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Scoring Rubric for Short Notes
College students in China are tested on writing short notes. I�ve developed a scoring rubric I can use to easily mark their practice notes. I have them email me the note in "correct" form. I copy and paste my rubric in my return email to them. I just put x�s next to the error description and mark the errors with highlights and email the whole thing...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5
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Wonders: Maria Celebrates Brazil
Here is the transcription of the dialogue of the second story in Wonders G2-U1 about a girl who is going to dance at the Carnival Parade (though the story doesn�t specifically say "Carnival"). I�ve also included a YouTube link to children leading the Carnival parade.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type:
Downloads: 8
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Summer Olympic Word Search
I made this word search (Discovery Education) in preparation for the Summer Olympics (which I hope will take place). Notice that the puzzle uses lower case. I found that my Chinese students always "translated" the upper case word bank into lower case so I changed the puzzle to start with. Also, I used football instead of soccer; I put some two word...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Pair Activity for Teaching Expressions
I cut the expression into two parts and randomly distribute the parts to my class and send them to the hall to find their partner. When they think they found their partner, they come back and I check to make sure. Once partnered, students figure out what the expression means and then prepare a dialogue using the expression. This activity is great f...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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China�s Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
This is an article I wrote for the Indianapolis Star which details the incredible sacrifice Chinese high schoolers and their parents make for college preparation and acceptance. It also details some of the differences between the life of a Chinese high school senior and a U.S. high school senior.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: article
Downloads: 7
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Easter Dialogue
I love to give my elementary students conversational dialogues to supplement our lessons. Here is one about Easter.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type:
Downloads: 12
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Learning about The Beatles
My university students here in China love American music but many of them have never heard of the Beatles. My classes have 30 to 32 students so I decided to select 16 Beatles songs and pair my students to each song. I like to do my pairing randomly so I cut the song title into two parts, have my students line up and leave the room, giving them a pa...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 4
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Taj Mahal Dialogue
I have uploaded several short dialogues that I have made from stories in our reading books. This enables the students to have a speaking opportunity that is more colloquial and natural than reading from the text. This particular article was from the National Geographic Series.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type:
Downloads: 12
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Monopoly Game Dialogue
I love having a group of kids play Monopoly and practice their English in a "real-life" type situation. I previously posted https://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=96132 a ppt about how to play Monopoly. This is a dialogue to take the conversation a step further.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Type:
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From Head to Toe Crossword
The delightful chant video by Eric Carle is the basis for this crossword puzzle. The chant links animals with body movements that the children imitate. The puzzle is very easy and a good way to introduce crossword puzzles as a learning activity.
(https://multimedia-english.com/videos/kids/song/from-head-to-toe-eric-carle-3456)
Level: elementary
Age: 4-8
Type:
Downloads: 8
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