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mothers and families - funny motivational texts and wss
Inspired by Victoria�s posts in the cafe (funny texts about mothers) and Fulghum�s All I Need to Know About Life I Learned in Kindergarten, I have prepared a project with introductory, main and final activities with wss for 4 different texts(wss practise vocabulary, modals, synonyms, word formation, and activities are speaking and writing for group...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 82
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ACTIVE READING - oxymora
This is a collection of 5 worksheets dealing with oxymorons or oxymora (as you like it) in the English language. The worksheets require reading and writing and are very useful for advanced teenage and adult levels, including FCE and CAE levels. The tasks are rather demanding, but dealing wiht oxymory is highly challenging for the sts. I hope it�s u...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 305
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MY HALLOWEEN COLLECTION - challenge for advanced students
Hi! I know it�s too early for Halloween now, but it will come soon enough. Anyway, this is a collection of speaking/writing activities for advanced teenagers or young adults, which includes five different linguistic tasks, one of them being a challenge to you and your sts from me and mine. Some good-hearted, Halloween creativity exchange, if you�re...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 475
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LIMERICKS, part 4 - funny limerick story for the third conditional
I�m all about limericks this time - this is the 4th part of my collection. Another funny limerick story by yours truly, this time with activities to practise the 3rd conditional, and discuss stereotype and prejudice. That�s it from me on limericks, really. (But they�re so much fun to do...)
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 175
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children�s play - The Ugly Duckling
This is Ugly Duckling follow-up - it accompanies a ppt I�m sending (which is a children�s play). The ws is elementary, but it�s part of the whole project(children�s play, word games...), although you can do this separately, just as follow-up for the story you read in the ppt. Pages 2 & 3 contain the play in word. The story itself is about how we tr...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: reading
Downloads: 76
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TEENAGERS FOR PARENTS - A TEENAGE PLAY WITH MUSIC
This is a teenage play I wrote for my teenage sts to talk about their problems to their parents, through old songs their parents can relate to(Queen, from Hair, Sinatra, Cabaret, etc.). It consists of several scenes, each like a newsflash about teenage problems, followed by a song. It�s editable - you can shorten songs, cut out some scenes etc. It ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 249
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VOYAGER - THE STAR TREK ADVENTURE 2
This is part 2 of my Voyager wss. This one contains 2 worksheets (with teacher�s key) - one about the basic story of the season, the other one about vocabulary used in The Killing Game episode (available on you tube). If your sts like science fiction, and you can�t afford to have them watch a long movie, it�s enough to have them watch 1 episode. Pa...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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WORD GAMES - to motivate reading
This is a collection of 16 word games I use in my lessons to motivate reading in English, collected from various sources and developed from my classroom situations. The rules for each game are explained on 3 basic levels - elementary, intermediate and advanced, and the games can be used with all vocabulary groups, all ages (from preschool to adult)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: others
Downloads: 832
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GONNA BE A BEAR - a true, funny poem and a ws
This is a ws based on the poem GONNA BE A BEAR (posted on the forum 3 days ago)from karmaskorner.com. It�s very funny, you can do it any day, on mother�s day, on Christmas, or when you just need a good laugh, with kids or adults. The ws practises vocab (the poem is short, but has some good phrases in it) and even a bit of conditionals. I can just b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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CREATIVE WORKSHOP - tell the tale
These are the basic principles which guide me in most of my creative workshops and discussions. It offers very little printable materials to sts (you can even get away with none), but gives them lots of hints, preparatory work and ideas. It teaches them to think, organize their ideas and argument their thoughts. The principle can be applied in many...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 107
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upper-intermediate revision games
This can be used for revision with upper intermediate students, and, as always, you can turn revision into team games, and later use the same or similar exercises to prepare an actual test for them. It covers conditionals, gerund vs. infinitive, modals,past tenses, word formation. I�ve even used it ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 32
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AN IMAGINARY PLANET - reading, speaking and writing for intermediate students
I have created this ppt for my internediate kids (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for space and astronauts (a text in Chatterbox 4). It�s a reading text about an imaginary planet, a speaking activity about Earth, and a writing task to create their own planet. (There�s also a matching worksheet available...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 49
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JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - educational and motivational
This ppt (and a corresponding ws) were inspired by Lucia13 who posted this wonderful text in our ESL cafe not long ago. Since I�m covering describing people with my teenagers, this is just the perfect icing on the cake to teach them to see past the surface. It�s designed for speaking and reading. I ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 221
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CHIT-CHAT-speaking revision
This is a ppt made up from prop slides. I prepared it for my adults who are not very eager to speak, who need props to help them speak and who want to cover as much as they can in as little time possible. Sounds familiar? Anyway, I hope you find it useful. I�m also uploading a ws with the same vocab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 119
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PEOPLE IN THE PRESENT - present tenses and describing people
This ppt is prepared for adults (but can be used with teenagers as well) who still have problems with describing people and deciding when to use the Present Simple or when to use the Present Continuous. It drills the difference with practical picture descriptions, also expanding their vocabulary ban...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 66
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SILLY ENGLISH - how easy is it to translate things?
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced teenagers who got just a little bit overly self-confident as far as their knowledge was concerned. It is based on an e-mail I got with ridiculously translated hotel and other signs around the world. It�s really funny, but the task for the sts is to say it in ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 82
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THINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - intermediate reading and writing practice
This is a ppt I created for my intermediate sts (9-10 yrs old), as follow-up for Chatterbox 4 - the units with countries, adjectives and materials. The task is to write a sentence about each item in the slides turning the name of the country into an adjective and using the phrase �made of�. The fina...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 15
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HALLOWEEN ASSOCIATION GAMES - play and learn
Finally made it - with a little help from a friend, I managed to turn my association games into ppt games. Rules are included, so if you�ve never played - do try. You can do this with all ages and levels. If you like the game, and want to create your own, I�m also uploading a free template.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 186
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wanted - enchanted or not...
This is a ppt with basic info on some magical creatures, like wanted posters without pics, for sts to guess the creature. It�s designed to start as simple reading in a game, which can then be turned into using the given info for writing short essays. Again, fairytales go well with Halloween, so it c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 10
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The 5th Element - characters fill-in quiz
This is a ppt about the main characters from the movie The 5th Element. It contains a pic and a fill-in text about all the main characters from this fun science-fiction film. I used info and texts from www.imdb.com. I�m working on it as an additional activity with my sts (levels elementary-intermedi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 3
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Present Perfect with Harry Potter
This exercise is part of moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. It is designed to practise the Present Perfect. It has three different tasks. Thanks, dear moravc, for letting me join the project!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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SHERLOCK HOLMES 2
This is the second part of my Holmes OE series. This one contains two tasks - the first one is a multiple choice task with info on Holmes from Wikipedia, and the second one is an open cloze based on listening to the words from the given TV-series trailer. I hope it�s useful to you.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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TEDDYBEARS - PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND A STORY
This is a simple OE for elementary students to practise some Present Continuous (two tasks, all with animated teddies, followed by a story in rhyme with a fill in task and a challenge. I hope you like the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
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PREPOSITIONS - with rooms and furniture
This is an OE to practise prepositions. It contains several tasks with multiple choice and fill-in, accompanied with simple pictures to help the students. I hope it�s of use to you!
Level: elementary
Age: 4-100
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EMELI SANDE -CLOWN
The song is just too beautiful to miss. There are some follow-up vocabulary and comprehension tasks with Sande�s biography and explanation for the song. I hope your students enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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LIFE CHALLENGES
Our very own Victoria-ladybug posted this video in the cafe and I just wanted to make sth with it so it inspired me to make my first OE. It doesn�t focus on one particular grammar or vocabulary point, but it�s good for discussing problems, giving advice (should...) and motivating. The video is about...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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