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A JAR OF PICKLES AND A CUP OF COFFEE - great reading
This is one of the best short motivational texts I was sent to by e-mail (http://gleez.com/articles/management/cup-of-coffee-with-friend--time-management). It�s about time managment, friendship, family, everything that matters in life. Page 2 is a detailed lesson-plan on how to introduce the ws through discussion, brainstorming, and a project after...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 156
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INKHEART- vocabulary worksheet
I just loved this story and couldn�t resist doing it with kids. This ws is a word grid and a synonyms� exercise to expand vocabulary. They just love it. More to come soon...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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FCE practice - use of English
This is a ws for advanced levels, specifically FCE practice for Use of English - phrasal verbs in context and word formation. My sts found it helpful, I hope you do, too...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47
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student bloopers & history- FUNNY!!!
When you find a funny text, you just have to turn it into a great lesson. This is a lesson plan I developed to take a funny twist to a unit about human history, and it�s based on student bloopers. The lesson plan contains introductory activities, word games, the copy of the text and a follow-up project(5 activities, over 10 pages). The topic is mul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 91
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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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pink - don�t leave me - lyrics and rhyming
A great summer hit by Pink - you�ll keep singing it, whether you want to or not... The worksheet is a simple fill-in, but the aftertask requires rhyming skills and vocabulary/spelling in pair work. Rhyming is a great "game" to improve your students� listening skills and spelling - it teaches them to distinguish between sound and written symbol, so ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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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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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 - intermediate ws, play and project
This is a project I prepared for my intermediate students based on a text from storynory.com and a play a friend of mine sent me by e-mail. It contains project ideas and a writing worksheet as well. It can be used with the matching ppt(s), but also separately. The story is very interesting, full of various twists,and can be done in episodes through...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 182
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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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SPEAK UP -guided intermediate and advanced speaking practice
Here�s a ppt I made for my FCE students to practise describing pictures. It contains several slides with �props� to guide them, inspire them, make them use some vocabulary and be creative. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 1050
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ALPHABET LESSON - SONG AND RHYME FOR KIDS
This is a rhyme I made up for my kids to add a word to each letter of the alphabet. They can perform it in front of the parents, adding signs for letters and movement for words, and you can add any alphabet song they like. My kids liked it a lot - I hope yours do, too.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Downloads: 46
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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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ELEMENTARY REVISION GAMES - kids� level 1
This is a ppt I use at the end of school year with my level 1 school kids - we revise all material through this ppt and we play it as games in 2-3 teams. It covers many topics (alphabet, he/she, colours, numbers, city places...) and it�s really fun to do.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Downloads: 58
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
I designed this ppt based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced students (FCE&CAE) - it�s a fun, creative way to expand their adjectives vocabulary and let their imagination do some work for them. They love writing stories about interesting photos with some, but not too much, guided vocabul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 354
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