Relatively simple interview with Jessie J, covering name, age, birthday, family and pets. Pupils can practise the dialogue as it stands and then adapt the language highlighted in bold.
5 verbs in the Conditional, set out in a table, so that students can analyse and infer the pattern. Could be printed as hand-out or blown up as a poster.
Three resources relating to the eclipse on 20th March 2015:(i) An original text for translation into English(ii) An adapted text with helpful diagram and multi-choice questions in English(iii) An adapted text with no helpful diagram and open questions in English
Five authentic blogs about pets written by relatively young native-speakers.( I've changed the names of the writers and the pets.) The texts are followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises and a little bit of grammar.
The text is a simplified version of the Sixth Form text I've already uploaded. This version is followed by questions in English, a translation exercise and a writing task.
Text about a Facebook protest regarding difficult questions in a recent Abitur Maths exam, : Schülerproteste; followed by 'True, false, not in text' questions.
A text about Mehrwegflaschen followed by (i) AS style comprehension questions in German (ii) An exercise practising the Passive and (iii) a translation into German requiring the recycling of lexis from the source text and some use of the Passive.
Text about the Selfie Generation in Austria, followed by True/False/Not in text questions in English, then a reading task which is in itself preparation for a speaking task.
Three short texts relating to very different holidays in Spain, Canada and Myanmar / Burma. The texts have been jumbled together and students must separate out the paragrpahs relating to each trip and then re-order the paragraphs so that they make sense once more.
A sequence of activities to help students describe their phone: (i) an adjective sorting activity (ii) selct adjectives for an advertising campaign (iii) a bit of grammar (iv) some useful phrases.
Practise of key language relating to asking directions, followed by a playscript, in which Britney Spears asks the characters from Scooby Doo for directions. The location of the station remains a mystery.