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Teaching Gerunds Through Creative Writing

Teaching Gerunds Through Creative Writing

Michael Patrick
Lesson 7 in this 24 part series of exercises is almost all about gerunds which are very common in everyday usage and these different exercises will show your students just how much. I've also snu ...
7 Views 38,211 Pre-IntInt
Alien Welcome Committee Writing Prompt

Alien Welcome Committee Writing Prompt

» Creative Writing Prompts
This creative writing prompt will help students build language and writing skills by imagining that they are welcoming a group of aliens to Earth. They must write a song to welcome the aliens. Thi ...
1 Views 19,391 Elem
Song Worksheet: Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson (Two Part Plan)

Song Worksheet: Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson (Two Part Plan)

Dan Glucksnis
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I used this lesson with middle school pre-intermediate and intermediate students. The worksheet has three parts, the first is a lyrics gap-fill to get students familiar with the lyrics. Part two a ...
6 Views 75,761 IntAdv
What Did You Do on Your Last Vacation?

What Did You Do on Your Last Vacation?

LUZ ZUNICO TELLO
, Creative Writing Prompts
It's an amazing worksheet about what ss did on their last vacation.  You'll find here a wordsearch, questions about what people did last weekend, also activities such as reading comprehensio ...
10 Views 46,009 Elem
Writing IV - Writing about Your City

Writing IV - Writing about Your City

Ursula Viessa
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Writing is always a tough task regardless of the language. When it comes to English, it is worse, because students don't usually write in their native language (in my case, Portuguese from Brazil) ...
5 Views 48,415 Pre-Int
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Writing III - Descriptive Writing

Writing III - Descriptive Writing

Ursula Viessa
, Creative Writing Prompts
Writing is always a tough task regardless of the language. When it comes to English, it is worse, because students don't usually write in their native language (in my case, Portuguese from Brazil) ...
7 Views 36,927 Pre-Int
Writing II - Writing Based on a Model

Writing II - Writing Based on a Model

Ursula Viessa
, Creative Writing Prompts
Writing is always a tough task regardless of the language. When it comes to English, it is worse, because students don't usually write in their native language (in my case, Portuguese from Brazil) ...
3 Views 27,606 Pre-Int
Writing I - Freewriting - Putting Things Together

Writing I - Freewriting - Putting Things Together

Ursula Viessa
» Creative Writing Prompts
Writing is not a very easy or simple thing. Students all over the world, regardless of their native language, have difficulty in writing in English. This worksheet gives some guidelines on the ste ...
4 Views 27,660 Elem
British Expression for Point of View

British Expression for Point of View

Jessica Parish
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British words that help express your point of view that lead to writing a book review. The key is on  the last page. In the first activity a teacher can elicit the expressions by getting stud ...
9 Views 26,283 Adv
Valentine's Day Writing Paper (1)

Valentine's Day Writing Paper (1)

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Valentine's Day Writing Paper. Make February 14th a special day with our fun printables and activities. This printable can be used to write a letter or a poem and given to a friend or family membe ...
3 Views 15,744 Elem
Parts of Paragraph

Parts of Paragraph

» Creative Writing Prompts
I have designed this PPT to teach my ESL students how to write a paragraph. It includes different parts of the paragraph, a sample, an exercise to check students' understanding of the title, topic ...
5 Views 29,391 Elem
Story Picture - Hanukkah

Story Picture - Hanukkah

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Hanukkah is nearly here! Students are asked to look at the picture and write a story to tell what's happening. A Jewish family are celebrating Hanukkah. Do you know how families celebrate this Jew ...
4 Views 28,247 Elem
Christmas Story Picture - Elf at the North Pole

Christmas Story Picture - Elf at the North Pole

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This Christmas worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. Students look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. They must also think of a title. The picture show ...
4 Views 19,516 Elem
Linking Words and Expressions (with Some Exercises)

Linking Words and Expressions (with Some Exercises)

Claire
» Creative Writing Prompts
This a Powerpoint that I created in order to teach linking words and expressions with examples for my students. It contains some exercises at the end. They will need more practice but I think that ...
10 Views 28,801 IntAdv
Film Rating

Film Rating

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This worksheet can be used to teach students how to write their opinion about a film. It may be used as an introductory task before teaching them how to write a longer film review. First students ...
5 Views 21,072 Pre-Int
Writing: Celine Dion Short Biography

Writing: Celine Dion Short Biography

Agnieszka Bialek
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Simple worksheet for writing a few simple sentences about Celine Dion based on given information. Each following sentence is based on the following information given at the top of the page. This e ...
5 Views 29,693 ElemPre-Int
Recycling Worksheet

Recycling Worksheet

, Creative Writing Prompts
Reduce, reuse, recycle! Students read the questions and write the answers on the lines provided. They are then asked to write the definition of 10 words. This will help kids understand the reasons ...
6 Views 32,282 Elem
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

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This worksheet is suitable for improving your students' writing skills. They are going to write three paragraphs about three types of life style in the past, present and future. They sho ...
9 Views 40,165 BegElemPre-IntInt
Research Activity - Sumatran Tiger

Research Activity - Sumatran Tiger

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This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the Sumat ...
3 Views 13,026 Elem
City Life vs Country Life

City Life vs Country Life

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This worksheet is helpful for improving students' writing skills, and it's appropriate for practicing simple present. Students should start each sentence with "there is" or "there are". It's ...
4 Views 32,050 Elem
A Visitor from Abroad

A Visitor from Abroad

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This worksheet gives students an opportunity to practice their models of obligation and recommendation while practicing airport vocabulary. Students start off with a conversation and then talk abo ...
8 Views 29,371 IntAdv
Research Activity - Hawksbill Sea Turtles

Research Activity - Hawksbill Sea Turtles

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This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the hawks ...
3 Views 10,480 Elem
Research Activity - Mountain Gorillas

Research Activity - Mountain Gorillas

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This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about mountain ...
2 Views 12,374 Elem
Writing about Your Favorite Instrument

Writing about Your Favorite Instrument

Brian Heim
, Creative Writing Prompts
This will allow intermediate to advanced students to write about their favorite instrument.  Completion time - 5 days or 1 school week. Please show youtube videos of instruments. I perso ...
3 Views 19,971 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Eliminating the Idea of Waste

Movie Worksheet: Eliminating the Idea of Waste

Natalia
, , Creative Writing Prompts
In this worksheet students get acquainted with Tom Szaky's life, founder of Terracycle. After that they are shown a video that deals with the environmental issue, after which their comprehension i ...
13 Views 16,610 IntAdvExam

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