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[pangaea]

What are some good, preferably short videos I could show some of my higher level classes? I think they all might enjoy Spongebob and maybe the older ones would like some of the tamer episodes of Futurama. Anything of a more educational bent would be great though. I thought about something like Earth but I'm not sure how much video time I will be able to use - probably only 15 minutes every now and then. I'm sure I can come up with a worksheet to go along with the videos so that my students are still "studying." Some of the books and lessons I have to do with my older kids are pretty dry and I would like to have something fun to do with them every now and then.

[Troglodyte]

I've used Extr@ with middle school and high school kids. Most of the students love it. The language is natural but graded, and the characters are funny. You can download the episodes from isohunt. There's also a student book, teacher's book, transcripts, and you can sometimes find other supplementary materials that other teachers have made for it. There are 30 episodes. Each is about 20 minutes long. But you have to pause it at 2 different places to do the activities in the book.

If you haven't seen it, check on wikipedia. It's about 2 girls and 2 guys who live across the hall from each other.

[passport220]

Mr. Bean ~ No English spoken, everything is done with action. There are ESL worksheets online if you do a search.

Wallace and Gromit ~ Same as above. There is an ESL workbook around for the one where they take a spaceship to the moon.

�Rockfish� from Blur Studio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPlY9L5eFY

[Senior]

I have used Wallace & Gromit. They love The Wrong Trousers, but absolutely hate A Close Shave.

Disney Silly Symphonies absolutely kill for some odd reason. They are short cartoons from the 1930s. They go for 6 or 7 minutes, which is the optimum amount of time, and are quite easy to make a work sheet or activity out of.

Big Buck Bunny is quite good, because it looks awesome, but I really struggle to build an activity out of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyfyiEAI8P0
Some of my school's computers can actually output 1080p so it looks amazing on the 50" plasmas.

Mr. Bean is a classic as well.

[seonsengnimble]

Try "Powers of Ten." Some of the language is a bit difficult, but it is primarily a visual piece, and the students should find it interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7xwu2i0mMU

[Fishead soup]

Grammar rock