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Forest Family Forever Summary
This is a summary of the video at RAN.org�s Forest Family Forever Video. I had the students read the summary first, before showing the video. This served two purposes: it gave the students an opportunity for reading comprehension and it assisted the students in listening comprehension. The pictures were obtained at www.fotosearch.com to aid compreh...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 4


 
Welcome to the Library: The Dewey Decimal System
This is the second of four worksheets (had to split because of size; lots of pictures involved). First two explain Dewey Decimal System and give students practice onnecting what they do every day and where they would find information about it in the library; 2nd two involve an exercise where students have to identify the DDN for a topic using an il...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
The Blue Whale - Reading Comprehension
This can be used in an intermediate classroom of ESL/EFL students for reading comprehension. I combined it with a video on the Blue Whale located at:http://www.artkerala.com/node/4827. The whole lesson involved a story about the Bald Eagle in the same format with questions (also uploaded), a PPT on vocabulary, habitats, and reasons for why animals ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 24


 
The Rainforest Song by JP Taylor
This is a great song if you are doing a Greenhouse Effect or Global warming class. The song can be easily found on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrcU514z6nM). The words are on the screen of the song. It gives the students a great way to practice the rhythm of English, and it�s very appropriate. I have the students repeat the words after m...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 22


 
Have You Got? Go FISH Game Part I of "
This is a great game to play with young children at the end of a lesson. A variation of Go Fish, there are 72 cards of 4 each of 18 different animals. Players ask, Have you got? and if the other player has it, great, if not, they say, Go Fish. Game ends when all draw cards are gone or someone has no cards left. Winner is the one with the most piles...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 11


 
history, social studies, columbus, discover america, crossword
This is a relatively easy crossword puzzle that I used in an ESL classroom for Columbus Day. Hope it�s timely and useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Find someone who . . . environment ice breaker
Great ice breaker for environment/ecology theme for adults classes. Fully editable. (Replace picture of minister of environment with one from your own country). Or any bubble can be reworked. This worked REALLY well. It was a fun way to start discussing a serious subject. Particularly good for students who want practice speaking in English and gets...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 27


 
Daily Routine for Jim and Jane
A worksheet to reinforce present simple tense and daily routines. Clocks added so students could get practice telling time as well. Gets students writing complete sentences, telling time, and using the third person singular present simple "s" at the end of the verb.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 58


 
Dewey Decimal System Exercise
This is the third of four worksheets (had to split because of size; lots of pictures involved). First two explain Dewey Decimal System and give students practice onnecting what they do every day and where they would find information about it in the library; 2nd two involve an exercise where students have to identify the DDN for a topic using an ill...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Present Tense Summary
This is a summary of all the present tenses (simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous) with uses, affirmative, negative and question forms, with adverbs and other expressions, and examples. I needed to do it for a student and if it is well received I will do the same for the past and future tenses. Thanks for downloading! I used two gram...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 93

 

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