Reviews are a challenging form of persuasive writing for many students.
There is a lot that goes into writing a review, and it can be hard to find
a comprehensive resource that covers all the basic elements of this type of text, include genre conventions and text features, language characteristics and typical review structure.
Well, this presentation might just be what you’re looking for!
With more than 50 slides, it provides in-depth information about various aspects of review writing.
The presentation helps student learn about:
Text features of reviews:
Audience (typical audiences for different types of reviews)
Purpose (why we write reviews and how they help people)
Tailoring the review to the target audience (how to adapt the tone, content and examples in the review to different audiences)
Register (formal, informal and neutral reviews and their characteristics)
Subjectivity (how subjective opinions shape reviews)
Facts and evidence (the need to corroborate opinions with verified facts and evidence)
Audience engagement (how to get and keep the attention of the target audience)
Language of reviews:
Descriptive language (how descriptive language helps improve the quality of the review)
Persuasive language (how persuasive appeals and techniques help improve the quality of the review)
Jargon and specialist terminology (when and why they may be used)
Vivid verbs and adjectives (how they help make the review more informative and persuasive)
Evaluative lexis (what types of evaluative lexis can be used to express opinions about the subject of the review)
Structure of reviews:
Typical review structure (title, introduction, evaluation and analysis, conclusion, rating)
Title (what is its purpose and what techniques to use to achieve that purpose)
Introduction (key elements of the introduction and their purpose)
Evaluation and analysis (key elements in the main part and their purpose:
Conclusion (the purpose and form of a well-written conclusion
Learning about these various elements of review writing helps prepare students for their future academic studies and career by helping them develop critical thinking skills, research and communication skills and opinion formation. These skills are crucial for their future careers as they help them form informed opinions based on solid research and articulate them in a clear and persuasive manner.
Do your students still describe a movie they watched as “good” or “bad”?
Reading the same **vague and bland **movie reviews over and over again is a problem we’ve all encountered at some point, but getting students to write better reviews can be a difficult task.
Writing a film review at a higher level requires students to know and use more advanced vocabulary for describing and evaluating movies.
This means knowing how to describe the main elements of the movie, including the plot, characters, cinematography, music and visual effects, and understanding how to **express positive and negative opinions **about different elements of the movie.
This 32-slide presentation helps students learn just that, without requiring any additional preparation by the teacher.
The presentation includes** easy-to-understand definitions and realistic examples **that showcase how the given words and expressions are used in film reviews.
The presentation focuses on words and expressions for:
movie genres
general film vocabulary
types of movies
types of characters
describing the plot
describing acting
describing visual effects and music
positive reviews
negative reviews
This phenomenal bundle provides you with the materials to teach and practice 12 different persuasive techniques, their definitions, examples and effects.
The bundle consists of:
presentation with detailed information about each of the 12 persuasive techniques (with detailed teacher’s notes)
matching cards that enable students to revise and practice what they learned in the presentation
Together, these two resources help your students learn about persuasive techniques quickly and effectively.
PRESENTATION
For successful argumentative writing and analysis, students need to be very familiar with persuasive devices.
This fully editable 38-slide presentation offers an in-depth look into the most commonly used rhetorical devices, including:
alliteration, anecdote, rhetorical questions, imperative, personal pronouns, exaggeration/hyperbole, facts, opinions, repetition, emotive language, statistics and triplets/list of three.
The techniques are organized into a simple, easy-to-remember acronym:
A RIPE FOREST.
The presentation contains information about the definition, examples and effects of every technique.
This helps students understand:
what the technique is
how it’s used in everyday speech and literature
and how it helps persuade the reader to agree with the author
The pack also includes 8 pages of detailed teacher’s notes.
MATCHING CARDS
Understanding the definitions, examples and effects of different persuasive techniques can be difficult and confusing. Students often struggle to grasp these concepts and apply that knowledge in their own writing and analysis. This set of matching cards that can be used for revision and practice is an excellent way to your students build a strong foundation in understanding how different persuasive devices work.
The set focuses on the following persuasive techniques (contained in the acronym A RIPE FOREST):
alliteration
anecdote
rhetorical questions
imperative
personal pronouns
exaggeration/hyperbole
facts
opinions
repetition
emotive language
statistics
triplets/list of three
The set consists of:
12 technique cards
12 definition cards
36 example cards (three for each technique)
27 effects cards (some effects can apply to several different techniques)
If your students struggle with reading and writing articles, you need a go-to resource that can help them integrate knowledge and skills to help them finally understand this informational text type. Now you finally have it!
This bundle combines theory and practice to help your students learn to read and write articles effectively.
The bundle consists of an informative presentation and an engaging article analysis stations activity.
Presentation
This presentation is a clear, concise, and visually appealing guide to teaching the fundamentals of newspaper articles.
It offers important general information about the typical features of newspaper articles, including audience, purpose and layout.
Through this presentation, your students will learn:
What articles are
What their audience and purpose are
What register is used when writing articles
What is the structure of an article
Do’s and don’ts of article introductions
How to end their article with an appropriate and effective conclusion
Article analysis stations activity
Getting high-school students to analyze long persuasive articles can be such a challenge!
This stations activity solves that problem by breaking the task down into manageable smaller chunks. The students are guided through the analysis through a series of questions that help them discover the layers of meaning in the text.
The questions are grouped into four categories:
Content,
Audience,
Purpose and tone,
Form and structure and Language
This helps students understand how individual words the author uses are linked with whole-text elements like audience, purpose and tone and how all the individual elements work together to create a unified, meaningful whole.
The fact that the task is broken down into easy-to-understand sections enables even the most confused learners to make sense of what they’re reading and analyze it, and at the same time allows more advanced students to showcase their in-depth knowledge.
The procedure is simple: Divide your students into groups, hand out the texts and the question cards and start the stations activity!
A detailed answer key is provided, so no prep is needed on your part!
If you prefer to use a more traditional approach, I’ve also grouped all the questions into a simple, beautiful worksheet, and the best part is, you can use the worksheet or the cards for any article or text, not just the one given here! Use the questions to help students prepare for standardized exams or just as regular classroom practice and review.
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Using advanced words for describing how people look can be a challenge for ESL students. They often resort to familiar, but very simple words to describe appearance.
But now you have a ready-made solution to that problem!
To boost your learners’ vocabulary for describing appearance, use this bundle which contains revision and practice activities for a wide range of vocabulary for describing appearance, including facial features, skin, build, hair and hairstyles, clothes and accessories.
The bundle includes:
a presentation and matching cards game with high-quality photos that student can describe to practice the new vocabulary
a guessing game that will helps student practice target vocabulary, speaking and listening skills and grammar, all while having fun
The presentation
With excellent visuals and key words, this presentation will help your learners take that step forward and move away from simple, everyday vocabulary towards more nuanced and native-like expressions.
The game
This interactive game is an excellent way to combine vocabulary learning with practicing speaking and listening skills and grammar. The game is based on a ready-made inclusive presentation that presents high quality images of people from different backgrounds. Your students will ask and answer questions about the people in the photos, pay attention to even the slightest details and practice incorporating high-level, nuanced vocabulary into their everyday conversations and writing.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, with this bundle, you will be able to teach about describing people with a resource that promotes diversity by including people of different races, religions, ages and abilities.
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Knowing genre conventions is an important aspect of being able to write well. This presentation is a** clear, concise, and visually appealing guide** to teaching the fundamentals of newspaper articles.
It offers important general information about the typical features of newspaper articles, including audience, purpose and layout.
Through this presentation, your students will learn:
What articles are
What their audience and purpose are
What register is used when writing articles
What is the structure of an article
Do’s and don’ts of article introductions
How to end their article with an appropriate and effective conclusion
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If you have any questions, I’m always happy to help!
This murder mystery roleplay or collaborative writing activity is an open-ended discussion activity aimed at providing an engaging platform for students to collaborate, practice crime vocabulary and express their creativity.
The pack includes:
a background story
roles for students
teacher instructions for two different options on conducting the activity
This immersive discussion activity helps students develop:
critical thinking skills: students are presented with a complex problem that requires them to think critically, analyze evidence, and make logical deductions
communication skills: students engage in discussions, share theories, and collaborate with their peers, enhancing their communication and interpersonal skills
creativity: the activity encourages creative thinking as students try to piece together the story and generate hypotheses about what happened
problem-solving skills: students must work collaboratively to solve the mystery, fostering problem-solving skills as they try to identify the perpetrator
The resource pack offers two options for conducting this activity:
Option 1 is a collaborative writing activity. Students write a crime story based on the information given about the background story, characters and clues. This highly motivating activity enables students to work together to create a well-crafted piece of writing.
Option 2 is a roleplay activity. Students take on the roles of the characters in the murder mystery story. The student who is assigned the role of a detective questions other students and attempts to discover the killer.
This activity is a part of my large crime resource pack that offers various activities on the topic of crime (including vocabulary, discussion, reading comprehension and extended reading activities).
You might also be interested in this [crime vocabulary presentation]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/crime-vocabulary-presentation-12913015).
Or, get it all at a lower price here!
This bundle includes my crime presentation and resource pack, providing you with everything you need to help your upper intermediate ESL students learn about crime vocabulary. Various vocabulary, reading, writing and speaking activities enable students to use their knowledge to discuss and write about crime in a meaningful and engaging way.
Included in this resource:
**CRIME VOCABULARY PRESENTATION
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This 40-slide presentation delves into more than 100 essential upper-intermediate crime-related words and expressions, empowering your students to communicate confidently and accurately while discussing the topic of crime in English.
The presentation consists of three parts:
Crime vocabulary
Punishment vocabulary
Other-crime related words
Each crime vocabulary slide contains:
an image related to the crime
the word and definition
verb and/or criminal related to the crime
The words and expressions included in the presentation:
Crime vocabulary:
abduction/kidnapping, arson, assault, blackmail, burglary, corruption, embezzlement, extortion, forgery, fraud, hijacking, mugging, money laundering, murder, perjury, pickpocketing, robbery, shoplifting, slander, smuggling, theft
Punishment vocabulary:
capital punishment/death penalty, community service, corporal punishment, fine, prison sentence/imprisonment/incarceration, life sentence, suspended sentence, parole, probation, solitary confinement
Other words related to crime:
trial, judge, jury, witness, defendant, plaintiff, perpetrator, suspect, attorney, defense lawyer, prosecutor, testimony, bail, verdict, extenuating circumstances, be charged with, be placed in custody, be found guilty, be convicted of, be sentenced to
**CRIME RESOURCE PACK
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This comprehensive 15-page crime resource pack filled with a variety of ready-to-use vocabulary, reading, speaking and writing activities givs your students the opportunity to practice crime vocabulary and express themselves creatively.
The resource pack consists of:
Crimes, verbs and criminals table
Reading: a newspaper article
Crime: vocabulary quiz
Crime: crossword
Crime: vocabulary practice
Crime discussion task cards
Murder mystery - a discussion activity
Extended reading: a crime story
**Crimes, verbs and criminals table
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Intended to be used with our Crime vocabulary presentation, but also available as an independent resource, this table helps students learn the words for the actions and criminals who commit a variety of different crimes.
**Reading: a newspaper article
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A reading comprehension exercise which focuses both on reading for gist and reading for detail helps your students practice their reading skills.
**Crime: vocabulary quiz
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The quiz consists of 37 multiple-choice questions that test how well students understand the terms learned in the unit.
**Crime: crossword
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The crossword with 18 clues related to crime vocabulary can be used to revise and practice the target vocabulary, with a special focus on spelling.
**Crime: vocabulary practice
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This fill-in-the gaps activity helps students practice the target vocabulary in context.
**Crime discussion task cards
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The task cards offer different crime-related scenarios, providing students with an ethical dilemma. Students need to engage in discussion and respond to the prompts on the cards, discussing the different aspects of each scenario. They will be asked to discuss various perspectives, explain the suitable punishments for each crime and talk about ways to prevent similar crimes.
**Murder mystery - a discussion activity
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This is an open-ended discussion activity aimed at providing an engaging platform for students to collaborate, practice target vocabulary and express their creativity.
**Extended reading - a crime story
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This is an extended reading activity. The crime story is written at a rather high level and enables students to engage with more complex vocabulary and structures.
A detailed **answer key **for all activities except the last three, which are open-ended, is included in the resource pack.
The resource pack also includes **teacher’s instructions **with suggestions on how to use each of the activities.
This comprehensive 15-page crime resource pack filled with a variety of ready-to-use vocabulary, reading, speaking and writing activities givs your students the opportunity to practice crime vocabulary and express themselves creatively.
The resource pack consists of:
Crimes, verbs and criminals table
Reading: a newspaper article
Crime: vocabulary quiz
Crime: crossword
Crime: vocabulary practice
Crime discussion task cards
Murder mystery - a discussion activity
Extended reading: a crime story
Crimes, verbs and criminals table
Intended to be used with our Crime vocabulary presentation, but also available as an independent resource, this table helps students learn the words for the actions and criminals who commit a variety of different crimes.
Reading: a newspaper article
A reading comprehension exercise which focuses both on reading for gist and reading for detail helps your students practice their reading skills.
Crime: vocabulary quiz
The quiz consists of 37 multiple-choice questions that test how well students understand the terms learned in the unit.
Crime: crossword
The crossword with 18 clues related to crime vocabulary can be used to revise and practice the target vocabulary, with a special focus on spelling.
Crime: vocabulary practice
This fill-in-the gaps activity helps students practice the target vocabulary in context.
Crime discussion task cards
The task cards offer different crime-related scenarios, providing students with an ethical dilemma. Students need to engage in discussion and respond to the prompts on the cards, discussing the different aspects of each scenario. They will be asked to discuss various perspectives, explain the suitable punishments for each crime and talk about ways to prevent similar crimes.
Murder mystery - a discussion activity
This is an open-ended discussion activity aimed at providing an engaging platform for students to collaborate, practice target vocabulary and express their creativity.
Extended reading - a crime story
This is an extended reading activity. The crime story is written at a rather high level and enables students to engage with more complex vocabulary and structures.
A detailed answer key for all activities except the last three, which are open-ended, is included in the resource pack.
The resource pack also includes teacher’s instructions with suggestions on how to use each of the activities.
This resource goes great with my Crime vocabulary presentation. The words and expressions used in the worksheets and exercises match those taught in the presentation.
This 40-slide presentation delves into more than 100 essential upper-intermediate crime-related words and expressions, empowering your students to communicate confidently and accurately while discussing the topic of crime in English.
The presentation consists of three parts:
Crime vocabulary
Punishment vocabulary
Other-crime related words
Each crime vocabulary slide contains:
an image related to the crime
the word and definition
verb and/or criminal related to the crime
The words and expressions included in the presentation:
Crime vocabulary:
abduction/kidnapping, arson, assault, blackmail, burglary, corruption, embezzlement, extortion, forgery, fraud, hijacking, mugging, money laundering, murder, perjury, pickpocketing, robbery, shoplifting, slander, smuggling, theft
Punishment vocabulary:
capital punishment/death penalty, community service, corporal punishment, fine, prison sentence/imprisonment/incarceration, life sentence, suspended sentence, parole, probation, solitary confinement
Other words related to crime:
trial, judge, jury, witness, defendant, plaintiff, perpetrator, suspect, attorney, defense lawyer, prosecutor, testimony, bail, verdict, extenuating circumstances, be charged with, be placed in custody, be found guilty, be convicted of, be sentenced to
After finishing the presentation, have your students practice these expression with a variety of vocabulary, reading, speaking and writing activities included in this crime resource pack.
This resource provides free templates for hexagonal thinking activities that can be used in any classroom to help students make meaningful connections, engage in productive discussions and foster critical thinking skills.
Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that helps students understand how different concepts are connected to each other.
It helps students think critically and analyze different aspects of a certain phenomenon or situation.
It can be used in a variety of different subjects to consolidate learning, foster higher level thinking skills and even assess hat they have learned.
The resource includes:
blank hexagon templates that can be used in any class for virtually any lesson
arrow templates for students t indicate the most important connections
worksheets for students to explain their thinking
This is an open-ended activity. There are no right or wrong answers. The students can come up with any arrangement of hexagons that makes sense to them, as long as they are able to explain their thinking and justify their choices by making logical and meaningful connections.
Instructions
Print out as many copies of the hexagonal thinking activity sheets as you need (students can work individually, in pairs or in groups
Write the terms you want to include on the hexagons and cut out the hexagons
Explain to the students that they need to arrange the hexagons in a meaningful manner to show the connections between the terms
Showcase some examples of finished hexagon networks to demonstrate what the final product should look like; there are no right or wrong answers, but the connections need to be meaningful and logical
Explain to the students that they need to choose three or six (as many as you want) connections which they will explain in more detail
Hand out the hexagons, arrows and explanation sheets
Monitor as your engaged students lead meaningful discussions, make connections and explain their thinking
After they’re finished, you can ask members of each group to present one or two of the connections they chose to explain in more detail
As an extension activity, you can ask students to engage in a class-wide discussion about the issue
Check out other hexagonal thinking resources:
Environment - a hexagonal thinking discussion activity
School shootings - a hexagonal thinking discussion activity
Jobs and career - hexagonal thinking discussion activity
Health and fitness - a hexagonal thinking discussion activity
This hexagonal thinking activity will help your students engage in meaningful discussions and think deeply about the events, themes and motifs of Orwell’s Animal Farm.
Through this activity, students will make connections between themes such as oppression, language and power, propaganda, revolution and totalitarianism. They will gain a better understanding of the book and analyze the relationships between different aspects of society Orwell portrayed.
Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that helps students understand how different concepts are connected to each other.
It helps students think critically and analyze different aspects of a certain phenomenon or situation.
It can be used in a variety of different subjects to consolidate learning, foster higher level thinking skills and even assess what they have learned.
The resource includes:
hexagon cut-outs with terms from the book
instructions
reflection worksheets
arrow cut-outs for indicating important relationship between terms
free templates for other hexagonal thinking activities
This is an open-ended activity. There are no right or wrong answers. The students can come up with any arrangement of hexagons that makes sense to them, as long as they are able to explain their thinking and justify their choices by making logical and meaningful connections.
Instructions
Print out as many copies of the hexagonal thinking activity sheets as you need (students can work individually, in pairs or in groups)
Cut out the hexagons
Explain to the students that they need to arrange the hexagons in a meaningful manner to show the connections between the terms
Showcase some examples of finished hexagon networks to demonstrate what the final product should look like; there are no right or wrong answers, but the connections need to be meaningful and logical
Explain to the students that they need to choose three or six (as many as you want) connections which they will explain in more detail
Hand out the hexagons, arrows and explanation sheets
Monitor as your engaged students lead meaningful discussions, make connections and explain their thinking
After they’re finished, you can ask members of each group to present one or two of the connections they chose to explain in more detail
As an extension activity, you can ask students to engage in a class-wide discussion about the issue
This hexagonal thinking activity will help your students engage in meaningful discussions and think deeply about health and fitness.
Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that helps students understand how different concepts are connected to each other.
It helps students think critically and analyze different aspects of a certain phenomenon or situation.
It can be used in a variety of different subjects to consolidate learning, foster higher level thinking skills and even assess what they have learned.
The resource includes:
hexagon cut-outs with terms related to health and fitness
instructions
reflection worksheets
arrow cut-outs for indicating important relationship between terms
free templates for other hexagonal thinking activities
This is an open-ended activity. There are no right or wrong answers. The students can come up with any arrangement of hexagons that makes sense to them, as long as they are able to explain their thinking and justify their choices by making logical and meaningful connections.
Instructions
Print out as many copies of the hexagonal thinking activity sheets as you need (students can work individually, in pairs or in groups)
Cut out the hexagons
Explain to the students that they need to arrange the hexagons in a meaningful manner to show the connections between the terms
Showcase some examples of finished hexagon networks to demonstrate what the final product should look like; there are no right or wrong answers, but the connections need to be meaningful and logical
Explain to the students that they need to choose three or six (as many as you want) connections which they will explain in more detail
Hand out the hexagons, arrows and explanation sheets
Monitor as your engaged students lead meaningful discussions, make connections and explain their thinking
After they’re finished, you can ask members of each group to present one or two of the connections they chose to explain in more detail
As an extension activity, you can ask students to engage in a class-wide discussion about the issue
This hexagonal thinking activity will help your students engage in meaningful discussions and think deeply about the main aspects of environment and environmental protection.
Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that helps students understand how different concepts are connected to each other.
It helps students think critically and analyze different aspects of a certain phenomenon or situation.
It can be used in a variety of different subjects to consolidate learning, foster higher level thinking skills and even assess what they have learned.
The resource includes:
hexagon cut-outs with terms related to the environment
instructions
reflection worksheets
arrow cut-outs for indicating important relationship between terms
free templates for other hexagonal thinking activities
This is an open-ended activity. There are no right or wrong answers. The students can come up with any arrangement of hexagons that makes sense to them, as long as they are able to explain their thinking and justify their choices by making logical and meaningful connections.
Instructions
Print out as many copies of the hexagonal thinking activity sheets as you need (students can work individually, in pairs or in groups)
Cut out the hexagons
Explain to the students that they need to arrange the hexagons in a meaningful manner to show the connections between the terms
Showcase some examples of finished hexagon networks to demonstrate what the final product should look like; there are no right or wrong answers, but the connections need to be meaningful and logical
Explain to the students that they need to choose three or six (as many as you want) connections which they will explain in more detail
Hand out the hexagons, arrows and explanation sheets
Monitor as your engaged students lead meaningful discussions, make connections and explain their thinking
After they’re finished, you can ask members of each group to present one or two of the connections they chose to explain in more detail
As an extension activity, you can ask students to engage in a class-wide discussion about the issue
These beautiful posters help your students finally understand the differences between tricky commonly confused word pairs such as effect/affect, lie/lay and accept/except.
Key Features:
The posters focus on 10 commonly confused word pairs. Each poster provides the spelling, part of speech, definition and examples of each word. The words are explained in pairs, enabling students to compare and contrast the words in each pair.
Versatile Usage: Whether you’re an ELA or ESL educator, this resource is adaptable to both settings. Its comprehensive approach ensures that students of varying language proficiency levels can benefit from a stronger grasp of commonly confused words.
Word pairs included in this resource:
lay/lie, lose/loose, compliment/complement, advice/advise, stationary/stationery, allude/elude, accept/except, further/farther, affect/effect, and principle/principal.
How many times have you seen your students using the same commonly confused words wrongly? It can be so frustrating seeing them struggle with the same problem again and again. This resource, consisting of a well-structured presentation and engaging worksheets, helps your students finally understand the differences between tricky word pairs such as effect/affect, lie/lay and accept/except.
Key Features:
**Presentation Power:
The 50-slide presentation focuses on 10 commonly confused word pairs. It provides the spelling, part of speech, definition and examples of each word. The words are explained in pairs, enabling students to compare and contrast the words in each pair. This is followed by further examples that help students use the words in real-life contexts.
**Interactive Worksheets: **
Our worksheets encourage active learning and practice. Each word pair is explored through different exercises, allowing your students to apply their newfound knowledge and reinforce their understanding. From fill-in-the-blanks to creative sentence creation, these worksheets cater to diverse learning styles and abilities. They follow the presentation closely and can be used later as useful reference material for further practice and revision.
**Versatile Usage: **
Whether you’re an ELA or ESL educator, this resource is adaptable to both settings. Its comprehensive approach ensures that students of varying language proficiency levels can benefit from a stronger grasp of commonly confused words.
Word pairs included in this resource:
lay/lie, lose/loose, compliment/complement, advice/advise, stationary/stationery, allude/elude, accept/except, further/farther, affect/effect, and principle/principal.
If you need a practice activity for describing how people look with high-quality images that can be described using a wide range of vocabulary, look no further. This guessing game will keep the whole class engaged and active.
The game can be used to practice appearance vocabulary (including facial features, build, hair color and styles, jewelry, accessories, clothes) at any level, as well as simple grammar (Present Simple and Present Continuous). The students can practice statements, questions, negatives and short answers.
Guessing (twenty questions) game instructions:
Ask for a volunteer
Show the first slide with the pictures
The volunteer chooses one of the pictures on the slide without telling other students which picture he/she chose
Students ask yes/no questions to figure out which picture the volunteer chose (e.g. Is it a man or a woman? Does he have a beard? Does he have a mustache? Is he wearing glasses? Is he wearing a blue T-shirt)
The student who correctly guesses the picture gets to be the one who chooses the next picture.
After a few rounds, change the slide and repeat the procedure with the next slide.
Students need to actively listen to each other to reach the aim of the game.
They practice listening and speaking skills, grammar and vocabulary, all at once!
It’s suitable for older children, teenagers and adults. It can be used with any level, and the level of complexity of vocabulary will depend on you and your students.
The game can be played as a whole class or in pairs or groups.
No prep needed!
The presentation includes more than 80 high-quality images of people from all around the world. The pictures have been carefully chosen to include people from different walks of life and different cultures. They can be used to promote inclusivity and diversity, and you can develop valuable discussions around identity and the dangers of stereotyping.
Some ideas for extension activities:
After several students have taken their turn picking out one of the photos from a slide, before moving onto the next slide, you could have a short discussion about the people in the photos. For example, you could ask students whose style they like the most, who they identify the most with, who they would like to meet, what kinds of obstacles (or perks) people in the photos encounter due to their appearance…
For homework, students can be asked to write descriptions of one person from each slide.
You can ask students to write a diary entry from the daily routine of a person in the photo or have them make a social media profile for the person based on the photo. You or the students can easily find the blank templates for fake (educational) social media accounts online. You can ask the students to present the profiles in the next class.
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Understanding the** definitions, examples and effects** of different persuasive techniques can be difficult and confusing.
This set of matching cards that can be used for revision and practice is an excellent way to your students build a strong foundation in understanding how different persuasive devices work.
The set focuses on the following persuasive techniques
(contained in the acronym A RIPE FOREST):
alliteration
anecdote
rhetorical questions
imperative
personal pronouns
exaggeration/hyperbole
facts
opinions
repetition
emotive language
statistics
triplets/list of three
The set consists of:
12 technique cards
12 definition cards
36 example cards (three for each technique)
27 effects cards (some effects can apply to several different techniques)
This resource works extremely well with my persuasive language techniques presentation.
I suggest you teach the techniques using the presentation first, and then have students revise using this matching cards set.
Do you teach upper intermediate or advanced ESL students who need help with more precise, high-level words for describing personality traits?
Look no further, this resource has everything you need in a clear, easy-to-understand format.
The resource consists of a presentation and the accompanying worksheet set.
PRESENTATION
The presentation contains 24 slides with more than 30 advanced adjectives for describing personality traits.
The slides provide:
the keyword
a clear, easy-to-understand definition of the adjective
two example sentences
In addition to slides that define the terms, there are also special slides that focus on common mistakes, related words, synonyms or antonyms.
WORKSHEET PACK
The worksheet pack includes:
2 sets of worksheets /a beautiful colorful one and a practical, printer-friendly black-and-white one/
the answer key
Adjectives included in the resource:
orderly, meticulous, conscientious, dependable, sensible, detached, considerate, determined, steadfast, empathetic, sympathetic, compassionate, observant, reticent, gregarious, ingenious, straightforward, tactful, versatile, assertive, resourceful, matter-of-fact, down-to-earth (+sociable, outgoing, extroverted, genial, affable, withdrawn, reserved, introverted, bashful, timid, sensitive, dedicated, committed, resolute)
These resources go great with my bundle for describing appearance!
This resource focuses on vocabulary for upper intermediate students related to traffic problems and issues that drivers can face on dangerous roads.
The lesson is based on the ‘10 roads you would never want to drive on’ video which can be found at this link.
The video is rich in advanced vocabulary related to traffic and traffic problems and is excellent for listening comprehension.
Instructions:
The students watch the video and fill in the worksheet in which they list the problems on each of the roads mentioned in the video
The teacher goes over the results with the students
Based on that listening exercise, the students guess the meaning of the key words from the video (this can be done in pairs or individually)
The teacher shows the presentation with images and definitions of the key vocabulary
Extension activity: Students practice the words using the matching cards included in the resource pack
Resources included:
Listening comprehension worksheet
Vocabulary guessing worksheet
Answer key for both worksheets
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The resource focuses on the following words and expressions:
stretch of road, tide, route, vanish, mistime, slippery, elevation, pothole, twists and turns, pedestrian, guardrail/safety barrier, remote, breakdown, headlights, fatal, head-on collision, erosion, landslide, narrow, blind corner, plummet, infamous, hairpin turns, desolate, featureless, paved, blizzard, altitude, impassable, four-wheel drive