Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Cat Man Lion Story

Once upon long ago a cat erred throughout the nearby woods when he met up with a fearsome lion. The lion stopped and looked at the cat and said,
- "You are a cousin of ours, aren't you?"
- "Yes, I am!" the cat replied, "and I am rather a near relative of yours". The lion sighed and asked,
- "But, tell us, how come that you are that small, undersized and hardly mew anything?!"
-"Oh, they’re Man’s gazes that render me so!" the cat replied in a sad voice.
- "Do we know that Man! I mean, is Man among the current species of animals that serve our majesty?!" The lion said in arrogance.
- "I don't think so, your majesty!" The cat scornfully answered, "I mean he is the one who exploits all the other species in your venerable kingdom!"
- "Oh no!" the lion exclaimed, "Do you mean what you are saying right now! Otherwise you are foolish!"
- "He even eats most of your nation except for dirty stinking ones!" The cat mockingly comments.
- "Are you kidding our majesty, thou little mewing creature" the lion retorted!
- "Sorry your majesty! I wanted to say that Man is not an ordinary animal. He is one who can use tools better than anyone in your kingdom!" the cat said trying to lower the tension.
- "Do you mean that he is better than apes in using tools?!" The lion inquired.
- "Yes!" the cat hurriedly answered.
- "So I don't know this creature and I am eager to know him!" The lion said.
-"I guess I have to show your majesty! So would you mind following me?" The cat asked gently.
- "Go ahead! And tell me a little more about this creature!" The lion roared in pride.

The two started to walk towards the nearest village when they suddenly saw a man trying to split a tree trunk into two long halves. The cat stopped and pointed to the man whispering in the lion's ear,
- "Here is one!"
- "That meager little mortal can do all that damage you talked about!" the lion exclaimed in complete astonishment! And added, "Aren't you mistaken?! As with a single blow from our paw, we can make him a useless dead carcass."
- "No, your majesty! I've always been living under his power." The cat answered sadly.

The lion stealthily and prudently stepped towards the wood cutter and roared,

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How well do you know really know your classmates? ( beginners )

Kelly-My Classmates

My Classmates

How well do you know really know your classmates? Find someone who fits each sentence and let that person sign his or her name in the space. Ask questions in English.

1. ___________________________ has a telephone number that ends with 5.

2. ___________________________ lives more than two hours from school.

3. ___________________________ plans to go to New York this summer.

4. ___________________________ went skiing during winter vacation.

5. ___________________________ rides a motorcycle to school.

6. ___________________________ will go to a movie on Saturday.

7. ___________________________ has two younger brothers.

8. ___________________________ rides a bicycle to school.

9. ___________________________ `s favorite color is blue.

10. __________________________ likes to play volleyball.

11. __________________________ has a birthday in June.

12. __________________________ eats bread every day.

13. __________________________ has a dog for a pet.

14. __________________________ likes to read books.

15. __________________________ can play the guitar.

16. __________________________ does not like cake.

17. __________________________ plays baseball.

18. __________________________ enjoys swimming.

Reprinted with permission from DOING THINGS

To the Teacher: Add you own sentences and/or delete the sentences which do not fit your teaching situation.

Getting to Know You ( beginners )

Reese-Getting to Know You (I-TESL-J)

Getting to Know You

What is your name?
My name is _____________.
Where are you from?
I am from _______________.
Have you visited a foreign country?
Yes, I have./No, I haven't.
If you have, Which country/countries?
I have visited ___________________.
How old are you?
I'd rather not say./I am _____ years old.
How tall are you?
I am ______ centimeters tall.
How do you come to school?
I take __________./I drive./ I walk to school.
Did you watch TV last night?
Yes, I did./No, I didn't.
Do you play tennis?
Yes, I do./No, I don't, but I play ________.
Do you know how to type?
Yes, I do./No, I don't.
Can you use a computer?
Yes, I can./No, I can't.
What is your student number?
My student number is _________________.
How many are in your family?
There are ________ in my family.
Do you like to go to movies?
Yes, I do./No, I don't.
Who is your favorite actor/actress?
I like _____________.
Do you like soccer?
Yes, I do./No, I don't but I like __________.
Who is your favorite baseball player?
I like __________./I don't have a favorite player./I don't watch baseball.
Do you have a driver's license?
Yes, I do./No, I don't./No, I don't but I am going to driving school now.
Do you have a car?
Yes, I do./No, I don't./No, but I have a motorcycle.
Do you like English?
Yes, I do./Of course, I do.

Telephoning in English PDF+MP3

Book Description:
Telephoning in English is for professionals and trainees in business, commerce and administration who need to be able to receive and make telephone calls. It is suitable for use in class or for self-study. Telephoning in English develops and consolidates practical telephone skills in a variety of interesting and relevant contexts. Activities range from message-taking and spelling practice to role play, providing learners with a comprehensive course in using the telephone in English. The third edition of this highly regarded and successful title takes into account recent developments in telecommunications and offers new listening material throughout.

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Commonly-used Irregular Verbs + Adjectives

DOWNLOAD ALL THE 4 PARTS + ADJECTIVES + TEXT IN ONE FILE

manythings.zip (4.91 MB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?z2ywfjnjczm

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Commonly-used Irregular Verbs - Part 1 (2:00)

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have has had had
say says said said
do does did done

see saw seen
make made made
find found found
know knew known
get got gotten
go went gone
write wrote written
think thought thought
come came come

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Commonly-used Irregular Verbs - Part 2 (1:41)

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week. take, took, taken
put, put, put
tell, told, told
give, gave, given
read, read, read
keep, kept, kept
begin, began, begun
let, let, let
hear, heard, heard
cut, cut, cut
eat, ate, eaten *
run, ran, run
bring, brought, brought
become, became, become
grow, grew, grown
draw, drew, drawn
show, showed, shown
mean, meant, meant

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Commonly-used Irregular Verbs - Part 3 (1:54)

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feel, felt, felt
hold, held, held
stand, stood, stood
understand, understood, understood
lose, lost, lost
catch, caught, caught
buy, bought, bought
send, sent, sent
fall, fell, fallen
choose, chose, chosen
sleep, slept, slept
speak, spoke, spoken
meet, met, met
lead, led, led
bite, bit, bitten
hit, hit, hit
drive, drove, driven
break, broke, broken

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Commonly-used Irregular Verbs - Part 4 (1:46)

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sit, sat, sat
spend, spent, spent
ring, rang, rung
wear, wore, worn
sell, sold, sold
beat, beat, beaten
win, won, won
hurt, hurt, hurt
sing, sang, sung
blow, blew, blown
rise, rose, risen
ride, rode ridden
fly, flew, flown
drink, drank, drunk,
forget, forgot, forgotten
throw, threw, thrown
hang, hung, hung,
swim, swam, swum

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Adjectives for People (1:59)

This is an example of how a podcast can present (and review) sentence patterns and a list of vocabulary items. Listen and repeat to this more than once. Practice hard to get the same intonation and pronunciation.

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Small texts for beginners

Small texts for beginners Witch Hazel says: "Our friend Sunflower has hit again! She has just sent us an exciting activity we can us with our youngest students. Isn't she an amazingly hyperactive hyper-nice hyper-friendly English language teacher? by Jocely de Deus Pinheiro Instructions for using the following small texts: LEVEL OF STUDENTS: beginners (Semestre 1) HABILITIES USED: reading, speaking, listening necessary materias: phtocopy of the texts below Photocopy the texts and give each student a different one. Divide students in groups of 3s, maximum 4s. Part –1: Instruct students to read their small text for their group members while the others should take note of the following: Name: Age: Country: Nationality: Marital status: Occupation: Likes: Doesn’t like: Curiosities: After all members have read their small texts, they can correct their friend’s "listening comprehension". This is a good activity to motivate students to communicate directly with each other without having the teacher as a mediator. Part-2: Following this first activity, students should describe the person on their sheets of paper using the information given. They must use the 3rd person single of the Present Simple. 2.2.1. If teacher has time, and depending on the amount of students in class, ask them to describe their "person/animal" to the plenary. Another option is to assign a small composition to be done at home!!! 2.2.2. Teacher can ask follow-up questions so that she can check whether students understood their friends’ description...
	PART – I: Read the following text This is John Smith. He’s Colombian but he lives in Brazil. He is a prisoner. Mr Smith is 33 years old. He doesn’t work or study. Mr Smith cannot read or write but he can play the guitar very well. He plays the guitar every day at 6:30 pm after dinner. The other prisoners all like his music. Mr Smith likes POP ROCK but he doesn’t like SAMBA. Mr Smith likes Brazilian food and drinks…He loves brown chocolate but he doesn’t like white chocolate. His room number in the prison is 333 on the 3rd floor. People call Mr Smith "The Music Man". Mr Smith is a happy prisoner. He wakes up at 5:15am and has breakfast; he eats very much!!! He has black coffee and bread in the morning but he doesn’t eat fruit or drink milk. He smokes very much!!!
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: Mark Spencer Age: 43 Country:Italy Phone number: 00 334 379 561 Marital status: single Occupation: Civil Servant Languages: Italian, French, English Learn English: Job, Travel, Translate Sports:Football Favourite food: Pizza, bread Car: Mercedez Benz Music: Classical music, Romantic Abilities: Play the piano, juggle, cook
	Part I: Read the following text This is Juan Uribe. He’s from Madrid in Spain but he lives in Argentina. He is an actor. Mr Uribe is 23 years old. He works for TV ARGENTINA. He also studies; he studies Journalism at the Federal University of Argentina. Mr Uribe cannot sing or dance but he can play the violin very well. He loves classical music and he listens to it every day from 5:10 am to 8:45am every morning. After this he has fruit juice for breakfast and goes to university. Mr Uribe is a very good student. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Mr Uribe lives in a flat. His flat number is 133, on the 1st floor. Mr Uribe loves Spanish food but he doesn’t like Argentine food. He loves milk caramels but he doesn’t like chocolate. He doesn’t smoke.
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: John Kidman Age: 53 Country: Australia Phone number: 00 337 393 541 Marital status: divorced Occupation: Lawyer Languages: French, English Learn English: Job, Travel, Translate Sports: Football Favourite food: Sandwiches, COKE Car: Rolls Royce Music: Romantic and Opera Abilities: Dance, sing
	PART – I: Read the following text This is YOYO. He’s from Mexico but he lives in the U.S.A. He is an actor in a circus. YOYO is 33 years old. He works for THE WORLD CIRCUS. He doesn’t study but he works very much. YOYO can sing, juggle, and dance but he cannot play any instruments. He loves the circus and he works every day from 4:40pm to 22:00pm every evening. Before this he has fruit juice and bread for dinner and prepares his show. YOYO is a very good actor. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and English. YOYO lives in the circus. He lives in a circus van with other actors. His van number is 33 and he sleeps on the 1st bed. YOYO loves Mexican food but he doesn’t like American fast food. He loves sweets and chocolate. He doesn’t smoke.
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: Luana Snake Age: 17 Country: India Phone number: 00 334 379 561 Marital status: single Occupation: actress Languages: Hindi, French, English Learn English: Job, Travel Sports: Volley Favourite food: Fruit, bread Car: (no car – a bicycle) Music: Classical music, New Age Abilities: Sing, dance, juggle, cook
	PART – I: Read the following text This is Boney. Boney is an African elephant. It is an actor in the circus. It works for THE WORLD CIRCUS. Boney works very much. Boney can ride a bike, juggle, and dance but it cannot play any instruments. It loves the circus and it works every day from 4:40pm to 22:00pm every evening. Before the shows it has fruit, bread, and water for dinner. Boney is a very good actor. Boney lives in the circus. He lives in a circus cage with other elephants. Its cage number is 33 and it sleeps on the 1st part of the cage. Boney loves apples but it doesn’t like bananas. It loves sweets and chocolate.
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: Maria Bloom Age: 23 Country: England Phone number: 00 334 379 561 Marital status: married Occupation: student Languages: French, English Learn English: Studies, Travel Sports: Volley, Gymnastics Favourite food: Fruit, bread Car: (no car- a motorcycle) Music: Rock and Roll Abilities: Play the violin, dance Notes for the teacher: Did your students enjoy Sunflower's activity? I'm sure they did! And don't be surprised if she'll send us something even more exciting very very soooon...

Small texts for beginners

Small texts for beginners Witch Hazel says: "Our friend Sunflower has hit again! She has just sent us an exciting activity we can us with our youngest students. Isn't she an amazingly hyperactive hyper-nice hyper-friendly English language teacher? by Jocely de Deus Pinheiro Instructions for using the following small texts: LEVEL OF STUDENTS: beginners (Semestre 1) HABILITIES USED: reading, speaking, listening necessary materias: phtocopy of the texts below Photocopy the texts and give each student a different one. Divide students in groups of 3s, maximum 4s. Part –1: Instruct students to read their small text for their group members while the others should take note of the following: Name: Age: Country: Nationality: Marital status: Occupation: Likes: Doesn’t like: Curiosities: After all members have read their small texts, they can correct their friend’s "listening comprehension". This is a good activity to motivate students to communicate directly with each other without having the teacher as a mediator. Part-2: Following this first activity, students should describe the person on their sheets of paper using the information given. They must use the 3rd person single of the Present Simple. 2.2.1. If teacher has time, and depending on the amount of students in class, ask them to describe their "person/animal" to the plenary. Another option is to assign a small composition to be done at home!!! 2.2.2. Teacher can ask follow-up questions so that she can check whether students understood their friends’ description...
	PART – I: Read the following text This is John Smith. He’s Colombian but he lives in Brazil. He is a prisoner. Mr Smith is 33 years old. He doesn’t work or study. Mr Smith cannot read or write but he can play the guitar very well. He plays the guitar every day at 6:30 pm after dinner. The other prisoners all like his music. Mr Smith likes POP ROCK but he doesn’t like SAMBA. Mr Smith likes Brazilian food and drinks…He loves brown chocolate but he doesn’t like white chocolate. His room number in the prison is 333 on the 3rd floor. People call Mr Smith "The Music Man". Mr Smith is a happy prisoner. He wakes up at 5:15am and has breakfast; he eats very much!!! He has black coffee and bread in the morning but he doesn’t eat fruit or drink milk. He smokes very much!!!
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: Mark Spencer Age: 43 Country:Italy Phone number: 00 334 379 561 Marital status: single Occupation: Civil Servant Languages: Italian, French, English Learn English: Job, Travel, Translate Sports:Football Favourite food: Pizza, bread Car: Mercedez Benz Music: Classical music, Romantic Abilities: Play the piano, juggle, cook
	Part I: Read the following text This is Juan Uribe. He’s from Madrid in Spain but he lives in Argentina. He is an actor. Mr Uribe is 23 years old. He works for TV ARGENTINA. He also studies; he studies Journalism at the Federal University of Argentina. Mr Uribe cannot sing or dance but he can play the violin very well. He loves classical music and he listens to it every day from 5:10 am to 8:45am every morning. After this he has fruit juice for breakfast and goes to university. Mr Uribe is a very good student. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Mr Uribe lives in a flat. His flat number is 133, on the 1st floor. Mr Uribe loves Spanish food but he doesn’t like Argentine food. He loves milk caramels but he doesn’t like chocolate. He doesn’t smoke.
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: John Kidman Age: 53 Country: Australia Phone number: 00 337 393 541 Marital status: divorced Occupation: Lawyer Languages: French, English Learn English: Job, Travel, Translate Sports: Football Favourite food: Sandwiches, COKE Car: Rolls Royce Music: Romantic and Opera Abilities: Dance, sing
	PART – I: Read the following text This is YOYO. He’s from Mexico but he lives in the U.S.A. He is an actor in a circus. YOYO is 33 years old. He works for THE WORLD CIRCUS. He doesn’t study but he works very much. YOYO can sing, juggle, and dance but he cannot play any instruments. He loves the circus and he works every day from 4:40pm to 22:00pm every evening. Before this he has fruit juice and bread for dinner and prepares his show. YOYO is a very good actor. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and English. YOYO lives in the circus. He lives in a circus van with other actors. His van number is 33 and he sleeps on the 1st bed. YOYO loves Mexican food but he doesn’t like American fast food. He loves sweets and chocolate. He doesn’t smoke.
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: Luana Snake Age: 17 Country: India Phone number: 00 334 379 561 Marital status: single Occupation: actress Languages: Hindi, French, English Learn English: Job, Travel Sports: Volley Favourite food: Fruit, bread Car: (no car – a bicycle) Music: Classical music, New Age Abilities: Sing, dance, juggle, cook
	PART – I: Read the following text This is Boney. Boney is an African elephant. It is an actor in the circus. It works for THE WORLD CIRCUS. Boney works very much. Boney can ride a bike, juggle, and dance but it cannot play any instruments. It loves the circus and it works every day from 4:40pm to 22:00pm every evening. Before the shows it has fruit, bread, and water for dinner. Boney is a very good actor. Boney lives in the circus. He lives in a circus cage with other elephants. Its cage number is 33 and it sleeps on the 1st part of the cage. Boney loves apples but it doesn’t like bananas. It loves sweets and chocolate.
	PART – II: Describe the person using the information given. Name: Maria Bloom Age: 23 Country: England Phone number: 00 334 379 561 Marital status: married Occupation: student Languages: French, English Learn English: Studies, Travel Sports: Volley, Gymnastics Favourite food: Fruit, bread Car: (no car- a motorcycle) Music: Rock and Roll Abilities: Play the violin, dance Notes for the teacher: Did your students enjoy Sunflower's activity? I'm sure they did! And don't be surprised if she'll send us something even more exciting very very soooon...

TELL ME MORE® PERFORMANCE English 2009 (10 levels)

TELL ME MORE® PERFORMANCE English 2009 (10 levels)

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