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Janet Johnson
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"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." Jacques Barzun

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Song: You Are My Sunshine
A classic folk song from the USA in simple cloze format - a good elementary listening exercise. You can use it in a lesson about weather. Find the music on iTunes.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17


 
Daily Routines Interview
A whole-class mingle or small group communicative exercise using questions with "who". For follow-up, Ss can make sentences to practice using family members, possessives and 3rd person singular and plural, e.g. Ali�s grandmother makes dinner, Fumiko�s brother and sister go to work, etc.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4


 
Last name lesson
Often in a second language, we feel like we should know it, so we just say "OK" without understanding. This routine will help build students� confidence in asking clarifying questions. Good for beginning and intermediate levels.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 1


 
Interview: Cooking
Students all over the world like to talk about food. This exercise will get them talking about their likes and dislikes when it comes to cooking. Suitable for adults in elementary and intermediate classes.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9


 
Irregular verbs: Present or Past?
Irregular verbs take a while to learn, and seeing them in context is more useful than memorization. This worksheet includes some of the most common ones.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Comparatives: Find the Mistakes
Students find the mistakes in comparative adjectives and correct them.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Same sound, different spelling
A worksheet for students to match different ways to spell vowel sounds. Answer key on second page.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
How�s the Weather? Q&A, past and present
A simple activity that combines the past and present of verb to be, weather words and temperatures, and practice reading charts. Students complete the cloze, then practice the conversation, taking turns rolling a die to select the Qs and As. You can also teach falling intonation with wh- questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15


 
Class survey: brothers and sisters
Students ask each other about their brothers and sisters and learn to spell each others� names. Follow-ups: help them make a bar graph with the data; find out who has the most brothers or sisters. Actual WS looks better than how it appears here, i.e. the table has 4 equal rows.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6


 
Alphabet Vowel Sounds
It is surprising how even intermediate students can�t pronounce some letters of the alphabet. This fun pair activity helps beginning and high-beginning students remember how each letter sounds by itself.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3

 


Adjective clauses explained
Are you clause-trophobic? What you always wanted to know about adjective (relative) clauses but were afraid to ask: when to use commas, do you use that or which (or does it matter?), and much more. There will be a quiz next period!

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 33


Creating & Modeling Communicative Cloze Activities
A brief lesson in creating and modeling communicative cloze activities for low-level learners of all ages.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 6

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