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Bob Newhart - King Kong
Bob Newhart�s funniest monologue of a very conscientious night guard wondering what to do as King Kong climbs the outside of the Empire State Building. This hilarious recording is available on CD and from the iTunes store for a very low price. (Probably on YouTube, too!)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Stranded on Desert Islands
This matching exercise jokes about national and cultural stereotypes. Best to use with students 18 years and older.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
This funny song by Allen Sherman about an unhappy boy writing a letter to his parents from summer camp is timeless.
There are several types of exercises here, a vocabulary matching exercise, listening comprehension, discussion, etc.
I used the Mistral font for the title, but this can be changed so that everything fits onto 2 pages.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Dear Ann Landers/Dear Abby
Here are some letters to American agony aunts (and twin sisters), Ann Landers and Abigail van Buren. Distribute a "Problem" card and an "Advice" card randomly to each student, who study the cards before they are taken back by the teacher. The students have to circulate around the classroom and summarize "their" problem to another student, who then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 11
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John Denver - Annie�s Song
Very pretty and easy song by John Denver. Gap-fill, easy-to-understand lyrics.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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RSVP - Scientists� Ball
Here�s an enjoyable pairwork exercise where students match the names of famous scientists with their responses to an invitation to a Scientists� Ball to celebrate Albert Einstein�s being named "Time" Magazine�s "Person of the Century." This is based on an e-mail that circulated on the Internet, but several of the contributions are MINE, along with ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Tex Avery Cartoon - Red Hot Riding Hood
You can find this famous Tex Avery cartoon on several sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn7Su0A-inA (high quality)
http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=8039477657790445932&q=genre3Aanimation+tex+avery
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8039477657790445932#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGdL4md3Ig
With the students, you might g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Colloquialisms 1
The list of common colloquial expressions came from an old British coursebook, but I made it into an exercise that is challenging, but not impossible for upper-intermediate and advanced learners. Here students have to match the questions with replies.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 62
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Vaughn Meador - The Economy Lunch
"The First Family" parodied President Kennedy and was a great sensation when it was released in the early 1960s. Trying to save money, Pres. Kennedy shocks world leaders by offering them sandwiches for lunch. Students have to complete the seating chart and then write down what each world leader orders for lunch. The audio track is available on CD.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Humorous Biographies
Most of the time, students write for the teacher. Here the students write humorous biographies of their classmates for their classmates AND their teacher to read. Have everyone write their name on a slip of paper, collect them, and have each student draw a name out of a hat, taking care to draw a second name if they happen to draw their own. (And w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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