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Futurama - Space Pilot
Listening Comprehension for the cartoon series "Futurama," Season 1, Ep. 1
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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"Witness" Discussion Questions
Some discussion questions for after viewing the film.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Tom Lehrer - Who�s Next
Songs about nuclear proliferation are very rare, but here is is a good one and a FUNNY one by satirist Tom Lehrer. The lyrics are for both his original version and the updated one from "TomFoolery," but the worksheet is for the newer one. The song is available on the Internet, iTunes store, and (CD) Amazon.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Rowan Atkinson - Return of Constable Savage
An encore from Rowan Atkinson�s first TV show, "Not the Nine O�Clock News," we see the conscientious Constable Savage reprimanded again for arresting the same man 1,254 times, including for "impersonating a member of the general public." The hard-working constable has also arrested the man�s wife and son for "breaking and entering a boiled egg."
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Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Poison - Video
Here�s a worksheet for the 24-minute Alfred Hitchcock TV film, "Poison," based on a short story by British author Roald Dahl. What is remarkable is that for once the film is better than the written short story. Added to the film are the rivalry between the 2 main characters and Harry�s alcoholism.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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Fawlty Towers - Waldorf Salad Jumble
Give each pair of students a set of the strips, and ask them to construct a dialogue between a customer and a restaurant manager. Answer any questions about vocabulary. After they have ALMOST finished, play the scene from the "Fawlty Towers" episode "Waldorf Salad" so they can check (and correct) their version.
You can then use the "Waldorf Sala...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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Who�s the Leader of China
In this parody of Abbott and Costello�s classic sketch about baseball, "Who�s on First," President George W. Bush questions Condoleezza Rice about Hu, the new leader of China. You can find an audio recording of this sketch on the Internet to play after the students have read this dialogue in pairs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Medical Dilemmas
For this discussion activity, divide the class into pairs or small groups and give each student ONE of the cards. The students debate the issues on BOTH cards (the sale of human organs AND requiring medical students to do 6-month internships in developing countries). Each student has prompts with ideas for ONE of the topics. I use these in conjunct...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 34
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Shameless Intro
This acclaimed comedy drama from Channel 4 in Britain portrays a dysfunctional working-class family in very stark terms. The accents are typical of the northern England working class, thus quite difficult!
An idea would be to have half of the class watch the scene from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dssnahZ16uU&feature=related> with the sound off,...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Scrubs - My Old Lady
This is from Season 1 of the popular American sitcom "Scrubs." For the title and the pictures of the characters, I used the free font Scrubbed, which allows everything to appear on one page. There is also a picture of a doctor in scrubs to illustrate the sitcom�s title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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