If you have never used celebrities or biographies in your ESL classroom, now might be the perfect time to try it out. Here we have gathered 257 FREE worksheets on this topic that are appropriate for different age ranges and ability levels. This celebrity worksheet, for example, contains the biographies of Prince William and Kate Middleton who fascinated people around the world as they prepared for their elaborate wedding. Created with intermediate learners in mind, there are no activities included but since the reading material has already been created, this is a good start on a lesson about this famous young couple. If you are not interested in this topic, there are other worksheets available too.
Since everyone has a favorite celebrity, try to include them in class from time to time. When teaching descriptive words, you can describe famous celebrities and let students guess who you are talking about. You can also give students secret celebrity identities that their partners have to guess based on the answers of yes or no questions. Description lessons are just one opportunity that you can use to talk about celebrities but there are many other times you might want to use them too. It is important to use age appropriate people so that students are sure to know who they are. Using celebrities that students have never heard of defeats the purpose. This is an opportunity to get students more interested in lesson material so go ahead and find out who they are interested in.
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In this worksheet you will find a process writing lesson plan to guide your students in writing a biography. It contains different stages in process writing, texts to be analysed, a grammar practi ...
This can be used as a pre-task to the power point presentation that I provided entitled "Celebrities". Go through the pronunciation of the countries and the nationalities outlined on the worksheet ...
This is a very interactive way to introduce the topic of 'celebrities' to your ESL classroom, while integrating basic topics such as countries, nationalities and giving a reason for liking or admi ...
This PPT is useful to practice descriptions. It can be used to add some fun to the class since they have to guess who the person is. They can take advantage of this activity to describe physical a ...
Aimed at intermediate and above students, this worksheet consists of reading biografies of famous people who have overcome some adversities in their lives. It also has some vocabulary activities, ...
The activities of this lesson are focused on reading and speaking and are based around a wonderful poem "Phenomenal Woman". As a warmer students look at photos of famous women and discuss what mak ...
This is an information-gap activity. Students work in pairs. They are given 2 different worksheets with pictures of famous people. Each student tries to guess these people's nationalities and coun ...
This power-point presentation is useful to talk about invention and inventors (such as Alexander Graham Bell, Edison, Wright brothers and etc.) . It is also useful for improving students speaking ...
Today is Dick King Smith's birthday! Dick King Smith was an English writer of children's books. He grew up in the West Country, where his family ran several paper mills. Students are asked to fill ...
This worksheet contains 2 listening tasks based on the VOA programme about Madame C.J. Walker, the first Afro-American woman to be successful in business. After listening, students can think of qu ...
Reading Comprehension - Rihanna. Question Types included: Short questions for facts, long questions for the main idea, multiple choice questions, true, false , not given, referencing, su ...
This handy report form is good for practicing research activities. Students are asked to choose a famous author and fill in the report form. The are asked to answer a few questions and write a sho ...
This powerpoint presentation will help your students learn about a famous American actor Johnny Depp. The PPT gives a lot of facts connected with his biography and career. There are two tasks to c ...
This worksheet is for Russian-speaking teenagers. It is based on iCarly Episode. The video is not long, so it's suitable for the class. There is a vocabulary list, fill in the gaps activity and se ...
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. Find out some interesting facts about one of the world's most famous writers with one of our reading comprehensions. The text is accompanied with stud ...
Frank Sinatra is one of the most popular American singers. Several generations were raised on his music and his incredible voice. If you want to understand American culture and American natio ...
This worksheet contains a short biography of Josh Radnor. The grammar focuses on simple past and it is appropriate for elementary levels. It includes a gap-filling activity. You may find it useful ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, America on January 15, 1929. This worksheet asks students to read the 'Reading Comprehension - Martin Luther King' first and then fill in missing words ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, America on January 15, 1929. After his death, Martin Luther King was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. This worksheet includes some in ...
A.A. Milne was born in London, England, on January 18, 1882. He is most famous for his children’s books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends. Students read through the ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, America on January 15, 1929. After his death, Martin Luther King was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. This worksheet includes some in ...
This is a simple worksheet for practicing the articles a or an. It contains the biographies of three famous actors in which the language learners are asked to complete the sentences with a/ an. It ...
This is a worksheet for asking about name, home address, and website address. Put the students into pairs. Ask them to imagine they are Natalie Portman and Harry Styles. Then, they are supposed to ...
This worksheet contains the name, age, and country of origin of some celebrities. You can use it for practicing greeting and introducing the third person at elementary levels. Cut the slips and gi ...
From time to time I like my students to have a direct contact with real English, and they work with videos from real tv programs where they can find communication barriers such as applauses, peopl ...
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