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Who�s the Leader of China
In this parody of Abbott and Costello�s classic sketch about baseball, "Who�s on First," President George W. Bush questions Condoleezza Rice about Hu, the new leader of China. You can find an audio recording of this sketch on the Internet to play after the students have read this dialogue in pairs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Interrogative Snakes & Ladders
In this grammar game, students have to determine which questions are correct and which need to be changed. The full instructions are given on page 2. I used the font Zeal for the arrows in the squares on the left and right sides of the game board. (Inspired by "Grammar Games" by Mario Rinvolucri, CUP.)
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Derek the Human iPod
"60 Minutes" has a fabulous story on Derek Paravicini, the human iPod (so called because once he hears a song, he can play it perfectly), who is a musical genius, but at the same time blind and severely retarded. (He cannot count to three or button his shirt.)
You can view the 14-minute video here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/27/60mi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Life in Victorian Britain - Worksheet
This excellent documentary on Victorian Britain gives good insight into all aspects of life in 19th century Britain. The vocabulary load is high, but advanced students find it gripping. The most notable sections (which can be used in isolation) of this 50-minute film are Rural and Urban Poverty, Workhouses, and Innovation and Invention). (I showed ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Rowan Atkinson - Return of Constable Savage
An encore from Rowan Atkinson�s first TV show, "Not the Nine O�Clock News," we see the conscientious Constable Savage reprimanded again for arresting the same man 1,254 times, including for "impersonating a member of the general public." The hard-working constable has also arrested the man�s wife and son for "breaking and entering a boiled egg."
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Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Dear Ann Landers/Dear Abby
Here are some letters to American agony aunts (and twin sisters), Ann Landers and Abigail van Buren. Distribute a "Problem" card and an "Advice" card randomly to each student, who study the cards before they are taken back by the teacher. The students have to circulate around the classroom and summarize "their" problem to another student, who then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 11
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Haven�t Met You Yet
This dual exercise focuses on phrasal verbs and listening in Michael Bubl�s popular song. Have the students do the matching exercise first, then hand out the gapped lyrics and have them try to find words that fit in the gaps. (Many of the missing words are from the matching exercise.) Finally play the song so they can check their choices and fill ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Writing Assignment for "Catcher in the Rye"
I sincerely believe this is the best teaching idea I have ever come up with. After studying J. D. Salinger�s "Catcher in the Rye," students have to imagine that they are Holden Caulfied, who is studying at their institution. This hand-out explains that they have to write a paper in the first-person telling about a typical day for Holden in their in...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 11
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RSVP - Scientists� Ball
Here�s an enjoyable pairwork exercise where students match the names of famous scientists with their responses to an invitation to a Scientists� Ball to celebrate Albert Einstein�s being named "Time" Magazine�s "Person of the Century." This is based on an e-mail that circulated on the Internet, but several of the contributions are MINE, along with ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Lottery Winner
This is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the lottery. Students have to work together to suggest what he should do with his money and prepare a budget for him.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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