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Pranks You Can Pull
A FUN activity! Get the students to describe some practical jokes or pranks. Then hand out the worksheet and go over each item. 1) Have the students rank the pranks in the left column according to how unpleasant they would be if pulled on them personally. 2) Have the students work in groups of 3 or 4 to discuss their rankings, then choose classmate...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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What Women Want - Darcy�s Presentation
These are 2 worksheets for the scene in "What Women Want" where Darcy McGuire outlines her vision for the division as its new Vice-President. The first worksheet focuses on her techniques for giving presentations, while the second is a gapped transcript for listening comprehension (after which I have students read, trying to imitate her intonation ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Scientific Literacy
Several years ago an article in "Newsweek" comparing science education in countries around the world ran a companion article listing the most essential scientific vocabulary for high school students. This was easily transformed into a vocabulary exercise where the students are given the definitions and have to supply the terms (which are provided o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Monty Python - Lumberjack Song
Here is a worksheet and lyrics to Monty Python�s famous "Lumberjack Song."
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Tex Avery Cartoon - Symphony in Slang
This excellent cartoon by Tex Avery is a great teaching tool for upper-intermediate and advanced students because of its huge assortment of slang and idioms like being short-haned and raining cats and dogs. It is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot92Yfovvvg
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x45xby_mgm-cartoon-symphony-in-slang-1951_s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 55
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Water Idoms
This list of idioms appeared in "The English Teaching Forum," but I took the liberty of making an exercise out of it and adding pictures of an anchor and paddle. I used the fonts Ocean View-Initials (a water-type font for the title) and Baskerville, but you may change these to ensure that everything fits onto one page. (This is an updated version o...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 60
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Hogan�s Heroes: Praise the Fuehrer & Pass the Ammunition
"Hogan�s Heroes" was a very original, award-winning American sitcom from the 1960s, taking place in a German prisoner-of-war camp with prisoners who exploited the totally incompetent guards to wage underground operations. Available online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrWohpHOfI
This is an updated version of an earlier worksheet.
A film ve...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Fallout Shelter Problem
Here is a speaking activity that never fails to generate lots of discussion! The situation involves a group of 10 people and choosing which 6 can go into a fall-out shelter with a chance of survival and starting civilization all over again. The original problem comes from a book on values clarification, but I have modified the list of participants ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Basic Laser Theory (Prepositions)
Students try to find the missing prepositions. (Sorry about the background of the picture on the correction sheet looking black, but it prints out fine!)
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Seinfeld - The Contest
This Emmy-winning episode is considered to be the third funniest moment on American television. Because of the subject matter, however, it should ONLY be used with students 18 and older. The title font used here is Fenice Light Italic, the same as the show.
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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