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1. The Lighter Side: National Park Symbols

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   “National Park Symbols” is a matching activity in which students match the symbol of a park activity to its meaning.

2. The Lighter Side: Fair Finds

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   “Fair Finds” is a word scramble using fair-related vocabulary.

3. The Lighter Side: Tenpins

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   “Tenpins” is a bowling-themed activity that requires learners to finish ten words that include the letters “ten."

4. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This piece offers three activities that give students practice with vocabulary, grouping of similar terms, the use of future and present tenses, and identifying grammatical categories such as adjectives, verbs, and nouns.

5. The Lighter Side: Dare to Read

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This puzzle offers 20 scrambled words that all relate to “things people read.”

6. The Lighter Side: "Listen Up!"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2012, Volume 50, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This activity sheet presents a listening exercise based on rhymes.

7. The Lighter Side: Train of Thought

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This activity sheet focuses on phrasal verbs in a context of train rides.

8. CyberSchoolBus

   Format(s): Website

   The U.N. CyberSchoolbus is a free educational resource for teachers and learners. In addition to resources about U.N. countries and programs, there are also lesson plans and activities related to peace education, poverty, human rights, discrimination, the environment, and much more.

9. The Lighter Side: "Traffic Jam"

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This activity sheet requires unscrambling a factual statement about cars and a follow-up question that can be used for classroom discussion.

10. The Lighter Side: "Shop Talk"

    In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This puzzle asks questions about various parts of motorcycles; the answer to each question is then written in a grid.

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