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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


 
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


 
Present Tense Summary
Summary of Present Tenses (all), with uses, affirmative, negative, and question forms, with appropriate adverbs or other expressions, and examples of uses. I needed it for a student and didn�t find anything quite like it. If it is well received, I will do it for the past tenses and the future tenses in the same format. Thanks for your feedback in a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 70


 
KWL Chart for Greenhouse Effect Vocabulary
I use this KWL chart as a warm-up exercise for my Greenhouse Effect class for Korean middle school students. This way I see how much they already know so I know how to proceed. Use it in combo with the Greenhouse Vocabulary with pictures that I uploaded. I find it very useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Dewey Decimal System
This is the first 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: 2


 
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


 
Needs and Wants
I teach Economics to EFL English Village kids in S. Korea. I use this worksheet at the end of a 90 minute class to "wrap things up." Even the big kids like to color. Of course, you have to have the supplies -- crayons, glue stick, and scissors. You could substitute color pictures and just have them cut and paste.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5


 
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


 
Greenhouse Effect Vocabulary
This vocabulary sheet can be combined with the KWL Chart I uploaded. I use it in my Greenhouse Effect class for Korean middle school students. You can remove the Korean translation and insert whatever native language your students speak delete the translation altogether.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: others
Downloads: 21


 
Past Tenses (All) Summary
Summary of all the past tenses, core meaning of tense, which aux to use, uses, forms in affirmative, negative and question, adverbs, and examples. Simple to the present tense one I uploaded a few days ago. Thank you for downloading both! Future in a few days.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 112

 

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