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Presentation Feedback Cards
These cards are for peer feedback to classmates who are giving presentations. Print out the cards, preferably onto colored paper (a different color for each of the 5 cards), and cut them up. (Laminate them if you wish.) Each speaker then gives out 1 card to each member of the audience (including a card for the teacher!) according to the type of fee...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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Bad PowerPoint
Few things are as effective as satire in teaching people presentation techniques (or most other things!).
Don McMillan�s funny "Bad PowerPoint" or "Death by PowerPoint" video, which can be found on YouTube or ordered from his website, is an excellent way to teach students (uh, and teachers, too!) how NOT to do their PowerPoint slides.
It is b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Gerunds or Infinitives? (American)
Knowing whether to use a gerund or an infinitive is NOT easy. Here is a worksheet to help students choose. I�ve added 2 EPS images to illustrate some of the vocabulary. I used the font Baskerville, which permits everything to appear on a single page.You may with to experiment with a different font. (The 25 examples are from American English.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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Hogan�s Heroes: Praise the Fuehrer & Pass the Ammunition
"Hogan�s Heroes" was a very original, award-winning American sitcom from the 1960s, taking place in a German prisoner-of-war camp with prisoners who exploited the totally incompetent guards to wage underground operations. Available online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrWohpHOfI
This is an updated version of an earlier worksheet.
A film ve...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Conditionals
A traditional grammar exercise with some speaking practice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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How + Adjective Questions
Here is a simple questionnaire to do in pairs to practice How + adjectives, like How often, How fast, How friendly, etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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West Side Story - America
Here are worksheets and a lesson plan for a lesson based on the song "America" from the film musical "West Side Story." The ideas come primarily from a colleague, Diane Hanaud, but the formatting and layout from me.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Fish Called Wanda Conditionals
"A Fish Called Wanda" is among the funniest films ever. After watching the film, students complete these sentences (all but one are 3rd conditional) for homework, and then they compare and discuss their answers with their classmates. There are no fixed answers, and students get to eliminate 6 questions that they don�t like. (Can be used in conjunct...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Kaleidoscope - Discussion Questions
Here are some discussion questions to use after students read Ray Bradbury�s short story (science fiction) about interplanetary astronauts facing death. The idea is for each student to cross out or strike through all the questions he or she would NOT like to answer. The students then exchange question sheets with a partner and alternating questions...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Petula Clark - Downtown
Petula Clark�s hit song from the 1960s. The focus is on the adjectives and the nouns that they modify.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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