All Teenagers articles – Page 56

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    Pathology of vision: Everyday problems

    In this lesson plan, students first consider the process of refocusing the eye and why motion sickness happens. In pairs, students examine diagrams of myopia and hyperopia and describe what causes it. Key terms are provided in a Useful language box. A gap-fill text focuses on conjunctivitis and introduces terms ...

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    The Terror of Blue John Gap: Part 1

    This advanced-level story, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is set in the Peak District, England, in 1902. It tells of how a man uncovers the truth behind the legend of a mysterious monster. It is told in six parts; each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by ...

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    Reading: How English is English?

    A worksheet with reading and vocabulary activities on the topic of the English language and its origins.

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    Art and Drawing: Integrated Skills CLIL Lesson

    This fascinating lesson focuses on perspective: students read an illustrated text on perspective in drawing, followed by true/false and vocabulary exercises. A listening exercise focuses on Claude Monet and Impressionism; a writing exercise gets students to recreate a text on the Parthenon. A pairwork collaborative project gets students to describe ...

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    Lesson Share: Grammar: Celebrity wedding planner

    Jodi Hope catches Royal Wedding fever with a love-themed winning lesson that practises modal verbs.

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    Guessing game: need

    A guessing activity at pre-intermediate level to practise the use of need, needn’t and Do you need …?

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    The Secret Garden: Chapter 7

    The audio and activities for the seventh chapter of this pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Mary gets to know her cousin …

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    Sums

    A worksheet with activities to make addition, subtraction and multiplication fun while reinforcing the numbers 1-100. Organise the pupils in pairs so that they can discuss and help each other, or set up the activities as a class competition to increase the challenge.

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    The onestopenglish e-book

    To accompany the celebrations for the 10th birthday of onestopenglish, we’ve prepared an e-book with some of our premium resources, hand-picked by our editors across all the content areas of onestopenglish.

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    J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter

    In this lesson plan, pupils discuss their favourite books and learn about this author and her hugely popular series.

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    Nutrition: Comparing food

    Students practise comparatives in this information gap activity.

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    Live from Geneva: Multilingualism

    In this audio lesson, onestopenglish visits Geneva to ask locals and tourists how many languages they speak.

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    Lesson Share: Integrated skills: Fairytale bad guys

    Dimitra Eleftheriou-Ernst wins the Lesson Share competition with a creative classroom activity combining role-play, tabloid journalism, mythical characters and some stunning artwork.  

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    The Secret Garden: Chapter 6

    The audio and activities for the sixth chapter of this pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Mary hears crying in the house again and discovers the source …

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    Role-play: Get / have something done

    A role-play activity for the whole class that practises the correct use of ‘have / get something done’.

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    British English vocabulary lesson: Hospital

    This lesson plan, available at Elementary and Upper intermediate levels, practises vocabulary connected with hospitals.

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    Money and banks

    Students examine different types of currency, examining the advantages and disadvantages of bartering for goods, ‘commodity money’ such as gold or salt and ‘fiat money’, such as coins and notes. They read about what services banks offer, why we use them and how they make money. Listening exercises focus on ...

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    Labour

    Focuses on the relationship between employers and workers, how laws of supply and demand operate in the labour market and companies’ need for ‘output’.

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    Economic systems

    The class is introduced to the notion of a ’traditional’ or ’subsistence’ economy, looking at its benefits and drawbacks. Students learn about the market economy, comparing free market economies to an actual street market. Listening exercises focus on pygmy societies, in particular the Mbuti tribe of central Africa, and Adam ...

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    Reading: Django Reinhardt

    A reading worksheet about the life of the virtuoso jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Student exercises focus on comprehension and discussion.