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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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Elephant Orphanage
This 12-minute video news report about an elephant orphanage in Africa and the woman who has devoted her life to saving elephants is always a favorite of my students (intermediate and above). You can see it at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2294561n&tag=related;photovideo>. If you would like the crossword puzzle of the vocabulary, send me a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Lamb to the Slaughter Video
Here is a small collection of True and False comprehension questions to go with Alfred Hitchcock�s adaptation of Roald Dahl�s short story. It can be preceded by the Lamb to the Slaughter Storylines worksheet that I have posted.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 120
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Odd Man Out
Lots of discussion � and FUN � with this logic exercise! Students work in small groups to find which of the items in each group doesn�t belong there. But, in fact, several possibilities exist. In a few instances, every one of the items could be an odd man out.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Down in Australia
The Sydney Olympics were a long time ago, but matching these stupid questions from visitors with the sarcastic answers can be fun. (Students can provide their own answers where none are provided.)
As a follow-up, students can work in pairs or small groups to make up stupid questions about their country, e.g. What time does the Bastille prison open...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Sounds of Silence
Several worksheets for this great song by Simon & Garfunkle. One activity involves students working in groups of 3 to reconstitute the lyrics before listening.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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You Don�t Bring Me Flowers Any More
Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond sing this duet. In the worksheet, the students have to specify which actions the couple Don�t do any more, Used to do, and Learned to do.
The song should be easy to find on the Internet or the iTunes Store.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Chairing a Conference
This is a helpful list of expressions and tips for people chairing an academic conference, extensively adapted from handouts (and reformatted) from the CRAPEL at the University of Nancy II, France.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Catcher in the Rye - Vocabulary ex.
In this exercise to accompany study of "Catcher in the Rye," students work individually, associating adjectives with 6 characters from the story. They then work in small groups comparing their associations and explaining them. This type of word association exercise was suggested by the book "Vocabulary" by John Morgan and Mario Rinvolucri (Oxford U...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Spelling Celebrities
Here is a fun way for students to practice their pronunciation of the English alphabet. In pairs or groups, students spell the birth names of the famous people on their cards, and their partners have to guess who these people are better known as (Tom Cruise, Eminem, Bill Clinton, Lady Gaga, etc.)
I start out by asking the students to write down ...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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