Curated OER
ESL Grammar - Comma Splice
Students fix comma splices. In this ESL lesson, students recognize comma splices and find ways to fix them. They complete a worksheet finding comma splices and correct sentences.
ELT-Connect
Happy Valentine's Day
Shelves filled with heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. Bouquets of red roses. Racks of romantic cards. Stores are preparing for Valentine's Day. Has the holiday become too commercialized? That is the question asked by a lesson designed...
Savvas Learning
Passive Voice
Passive voice and participial adjectives are the focus of an 11-page resource packet designed for ESL/ELD classes. Language learners engage in activities and complete exercises that give them lots of practice with these constructs.
Perkins School for the Blind
Learning Names of Articles of Clothing
What to wear today; such a vexing question. Spend some time introducing the names, fabrics, types, colors, and functions of various articles of clothing to your class. Each child will take turns asking each other what they are wearing....
Curated OER
Conventions: Verbs
Fifth graders study verbs. In this grammar lesson, 5th graders access the web site known as www.wideworldofverbs.com reviewing the verbs in each sentence and write five sentences using the correct usage of verbs.
Curated OER
"Holes" Activity
Fifth graders analyze a character from the book, Holes. In this character analysis instructional activity, 5th graders choose a character from the book to act out and another student interviews the assumed character. Students make a list...
Curated OER
Sound Portraits
Learners observe a variety of sounds which can be heard within their schoolyard habitat by sitting quietly by themselves for five minutes, listening, and then recording the sounds around them by drawing them.
Curated OER
Monologues
Students explore speech techniques by reading a monologue in their class. In this language arts activity, students answer questions about their feelings on specific topics in order to get them comfortable while speaking. Students...
Curated OER
Fire Triangle in the Forest
Students investigate the physical properties of fire by creating storyboards. For this elements lesson, students view a video clip of forest fires and identify the cause. Students create large storyboards defining the three elements...
Curated OER
Topic: English - 'Making Connections' - Coordinating Conjunctions
In this sentence writing activity, students learn about using conjunctions in sentences. They then use what they learned to answer the 6 questions on the activity. The answers are on the last page.
Curated OER
Using Prepositions with "Get" Using Prepositions With "Get"
In this prepositions with "get" instructional activity, students enter the preposition that correctly follows the word "get" using context clues with answers available.
Curated OER
My Secret War - The WWII Diary of Madeline Beck: Lesson 2
Fifth graders explore world history by reading historical fiction. For this World War II lesson, 5th graders read the story My Secret War and identify the importance of fiction when analyzing history. Students answer study questions...