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Reading activity "The Guests" (short story)
Reading questions about a scary short story entitled "The Guests" taken from �Scary Short Stories to tell in the dark�. Enjoy, especially for Halloween.
Can be used with the �scary short story mindmap�
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 71
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Adrian Mole�s Resolutions for the New Year
A worsksheet which includes:pre-reading, reading, writing activities around an excerpt from Sue Townshend�s Adrian Mole�s diary.
Happy New Year to all of you!!!!!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 64
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Mindmap: understanding what makes a story scary
This is a mindmap I used in a unit entitled "Gothic fiction" to have students understand how a scary short story works so that they could write theirs in a "spooky short story contest" I organised.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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Understanding "Vincent" by Tim Burton
A worksheet I used in class when we watched extracts from the short animated movie "Vincent" by Tim Burton. Lots of fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 14-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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"Personality Quiz" (part 1)
A quiz about one�s personality that teenagers appreciate. It goes with the "Personality quiz: class survey" activity I created to work on comparisons and similarities (so do I). You can also have your pupils imagine the results of the quiz. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 34
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Reading Frankenstein PART 2
This is the first part of the simplified version of the story with reading comprehension questions and a writing activity: imagine what happens next (the sentence given is actually the first sentence of part II). This is the easiest part of the story and it is better to give to pupils who have more difficulties understanding English. Part II can be...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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Mindmap "Plot Summary"
This is a mindmap to help your students understand the most important elements of a story in order to write a plot summary. Ideal to work structures with "look" such as "look like", "to like", "to be like". It really helps them to have a bird eyeview of the story. Can be used for any type of story. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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Reading Frankenstein PART 3
This is Part II of the simplified version of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with worksheet (reading + grammar + writing activities). Hope the text will come out well in the doc. Please let me know if the quality of the extract is too poor.
The story really sticks to Shelley�s version and it is so great to read it with your students. Mine loved it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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Reading Frankenstein PART 4 (class conversation)
The doc includes PART III of the simplified version of the story + an extract from the novel by Shelley.
In this activity, the class was divided into 2: one part read Part I of the story while the other part of the class read Part II and then they asked questions to each other to have information about the whole story. Then, I gave them the third ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Reading Frankenstein for Halloween (short version) PART 1
This a writing activity (final task) associated with the reading of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley (simplified version). My teenagers really appreciated reading it for Halloween and we went through the main themes of the novel while working on vocabulary and grammar (past simple and continuous).
My reading and writing activites are so heavy that ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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