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Romeo and Juliet
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
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Hamlet 1: His Father's Ghost
The lessons in Shakespeare's Hamlet transcend language and culture. An actor describes his view of the play in a short video accompanied by tasks, part of the Shakespeare English exercises series. While listening to the video,...
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Twelfth Night
Scholars experience Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night, with an engaging interactive. After watching the story, six activities extend the learning experience. Topics include characters, vocabulary, a sequence of events, comprehension, and...
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Triplet Code
Genetic code for amino acids always uses three letters. The explanation for why it occurs in triplets makes for a brief statistical video. Examples of single and double letter codes prove insufficient for the number of amino acids.
Numberphile
Penney's Game
Stack the odds in your favor. Scholars watch a video in the Numberphile Coins series that introduces a game where contestants pick a sequence of three coin flips (such as HHT) and keep flipping a coin until that sequence appears. The...
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British Council: Learn English Kids: Eric the Engine and the Railway Rock
After listening to and reading along with this story, print off the activity sheet to practice sequencing. Good for checking comprehension for early intermediate English language learners or any beginning reader.
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Learn English Kids: The Lucky Envelope
After reading along and listening to this story, you can print off activities that check your comprehension. Practice story sequencing and other comprehension skills and write a message.
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British Council: Learn English Kids: Dinosaur Dig
Use this story about a little girl and a dinosaur dig to practice reading skills such as story sequencing. Use the printable activity sheet to help you practice reading comprehension.
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British Council: Learn English Kids: Twins' Week
Listen to and read along with this little story about what twins, a brother and a sister, do all week at the zoo. A printable worksheet offers an activity to check reading comprehension. Good for early intermediate English language...
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British Council: Learn English Kids: The Magic Spell
Listen to and read this Halloween story about a magic spell. Included activity focuses on understanding of content of the story.