Comprehensible Input

(TESOL Ideas and Worksheets Subdivisions)

* A Joke a Day
* A Joke A Day Part 2
* A Joke a Day Part 3
* Lesson on Jokes

* The Best Jokes

 * Showing Movies in the Classroom
* A Poem A Day (Just the Links)
* Comprehensible Input in Young Learner Classes
* Circle Time: English Conversation Topics for Young Learner Elementary Students (Just the Links)
* Graded Readers
* Story Time
* TESOL Songsheets (Just the Links)
* Lesson on Lazy Jane by Shel Silverstein
* Input Workshop (Upgrading Your Input)
* Story Time ESL Listening
* Poems ESL Listening
* The Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales: Story Time ESL Listening
* Aesop's Fables: Story Time ESL Listening
* Roman History: Story Time ESL Listening
* English Reading and Listening Practice
* LINK: ESL English Language Learning--Listening and Reading--Audiobooks--Stories http://esl-bits.net/
* Daily Vocabulary: ESL Listening
* Story Listening in the Style of Beniko Mason--The King of the Golden Mountain
* Benefits of Extensive Reading (Listening Version)
* LINK: Simple English Listening

* Links to Youtube Videos for Simple Songs in the English Classroom

* Riddles and Brainteasers

* Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Worksheets 
* Extensive and Intensive Listening Recommendations
* Grammar: ESL Listening

* Learn English With Jokes Part 1 : ESL Listening

* Learn English With Jokes Part 2 : ESL Listening

* Learn English With Jokes Part 3 : ESL Listening

* Storybooks ESL Listening

* Extensive Reading Online Resources Recommendations

*  Interesting Input plus Production Prompt

Movie Worksheets Index 

* 101 Dalmatians for Low Level Young Learners (Just the Links)
* A Goofy Movie
* The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad for Young-Learner Low-Level Students (Just the Links)
* The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad for Adult Students (Just the Links)
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire Movie Worksheets
* Avengers Age of Ultron
* DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
* English Short Stories For Kids - English Cartoon With English Subtitle (Just the Links)
* The Jungle Book (1967) for Young-Learner Low-Level Students (Just the Links)
* The Jungle Book (1967) For Adult Students (Just the Links)
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
* Peter Pan (1953): For Young-Learner Low-Level Students (Just the Links)
* Princess Mononoke
* Robin Hood (1973)
* The Emperor's New Groove
* The Secret of Nimh
* Star Wars
* The Empire Strikes Back
* The Sword in the Stone

Unfinished Movie Worksheets
[All of these movie worksheets are unfinished.  They can provide a starting point, but someone wishing to work through the whole movie will have to complete them on their own.]
* Aladdin (1992) Movie Worksheets--Unfinished
* Peter Pan (1953) For Adult Students Unfinished (Just the Links)
* Star Wars: The Lexical Approach: Unfinished
* The Fast and the Furious 7: Unfinished

TESOL Songsheets
22 by Taylor Swift
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon
A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke
Ain't Got No, I Got Life by Nina Simone
Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
All the Words in the English Language by The Animaniacs
As Long As You Love Me by Justin Bieber
Baby by Justin Bieber
Back to December by Taylor Swift
Blank Space by Taylor Swift
Bus Stop by The Hollies
Don't Let Me Down by The Beatles
Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone
Frankie and Johnny by Sam Cooke
Get Ready by The Temptations
Hey Jude by The Beatles
Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles
I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs
I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
I Should be Proud by Martha and the Vandellas
If It Hadn't Been For Love by Adele
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) by Paul Revere and the Raiders
(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone by The Monkees
It's All Over Now by The Rolling Stones
Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice
Jesus Gave Me Water by Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers
Let Her Go by Passenger
Let it Be by The Beatles
Let It Go by Demi Lovato
Listen by Beyonce
Love Potion Number 9 by The Searchers
Money (That's What I Want) by The Beatles
Nations of the World by The Animaniacs
O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps
People Got to be Free by The Rascals
Poison Ivy by The Coasters
Respect by Aretha Franklin
Revolution by The Beatles
Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers
She's Not There by The Zombies
Shop Around by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
Stop the War Now by Edwin Starr
Sweet Cherry Wine by Tommy James and the Shondells
Tacky by Weird Al Yankovic
The Games People Play by Joe South
The Man by Aloe Blacc
The Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett
The Presidents Song by The Animaniacs
Think by Aretha Franklin
The Two G Sounds--Sesame Street ,
U.N. Me by The Animaniacs
Valerie by Amy Winehouse
War by Edwin Starr
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted by Jimmy Ruffin
When I'm Gone (Cups) by Anna Kendrick
Word Crimes by Weird Al Yankovic
You and I by One Direction
You've Really Got a Hold on Me by The Beatles

Using Youtube Videos for Listening
* 8 Childhood Lessons You Should Unlearn

* A Farewell to Handwriting?

* Bourdain eats fetal duck egg on air 
* Education Is a System of Indoctrination of the Young - Noam Chomsky
* English Language Learning Tips - Collocations
* Floating Away
* Friends International Cambodia
* How to Develop Healthy Eating Habits
* How to Give and Receive Gifts
* How to Say No Politely Good Manners 
* How to Write a Letter
* Living on the Moon
* Mad TV--Low Cost Airlines
* My Gap Year Experience
* Party in the Paris Catacombs, But Don't Tell
* Samantha Nutt on the Problems of Volunteer Tourism | NowThis
* Table Etiquette Scenarios, Manners & Mistakes: Lifestyles & Social Skills
* Top7 Places to Visit Dubai Travel 

* Top 10 Biggest Fads That Went Away

* Using "High Fidelity" Movie Clip to Explain the Difference Between "Yet" and "Already" with the Present Perfect
* Using The Great Dictator Speech to Listen for Stress, Varying Speed, and Pauses
* Using TV and Movie Clips to Teach Pronunciation

* What Happens To Your Brain When You Mindlessly Scroll?

* What is a Home Exchange Vacation?
* What is a Tornado? The Dr. Binocs Show
* What is Distance Learning-DistanceLearningPortal.com 

* Why do we have so much stuff? | BBC Ideas
* What is Improv
* Why Our Brains Resist Change
 LINK: Recipe Plan for Using Youtube Recipe Clips

Story Time ESL Listening
* Jack and the Beanstalk
* Peter Pan Part 1
* Peter Pan Part 2
* Peter Pan Part 3
* Slime Introduction
* Slime Part 1
* Slime Part 2
* Slime Part 3
* Slime Part 4
* Slime Part 5
* Slime Part 6
* Slime Part 7
* Slime Part 8
* Slime Part 9

* The Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales: Story Time ESL Listening

-- The Brothers Grimm Biography
-- The Golden Bird
-- The Frog Prince
-- A Cat and a Mouse Living Together
-- Lady Mary's Child

-- The Boy Who Wanted to Learn How to Shudder
-- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

-- Faithful John

-- The King of the Golden Mountain

* Aesop's Fables: Story Time ESL Listening
-- Aesop Fables Introduction
-- The Eagle and the Fox
-- The Eagle, the Crow and the Shepherd

-- The Eagle and the Beetle

-- The Hawk and the Nightingale

-- The Farmer and the Banker

-- The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

-- The Birds who were Sick and the Cat who was a Doctor

-- Aesop at the Shipyard

-- The Boy Who Yelled Wolf

-- The Man The Boy and The Donkey

* Roman History: Story Time ESL Listening

-- The Trojan War

-- The Etruscan War

-- Religion in the Roman Republic
-- The Catilinarian Conspiracy
-- Organized Gang Warfare in the Late Roman Republic
-- Mutiny in Pannonia
-- Caligula

Poems ESL Listening
* A Parody (Heavenly Union)

* Antigonish by Hughes Mearns (1899)
* Backward Bill by Shel Silverstein (1981)
* Cats by Eleanor Farjeon
* Cloony the Clown by Shel Silverstein (1981)
* Dance of the Dolphins by Joan Stimson
* Dreadful by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards
* Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss
* Help by Shel Silverstein (1996) 
* Homework Machine by Shel Silverstein (1981)
* It is Sweet and Fitting by Wilfred Owen
* Ladies First by Shel Silverstein (1981)
* Lazy Jane by Shel Silverstein (1974)

* Lenin is Turned Into a Frog in 1917 by ChatGPT
* Listen to the Mustn'ts by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* Messy Room by Shel Silverstein (1981)
* Mice by Rose Fyleman
* Moses Supposes his Toeses are Roses
* Mrs Bunny Had Twins by Nicola Baxter
* My Rules by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)
* Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
* Pierre by Maurice Sendak
* Roger was a Razor Fish by Al Pitman (1980)

* Rats Building Bicycles by ChatGPT

* Rats Building Bicycles and then Suddenly Becoming Disillusioned with their Work by ChatGPT

* Rats Building Bicycles and then Suddenly Becoming Disillusioned with their Work and Becoming Pirates by ChatGPT

* Rats Building Bicycles, and then Suddenly Becoming Disillusioned with their Work and Becoming Pirates, and then Finally Finding Religion by ChatGPT

* Rats Building Bicycles, and then Suddenly Becoming Disillusioned with their Work and Becoming Pirates, and then Finding Religion, but Finally Becoming Atheists by ChatGPT

* SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT WOULD NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* Sick by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* Sounds and Letters Don't Agree by Lord Cromer (1902)
* The Ant-Eater by Roald Dahl (1983)
* The Battle by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* The Boa Constrictor Poem by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* The Crocodile by Roald Dahl (1983)
* The Crocodile's Dentist by Shel Silverstein (1974)
* The Dentist and the Crocodile by Roald Dahl

* The Farewell of a Virginia Slave Mother to her Daughters sold into Southern Bondage by John Greenleaf Whittier

* The Heavenly Union

* The Kitten and the Kangaroo by Joan Stimson

* The Next War by Osbert Sitwell

* The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear: Poems ESL Listening
* The Pig by Roald Dahl (1983)
* The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt (1829)
* The Tiger who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are You Are by Gwendolyn Brooks
* The Wolf Hunt

* This is the House that Jack Built: Poems ESL Listening

* What are Little Boys Made Of
* What Did You Learn in School Today by Tom Paxton (1964)
* What-if by Shel Silverstein (1981)
* When All the World is Young, Lad by Charles Kingsley (1863)
* The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them by Robert Southey (1799)
* You Are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll (1865)

Story Time ESL Listening Playlist