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Sherlock: The Norwood Builder: Chapter 2
In Chapter 2, Inspector Lestrade arrests McFarlane in Holmes’s apartment, but Holmes asks the inspector to let McFarlane speak before they take him away. Lestrade gives him just half an hour to tell his side of the story.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: call (2)
Struggling with phrasal verbs? Just call on Tim Bowen.
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Sherlock: The Norwood Builder
In Chapter 1, McFarlane bursts into Holmes’s apartment on Baker Street and begs him for help. The police are chasing him but he has just enough time to pique Holmes’s interest before Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, rushes in.
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Lesson Share: The blindfold line-graph activity
Tim Barton wins the Lesson Share competition with this sales-themed activity designed to improve students’ knowledge of product performance vocabulary.
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World trip: going to
Students take part in a pairwork and mingling travel game to practise using going to.
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ArticleMatura: Writing: Nature and Environment
In this lesson focusing on nature and the environment, students can build their vocabulary and learn how to write about the natural world using descriptive language.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Should staff have unlimited holidays?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, explores the question of unlimited holidays for staff.
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Beyond: Arts and Media: Soap operas
In this lesson, students read about soap operas and write their own soap opera scene.
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Your English: Word grammar: dead
We say Tim Bowen’s dead right as he looks at the word grammar of this useful word.
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Your English: Collocations: hidden
Tim Bowen showcases his hidden talents as he explains the hidden meanings in this batch of collocations.
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Macmillan Life Skills: People Management – Problems with people
In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students discuss some problems at work and then report on the discussions developing the following life skills: giving advice and stating your opinions.
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Survival Guide: Surviving the staffroom
Have you ever worked at a school where the staff morale was terrible? Have you ever felt lonely and disconnected because no one talked to each other in the staffroom? This article takes a look at staffroom blues and offers a range of possible cures.
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Your English: Idioms: business
Tim Bowen shows he means business with this little article. We think it’s the business!
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Survival Guide: International TEFL qualifications
A quick guide explaining which qualifications teachers might want to get before or during their English teaching career.
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Lesson Share: Fairyland reloaded
Bálint Gyimesi wins the Lesson Share competition with this fantasy-themed activity designed to help students improve their communicative competence and acquire vocabulary.
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ArticleMatura: Writing: Sport
In this lesson focusing on sport, students learn how to describe the benefits of sport and how to use persuasive language.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Geek-in-chief
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. Students discuss women in top positions and the character traits of their ideal boss.
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Last week: past simple
Students take part in a small group, information-gap and puzzle-solving activity to practise the past simple.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: call
We’ve called in Tim Bowen to help with these tricky phrasal verbs.