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ORIGINAL
INDEX OF
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE
ON THIS WEBSITE
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RELATED PAGES
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GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION
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GRAMMAR
RULES (At-a-glance) |
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DEFINITE
v INDEFINITE ARTICLES |
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ADJECTIVES
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NOUNS
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PRONOUNS
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PREPOSITIONS & PARTICLES
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GERUND v PAST PARTICIPLE v INFINITIVE (with/without TO)
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VERBS
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TENSES
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MIXED TENSES
PRESENT TENSES
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SONG: Fix
You sung by Coldplay (Practice: Simple Present)
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SONG: Things
I'll Never Say sung by Avril Lavigne (Practice: Simple present
& present continuous)
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SONG: Tubthumper
sung by Chumbawumba (Practice: simple present)
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SONG: In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley (Practice: simple present
& present continuous)
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SONG: No
More I Love Yous sung by Annie Lennox
PAST TENSES
FIRST CONDITIONAL
2ND CONDITIONAL & MIXED
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MODAL AUXILIARIES
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CLOZE
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QUESTIONS
& QUESTION WORDS
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REPORTED SPEECH
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CLAUSES
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- SONG:
My Way sung by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams
- SONG:
Paranoid sung by Black Sabbath
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COMPREHENSION
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COMMON & USEFUL PHRASES
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SPECIFIC VOCABULARY PRACTICE
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Abbreviations
for text messages
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Anagram
Store Cupboard
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Antonyms
of negative/positive words & phrases SONG: Mad World
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Business Vocabulary
- Clerical
(Men of the Cloth): Poem by Richard Harris Barham
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Confidential
Subjects SONG: Do You Want To Know a
Secret
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CV
Examples
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Degrees
of Certainty (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley)
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Degrees
of Insanity Idioms + exercise
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Degrees
of Quantity (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley)
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Legal
Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension
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Musical
Idioms (matching exercise)
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Musical
Vocabulary (musicians, instruments, verbs)
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Expletives
& Exponents
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Sporting
Terms & Vocabulary (lists only)
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Health
Idioms + exercises
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Humour:
Jokes, Puns, etc. with exercises & explanations.
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Joke
notices
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Imperial
Weights
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Odd
Man Out (matching exercise)
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Overview
of The British Legal System by John Mortimer
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Parts of the body & verbs of action (for
beginners) SONG: The Happy Song
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Phrasal
Verbs & Single Verbs
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Phrases
which include the word TIME + two exercises
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Probability: Words
& Phrases to denote degrees of probability when talking about the
future.
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Prostitution:
SONG:
Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael,
Puff Daddy
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Proverbs
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Requests
in the office
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Requests
at school
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Requests
at mealtimes
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Synonyms
SONG: Mad World
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Synonyms
SONG: I Saw Her Standing
There
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Talk
v Speak v Say v Tell Explanations & practice of variations
in construction and use (including phrasal verbs & idioms)
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Types
of Meat + exercises
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Violence & Cruelty (categories & terminology)
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Vocabulary
for cooking recipes
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Vocabulary
used in Britain, America, Australia, New Zealand
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Ways
of Laughing (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley)
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Words
& Phrases used in The Holy Bible
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Persons
v people
(brief explanation only)
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SPECIFIC
GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS
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FUNCTIONAL
ENGLISH
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COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE STUDIES
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CREATIVE
WRITING |
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SEQUENCING PRACTICE |
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SPELLING & PRONUNCIATION
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STRESS &
INTONATION |
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SPEAKING |
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SONGS FOR SPECIAL
OCCASIONS & GROUP SINGING PRACTICE |
- NURSERY RHYMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
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INTRODUCTIONS
TO SUBJECTS SUITABLE FOR COMPOSITION, ROLEPLAY, DEBATE OR DISCUSSION |
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Anger
Management
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Apportioning
blame
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Australia's
unique wildlife
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Aviation: Learning
to Fly sung by Pink Floyd + Unusual Poems by James Morrow The
Albatross & Concorde
& The
Tempest
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Being
married v staying single
(song: Single by Natasha Bedingfield)
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Censorship
(Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Changes
in Britain
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Changing
one's life: (song: It's
My Life sung by Bon Jovi)
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Christianity:
The
Lord's Prayer
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Christina
Aguillera
(Kelly Osbourne's comments about her)
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Christmas
Expectations:
cultural differences in traditions, gifts, comparison
of climates on 25th & how this affects traditions (Song: Christmas
Time sung by Darkness)
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Christmas
Recipes
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Christmas
Traditions
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Christmas:
The
Story of the Nativity
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Christmas:
A
magical time for children
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Christmas:
Food,
drink & family get-togethers
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Conservation
& endangered species
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Death
(Terminal Illness, Palliative Care, Bereavement Processes, Suicidal
Tendancies) SONG The Drugs Don't Work sung by The Verve
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Depression:
offering support (Song: Fix You sung by Coldplay)
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Depression:
reasons for teenage depression (essay: Education in Britain)
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Dieting
(reasons: real & imagined, types of diets)
(Song by Darren
Hayes: Spin)
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Drinking
habits
(pre-discussion
before song by Chumbawumba: Tubthumper))
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Drugs
(Legal v Illegal) SONG: The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve
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European Community (Spelling
Practice Joke: Proposed EU Spelling Changes)
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Faiths
& conflict
Essay by James Morrow
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Farms:
Mad
Cow Disease
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Farms:
Foot
& Mouth Epidemic
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Farms:
The
Cloning of Sheep
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Felony
Murder:
Reading Comprehension + Exercises by Maria Barone
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Food
& Drink
(Paris & Italy)
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Football
Memories
Trevor Dykes) A humorous description of his 'Match of the
Day'
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Friendship:
SONG: With
A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles
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Haute
Cuisine
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Health: Infectious
Diseases (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Health: A.D.D.
& the symptoms with/without medication (Song: These
Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield)
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Improving one's Lifestyle (song:
It's
My Life sung by Bon Jovi)
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Infidelity:
Aftermath
(Song by Eamon: I Don't Want You
Back)
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Infidelity
and the reasons why
(Song by Eamon: I Don't Want You Back)
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Infidelity
v Fidelity (Song by Eamon: I Don't Want You Back)
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Infidelity:
Men's reactions (Song by Eamon: I Don't Want You Back)
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Infidelity:
Women's reactions
(Song by Eamon: I Don't Want You
Back)
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Lifestyles:
(Song by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams: My Way)
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Lipstick
lip prints on mirrors JOKE (lesson plan for teenage groups, or
younger)
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Listening:
The Art of Listening The
Wise Old Owl
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LSD
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Make-up
JOKE: (lesson plan for teenage groups, or younger)
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Medical
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Mental
Health Issues
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Music
+ violence: Readers' Opinions
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Music:
Punk or Rock?
The
lyrics of some of Avril Lavigne's songs and a link to an article by
Jessica Zietz
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Negative
v Positive
ways of looking at things (song: Paranoid sung by Black
Sabbath)
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Obesity
(causes, metabolism, etc.)
(Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Political
Correctness (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Politics:
Election Procedures in Britain & other countries (Song by
Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Pollution
(sound) (poem by James Morrow)
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Prostitution
SONG: When the Sun Goes Down by The Arctic Monkeys
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Prostitution
SONG: Roxanne sung by The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy,
Fall Out Boy
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Recipes
National Dishes
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Relationships:
Current & Former
(Song by The Beatles: And I Love Her)
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Relationships:
Types of marital problems (Song: Family
Portrait sung by Pink)
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Relationships:
Effect on health, etc. ( Song: Crazy
sung by Gnarls Barkley)
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Relationships:
Dysfunctional families (Song: Family
Portrait sung by Pink)
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Relationships:
The effects of a marriage breakdown on the children (Song: Family
Portrait sung by Pink)
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Relationships:
Should parents stay together for the sake of the children? (Song: Family
Portrait sung by Pink)
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Relationships:
Declaring one's feelings (Song: Thunder
In My Heart sung by Leo Sayer)
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Relationships:
Bewailing one's lack of success in love & apportioning blame
(song: Lemar)
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Relationships:
The effects of being in love (Song: These
Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield)
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Relationships:
Conditional v Unconditional Relationships (Song: These
Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield)
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Relationships:
responsibilities within relationships (Song: Young
Hearts Run Free)
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Relationships:
happy marriages, life after death, dreams
(Story by William
Bolton: True Love Never Dies)
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Relationships:
Initial attraction and how to react)
(Song by The Beatles: I Saw
Her Standing There)
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Relationships:
stalking, revenge, unrequited love) (Story by William Bolton:
Stalker)
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Religious Intolerance
(Well-presented essay by James Morrow)
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Reminiscing:
The Umbrella Club by Martyn Richards
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Spin
Doctors
(Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Starvation
(causes, medical aspects)
(Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)
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Teen
drinking
(post-discussion
after song by Chumbawumba: Tubthumper)
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Teen
Violence & Music: The Real Connection
(Essay by Marcus Strife)
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Teenagers
+ Violent Computer Games + Music
(Article by Bibi Boarder)
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Traffic
congestion
(poem by James Morrow)
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Travel:
Paris
Sewers
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Travel:
Paris
Restaurant
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Travel:
Italian
Vineyards
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Travel:
Beanos: Beussent
& Bruges
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Using
contrast to describe family members
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Violence & Cruelty
(categories & terminology)
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Violence often caused by drinking
(post
discussion after song)
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Violence
(William Bolton) Essay discussing a range of issues.
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Waste
of Natural Resources
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Wildlife:
Monotremes & Echidnas
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Wildlife:
ways to observe &/or help
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Wisdom:
Are all old people wise? How is wisdom acquired? The
Wise Old Owl
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Women
in Business (Paris, Italy)
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Word
Families (gapped exercise)
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TAILOR YOUR
LANGUAGE
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AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE CLASSICS
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CHARLES
DICKENS:: Full lesson plan with varied group &
pairwork activities using two excerpts from Great Expectations
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RICHARD
HARRIS BARHAM: Free gapped, sequencing
& vocabulary exercises for use with a
poem called "The Jackdaw of Rheims"
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SHAKESPEARE:
Free gapped, matching & sequencing exercises as memory aids for
quotes from Shakespeare: As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Richard II,
Macbeth, Twelfth Night, The Tempest
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SHAKESPEARE
Lesson plan + worksheets for The Seven Ages of Man (As You
Like It)
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LEARNING AIDS
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READING PRACTICE
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FICTION
NON-FICTION
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