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Grammar and vocabulary lesson -adult ESL/ELICOS- business skills
This four-hour grammar and vocabulary lesson focuses on business skills. The first section has a vocabulary list, matching activity, and an activity to check to understand. The grammar section reviews comparative and superlative adjectives and then introduces zero, first, second and third conditionals.
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Grammar and vocabulary adult ESL/ELICOS lesson -public speaking theme
This four-hour lesson is a grammar and vocabulary module for adult or senior high learners. The vocabulary section is on public speaking and debating, the grammar section is on choosing strong descriptive words and participle adjectives.
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Super Comprehensive! Novel Study for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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This is the most comprehensive novel study for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children!
The 32-page workbook includes:
Comprehension questions by chapter.
5 fantastic final essay prompts (you could also do these as homework questions)
A glossary bank activity for each chapter.
An antonym and synonym activity for each chapter.
An exploration of key themes in the novel.
Details about the narration style and plot sequence.
A while-reading activity on Jacob and his grandfather.
A character analysis of the most significant characters.
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Chimamanda Adichie's 'American Embassy' from 'The Thing Around your Neck'
A super easy and complete step-by-step to help students analyse the story ‘The American Embassy’ by Chimamanda Adichie. Students can listen to Adichie’s Ted talk on ’ The Danger of a Single Story’ and then answer important inquiry questions based on the talk.
Then, there is a helpful guide on Adichie’s writing style and personal background before students access the slide on how to successfully annotate the writing piece. There is also a bank for students to record any useful quotes and metalanguage as they read.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid -Full novel study with quiz
This resource is for the first of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
It has a full workbook and vocabulary list for each chapter of the novel.
This bundle also has a student quiz for all of the vocabulary words and a PPT with answers to the workbook for in-class checking of homework.
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Book Study: Soraya: The Storyteller Chapter 1
This English set book works on issues associated with race,refugees,ethnicity and immigration.This unit of work deals with:
An introduction of the first chapter.
Character listing
Glossary of terms
Discussion questions
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Grammar made easy-Booklet of activities for Nouns
This booklet has 8 activities on nouns that focus specifically on the following:
1)Singular and plural nouns.
2)Apostrophes and nouns of possession.
3)Spelling and correct suffixes.
4)Functional grammar for sentence writing.
I have used this resource with my classes many times, and they loved the fact that there was a rubric for them to monitor their progress, as well as, a chance to select what they found difficulty with.
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Grammar made easy! Extension activity: active and passive voice
This set of exercises tests knowledge on the active and passive voices.There are in total 2 sets of questions with answer keys.
The questions focus on the following:
1) Changing sentences from active to passive voice.
2)Changing sentences from passive to active voice.
3)Intransitive and transitive verb sentences.
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Easy Grammar! Active and Passive Voice Presentation.
This resource can be used as a whole lesson or in conjunction with other worksheets and supplementary materials.
The presentation explains the following:
1)The definition and difference between active and passive voice.
2)Practice examples and questions
3) 2 full exercises to test knowledge with attached answer key.
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The San-Bernardino Massacre: Why Was this Such an Unusual Shooting?
This resource can be used as a single unit of work or as a point of reference for discussions and assessments. It tackles issues on gun laws in North America and the right to bear arms. It also has an in-depth section dealing with the unusual aspects of the events-what made this shooting so different from most others? Lastly, the resource covers the similarities of the event and why it has some likeness to other massacres of the decade.
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Creative Short Story Task template.
This is a task template I have used in class as a means of assessment. The task is centred around imaginative and creative writing, it's based on the general conventions of creative/individual writing. Complete with rubric, students are expected to follow specified writing patterns to complete their assignment.
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Fantastic Fantasy! Exploring themes in The Neverending Story III
This resource shows themes in classic Fantasy movies and stories. It speaks about three very common tropes in the genre, that being: Courage, Loyalty among friends and Survival skills. My classes loved the movie and the Presentations on the genre itself, I found this to be very useful in refreshing their memories of characters and what Fantasy writing/movies entail.
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'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl'/The Holocaust (Workbook and Homework Units)
The purpose of this resource is to not only explain the historical context of the Holocaust, but also show the social significance it had on a personal level for the Jewish nation. The source uses the context of 'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl' to explain this in depth.
The source has:
An introduction to Jewish Persecution
An Introduction to 1933 Nazi Germany
An introduction of the novel and it's characters
12 homework units based on each chapter of the book
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Character Analysis of the Novel : 'The Help'
This resource explains each of the characters from the 2009 novel: 'The Help'. It explains the context and background of each character as well as the historical background of the time, such as: the Jim Crow laws and segregation.
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Critical Thinking Task: Refugees-Allow or Refuse Entrance?
The task focuses on the long-debated question- whether refugees deserve to seek refuge in safer countries or whether they should not be allowed entry to first world countries.The lesson includes 2 clip sets that can be shown in class, a series of questions allowing for critical thinking and a short-essay section in which students argue for or against this topic.
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The Attacks on France: Creating Social Awareness
This resource is a set of worksheets that deal with the Paris Bombings on November 13th 2015 by terrorist groups. It is designed to create an open discussion among students for important social and cultural awareness development. There are 4 activities in total with one possible expansion topic dealing with research on the nature of terrorism.
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Anne Frank and World War II (Events Leading to the Discrimination of Jews)
This resource is a worksheet on the start of the second world war in the context of Anne Frank and the Holocaust.It details important historical events that influenced the treatment of Jews and other minority groups.
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Story Planning Sheet -Making Narratives
This resource is a planning sheet suitable for all short stories,narratives,first person excerpts and essays.The following are discussed:
-Protagonists/antagonists
-Setting
-Scenery and motifs
-Literary devices in writing
-Rising action,climax and denoument
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Know Your Grammar:Idioms (question sheet and answer key)
This resource helps students understand complex idioms and their figurative meanings.It can be used as a test,worksheet task or as an activity.
It also comes with an answer key for the teacher.
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Diwali -The Festival of Lights
This worksheet explains the festival and why it is celebrated around the world.