All Culture articles – Page 14

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    Beyond: Knowledge: Dictionaries

    In this lesson, students complete an information-gap activity about Samuel Johnson’s famous dictionary, learn how to be better dictionary users, identify parts of speech and compete in a dictionary quiz.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Networking – The office party

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students take part in a role-play which prompts them to gossip with colleagues and network with the president of the company developing the following life skills: networking, active listening and building confidence.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Self / Social – Are you experienced?

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students complete a questionnaire about life experiences and find out what their score means developing the following life skills: self-awareness and challenging stereotypes.

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    Beyond: Arts and Media: Graffiti

    In this lesson, students read about famous walls and graffiti, create their own graffiti artwork, describe a bedroom wall and learn wall idioms.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Self / Social – My kind of people

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students complete sentences about people, things and places they like. Then, they ask each other questions to find out about their classmates’ preferences developing the following life skills: expressing your opinion and accepting diversity.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 16

    The audio and activities for the final part of this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 16, we find out what happens to Miles. We also learn about Tom’s future and the life of the young king.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 15

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 15, a new king is crowned but which of the boys wears the crown? Edward, son of Henry, the rightful heir to the throne or the poor beggar boy, ’King Tom’, ...

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 14

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 14, Tom rides through the streets of London on his way to Westminster Abbey and the coronation. He is enjoying his life as future king until a chance encounter with someone ...

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 13

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 13, we hear about Tom’s life in the palace, and how he stops worrying.

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    Beyond: Knowledge: Geography

    In this lesson, students identify flags, create a world flag, play a team board game and complete a geography quiz.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 12

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 12, Edward and Miles find themselves in prison but help is at hand and they manage to get out. However, some disturbing news for Edward means that he can’t afford to ...

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 11

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 11, Edward goes with Miles Hendon to Hendon Hall, Miles’s family home, where he is expecting to pick up his old life where he left off ten years ago. His brother ...

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 10

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 10, Edward gets into trouble again and he finds himself even further from the palace and his position as King of England.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Communicate / Cooperate – Blackout

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students role play being stuck in a blackout developing the following life skills: adaptability and decision making.

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    Beyond: Arts and Media: Artists

    In this lesson, students give opinions about art, draw a picture, pretend to be art critics, describe a picture of a room and talk about their own room.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Communicate / Cooperate – A class or company newsletter

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students work together as a whole class to create a one-page newsletter developing the following life skills: cooperation, communication and time management.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 9

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 9, Tom gets used to life as King of England and has to make some important decisions.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 8

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 8, we learn more about Miles Hendon and he and the Prince become friends.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 7

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 7, Edward finds himself in trouble in the street again, but this time he is saved by a friendly stranger.

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    The Importance of Being Earnest: Part 8

    The audio and activities for the eighth part of this upper-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. In Part 8, a very strange coincidence has far-reaching consequences for our romantic couples. But will it end happily for them all?