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Writing a Formal Letter

Writing a Formal Letter

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This is a writing activity for intermediate students who are asked to imagine the trees in the place where they live are being cut down.They don’t agree with that decision and write a formal ...
26 Views 51,669 Pre-IntInt
Story Map

Story Map

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Before they start to write they should brainstorm on how to write and plan them accordingly.There should be at least 180 words in their writing.After they have written at least 180 words please re ...
11 Views 8,754 All
Writing 1: My Favorite Pet

Writing 1: My Favorite Pet

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An essay with tittle and pointers to guide them along when they are writing.Before they start to write they should brainstorm on how to write and plan them accordingly.There should be at least 180 ...
9 Views 11,017 IntAdvExam
Writing a Poem

Writing a Poem

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This is a pretty simple writing activity for intermediate students who are asked to imagine they are in a rainforest and write a poem according to the instructions given.
8 Views 10,749 Pre-IntInt
Paragraph Writing Exercise

Paragraph Writing Exercise

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After I go through all types of paragraph, I use this worksheet to check their understanding about a topic sentence,supporting details,conclusion. There are also plenty of examples to check how to ...
17 Views 72,769 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
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Writing Pack (from Paragraph to Essay)

Writing Pack (from Paragraph to Essay)

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It was designed for intermediate students who have already learnt how to write several types of paragraph and are about to start to write essay types. It makes your ss understand how to write an e ...
35 Views 161,050 IntAdv
Team Writing

Team Writing

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Team writing. Use the pictures and write a story "Happy to be alive". Make a plan, think about linking words. Use past tenses. Don't forget to use : first, then,after that, next, just then, finall ...
7 Views 8,651 Elem
Leisure Time Writing Activity

Leisure Time Writing Activity

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This is a simple writing activity for elementary students who are asked to write a small composition about the way they spend their leisure time, they may answer the questions given to guide the ...
6 Views 27,032 ElemPre-Int
Writing a Leaflet

Writing a Leaflet

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THis is a writing activity for intermediate students who are asked to to write the text for a leaflet in English in which they inform the public about illegal trade in wild animals and the way it ...
8 Views 33,043 Pre-IntInt
Essays Made Easy

Essays Made Easy

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This is a model to help students write essays. It takes them step by step through the process and gives them a model introduction to get them started. I find it helps my junior high students org ...
10 Views 10,216 Adv
The Argumentative Essay: Blank Student Outline

The Argumentative Essay: Blank Student Outline

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Here is a detailed graphic organizer for Intermediate/Advanced ESL students that are just beginning to learn the structure of the Argumentative Essay. This blank outline is intended to serve as a ...
7 Views 32,009 AdvExam
Book Week

Book Week

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Self explanatory work sheet which explains  what happens when you read. This work sheet motivates the children to read. After filling the work sheet children can be asked to read their summa ...
5 Views 6,016 Elem
Writing a Summary in 3 Steps

Writing a Summary in 3 Steps

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This worksheet shows how to write summaries by focusing on the key words of a given text. The steps are: (1) read and understand, (2) find the key words, (3) write short sentences with these key w ...
9 Views 98,254 ElemPre-IntInt
Story Writing Prompts

Story Writing Prompts

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These are story fragments with questions. You can print them out of display them for the whole class. Discuss questions. Then write the rest of the story. If you can't answer a question, ignor ...
13 Views 23,219 Pre-IntIntAdv
Travel Ad: Information-Gap Activity

Travel Ad: Information-Gap Activity

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Student 'A' receives 'Adventure Travel' Handout 'A' - Student 'B' receives 'Adventure Travel' Handout 'B'. Without looking at each other's handout, they should describe their travel ads to each o ...
23 Views 29,604 Int
Diversity

Diversity

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Writing activity about diversity. Power Point Presentation (ppt) with some diversity quotes and a task in the end asking students to write an essay talking about diversity. The items are separated ...
3 Views 6,940 Pre-IntIntAdv
Does School Kill Creativity? (based on a speech at TED Talks by Sir Ken Robinson)

Does School Kill Creativity? (based on a speech at TED Talks by Sir Ken Robinson)

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Watching a well-presented speech with an interesting topic is a great way to engage students in practising their listening and writing skills. TED Talks offers a variety of speeches. The one I pro ...
11 Views 18,410 AdvExam
Planning Writing

Planning Writing

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This is a useful tool to help with any writing assignment. Planning writing explained. I have used it with my Literacy and with my ESOL learmers with excellent results. It has helped to provide s ...
16 Views 18,078 BegElemPre-IntIntAdv
What Will She/He Do? What Will Happen?

What Will She/He Do? What Will Happen?

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Hello :) this worksheet was prepared to practice "will". Students can learn the different usages of "will" such as making an offer, prediction, planning and also spontaneous decisions. There are ...
13 Views 14,834 ElemPre-Int
At the Castle! [for French Speakers]

At the Castle! [for French Speakers]

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This worksheet helps pupils to practise the structure "where". First, just give the pictures to the pupils and tell them they have to ask and answer questions about where the characters are (oral ...
6 Views 7,764 BegElem
Self-Access Learning Materials for EFL Learners

Self-Access Learning Materials for EFL Learners

Self-Access Learning Materials for EFL Learners Level: Lower intermediate Skill: Reading & Writing Topic: Te Matatini National Festival, New Zealand (Describing events/festi ...
8 Views 11,840 IntAdv
A New Year Letter [Correct the mistakes]

A New Year Letter [Correct the mistakes]

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This is an actual worksheet for developing reading and writing skills. Students are to read and correct the mistakes. It helps to teach children to be honest, kind and attentive to people. It is v ...
18 Views 31,761 ElemPre-Int
Writing: Famous Person

Writing: Famous Person

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This handout has guidelines for a writing assignment about a famous person. The students have to write a paragraph about a person, but through their point of view. They have to write a 10-12 line ...
16 Views 44,166 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Metaphors

Metaphors

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This worksheet contains a gapfill and an exercise that shows a true understanding of metaphors. Students must choose the best phrase or word to complete the metaphor. They must also create their o ...
8 Views 13,888 Int
Past Simple Worksheet

Past Simple Worksheet

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This worksheet is about the Past Simple, you can find exercises related to the pronunciation of the -ed, exercises using regular verbs in the affirmative, negative and interrogatives. Also, there ...
14 Views 17,422 Elem

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