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The Visit of the Magi

An upper intermediate level reading lesson adapted from articles by by Paul L. Maier and Dr. Dale Trapp magi

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Easter Lessons Based on Magdalena: Released from Shame

Magdalena is an adaptation of the Jesus Film specifically for women. The Easter lessons provided here are suitable for both men and women as the segments used focus on the Easter story. The first sheet is a sheet with pictures and descriptions of symbols of Easter, and students match the words with the pictures. The next is a […]

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Easter Lessons Based on the Gospel of John DVD (2003)

Here are two ESL lessons for Easter based on The Gospel of John DVD (2003) starring Henry Ian Cusick and narrated by Christopher Plummer.

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Lessons on the Nativity Story DVD

You will need a copy of the DVD of The Nativity Story (2006). Student Activity Handouts (The Nativity Story Activities Part 1, The Nativity Story Activities Part 2, The Nativity Story Activities Part 3, The Nativity Story Activities Part 4 & Scene by scene script) Click here for information on how to use these materials.

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Christmas Lessons from our Virtues Series

Lesson 1 (Includes the story of the Candy Cane) To download as a Word document this file click here Lesson 2 (Based on Luke Chapter 2) To download as a Word document this file click here Lesson 3 (Based on Matthew Chapter 2) To download as a Word document this file click here  

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New Easter Lessons

Two ideas for Easter lessons this year. Option 1 Here are the draft versions of studies you may want to use for Easter. They are drafts, so suggestions would be most welcomed. Good Friday booklet with images for other uses too, page 1 and page 2. Option 2: Using the Jesus Film Click the link below to see and download or print ESL […]

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Palm Sunday and More

Heading into Easter, here are some updated lessons from our friends at Knox Church, Toronto. Palm Sunday lesson John reports the death of Jesus John reports Jesus rising from the dead Luke reports on Jesus rising from the dead Jesus fulfills ten Old Testament Prophecies

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Some Interesting English Pronunciation Links

Pronunciation is important! Here are some links to useful and interesting sites and documents that can help you help others with their English pronunciation: http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/ (Includes complete Workbook and mp3 files for each unit to download.) Don’t miss this one…with x-ray video of the mouth: http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/index.html http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/contents.html http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/vowels/contents.html http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/ http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/english-pronunciation.html

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Fun for Advanced Students

Try this out with your more advanced students… My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned; I couldn’t concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it, so they gave me the ax. After that I tried to be a tailor, but […]

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Phrasal Verbs

Hi ESL associates, If you haven’t noticed, one of the areas that many ESL students struggle in is “phrasal verbs”. Here’s an excellent site that captures some of the more often-used ones. (Just click on a letter in the alphabetical menu on the left of the web page and it will give you a list […]