L iebe Kollegin, lieber Kollege,

Viel Freude, Spannung, Neugierde und Spaß in Ihrem Englischunterricht, das hoffe ich Ihren
Schülerinnen und Schülern und Ihnen mit Magic and More zu vermitteln. Wenn Sie dieses Inhalt s-
verzeichnis durchsehen, werden Sie siche rlich vieles finden, um Ihren Unterricht au fzulockern. Da
gibt es bestimmt kein Gähnen und „ auf- die- Uhr- schauen“ unter den Schülern!

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A few words to begin with................................................................................... 4
Fighting gravity (adverbs) ................................................................................... 5
The four socks trick (vocabulary) ........................................................................ 5 - 6
A flying spoon (present continuous)...................................................................... 6 - 7
Easy coin tricks (money, first, second, third, fourth, vocabulary, etc) ................ 7 - 8
The easiest card trick (vocabulary; present perfect, etc) ................................... 9
Surprising cups (writing sentences) ..................................................................... 10 - 11
Telepathy for beginners! (numbers as a basis for communication)..................... 11 - 12
Mental magic (Wortschatz; Strukturen ) ........................................................... 12 - 13
A question of pressure! (conditionals; adverb/adjective; comparisons).............. 14
A simple prediction (vocabulary) ........................................................................ 15 - 16
Absolutely amazing! (writing sentences) ............................................................. 16 - 17
The amazing pencil (Ist conditional) ................................................................... 18
All in the mind! (Strukturen z.B gerunds) ........................................................ 18 - 19
A banknote from paper (money) ......................................................................... 20
The flying cup (present continuous; prepositions of place).................................. 21 - 22
A wonderful tea pot (vocabulary)......................................................................... 22 - 23
Paper into dollars (various) ................................................................................. 23 - 24
Increase your money! (money; numbers)............................................................. 25 - 26
A banknote from nowhere! (money; numbers).................................................... 26
The balancing coins trick (comparisons; present tenses).................................... 27
The disappearing pen (have/has got; etc)............................................................ 28
Coins from bank notes (countries and coins)....................................................... 29 - 30
A magic pencil (various)........................................................................................ 30
A strange hanky (‘going-to’ future)...................................................................... 31
The vanishing coin(s) (various)............................................................................ 32 - 33
An amazing reappearance (various).................................................................... 33 - 34

Introduction and solutions................................................................................... 35 - 39

Mazes: 40
The kiwi ................................................................................................................ 41
Clever squirrels .................................................................................................... 42
Pigeons .................................................................................................................. 43
A wonderful cat .................................................................................................... 44
Parrots ................................................................................................................... 45
Woodpeckers ........................................................................................................ 46
Rats ........................................................................................................................ 47
Make your own mazes! ....................................................................................... 48 - 55
The bear ................................................................................................................ 56 - 57
The camel ............................................................................................................. 58
Otters .................................................................................................................... 59 - 60
Kangaroos ............................................................................................................ 61
Rover the dog ....................................................................................................... 62 - 63
Pigs......................................................................................................................... 64 - 65
Pigeons and turtles .............................................................................................. 66
Triangles ............................................................................................................... 67 - 68
A crossword puzzle on dogs ................................................................................ 69
Crows .................................................................................................................... 70 - 71
The cane toad: An Australian disaster .............................................................. 72 - 73
An interesting member of the family! ................................................................ 74 - 75

Introduction and suggestions.............................................................................. 76 - 81

Sentence domino................................................................................................... 82
Pairs I (vocabulary).............................................................................................. 83 - 85
Pairs II (‘opposites’)............................................................................................. 86 - 88
Happy Families (word fields).............................................................................. 89 - 91
“Animal grammar”:
Gerunds ................................................................................................................ 92
Comparisons (I).................................................................................................... 93
Complex sentences................................................................................................ 94
First conditional.................................................................................................... 95
Passives.................................................................................................................. 96 - 97
The solar system ( 2.conditional)...................................................................... 98 - 99
What are they? ( jobs /professions, etc.)............................................................. 100 - 101
Prepositions........................................................................................................... 102 - 104
Much/many........................................................................................................... 105 - 106
Since / for/ ago....................................................................................................... 107 - 108
Sentence Structure 1 (adverbs of frequency)..................................................... 109 - 111
Sentence structure 2............................................................................................ 112 - 113
'to have something done'...................................................................................... 114 - 115
Story cards............................................................................................................ 116 - 120

Introduction and suggestions.............................................................................. 121 - 125

Sport (Tenses) ....................................................................................................... 126 - 127
About you!............................................................................................................. 128
Make the present perfect!.................................................................................... 129
Simple past or present perfect?........................................................................... 130
Gerunds................................................................................................................. 131
Gerunds and infinitives ....................................................................................... 132
Make a sentence (word games)............................................................................ 133 - 136
Board games for discussion and communication:
About you and your family.................................................................................. 137
Hobbies & Sports.................................................................................................. 138
Crime and Punishment........................................................................................ 139
Some questions to discuss.................................................................................... 140
The Environment.................................................................................................. 141
What happened?................................................................................................... 142
Small talk (1)........................................................................................................ 143
Small talk (2)........................................................................................................ 144

Introduction and suggestions ............................................................................. 145 - 150

Find someone who - '4-in-a-row' :
Do you have? ........................................................................................................ 151
Do you like?........................................................................................................... 152
Simple present....................................................................................................... 153
Simple past............................................................................................................ 154
Simple past v present pefect ............................................................................... 155
'Going to' future.................................................................................................. 156
Gerunds ................................................................................................................ 157
Comparisons ......................................................................................................... 158
Adverbs of frequency........................................................................................... 159
Sentence wheel ..................................................................................................... 160
Fun drills:
A verb wheel .......................................................................................................... 161
Gerunds ................................................................................................................. 162
Simple past or present perfect?........................................................................... 163
What do they want him, her, etc to do? .............................................................. 164
Sentence structure................................................................................................ 165
'If' clauses ............................................................................................................. 166
Comparisons (II)................................................................................................... 167
Word wheel........................................................................................................... 168
Block busters ......................................................................................................... 169
Word billiards ....................................................................................................... 170

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Ich hoffe , liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, dass Sie und Ihre SchülerInnen viel Erfolg und
Freu de mit Magic and More haben werden. Für Anregungen bin ich immer sehr dankbar.
Best wishes,
Bernard Brown
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