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RESOURCES
Themed Lessons
- ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
- ALL ABOUT FILMS 1
- ALL ABOUT FILMS 2
- BREAKFAST
- CASTAWAY
- CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
- COMPANY TOUR
- CONSPIRACY THEORIES
- CONVERSATION STARTERS
- ELEVATOR PITCH
- HAVE YOU HEARD?
- HOME SWEET HOME
- INVENTIONS
- MAKE OR DO
- MAKING SUGGESTIONS
- MEDIEVAL LONDON
- MY FIRST BLOG
- OBLIGATIONS
- ODD JOBS
- SAY TELL SPEAK TALK
- SEE LOOK WATCH
- SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
- SIMPLE PLEASURES
- SLEEP
- SPACE
- STAYING AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME
- STORYTELLING
- THE FIRST LESSON
- THE FUTURE
- THE TOOL BOX
- USED TO
- WELCOME TO THE PARTY
- YOUR CHOICE
Grammar
- Adverbs of Frequency Summary A1-A2
- Adverbs of Frequency Summary A2-B1
- Comparative & Superlative Summary
- Conditionals 0 – 3 Chart
- Future – Present Tenses Summary
- Future – Will & Going to Summary
- Future – Rules Chart
- Make or Do Summary
- Modal verbs: Advice – giving & receiving
- Modal verbs: Requests & Offers
- Modal verbs: speculation & prediction Summary
- Modal verbs: speculation & prediction Exercises
- Modal verbs: speculation & deduction Summary
- Modal verbs: speculation & deduction Exercises
- Modal verbs: speculation & deduction Speaking
- Modal verbs: Must or Have to Summary
- Past Simple Form Chart
- Past Simple Regular pronunciation Summary
- Past Narrative Tenses Summary
- Past Narrative Tenses Chart
- Present Perfect Simple Summary
- Present Perfect comparison with Past Simple and Present Continuous Summary
- Present Simple & Continuous Chart
- Say, Tell, Speak, Talk Chart
- Say, Tell, Speak, Talk Summary
- Used to do & Used to doing Summary
Speaking
- Conversation Starters
- Film Presentation
- Film Trailer
- Film Script
- Company Tour role play
- Elevator Pitch
- Present Perfect
- Home Sweet Home
- Great Inventions balloon debate
- Making Suggestions role play
- Must or have to
- Tour Guide role play
- Simple Pleasures discussion
- Storytelling activities
- Future Plans & Predictions
- Welcome to the Party!
- Job interview role play
- Comparative & Superlative infographics presentation
- About Me Map
- Questions About You – adults
- Questions About You – teens
- Castaway
- Motivation – TED Talks
- Sleep – Video & Speaking
- Holiday – preferences – past simple – prepositions of place
Reading
- Film Vocabulary text
- Christmas Traditions text
- Home Sweet Home text
- Crazy Patents text
- Medieval London text
- My First Blog poem
- Education in Finland text adults
- Education in Finland text teens
- Simple Pleasures text
- Staying on Top of Your Game text
- Shopping Habits text
- Purchase Decisions text
- The Real Lord of the Flies
- Breakfast – history text
- Conspiracy Theories – Time Magazine
Vocabulary
- Learning New Vocabulary
- Expressions with Comparative & Superlative
- Suggestions Expressions
- Requests & Offers
- Giving and asking for Advice
- Film Vocabulary text
- Film Vocabulary matching exercise
- Conspiracy Theories introduction – adjectives
- Conspiracy Theories introduction – Answers
- Conspiracy Theory vocabulary list
- Say, Tell, Speak, Talk Chart
- Say, Tell, Speak, Talk Summary
- See, Look, Watch – Intro
- See, Look, Watch – Summary
- See, Look, Watch – Exercises
Video Lessons
Activities
- Adverbs of Frequency
- Breakfast – Pictures – Present tenses – Food – Teacher’s Notes
- Breakfast – Pictures – Present tenses – Food – Student
- Breakfast – Menu
- Say Tell Speak Talk
- See, Look, Watch – Eyewitness account
- Storytelling
- Irregular Verb Spotter Chart
- Castaway – Survival – Picture Activities
- Castaway – Survival – Picture Cards
- The Power of Persuasion – Requests & Offers
- Beatles song – I’m only Sleeping
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