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3 Clues Card Game
This is a great game to elicit vocabulary and practice speaking and listening. In small groups, students take turns taking a card at random from a stack and reading aloud the clues, one by one. After each clue, the other students have a chance to guess which word is on the card. The student who guesses correctly gets the card. The student with the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 164
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Write a love letter using similes
Great for teaching similes or as a Valentine�s Day writing activity. My junior high students enjoyed writing letters to fictional characters (e.g., Doraemon) instead of real people. Whatever works! Included: (1) A practice sheet with a sample letter; (2) A writing sheet with a space for drawing a picture of the beloved!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Survey Activity with Adjectives
After teaching beginner-level students opposite adjectives (e.g., big/small, quiet/noisy, beautiful/ugly, etc.), use this simple one-page worksheet to get them talking! First, students write 3 unique (ideally, subjective) survey questions, using the form, "Is (Are) ...[adjective] or [adjective]?" Then, they interview 5 classmates, note their answ...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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"Hocus Pocus" Writing Exercises
"Hocus Pocus" (1993) is a great film for showing what American Halloween is like, and also for the kid-friendly story. This WS includes a vocabulary section for BEFORE watching, a fill-in-the-blank for DURING, and a paragraph writing section for AFTER. Includes answer key and is fully editable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 121
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Song: Jackson 5�s "I Want You Back" (Nouns)
Students fill in the blanks with nouns from the word box. Either have your students fill in the blanks and then listen to check answers, or vice versa. Great way to remember the King of Pop! Also included: full lyrics sheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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"My Radio Show" Project
This is a great project for generating creativity, using a variety of learned English, and possibly giving shy students a chance to present without as much pressure. In groups, students think of an idea for a radio show or commercial. Then, they write a script (first and final draft). Last, they record. In my case, our school has a computer lab ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 46
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Ways of Measuring Food (Reference Sheet)
This reference sheet shows four ways of measuring foods in the U.S.--by volume, weight, container, and portion. It is especially useful for clearing up confusion about all the partitives vocabulary (pound vs. quart vs. bottle vs. piece) that non-American ESL/EFL students may have.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 64
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Reverse Q&A WS & Cards
This works well as a simple review activity. Students do the card activity in pairs. One reads a statement ("It�s 50 dollars") and the other tries to form the appropriate question ("How much is it?"). The accompanying handout could be done afterward, as homework.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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10 Love Idioms (WS + Activity)
Teach your kids 10 love idioms, and let them practice with a fill-in-the-blank exercise. (Answer key included) For a supplementary activity, you can play the Broken Hearts game: (Preparation) (Optional: Print and laminate page 3-4). Cut out the hearts (one for every 2 students). Cut each heart into half. (Activity) Give a half to each student. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 93
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Music Vocabulary
Students match vocabulary words for musical genres and moods to their pictures. Very simple, so could be used to introduce a lesson about music.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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