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No.	LESSON DESCRIPTION __________________________________________________________	LEVEL
1	BATTLESHIP [speaking, guessing, games, verbs] __________________________________________________________	LOW
2	WHO IS IT? / CELEBRITIES [ speaking, people,description, questions ] __________________________________________________________	Low
3	READ ALOUD GUESS THE DIFFERENCES [ reading, listening ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
4	3 WISHES GAME [ past possibility, game ] Intermediate __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
5	MR. X’S AMAZING DAY [ writing, daily routine, habits,verbs, video ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
6	WHERE THE HELL IS MATT [ music, geography, nationality, countries] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
7	BEST FUNNY STORIES [ humor, retelling, past tense, ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
8	DO YOU BELIEVE IN …? [ speaking, questioning, beliefs, pairs] __________________________________________________________	ADVANCED
9	BIRTHDAY HOROSCOPE [ months, personal adjectives, tasks] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
10	MINI-BOOK MAKING [ writing, comics, storytelling, pasttense ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
11	CLASSROOM INTERVIEWS [ speaking, role playing,questions] __________________________________________________________	LOW
12	POP – UP CARS [ arts and crafts, colors, camps ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
13	SIGN THE ALPHABET [ alphabet, reading, vocabulary, TPR] __________________________________________________________	LOW
14	TV COMMERCIALS [ listening, critical thinking, media awareness ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
15	TRANSL8IT – TEXTMESSAGES [ writing, decoding, game ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
16	TEACHING NUMBERS [ listening, vocabulary, pairs ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
17	BRANDS & PREFERENCES [ speaking, comparatives, game] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
18	WHEN WAS THE FIRST/LAST TIME… [ speaking, survey, past] __________________________________________________________	Low
19	I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE [ writing, idioms,humor] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
20	FINISH IT OFF! [ listening, stories ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
21	LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE! [speaking, idiomatic expressions, pairs ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
22	HORRIBLE, STUPID, FUNNY JOKES. [ humor, questions ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
23	AT THE MOVIES [ media, posters, quizzes, presentations] __________________________________________________________	LOW
24	WHAT TIME IS IT? [ numbers, time, pairs ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
25	THANK YOU GAME [speaking, expressions, task, last lesson] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
26	THE FAMILY [ family tree, vocabulary, getting to know students] __________________________________________________________	LOW
27	CONVERSATION STARTERS [ interviews, questions, prompts] __________________________________________________________	ALL
28	PUBLIC SPEAKING [ speaking, skills, presenting ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
29	WHO ARE YOU? [ quizzes, pairs, questions ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
30	SCHOOL IS…….. [ adjectives, stating “why”, because, pairs ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
31	THE TOP 5! [ vocabulary, ppt, game ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
32	ALPHABET SIGNING [ alphabet, TPR, vocabulary ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
33	PRESENT GIVING [ speaking, X-mas, saying thank you, vocabulary, task ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
34	MR. BEAN [ speaking, pairs, video, verbs ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
35	. N.Y. TIMES LESSON OF THE DAY [ current events, human interest __________________________________________________________	ALL
36	LAST ONE STANDING [ listening, music, vocabulary, game] __________________________________________________________	ALL
37	THE 3 SENTENCE ACTIVITY [ speaking, grammar, game ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
38	ANGEL VS DEVIL [ speaking, comparatives, transitions] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
39	BAAM GAMES [ vocabulary, review, quizzes, game ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
40	ZIP – ZAP GAMES [ vocabulary, word association, game] __________________________________________________________	ALL
41	ONE OF THESE THINGS IS LIKE THE OTHER [ speaking,cooperative learning,critical thinking, comparing ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
42	INTRODUCING THE TEACHER [ question making, groups, first lessons, assessment ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
43	GET TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS [ guessing, questions, pairs] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
44	MAKE A DIFFERENCE [ song, story, critical thinking ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
45	WHERE YOU FROM? [ geography, nationality, flags, countries ] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
46	BINGO GAME – LESSON PLAN [ speaking, vocabulary, game ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
47	LESSON IDEAS – PEOPLE [ song, adjectives, grammar, have/has got ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
48	BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH [ listening, current events, news, exercises ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
49	WHAT’S YOUR JOB? [ vocabulary, jobs, careers, listening] __________________________________________________________	LOW
50	STORYBOOK MAKING [ writing, past tense, comics, reading ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
51	DIGITAL STORYTELLING [ technology, reading, pictures, writing ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
52	SURVEYS AND QUIZZES I [ speaking, tasks, grammar ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
53	SURVEYS AND QUIZZES II [ speaking, reading,personality adj., quizzes ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
54	PLAYS – THE LITTLE MOLE [ plays, listening, reading, animals ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
55	WEBQUESTS [ technology, internet, task, computers ] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
56	WHITEBOARD SOCCER [ vocabulary, game, trivia, questions, test ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
57	JUST A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER – I [ drawing, vocabulary, creativity ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
58	JUST A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER – II [ introductions, personal information, questions ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
59	JUST A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER – III [ family, speaking,relationships ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
60	. JUST A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER – IV [questions, prepositions, homes ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
61	$100 LAPTOP [ listening, current events, technology, exercises, vocab. ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
62	. IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD! [ song, music, vocabulary, brainstorming ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
63	HOMONYMS AND HOMOGRAPHS [ pronunciation, vocabulary, listening ] __________________________________________________________	ADVANCED
64	TEACHING TEACHERS [ question making, prof. development, skills ] __________________________________________________________	ADVANCED
65	? MAKING – GETTING TO KNOW YOU [questions, surveys, conversation ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
66	? MAKING - WALKAROUNDS [ speaking, tasks, vocabulary] __________________________________________________________	LOW
67	? MAKING - PHOTOS RESPONSE [ questions, vocabulary, game ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
68	? MAKING - THE 5WS [ current events, speaking, news, video, listening ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
69	? MAKING - TIC-TAC-TOE [ questions, game, grammar ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
70	? MAKING - BATTLESHIP [ game, vocabulary, questions] __________________________________________________________	LOW
71	GAMES 4 REVIEWING TENSES [games, grammar, tenses, questions ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
72	TRAVEL TALK [ conversation, retelling, past tense, holidays ] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
73	NOSY NEIGHBORS [ speaking, vocabulary, verbs, game ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
74	LET’S TALK! [ speaking, vocabulary, game, conversation] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
75	DEBATE IN THE EFL CLASSROOM [ debate, critical thinking, problem solving ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
76	GUESSING ABOUT CLASSMATES [ classmates, questions, game ]	INTERMEDIATE
77	CULTURE SPECIFIC TEACHING [vocabulary, grammar, poetry, expression] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
78	GOOD NEWS / BAD NEWS [ speaking, idioms ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
79	PICTIONARY [ speaking, technology, drawing, crafts,game] __________________________________________________________	ALL
80	INFORMATION GAP [ speaking, idea, tasks, communication] __________________________________________________________	ALL
81	ASK THE TEACHER [ speaking, game, interview, introductions] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
82	HOW MUCH IS IT? [ game, numbers, shopping, prices ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
83	COOPERATIVE LEARNING [ critical thinking, group work,tasks ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
84	CELL PHONE SCRAMBLE [ technology, dialogue, writing, game ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
85	THE POWER OF PREDICTION [ reading, future tense, stories] __________________________________________________________	ALL
86	JEOPARDY BRAINSTORMING [ game, questions, brainstorming] __________________________________________________________	ALL
87	CLOTHING [ vocabulary, categorizing, description ] __________________________________________________________	LOW
88	CLASS GIFT GIVING [ vocabulary, thanking, task, Christmas, because ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
89	CARD MAKING [ Christmas, crafts, thanking, drawing ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
90	COOTIE CATCHER [ craft, game, vocabulary ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
91	NFB SHORT VIDEOS [ video, description, stories, vocabulary] __________________________________________________________	LOW INTERMEDIATE
92	NEW YEAR Resolutions [ future tense, resolutions, agreement, song ]	INTERMEIDATE
93	SIGNS [ modals, song, vocabulary, commands ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
94	EXERCISE AND TREADMILLS [ video, music, current events, reading, vocabulary ] __________________________________________________________	INTERMEDIATE
95	Current Events [ current events, news, reading ] __________________________________________________________	HIGH INTERMEDIATE
96	RUNNING DICTATION [ writing, reading, game, korea ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
97	FIND SOMEONE WHO [ speaking, task, questions, game ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
98	CLOZE ACTIVITIES [ speaking, listening, vocabulary ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
99	BACKDOOR [ description, tenses, video, Mr. Bean ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
100	USING FLASHCARDS [ vocabulary, game, task, pictures] __________________________________________________________	ALL
101	2 Way Tasks - Pair Work [ speaking, pairs, communicative, tasks ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
102	Listening Activities Galore! [ listening, tasks, audio ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
103	Reading Response [ reading, writing, predicting, creative thinking ] __________________________________________________________	ALL
104	The Class of 2010 [ listening, video, current events] __________________________________________________________	Adv.
105	World Cup Country Project [ reading, writing, geography, presentation ] __________________________________________________________	Int.
106	Music Appreciation [ listening, opinion ] __________________________________________________________	Int.
107	Summer Vacation [ writing, past tense ] __________________________________________________________	Low
108	Opinion Survey [ conversation, feelings, adverbs ] __________________________________________________________	Low Intermediate
109	Be an Inventor [ vocab, video, project ] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
110	Describe and Draw [ there is / there are, prepositions] __________________________________________________________	Low Intermediate
111	Zoo Making & Animal Talk [ animals, prepositions, here/there ] __________________________________________________________	Low
112	The Multi Platform Male [ commercial, adjectives, media] __________________________________________________________	High Intermediate
113	Words,Words,Words [ collocations, video, vocabulary ] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
114	Spiderman and Superheroes ability, drawing, listening, song] __________________________________________________________	Low Intermediate
115	Eminem: I'm Not Afraid [ questions, chant, rap, lyrics rewrite, song ] __________________________________________________________	Low Intermediate
116	This Is The Truth - Adidas [ commericials, statements, motivation, writing, listening] __________________________________________________________	High Intermediate
117	The Incident At Tower 37 [ retelling, story, environment, water, animation] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
118	Technologic: Talking about technology [ verbs, technology, song, phrasal verbs, matching] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
119	Making a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich [ retelling, transitions, food, video, Mr. Bean] __________________________________________________________	Low Intermediate
120	Getting Started - Procrastination [ daily habits, routine, verbs, video] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
121	I Am Beautiful [ adjectives, listening, song, describing] __________________________________________________________	High Beginner
122	The Snowman [ prediction, ordering, Christmas, holidays, video] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
123	The Force Be With You [ home, reading, sequencing, commercials] __________________________________________________________	High Beginner
124	Simply The Best [ superlatives, adjectives, verbs, survey, song ] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
125	The World We Live In [ comparisons, critical thinking, nature, video, vocabulary ] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
126	Vowels: Pronunciation [ vowels, pronunciation, sounds, phonetic alphabet, video] __________________________________________________________	High Beginner
127	The Sounds Of Silence [ description, listening, pronunciation, reading ] __________________________________________________________	High Intermediate
128	Protech Your Dreams [ dreams, possibility, the future, career, sports, film] __________________________________________________________	Intermediate
129	What Did Ferris Do today? [ past events, retelling, routines, film ] __________________________________________________________	High Beginner
130	Forgotten [ doing, homes, sounds like.., video, memories] __________________________________________________________	Low
131	Split Screen: A Love Story [ past, routine, daily activity, vocabulary, travel ] __________________________________________________________	Beginner

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Supporter Comment by Ellen Pham on March 9, 2009 at 6:11am: This is great, David... at first glance, I already found something I had forgotten about and am happy to have found again- this will be so useful for everyone

Comment by Eduardo Rossato on April 29, 2009 at 10:15pm: Ellen is right, this is GREAT!!!!!

Thank you so much!

Comment by Karla Carmona on August 27, 2009 at 2:24am: This is better than GREAT!!!! It's AWESOME!!!! I'm a BA in ELT student and it helped me sooooooo much with my homework. Thanks!:)

Comment by Jennifer on November 4, 2009 at 7:12am: They are all really really great... practical, useful and fun ... thanks !!

Comment by Michelle Cillie on April 26, 2010 at 6:42am: Sometimes you refer to files on Mediafire. How can I access those? Thank you very much!

Supporter Comment by ddeubel on April 26, 2010 at 9:12am: Michelle ,

Those are just for our members and you can access by clicking on the Mediafire button on the main page! or HERE. I think this is the largest library of English language teaching resources around - including the Smithsonian!

Comment by Michelle Cillie on April 26, 2010 at 12:48pm: Geezzz ! I see what you mean! This is amazing! Thank you so much...!

Comment by Yen Tran on April 29, 2010 at 2:04am: I love this page so much. It is so helpful, especially for me, a new teacher. Thanks so much.

Comment by Headrick von Pizza Head on April 30, 2010 at 5:56am: Where is that disappearning dialogue activity. I guess it disappeared

Supporter Comment by ddeubel on April 30, 2010 at 6:50am: LOL! No, it is THAT good. I put it here in the Instruction PPT section of Resources.

The pdf of Lessons in a Can across the web is now passed 4,000 downloads! Wow. Free on a number of places and servers.... I'll be adding more lessons here shortly - easier and very non techie lessons to which all us tech saavy teachers can add our own spice!

Supporter Comment by Ellen Pham on April 30, 2010 at 5:10pm: The pdf of Lessons in a Can across the web is now passed 4,000 downloads!

Wow. That was fast!! I'm going to go google it and see what comes up : )

Supporter Comment by Ellen Pham on April 30, 2010 at 5:25pm: Gee David, where do you find it online? Ten Tips Good Girls Can Learn from Porn Stars at ivillage came up a page before this page... and this page was the first that led back to here!

So I tried putting the underscores in, and I got a nice list of the lessons and no other results, but still no PDF. Then I tried no spaces, yes, the lessonsinacan we all know and love came up top few spots, but still no link to the PDF. In fact, I can't remember where it is here! (Good thing I already downloaded it somewhere on my computer!)

Why not put it out in front more, David? Or maybe it is and I'm the one who is towards the end of the line, hard for me to say :D

Supporter Comment by ddeubel on May 1, 2010 at 6:33am: Ellen,

Find it in my blog post. I'll add to the directory soon. But it IS online in many places, sites. Mediafire, rapidfire, ifile, englishtips, twitter, teacherpayteachers - to name just a few off the top of my head....

I'll be doing some housecleaning this weekend with the newsletter and will post up then.

Supporter Comment by Ellen Pham on May 1, 2010 at 7:32am: Upon rereading, my comment was barely comprehensible! I'll have to remember not to google and write at the same time. I hope that was it....

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