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THE LITTLE INDIAN BOY�S ADVENTURE
This is a play I did with my 7 and 8-year-olds, based on The Bear Hunt. It was lots of fun, with costumes and scenography and props, and it�s not too complicated for kids to learn. You can also add songs and rhymes appropriate for your groups to enrich the play. We had lots of good times and all the parents got involved.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-9
Type: reading
Downloads: 238
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Aesop�s fable- spot the difference in the text
This is a spot-the-difference task, but with text instead of pictures. Page 2 contains some more lesson ideas and teacher�s key. A different approach to dictation and reading practice, and developing synonyms.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 82
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Valentine�s Day Collection - various teaching materials
This is a collection of wss prepared for my intermediate and advanced groups, based on Valentine�s Day basic info, the movie Intolerable Cruelty (C. Zeta-Jones and G. Clooney), Suspicious Minds song, funny and serious texts about men and women, murphy�s law on love, even some texts from the forum and the teacher�s cafe about love... I hope you find...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 227
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SUMMER DIARY - lots of fun stuff to do
I actually made this in my mother tongue for my son, and then I thought why not do it in English as well - it�s sort of a scrapbook/diary of experiences, books, events, fun.... everything a child goes through during the summer, along with some fun word-bank activities. It�s goal is to inspire imagination and creativity and give the child a sense of...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 100
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Egypt - my collection
This is a collection of wss based on general info about Egypt and Ancient Egypt, and activities inspired by the Mummy movies (1&2)and books (Sinuhe the Egyptian by M. Waltari, and Ramses the Damned by A. Rice). Since I have been interested in Ancient Egypt ever since I was a kid, I made this project and have been using it for several years now - it...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 65
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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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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE - active reading workshop based on Lamb�s stories
This is a workshop I tried with my advanced sts to get them to love Shakespeare. I began with Tales from Shakespeare by Chales and Mary Lamb to get them to love the stories, and worked from there on. All the details are included, and also the link, copies of the texts and additional activities. It motivates active reading and is very effective. I h...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 111
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LIMERICKS, part 3 - funny limerick story with 2nd conditional
This time I had fun with my own limerick story and used it to practise the 2nd conditional. Limericks are so much fun and they improve your sts� intonation, pronunciation and vocabulary, so if you haven�t tried using them in class yet, try. You�ll have fun!
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 161
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everybody�s free - to wear sunscreen
This is one of my favourite texts of all times and I�m happy to share it with you! It�s by Baz Luhrman and it�s a fantastic text/poem about life and advice for life - funny, wise, sad, cynical, kind-hearted... I�ve prepared a worksheet on page 1 and lesson ideas on page 2. You can also do the text as a slideshow. My advanced teenagers and adults al...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 69
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Christmas is coming - beautiful poetry and activities
This is my choice of absolutely beautiful Christmas poetry by the Ghignas, and activities based on it. I use it for all levels, it�s such lovely imagery, wonderful language, delightful rhythm, that your lessons will practically plan themselves. Christmas doesn�t always have to be the typical songs - you can expand and enrich with poetry like this.
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 72
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VALENTINE�S DAY - WORD GAMES
This is a ppt created to play team word games with sts in class. It�s fun, nothing difficult, playing with words (5 games with key), but can be used at the beginning or the end of the lesson. It can be done in writing or as speaking activities. The tasks are also available in printable form as a ws ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 82
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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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PIRATE�S TREASURE - fun summer story with pre, during and post-reading fun
This ppt is based on the story Pirate�s Treasure(the link is included because the online version also contains audio files). It�s a fun short story for children, and the ppt has an activity to do before reading, lots of discussion stuff to do while reading and fun challenges for after reading. I hop...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 126
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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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tenses - when does it happen?
You know when your teenage or adult sts have covered most tenses in English, and there are always those who try to memorize the rules of usage instead of simply listening to the sentences to decide what happens when? So I made this ppt for my sts, to rely on their feelings about time, and only then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 69
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THE JUNGLE BOOK - short role-play for elementary kids
This is a ppt of a short play for kids I wrote based on Kipling�s Jungle Book. You can use it for class role reading, or even for a play with kids to perform in front of parents or audience, as I did (btw, a ws version is also available on ESL if you need it, and it contains lyrics to the songs used...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Downloads: 210
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The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13
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THE RAINBOW IN THE STONE
This is a story I wrote for my younger students, based on leprechaun legends and the mention of the Blarney stone. (I�ve used Ph. Martin�s free cliparts images.)I hope you find it useful and fun. At the end of the story I�ve prepared an association game (using my own template, available in the free ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 36
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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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ASSOCIATION GAMES TEMPLATE - free and you can actually play it!
Dear colleagues, I�ve been trying to make a ppt in which you can actually play association games, but kept having problems. Then a friend gave me such a simple idea and, as all simple ideas - it worked superbly. So, as promised in the forum, here�s a free template with rules and an example game. I h...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Downloads: 0
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