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WORD FORMATION MATCH-UP
This is a 4-page collection of matching cards to practise word formation with ideas on writing practice at the end. I use them with intermediate and advanced levels.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 103
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SHAPE WRITING - a fun and creative teaching idea to improve writing skills
I used this idea this Christmas and Easter with my sts and they absolutely loved it - all levels and ages. It�s fun and effective, doesn�t take a lot of time, and the effect is amazing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 104
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THE SNOW QUEEN - advanced project
This is a project I�ve prepared for my advanced groups. It is based on a long version of the Snow Queen (link included) in 7 parts, and I�ve prepared a pre, while and post reading task for each part. I hope you find it useful. (can be used with the ppt available here http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=36625#thetop)
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 89
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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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Harry Potter & the Philosopher�s Stone - kids� play
This is a play written for our school�s 10th anniversary - we included our dance groups, preschool/school groups(the little ones had their rhymes) and teenagers - they all had their part in it and it lasted for about 40 mins all together. They performed it at the theatre and it was quite memorable. The boy who played Voldemort is now finishing univ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 93
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SANTA VS. GRINCH - fun grammar worksheet
I needed a worksheet to review some grammar material at this Christmassy time of the year, so I decided to make it using Santa and the Grinch. The ws contains 3 tasks - comparing Santa and Grinch, filling in (with Past S.) a story about Santa�s bad day and guessing jobs the Grinch tried when he decided to be honest. I hope you find it useful! Happy...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 193
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RAPUNZEL & fairytales - detailed reading project
This is a lesson plan(with Rapunzel text included) for detailed reading activities. There are no wss inside, because it�s aimed at motivating kids to do a lot with just one copy of the text per group. All the lesson ideas and suggestions are included and are supposed to encourage your students to scan-read, read in detail, play word detectives, use...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 149
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WOMEN VS. MEN - FUN WITH The Tale of 2 Brains
Thanks to Fiona, I have discovered the world of Mark Gungor�s seminars for couples, which have inspired me to create this lesson plan. It is adaptable to elementary, intermediate and advanced adults. It�s a fun turn on the differences between women and men, based on a video from one of his seminars, but you can also use it if you don�t have the dis...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 232
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MY COUSIN VINNY - advanced ws for the great comedy
A great comedy with Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei - both wonderfully charming, unforgettable scenes... I did it with teenagers, because it�s about 2 teenagers who get into some serious trouble, and linked it to our court/crime lesson, because a lot of it takes place in court. The ws requires a lot of active writing, but they don�t mind, because they r...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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How babies are born and other questions? - project
This lesson plan and project were inspired by a forum post by yetigumboots about �The Middle Wife�. It has inspired a whole series of projects (this being the 1st one) based on language misunderstandings and kids� special language use and understanding �grown-up� concepts. This project was created to sort of connect and intertwine several age group...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 50
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CHANGING OUR WORLD - children�s motivational story
Here�s my contribution to Frank�s project for the children. It�s a story inspired by his poem Global Warming, and it�s meant to motivate children to change things. It�s simple reading with three motivational tasks as follow-up. The ppt includes the story and Frank�s poem. Thanks, Frank, for the moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 38
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advanced Halloween workshop
This is a ppt I prepared for my intermediate and advanced teenage students. They love writing Halloween stories, but we usually do some brainstorming before the actual writing, so this ppt also has some vocab-expansion activities in the beginning. I had problems adding sounds, so feel free to add yo...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 45
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HOLD MY HAND - song ppt with vocabulary tasks
I know we have many wss with this song already, but I simply couldn�t resist this song, so I made this ppt for my students to sing along with and afterwards do some vocabulary and discussion tasks (also has a ws with lyrics&discussion points, and project ideas for teachers, but can be used separatel...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 96
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�ALLO �ALLO - short play for intermediate teenagers
This is a ppt of a short play I wrote for my teenagers (there is a wss version for sts uploaded on ESL as well), based on the hillarious comedy �Allo �Allo. They loved imitating different funny characters and their accents, which actually helped them improve their own English. It�s not too complicat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 34
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THE SNOWFLAKE AND THE RING - interactive story for kids
This story was inspired and commissioned from me by my son. It�s a fairytale with parts which are unfinished, so you need to interact with your sts to get them to complete it. I�ve tried it with various age groups and levels, andit really works. It�s fun and creative and expands their vocabulary...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 39
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THE SNOW QUEEN - reading and winter word games for elementary students
This is a ppt based on my brief version of the Snow Queen (see minibook, if interested), but it also includes a follow-up with short word games with the story and winter vocabulary. I hope you make use of this beautiful story.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Downloads: 105
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CUTE ANIMALS - short stories about animals
This is a ppt linked with my ws also called Cute Animals. The ppt contains 3 of my new stories with a follow-up activity for each, plus three suggestions for the sts to invent their own stories (so you can also use it with intermediate sts). You can use the ppt alone, or accompanied with the ws wher...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 77
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LIMERICK RIDDLES
This is a ppt with some limerick riddles I made - to add to my limerick collection of worksheets as I find limericks so much fun and highly effective. This one contains 6 limerick riddles on no specific topic, and a dare in the end. I hope you and your students enjoy limericks!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 98
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THE ADVENTURES OF ISABEL - funny scary poem(for Halloween maybe?)
This is a ppt inspired and dedicated to our very own Franknbea and Anaisabel, and the ESL cafe. It�s based on the Ogden Nash poem The Adventures of Isabel and I�ve also added a Halloween activity for students. It can be used for intermediate sts as well, but it has a special sense of humour, so be c...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 34
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THE SNOW QUEEN (poem) - creative writing ppt
Adding this to my Snow Queen project, I�ve created this ppt for my advanced groups based on a poem by F. Letras (with his permission - thanks, Frank). It contains a poem inspired by the Snow Queen story, two vocabulary task slides and a creative writing task which can be done individually or in pair...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 49
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