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French Biographies
Take a glimpse into the French-speaking world with this reference page. Provided here are 274 mini-biographies for various Francophones. The lives of poets, playwrights, and teachers, among others, is detailed here, just simply click...
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Orienteering - Lesson 7 - Compasses
More compass practice! This activity has your scholars practicing getting their bearings. They will participate in a schoolyard compass game where they will have a specific starting point and then navigate through the course according to...
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Mountain Biking - Lesson 3 - Starting Up a Steep Hill
Knowing how to start up a steep hill while mountain biking is a good skill to have. Otherwise, if one stoppped part way up and couldn't get started up again, what would be the point. This lesson offers up some good cues in getting set to...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 1 - Introduction, Basic Rules and Skills
What is Tchoukball? Never heard of it? Take a look at this unit and see if it's something worth teaching to you class. It could be fun to learn a new non-traditional sport. Pretty much all you need to know is here in this unit. Lesson 1...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 3 - Footwork and Passing
This third lesson in the Tchoukball unit is all about footwork and passing. In this lesson there are several drills to practice footwork as only three steps are allowed in regulation play. As the class works on footwork, they will also...
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Golf - Lesson 6 - Effective Practice Routines
It's very important to have good practice routines. It's kind of like going to the gym to workout in the weightroom. There should be a routine for each workout. There might be different routines for different days, but there is still a...
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Volleyball - Lesson 6 - Forearm Pass
Feet to the ball, belly button to the target, flat platform. These are the three main cues for making a good forearm pass in volleyball. Teach these cues, practice these skills, work on performing a good forearm pass. Yes, practice,...
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Volleyball - Lesson 14 - Digging
Digging in volleyball refers to passing a hard hit, as in a spiked, ball. Since the ball is intended to be hit hard at the floor, positioning is important when attempting to dig it. The player needs to be low to the ground to dig a ball...
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Golf - Lesson 5 - Course Etiquette
A great golf lesson reviews all the skills learned so far, including the history, rules, terms, and course etiquette, and of course how to hit a golf ball. The class will demonstrate what the physical skills and be evaluated on their...
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Orienteering - Lesson 8 - Map and Compass
Put your students' orienteering skills together. Reading a compass and reading a map. In this assignment the class will use their compass and the map scale to determine the distance of a given route. If they finish their assignment,...
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Volleyball - Lesson 16 - Serve Receive
A strong volleyball instructional activity cover positioning for serve receive and transitioning from those positions to offensive attack. There are many ways to set up for serve receive depending on the rotation of the group and the...
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Film Festival: An ESL Lesson Plan to Get Students Talking About Movies
If your ESL pupils love talking about movies, here is an activity ideal for providing practice with both informational reading and elements of a story. Given fictional movie posters, they decipher the information and put it into a...
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How Does Your Population Grown?
Do you know how the population has grown of your community? Can you predict the population over the next half century? Can we find an algebraic model that matches our data? These along with many more questions can be researched by...
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Lesson Plan 12: Writing With All Your Senses
What does an ice cream sundae sound like? Challenge young writers to move beyond visual descriptions and craft details that appeal to all five senses. The examples provided by the script in this resource show pupils how to create rich...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 2 - Passing and Catching
Tchoukball, Lesson 2 is all about passing and thusly, catching the ball. There are many drills that the class does to practice different types of passes and then different types of catches. There are 8 lessons in this Tchoukball unit....
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Soccer - Lesson 2 - Passing and Receiving with a Partner
Teach the class the skills of passing a soccer ball to a partner and receiving a pass from a partner. Passing in soccer is the skill that is used most, so it would be advantageous to learn to do different types of passes and practice to...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 18 - Wake Board Terms
Boat safety lesson 18 is all about the wake board. The class learns the terminology about wake boards and discusses the different types of ropes used. Much of the information regarding boating basics, personal floatation devices, and...
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Volleyball - Lesson 17 - Winning the Point
One of the hardest skills to learn in volleyball is how to spike the ball. Lesson 17 teaches about the footwork to prepare for spiking and focuses on the importance of the wrist snap. There is a diagram of the set-up for the hitting...
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Soccer - Lesson 17 - Practice
Another lesson set up for teams to practice their skills and prepare for the World Cup tournament the class will have. There is a great warm-up for this lesson. It's called the Team Marathon, Activities and Sequence. It includes...
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Soccer - Lesson 8 - Partner Passing
It's always a good idea in soccer to be able to pass the ball to a teammate. It takes practice to be able to make good passes, the right speed, the right touch, the right place. Teachers can connect to the other lessons in this unit by...
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Volleyball: Winning the Point - Lesson 10
Volleyball - Lesson 10 focuses on how to handle a free ball. What does the passer do? What does the setter do? What does the hitter do? These skills are covered in this lesson. Then the class practices in small groups. This lesson is the...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 11 - Fundamentals (Machine)
Lesson 11 is part of a 22 activity unit on boat safety and water sports. This activity tests the learner's skill and knowledge on proper usage of the Perfect Pull machine used for water skiing.
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Volleyball - Lesson 20 - Setting up the Attack
It's time to pull all those volleyball skills together in lesson plan 20! The focus of this lesson plan is running plays. The setter communicates with her team to set the ball to a certain player and in a specific way. That player will...
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Backpacking - Lesson Plans
A page of links lead to a number of lessons on backpacking. There are eight lessons, and within these lessons are links to other resources and to the entire unit.