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Movie Worksheet: Cookie Monster Interview
Here we have an interview with Cookie Monster! He talks about his eating habits and teaches the secret of the 'Om nom nom'. It's a short video but I'm sure your students will like it. There are 6...
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Song Worksheet: Dumb Ways to Die
Powerpoint with pictures that come up in the song 'Dumb ways to die'. Show the slides before listening to the song. This is the link for the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAVe4o-X85M
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Movie Worksheet: Fitness Exercise Video
Powerpoint for children to do their own exercise video. Slide 1 gives the link for the video. Watch it for 42 seconds and then answer the questions on the 1st slide. There is then vocabulary, tips and...
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Film and TV Genres
Powerpoint with pictures of films and TV programmes. Students have to look at the words in the slides and then match them to the pictures. The vocabulary tested is: science fiction, action, western,...
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Epals.com: BusyTeacher's Detailed Review
EPals Global Community is a place “where learners connect. ”It is geared towards the K-12 market and, “offers elementary and secondary school administrators, teachers, students and parents worldwide a...
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Not All Clauses Are Created Equal: A Review of English Clauses
The definition of a clause is deceptively simple: a group of words containing a subject and a verb (or predicate). With that said, English contains a myriad of clauses, and sorting them out and keeping...
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Is Teaching in Russia Right for You? 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Go
Russia is unlikely to be right across the border from you and requires a fair amount of wading through paperwork to get your stay organised. Spending a year or more teaching there is a pretty major...
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Speak Up: 6 Fabulous Games to Get your Students Speaking
Many ESL teachers find that their students are timid speakers or reluctant to participate in class discussions. It’s only natural. After all, they are trying to talk in a language they are still...
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Movie Worksheet: Advert - Make One
A creative lesson. Students are guided through how to make an advert. They are then asked to look at 4 adverts, compare them and give their opinions on them. The part on how to make the advert could be...
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Future Tenses
Students are asked how to form the future. Then they have to look at verbs and pictures and make sentences. This is best done in pairs to encourage speaking. Sentences can also be written down if...
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First Conditional
A short powerpoint on the first conditional. First of all, students are asked how to form the 1st conditional. They then have to fill in the blanks with words so that the sentences make sense. This is...
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Classroom Rules
Students are introduced to the class rules through the use of 'can't', 'mustn't, and 'aren't allowed to'. They have some pictures and must form sentences with each of the modal verbs above and the...
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Present Continuous
Powerpoint on how to form the present continous and an idea on how to make it fun for kids or adults to use. Slide 3 explains that you have to give the students a piece of paper with an action on it...
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Objects Vocabulary
Powerpoint with lots of pictures of objects. Students must name the object and then say what material it's made of, what it's used for (and who it was invented by, if possible!). It's best to name the...
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Adverbs of Frequency/How Often
Students are asked what kinds of words 'always' and 'never' are. They should reply, adverbs of frequency. Then, they are asked to give more adverbs of frequency. They then have to ask 'how often'...
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British Festivals- a Board Game
The topic of the game is: British festivals. The game is useful to memorize some facts connected with the topic. It can be used during the lesson: “British Festivals”. To play the game you should have...
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Present Perfect Simple - Since and For
Powerpoint aimed to help students understand or reinforce the use of present perfect as well the difference between since and for. Be aware that I just got it from Busy Teahcer.org and edited it, that...
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Movie Quiz- PPT Activity
Activity aimed at motivating students to talk about films/movies while empowering their vocabulary as well as improving their speech. No one has to be a cinephile to get along with this activity. From...
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Reading - Palm Reading
A reading activity on a newspaper article about a surgery that can change the length and shape of the lines on the palm of our hands. People in Japan believe this procedure can change our lives and...
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Talking about Countables and Uncountables
The word search using 'some, any, much, many' and a variety of uncountable and countable nouns. Useful to warm up or cool down after an associated lesson, or when your students need a break from any...
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