Here is a resource on the (supposed) alien abduction of Travis Walton in 1975. I created this document as the chapter in the student book is narrative tenses and descriptive verbs. I got inspiration from a resource I saw on the British Council that dealt with an imaginary alien abduction to introduce narrative tenses. But I felt this way was better as it’s a real event (well, real in the sense that Travis is a real person, whether you believe he was kidnapped by aliens or not!) Students read the newspaper story to get a general idea of the story, then the class is divided into two: newspaper reporters and Travis. The newspaper reporters need to create questions based on my points, then the group with Travis needs to give information about the abduction based on my points. Then we read the story and answer the questions, then there is a buzzfeed video you can show them (about 7 minutes in length). TES don’t allow external links so if you want to show the video it is called “Three Bizarre Cases Of Alien Abductions.”

Adidas vs Puma This is a lesson on the feud between the founders of Adidas and Puma - two brothers. I find that teenagers find this topic interesting as most kids nowadays wear Adidas, Puma and Nike. Firstly, if time there is a dictogloss. On the first page of the dictogloss is a picture of the brothers to show the students and a map with Herzogenaurach. During the dictogloss I get students to just write HZ as it’s much quicker! Then is the text on the brothers’ feud and story, accompanied by comprehension questions. This has taken several hours to create,merging, editing and rewriting material from multiple sources.

This text is taken from the National Geographic then I modified certain parts and added a little extra. I also got some images from google to make it look nicer. It was primarily designed for non-native speakers (B2 level) as there are some definitions of difficult words added (carve, brain drain, plot, stunned etc) but it could easily be used for native speakers. There are comprehension questions added as well.

Hi I’ve been a Shark Tank fan for quite a while and thought it might be interesting to use in class as the current chapter in the textbook we’re doing is on jobs. There is also a dictogloss to do on Nike’s co-founder Phil Knight, and video on Youtube. Edit: I updated this as I decided to create something on Bombas. After watching a recent episode I realised Bomba is Shark Tank’s most profitable company. Their story is very interesting: for every pair of socks sold they donate one pair to homeless people.

Here is the second part of my lessons based on WW2. I recently modified this lesson and made the Battle of Stalingrad into a Microsoft Word document, but I have kept the original older lesson in case you prefer it.

Hi Here is my 4th and final booklet of World War Two Liberation of Auschwitz Hitler’s last days Execution of Rudolf Höss Hiroshima

Here is my third booklet on WW2 9 The origin of the hatred of the Jews and the Holocaust 10 Anne Frank 11 Sophie Scholl 12 D-Day

This is a collection of lessons starting with a general lesson on animals unique to Australia, then moving on to kangaroos, koalas, the tasmanian devil, snakes and spiders.

Hi I have edited the Anne Frank diary for a B1 level. As far as I understand the copyright has expired, so I’m uploading this. I created it all myself and it’s taken hours with the vocab and comprehension questions and background information. I have also created three texts based on things Anne mentions in the diary: Churchill, Gandhi and Queen Wilhelmina and taken the reconstruction of their arrest from the Anne Frank website (it’s been edited a bit, with images added etc.).

This is a booklet with exercises based on a graded reader by Pearson/Penguin on Forrest Gump (A2) level. It is primarily designed for French kids as difficult words are translated into French; however, you could simply change these words into your students’ L1. There are also some texts on the Vietnam War, American football and Nasa given that they are mentioned in the book. NOTE: I’m currently making a Tom Hanks biography (given that he’s the star of the Forrest Gump movie), which should be uploaded by 3.08.

Here is the life of Helen Keller. There are exercises and some texts on Laura Bridgman, Louis Braille and Charlotte Brown.

Hi This is an excellent and dark short story by Jonathan Crag: “Call me Nick” from 1968 and featured on Hitchcock presents. Content Call me Nick - I have edited this short story to remove some really difficult words and use some slightly easier synonyms The Devil - an article on the Devil slightly adapted from a site online with images added showing the cloven hooves, trident and horns. Workbook - difficult vocab is defined (e.g. gasp, chuckle, stare, sin etc) and there are comprehension exercises along with a few idioms with the word devil. This has been used for a literature class with B2/B2+ students. I have divided the short story into two parts and between these parts students have an article about the Devil to read. This breaks it up nicely. This could also easily be used in a literature class for native speakers. I think my students enjoyed it! It took two whole classes to read and finish the questions (55 minute classes in my school, so if your classes are shorter you might need 3 lessons).

This short story is available for free on The New Yorker’s website, but I have edited it slightly. Plus, I have created vocabulary exercises, preteaching vocabulary that appears in the text along with comprehension questions to check understanding of the text. I have also written my own biography of Haruki Murakami adding some information about “magic realism” given that this short story employs some magical realism techniques. There is also a short article on the difference between jealousy and envy (if you read the story you will understand why). This is a high level B2 or low C1 level on the CEFR scale. I found it great for students studying FCE or CAE level given that it has lots of advanced adjectives and great phrasal verbs needed at these 2 levels.

Reported Speech activities B1 Version This has been made by me to be used in conjunction with chapter 11 of Think 2 (Level B1, second edition), but you could use the reported speech grammar and song alone or with your textbook if it has one on reported speech. The Think book isn’t essential. Files / Activities: Document 1: Grammar lesson on reported speech Olivia Rodrigo Song “Good 4 U” reported speech activity Say vs Tell with reported speech (5 pages) Document 2: Reported Speech preparation for the class test (2 pages) (I used to have the actual vocab and grammar test uploaded but removed in case my students found it online!) I have created sentences then reported speech on those sentences to get students to understand the rules (e.g. present simple -> past simple etc), then they complete the table with the rules. Then students have the reported speech version of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 u” that I invented, which they need to convert into direct speech, then they can listen to the song and verify if it’s correct or not. There is one bad word in the song (the F word), but just once! The song is embedded into the Microsoft Word document. There is also a basic guide on say / tell with reported speech (which is better in conjunction with Think 2) **B2 Version ** Similar to above but it doesn’t include say/tell and goes deeper with reported questions, imperatives and requests. This is based on Think 3 (B1+/B2) It also has a gap fill based on songs by Dua Lipa & Bon Jovi. Group 1 has a piece of paper with the lyrics for Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now”. Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” has gaps. Group 2 has the exact opposite. Group 1 has a slip of paper with the lyrics to enter in the reported forms for Dua Lipa; group 2 for Bon Jovi. After they finish the students in each group swap, then the students in group 2 need to fill in the lyrics based on their classmates’ reported speech versions. After we listen to both songs and check.

This is a set of lessons on Australia. I used to have the Commonwealth as the first lesson in my Australia scheme of work but have decided to not use it, so I’ll just add it as an extra. Lesson 1 – Penal Colony Lesson 2- The origins of Australia Lesson 3 - Tourism in Australia. I made this on Prezi but have made a new PowerPoint that has replaced the Prezi. Lesson 4 - Focus on Sydney (updated 11.2023) Although I call them Lessons 1, 2, 3 and 4 they will take more than one lesson depending on how long a lesson lasts in your school. I made class tests for each lesson but deleted them just in case my students found them! The workbook has a harder and easier version but the only difference is for the Sydney video as the video gap fill is a bit easier. The videos are embedded in the lessons, but if they don’t work you could copy the link and go to the site manually.

Hello all, This pack consists of a set of lessons on WW1 This has taken me many hours to create, so I hope you appreciate it! There are some vocabulary lists as my students are non-native speakers but are in an international school so have a high level If your students are native speakers this part could be simply removed. Start of WWI Propaganda Britain’s underage soldiers Trenches WWI Letters, the ‘white feather’ campaign and a poem by Siegried Sassoon. The Christmas Truce of 1914

Hello all When the Taliban sadly took over Afghanistan in 2021 I knew that some of my original lessons would be no longer relevant and out-of-date. They have been recently updated (November 2024 but I am still updating book 3). Just to note, sometimes there are key words translated into French as I teach in a French school (student level is B2/B2+)

Here is a collection of lessons on WW2. Please note, it’s been recently modified. I decided to scrap some of the Powerpoints so most of it is in the booklet. But I have kept the old powerpoints just in case you prefer them. Lesson order: 1 Introduction to WW2 (Powerpoint) 2 Origins of WW2 (How Britain Hoped to Avoid War with Germany in the 1930s) (Word document) 3 Rationing (Powerpoint) 4 The Battle of Britain & The Blitz (Word document) 5 Operation Barbarossa (Word document) I used to have the Hitler biography here at the start of WW2 but decided to put it at the end of WW1 after the Great Depression. There is a separate booklet for questions. My students are French and we have a special history class, so the question booklet has translations of advanced words.

[This has been updated 17.02.2023] In this pack there are Two Powerpoint lessons on weapons: 1st lesson: guns (pistols, rifles, machine guns), planes, zeppelins 2nd lesson: gas and tanks A Powerpoint Lesson on the Treaty of Versailles A workbook with questions from the weapons lessons the Treaty of Versailles and a separate booklet for the texts: The Battle of the Somme Sidney Lewis, Britain’s youngest soldier in WWI The end of WWI Origins of WWII video