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Facebook fans and fighting social media fatigue
This is a reading comprehension with all the KEYS (including the essay) about the social media fatigue experienced by facebook fans. It consists of different exercises aimed at developing reading skills (checking facts, topic debrief, methods, making a summary of the text) and an essay about the dangers of social networking.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 141
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debate on social networks
The first part of the worksheet aims at identifying useful expressions to debate on "Should students be allowed access to social networking sites in the classroom?".
The second part deals with a possible debate between 2 parents with opposite views on the use of social networks for teenagers.
+ useful phrases for the debate
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 68
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The freedom writers diary comprehension sheet
This worksheet is an extract from the book �The Freedom Writers Diary� by Erin Gruwell. The text is about one of her student�s decision to continue his studies and go to college.
The whole document consists of the text, comprehension questions + all the answer keys + 2 essay topics.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 66
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a protest song: universal soldier
The song, Universal Soldier, sung by Donovan in 1965, reveals something about the atmosphere of the Sixties.This song shows the universality of the soldier, no matter what his physical characteristics are, or what weapons he uses. The singer wants to denounce war and highlights a contradiction...
The worksheet aims at analysis the song�s contents ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 46
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dead poets society comprehension sheet
This comprehension sheet deals with the episode when Mr Perry prohibits Neil to go on with his extra curricular activities. It focuses on the situation , the characters, the relationship between father and son. It also emphasizes on Grammar thanks to an exercise on obligation and prohibition. Finally, it ends up with some written expression exercis...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41
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The Giver "leaving sameness" by Lois Lowry
This worksheet deals with an extract taken from the novel The giver by Lois Lowry.
It focuses on a passage where the hero experiences a dilemna, to leave or not to leave his community.The questions asked deal with the elements characterizing the community that Jonas is leaving, what he discovers on the way that he did not know before and
his fe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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Lamb to the slaughter reading skills
This is a test I give after studying the short story "Lamb to the slaughter". As the students are familiar with the story, the test composed of a passage entitled �in cold blood" and several questions focuses on their reading skills and their ability to re-use the vocabulary of the lesson.
TEXT+QUESTION+ANSWER KEYS
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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How do speeches use rhetorical devices to persuade?
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to analyse the overall rhetorical effects of a speech and song. They will have progressed from knowledge to analysis thanks to the comparative study of 2 legendary speeches, Martin Luther King�s �I have a dream� and Barack Obama �s �Yes we can� arranged by Will.i.am speeeches. VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE + K...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Dead poets society
the worksheet deals with detailed questions about the movie Dead poets society:
A. Time, place and characters
B. Mr Keating�s first lesson
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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GATTACA reading skills
This worksheet aims at focusing on the students� reading skills .It�s one extract from the transcript of the movie Gattaca entitled �Human possibilities" with a comprehension sheet divided into 3 parts:
brainstorming:description of the poster - understanding the text -branching out
All the answer keys are included in a different working shee...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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