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Denny Packard
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Born in the United States, I taught in France for over 40 years (plus many summers in Britain and the U.S.). I taught English primarily to young adults at University level, but I have also taught French secondary school pupils, business people, teachers, prison inmates, and drug addicts. My students have come from 93 countries around the world.
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Big Bang Theory: Maternal Capacitance
This is one of the funniest episodes of "The Big Bang Theory" from Season 2. (I used the font Impact for the title, which is the same as used for the picture (although slightly modified).
To start the class off, I cut up the descriptions from page 2 and paste a few of them in the hallway about 3 meters from the classroom door. The class is divid...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 65
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Presentations - Judges Ballot
As students give their presentations, class members (including the teacher) rate each speaker on the content of their presentations and their delivery. After all the presentations have been given, the results are tallied, and prizes (like ribbons, certificates made up from PowerPoint templates, or candy) are distributed to the 3 top presenters. Bas...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Abstract Role Play
"I believe that the *imaginary* is stronger than *science*, that *myth* is more convincing than *history*; that *dreams* are more powerful than *facts*; that *hope* has always triumphed over *experience*; that *life* is the only remedy to *worry*, and that *love* is stronger than *death*."
In this highly unusual exercise (which works very well wit...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Friends - The One after I Do
A wedding reception where everything seems to go wrong.
Season 8, Episode 1.
I used Gabriel Weiss�s Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Tim Burton�s "Vincent"
Here is a worksheet prepared by another teacher and myself for Tim Burton�s delightful first film, an animated short about a little boy interested in horror film actor Vincent Price, who actually narrates this film in verse. I used the fonts Garamond Narrow for the text and Shatter LET for the title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Michael Phelps Interview
Here is a great interview with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps for upper-intermediate students from the CBS news magazine, �60 Minutes.� Here are a worksheet and the transcript. (I used the font CableDignbats for the CBS logo.) Available online at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57476222/michael-phelps-ready-for-london-games/?tag=currentVideoI...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41
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