afterwards, with intermediates I had a jumbled text to sort out, an...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 104
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project 3 - English speaking countries
This is part 3 of 3 projects I�m posting today. This one deals with countries, and it�s the basis for a classroom project in which you get your sts to actively use English and learn about different countries. It�s a combination of language, geography and basic culture. It includes several pages of ideas, and it�s designed as a longer activity. Your...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 451
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CREATIVE WORKSHOP - tell the tale
These are the basic principles which guide me in most of my creative workshops and discussions. It offers very little printable materials to sts (you can even get away with none), but gives them lots of hints, preparatory work and ideas. It teaches them to think, organize their ideas and argument their thoughts. The principle can be applied in many...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 107
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JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - advanced/intermediate ws
This is a wonderful inspirational text which was posted not long ago in our ESL cafe by Lucia13. It inspired me to make a ppt and ws about the topic of judging people on appearances, since I�m teaching my students to describe people. There are pre, while and post-reading tasks, as well as the original version of the text. I hope you find it as moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 228
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Mamma mia - lyrics worksheet
A great, fun and optimistic song - just perfect for these difficult times! And Abba lyrics are full of useful idioms you can teach your kids. It goes great with the movie and kids like it, especially teenagers. Have fun and sing!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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The Little Christmas Spider - children�s play
This is a play I wrote many years ago and we have been using it for Christmas shows as kids� play or puppet show ever since. It is full of characters (something for every kid) and it�s intertwined with kids� rhymes and songs. I like the story a lot, because it shows that every single creature in the world has a purpose, regardless of the way it loo...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 239
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Mulan - follow-up
Children enjoy learning through movies. Mulan is very educational, as well as fun, and this worksheet checks their understanding of the story, strengthens vocabulary and encourages them to make their own sentences using cartoon vocabulary. Have fun!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-11
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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AVATAR - movie follow-up worksheet 1
This is the first worksheet (2-pager) based on texts about the movie Avatar. I wasn�t sure whether to put it under intermediate or advanced, but everybody knows their sts best. It�s some vocabulary work and comprehension work as well. I hope you find it useful. (There are 3 worksheets in the collection.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 336
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The Prince of Bel Air - a teenage play
This is a short teenage play based on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (remember Will Smith�s early years). It was made up for a group fo teenagers who got the chance to perform it in the theatre in front of their parents and guests, but we only had about 5 lessons to write it and rehearse it. It is therefore very simple, funny, revolves arou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: reading
Downloads: 54
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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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THE CONDITIONALS GAME
This is a ppt I made for my intermediate and advanced students who are fed up with revising conditionals using worksheets, which we sometimes all are. It can be used directly in class, or simply as an idea for an activity with pictures and word cards. You can use it with any type of conditional, as ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 358
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THE SNOW QUEEN - advanced project
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced groups based on 7 parts of a long version of the story. The ppt contains some pre, while and post reading tasks for all the chapters, but is basically meant to be used with the worksheet available here http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=477995#thet...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 53
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CHRISTMAS SPIDER - ROLE PLAY
This is an old role-play of mine based on world legends, tales, songs and nursery rhymes about Christmas(I�ve just updated the word doc uploaded here before). I�ve used it as role play and a puppet show and am planning to use it again this year. It�s nice to do with children, because there are lots ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-11
Downloads: 74
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wanted - enchanted or not...
This is a ppt with basic info on some magical creatures, like wanted posters without pics, for sts to guess the creature. It�s designed to start as simple reading in a game, which can then be turned into using the given info for writing short essays. Again, fairytales go well with Halloween, so it c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 10
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CHIT-CHAT-speaking revision
This is a ppt made up from prop slides. I prepared it for my adults who are not very eager to speak, who need props to help them speak and who want to cover as much as they can in as little time possible. Sounds familiar? Anyway, I hope you find it useful. I�m also uploading a ws with the same vocab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 119
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tenses - when does it happen?
You know when your teenage or adult sts have covered most tenses in English, and there are always those who try to memorize the rules of usage instead of simply listening to the sentences to decide what happens when? So I made this ppt for my sts, to rely on their feelings about time, and only then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 69
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Past Simple - practical revision
This is a very simple ppt to revise the past simple tense. I used it with my kids and adults, and it was fun because we played it as games(each slide was one game) in 2 teams, and only made notes afterwards. I even used some exercises in a test later on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 17
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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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PIRATE�S TREASURE - fun summer story with pre, during and post-reading fun
This ppt is based on the story Pirate�s Treasure(the link is included because the online version also contains audio files). It�s a fun short story for children, and the ppt has an activity to do before reading, lots of discussion stuff to do while reading and fun challenges for after reading. I hop...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 126
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THE KISS THAT MISSED
This is an OE I made based on my ws for the story The Kiss that Missed (by D. Melling). It�s a funny fairytale with a synonyms task before reading, and the story from a youtube video with follow-up questions (Present and Past Simple).
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
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QUESTIONS - yes-no, wh, tags and some fun
This is an OE designed to drill the students in making questions in various tenses - yes-no questions, wh-questions, question tags. There�s a fun teenage youtube video at the end with the �world record� in asking and answering questions. It�s there just for fun and an extra challenge for your studen...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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BORN FREE - OUR PLANET
I made this OE inspired by the video for Born Free, but the basis for the exercise is actually environmental care, enjoying the nature and preserving it, so it revolves around nature vocabulary. It contains two videos and several tasks - vocabulary, spelling, memory practice, fill-in... well, you�ll...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
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DRAGONS
I created this OE with my son in mind. (His English level is not yet there, but I�m hoping the topic will inspire him!) The exercise contains several tasks - a T/F one, two reading tasks with comprehension and fill-in and a listening task with the theme song of a dragon movie. There are pics and ani...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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SHERLOCK HOLMES 3
This is the third OE I�ve made about Sherlock HOlmes. It contains two reading tasks - a multiple choice(based on a tex from Wikipedia about Holmes�s habits) and a true/false(based on a ppt video about Conan Doyle.). Hope you can use it.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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LET IT SNOW - WINTER CLOTHES
This is a very simple task for small children to revise colours and winter clothes. It contains a Peppa video about snow and a task with colours and winter clothes. I made it all in capital letters, because my 6-year-olds find them easier to follow. I hope you find it useful and fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-8
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READ & LEARN - SYNONYMS & WORD FORMATION
This is a vocabulary task based on a poem by F. Letras (with his kind permission) and it contains synonyms, word formation and reading comprehension. I hope you find it useful. The poem has an interesting ending, so you might even use it (for Halloween maybe?) as an open-ended poem with your stodent...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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LET�S PLAY PIRATES!
I made this OE for my students who just love pirate stories, treasure hunting and pirate songs. It has a listening task (a very catchy pirate song), a reading task and a treasure hunt with prepositions. I hope you like it! AAAAArrrrgh!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
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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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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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