All Group Work articles – Page 47

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    Full Circle: Part 6

    This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...

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    Full Circle: Part 5

    This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...

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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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    Survival Guide: Using L1 in the classroom

    Every language teacher has, at some point, felt guilty, puzzled and frustrated about their students’ overuse of their mother tongue in the classroom. In a monolingual context this can become quite a problem.

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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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    Lesson Share: Alien trouble

    Check out this lesson designed to improve communication skills… it’s out of this world!

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    Full Circle: Part 4

    This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...

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    Full Circle: Part 3

    This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...

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    Business Spotlight: Invisible man

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, a man who could be famous, but isn’t. 

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    Full Circle: Part 2

    This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...

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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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    Macmillan Life Skills: Career / Work – Who gets the money?

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students work in groups to expand on a business idea and present it to the rest of the class developing the following life skills: critical thinking and citizenship.

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    Full Circle: Part 1

    In this lesson, students will set up the cultural and historical background to the story and write a short text describing an early-morning routine.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Career / Work – CV Builder

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students discuss the purpose of a CV and using the worksheet create their own CV developing the following life skills: gathering and organizing information, prioritization, motivation, goal setting and values.

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    Lesson Share: The palm reader

    Dimitra Eleftheriou-Ernst wins the Lesson Share competition with a fun lesson designed to practise making future predictions.

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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.