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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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Oral History Project
This project lets students tell and record their own stories (or that of a family member.) First, the teacher plays a clip featuring a short oral history (I�m planning to use the intro segment of the "First Day" episode of "This American Life". You can listen to and download episodes from their website or via iTunes. Another good source for persona...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Summer Vacation Bingo
Play "Summer Vacation Bingo" with your students! Based on what they did over their vacation, students fill in their Bingo cards with cut-outs from the vocabulary sheet or original drawings. Then, they ask each other, for example, "Did you play soccer?" "Yes" answers mean the asker can cross out a picture. See who can get BINGO within a certain ...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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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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Radio Vocabulary
Students are introduced to 40 words related to the radio. They write the definitions in their own language. Then, they do a fill-in-the-blank practice. (I�m using this as part of a project in which my students will make their own radio shows and commercials. Please check out other related worksheets.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 83
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Find Someone Who...
I made this for my Japanese JHS 2nd years to practice using various infinitives. Super simple and could be used as an ice breaker or a warm-up.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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"Visiting the Doctor" Vocab & Role Play
With this 2-page worksheet, students can learn what to say at the doctor�s office. In Part 1, students fill in the blanks with illness-related vocabulary. In Part 2, they fill in the blanks with remedy-related vocabulary. In Part 3, they can try a simple role play in pairs as doctor and patient. Key phrases are "What�s the matter?" and "You sho...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 234
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Write 3 Wishes
I use this as part of a Christmas craft activity. I have my students write three wishes (one for self, one for another person, and one for the world). Then, they copy the first two wishes on green paper hand cut-outs, and the last wish on a circle cut-out. The green hands can be taped down onto a triangle to form a Christmas tree shape, and the ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Reading Skills Worksheet
This is a great way to teach students *how* to read longer texts, whether for tests, practical situations, or pleasure. Students will learn about 4 reading styles (skimming, scanning, intensive, extensive), practice skimming and scanning, and learn how to use context clues to understand a text. With these techniques, students will be able to appr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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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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