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anitarobi
Anita Kovacevic
website Croatia



�Do not tell me the sky is the limit, when there are footprints on the moon.� I�ve been a teacher and teacher trainer for over 25 years. Some of my materials contain my original stories and poetry. If you use them, pls let me know if it worked out well. You can also find my fiction books on Amazon and other sites. blog at https://anitashaven.wordpress.com/

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toys - matching ws for kids
This is a very simple ws for smaller kids to match toys and their words. The words are all caps, because preschoolers and 1st graders are more comfortable with these. I use it as a ws, but also as a class poster. I sometimes give them colourful wss as a special reward, but it�s editable so you can print it in b&w if you want to.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-8
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
WORD GAMES - to motivate reading
This is a collection of 16 word games I use in my lessons to motivate reading in English, collected from various sources and developed from my classroom situations. The rules for each game are explained on 3 basic levels - elementary, intermediate and advanced, and the games can be used with all vocabulary groups, all ages (from preschool to adult)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: others
Downloads: 832


 
SPRING RIDDLES - elementary riddles and picture cards
This is a set of 8 spring vocabulary riddles and matching picture cards. You can also edit everything, print the pages twice and play as memory game, or use the idea for your older sts and higher levels and have them create their own riddles. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 5-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 163


 
ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING - reading practice
This is a text I got from a friend and used it for teenage and adult groups. This plan contains a list of activities to do before, while and after reading: the introductory discussion, listening-reading activity, writing project in pairs and group work, and finally, the vocabulary follow-up activity. I found it very motivating for teenagers and adu...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 154


 
CARTOONS AND FRIENDS - kids� rhymes for a show
I couldn�t resist sharing this with you - it�s something I worked out for my level 1 sts to perform at the end of the school year in front of the parents. It consists of several rhymes about their favourite cartoon characters (I had 2-3 of them speak out each rhyme and added movements and costumes), and they end it with a rhyme about friendship (wh...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Type: reading
Downloads: 43


 
Kids and exam answers - student bloopers used to learn
This project is also inspired by a post in the forum about students� science exam answers/bloopers and expanded using some �false� definitions many of you wrote (I hope nobody minds my using it as inspiration and linguistic material). I decided again to use laughing at mistakes as prevention for making one. Using funny texts with advanced levels (a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 53


 
FANTASY LAND - MYTHICAL BEASTS- PART 1
This is only part of a project I prepared for my after-holiday workshop with students about mythical beasts and magical creatures. After spending half the day reducing it in every possible way, I simply had to split it into parts. So - this is part 1 of the project about mythical beasts (There is also part 2- worksheets for this project, and part 3...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 55


 
THE INKHEART PROJECT - the book - part 2, INKSPELL
If you�ve always loved fantasy stories like I have and were looking for one for your intermediate and advanced teenagers, Inkheart might be really interesting for you. I�ve used both the book and movie in class, and they�re really interesting - having the gift to read out things and characters from books into real life, who wouldn�t want that? This...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 74


 
movies-associations games
You�ve probably played associations before (maybe you call it differently), but if you haven�t, do try - it�s amazing how much fun it can be, how much language material you can cover with it, and kids soon start making them themselves, which is great. I made some about movies, but once you get the principle, you can use it for any level and it can ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: others
Downloads: 72


 
PIRATE SUMMER - lots of fun stuff before the summer holidays!
This is a collection containing lesson and project ideas, games, a story and a 2-page ws which are fun to do as revision at the end of the school year for elementary and intermediate sts. The main topic are pirates, but the revision part is linked to basic vocabulary groups. It also has coded messages (in windings) for the kids to practise spelling...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 582

 


THE SNOW QUEEN (poem) - creative writing ppt
Adding this to my Snow Queen project, I�ve created this ppt for my advanced groups based on a poem by F. Letras (with his permission - thanks, Frank). It contains a poem inspired by the Snow Queen story, two vocabulary task slides and a creative writing task which can be done individually or in pair...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 49


JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - educational and motivational
This ppt (and a corresponding ws) were inspired by Lucia13 who posted this wonderful text in our ESL cafe not long ago. Since I�m covering describing people with my teenagers, this is just the perfect icing on the cake to teach them to see past the surface. It�s designed for speaking and reading. I ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 221


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


Goblins and Firefairies - HALLOWEEN poem and ppt quiz
With kind permission from the author himself, our very own poet Francisco Letras (franknbea), I have used his Halloween poem to make a reading ppt with tasks of guessing hidden words and a short quiz and writing task as follow-up. I hope you enjoy the poetry and find the ppt useful for intermediate ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 29


St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!

Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33


The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13


The 5th Element - characters fill-in quiz
This is a ppt about the main characters from the movie The 5th Element. It contains a pic and a fill-in text about all the main characters from this fun science-fiction film. I used info and texts from www.imdb.com. I�m working on it as an additional activity with my sts (levels elementary-intermedi...

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 3


PRESENT PERFECT WITH HARRY POTTER
Here�s a Present Perfect game based on the HP stories - another addition to moravc�s project. I hope you find it fun and useful. (When you get the answer right, a magical creature appears:)).

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 87


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


Comparison with Harry Potter
This is a short ppt game to practise comparatives and superlatives to describe the characters from Harry Potter. (Another adition to moravc�s project) There�s also a ws and an OE available. I hope it�s useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 76


WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
This is a revision exercise I created for elementary students about jobs. It has several tasks, including a limerick at the end (which you may have to help them read, but limericks are great for rhythm). I hope you and your students find it useful and fun.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-11


DRAMA QUEEN - from an early age
This is an OE prepared to revise Present and Past Simple (all forms) through a simple story about a gril who was a drama queen and grew up to stay one as well. The OE has four tasks: 1. Past Simple, 2. Present Simple, 3. Drama Queen lyrics tasks (several) and 4. short answers in both Present and Pas...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100


QUESTIONS AND TAGS - AGAIN
Here�s another OE with lots of question-making practise. It is based on interesting, little known facts of life from karmas.korner, which makes a rather dull grammar task more interesting and quite fun. Lots of wh-questions to make and even more question tags! Hope it�s of use!

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


NIGHT LIKE THIS - ROMANCE
This is a simple exercise based on the song �Night Like This� by C. Emerald, with a listening task, vocabulary and writing tasks with adjectives and a short rhyming task with a silly love song at the end. I hope you like it.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


LINGUISTIC DILEMMA - word formation
This is my second OE created to help my FCE students with their word formation skills. It is rather simple to use and offers two different tasks to practise word formation.

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100


FISHING FUN
This is an OE based on a fun/funny dialogue between two boys about fishing (thank you, Frank, for your kind permission to use your text). It contains a reading task, two fun fishing videos, a preposition and a vocabulary task. I hope you find it useful and enjoy the dialogue.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


LET IT SNOW - RUDOLPH�S COLOURS
This is a fun song about Rudolph I used with a video (littlestorybug) to revise colours. It also has a fill-in task with the basic Rudolph story below. I hope you get as hooked on the song as I have - it�s really cute!

Level: elementary
Age: 7-11


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


TEDDYBEARS - PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND A STORY
This is a simple OE for elementary students to practise some Present Continuous (two tasks, all with animated teddies, followed by a story in rhyme with a fill in task and a challenge. I hope you like the story.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12


LIFE CHALLENGES
Our very own Victoria-ladybug posted this video in the cafe and I just wanted to make sth with it so it inspired me to make my first OE. It doesn�t focus on one particular grammar or vocabulary point, but it�s good for discussing problems, giving advice (should...) and motivating. The video is about...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100