Owl Hall: Episode 1: Arrival
Level: Pre-intermediate Type: General lesson plan 
In the first episode of this brand-new spooky serialization we meet Kara, her brother, Martin, and their mum, Janet, who are all travelling to the mysterious Owl Hall. You can download the mp3 file for Episode 1, plus a lesson plan (with student worksheets, full transcript and answer keys) written by Lindsay Clandfield.
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Owl Hall: Episode 1: Arrival: Lesson plan
A lesson plan by Lindsay Clandfield with student worksheets containing listening, language-building and speaking exercises, plus the full audio transcript and answer keys, to accompany Episode 1 of Owl Hall.
Level: Pre-intermediate Type: General lesson plan
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Web Editor | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 4:12 pm
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manu-lingua | Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:15 pm
Hello, this sounds like another great resource but even though I am registered on the website, all I can see is a big black owl all over the printables. What am I doing wrong?
Looking forward to use it with my students.
Thanks,
Manu
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Andrea | Wed, 23 Jan 2013 1:35 pm
Thank you for this resource. I've just finished teaching this to a group of German adult learners (ages from 42 to 76!) and they absolutely loved the story.
I taught the audio serialization in conjunction with the website and the Owl Hall reader and this really worked a treat as it combines a number of skills. Despite their 'advanced' age, my students really got into the story and were surprised by its end, sparking lots of discussion.
It'd be fantastic to have more resources like this for pre-intermediate to intermediate level students. Well done, onestopenglish!
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Sarah Gant | Wed, 19 Dec 2012 1:46 pm
I've just finished another of you Macmillan readers with the teenaged twins I teach and I asked them what sort of thing they'd like to do next. They don't usually agree on anything but they both said straight away that they'd like another story like Owl Hall. As, like most teenagers, enthusiasm isn't their greatest quality, this was a huge compliment!
What they especially liked was that it's like an audio play rather than a book being read, and that it's about characters of their own age. They also really liked the ghostly theme and the surprise twist. It encouraged lots of discussion.
Please can we have some more like this!
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jan | Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:16 am
I also would like to know the frequency of these episodes. I used the 'Secret Garden' towards the end of the summer academic term and unfortunately the episodes ran over the summer break.
Thank you
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Anonymous | Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:48 am
Sorry but I can't find the underlined expresions for writing part of Episode 1. Shell I as a teacher underline them?
Thanks
Silvie
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Anonymous | Thu, 22 Sep 2011 2:51 am
I 've just heard the episode!! It's great, I'm sure I'll use it in most of my classes!!!!
I can't wait to listen to episode 2!!!!!
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Anonymous | Thu, 22 Sep 2011 0:40 am
I've just listened to the first episode and without even looking at the activities I know my adult ESOL class here in Sydney will love it! The pace is great for them! Thanks again onestopenglish!
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Web Editor | Mon, 19 Sep 2011 6:10 pm
We will be publishing two episodes of Owl Hall every month, so Episode 2 will be published on Thursday along with our weekly Guardian news lesson. We hope you're enjoying it!
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KADRY | Sun, 18 Sep 2011 9:48 am
Could you tell us how often you'll be posting each episode of Owl Hall? I intend to use with my Year 8 and need to plan the frequency of my lessons. Thank you very much.
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