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Expanding headlines- Articles: a/an/the/zero article before nouns
Headlines taken from: New York Times (USA), Chicago Tribune (USA), BBC News (UK), The Guardian (UK) and The Sun (UK).
Procedure:
Write up one of the headlines on the board, and ask the students where they would insert a/an/the before noun or noun phrase and there they wouldn�t, if they were expanding the headline into a sentence.
e.g. "Volcano...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Adele- Hometown Glory
Listen to the song and delete the extra words.
Key:
Line 5- to
Line 7- then
Line 9- the
Line 11- I�m
Line 13- so
Line 15- that
Line 17- our
Line 19- the
Line 21- will
Line 23- is
Line 25- not
Line 27- us
Line 29- big
Line 32- have
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Reading: Troy Davis execution and Twitter
A reading activity about the execution of Troy Davis and the protests on Twitter.
This could be used in tandem with my video activity about Troy Davis execution- race vs rights: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=574787#thetop
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 12
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Reading: 10 management practices to throw overboard (Bloomberg Business Week)
Reading article with before reading activities (opinion writing and vocabulary) and after reading questions.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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Feelings vocabulary
Students complete the gaps in the sentences, then complete some follow up activities (page two) in pairs to practice dialogues and look at opposites.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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Reading: "Too much information" Celebtiry memoirs
An abridged article from MSN website about celebrities� memorirs. There is a picture match, vocabulary building match and then students read about the memoirs and match to the celebrity who wrote it. The content is a bit �real� in some situations so perhaps only for 18+ students.
Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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"You are the only exception"- Paramore
Song activity with three types of activities.
Thanks
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Reading: A Call for Beijing to Loosen Its Grip on the Economic Reins (New York Times)
A New York Times unabridged article about China�s economy. It includes before reading, while reading and after reading activities.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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Music: People should smile more- Newton Faulkner
Nice song for all ages.
Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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How to avoid apostrophe catastrophes!
The worksheet uses photos (page 2) of real life mistakes using apostrophes. Students work through the exercises to match the mistakes with the apostrophe rules, thereby discovering some of the rules for apostrophe usage.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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