Movie Worksheet: The Art of Choosing (TED Talks – Sheena Iyengar)
This is an excellent listening exercise for upper-intermediate. They will enjoy a 2.45 minutes talk by Sheena Lyengar on her book: The Art of Choosing. The choice of words, entertaining speech, and the...
View ArticleEducation Powerpoint
This is a PPT on school or education related vocabulary. There are slides with 'exam' words and phrases (such as pass/fail exam, cheat, cram), some phrasal verbs (work out, hand in), and school /...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Hackschooling Makes Me Happy
This worksheet comprises a listening and speaking activity for teenagers. Students watch the first 4 minutes of Logan La Plante's TEDx video presentation entitled "Hackschooling makes me happy", then...
View ArticleClassroom Objects Word Puzzle
This word puzzle will help students from lower levels to remember basic items of common use inside the classroom. The aim of the activity is to combine it with other didactical activities in order to...
View ArticleLifelong Learning
This worksheet was created to Unit 10 of the New Total English Elementary 2 course book and aims to practice school subjects, expressions in connection with learning and modal verbs (have to, don't...
View ArticleU.S. School Discipline (High School)
This worksheet is a great way to talk about differences between the U.S. school environment and a foreign school. The students work on their own or with a partner for the warm-up and then discuss what...
View ArticleEducation in the UK (PPT)
I've made this presentation on the text from the New Matrix 7th Grade: Student’s Book by Wildman Jayne, Styring James, Khotuntseva Elena. There is a 'true/false' task, a vocabulary task and a special...
View ArticleSchool Uniform Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension is about a debate on school uniform. Students read and answer the multiple-choice questions. Some people think that the debate about school uniform is just about whether or not...
View ArticleClassroom Commands
It is a simple worksheet that I have prepared for my pupils of 1st year in middle school and I intend it to be used by both pupils and teachers. You may use it to give pupils the main actions done at...
View ArticleMy School Subjects
In this worksheet your students will find 6 sentences impossible to understand since the words are in the wrong order. First, they will have to order the words to form sentences. The sentences are: I...
View ArticleSchool Objects
This worksheet is a very simple material for kids (primary school). They can practice their handwriting and match the words. It's about school objects, a very simple vocabulary (desk, ruler, eraser,...
View ArticleIdentifying Objects, Things, People in Schools
This worksheet is about identifying basic things, objects and familiar people one can see or observe inside the school. This can be an ice-breaker for further discussion about nouns. The students would...
View ArticleGoals and Expectations
To be used for an introductory lesson. Best suited for adult learners or mature learners. I used this for intermediate to advanced level students. It includes normal topics that I continue to use in my...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Pros and Cons of Being an Exchange Student
This worksheet has two parts. The first one is a speaking activity which prepares students for watching a video. The second part is a listening activity to help students understand the pros and cons of...
View ArticleThe Education System in the United Kingdom (Advanced)
This presentation introduces students to the education system in the United Kingdom, giving them examples of how the system works and a few of the key issues currently relevant to the system. Ideal for...
View ArticleThe Education System in the United Kingdom (Easier)
This presentation introduces slightly younger/ less advanced students to the education system of the United Kingdom. It gives them an idea of the timetable, subjects and main issues of relevance to...
View ArticleSchool Subject Flashcards
The school subject flashcards help as teaching visual aid for the teachers. That makes learning the words fun for the children. The colorful flashcards contain the pictures with the words. They are...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Monster University
Watching movies in English with English subtitles is always popular with students, especially in summer when they are less focused. This worksheet is based on the movie 'Monster University' and it is...
View ArticleSpeaking - School
This exercise is to practice speaking skills. You ask students to get into pairs and to answer the questions. But they must talk for a minute:) Therefore one of them is checking the time when another...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Oxford Vocabulary
This worksheet is connected with the one I made earlier. It's called "Oxford University (Word on the Street)" and is devoted to working with the vocabulary from the video. The worksheet was made with...
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