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Lesson Plan
Learning Seed

The Art of Listening

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Conversation isn't just about talking. Help you class work on the important conversational skills with a lesson plan about listening. As youngsters practice making statements and asking attentive questions, they reflect on the way they...
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Handout
Nosapo

Reading, Vocabulary, Comprehension

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Whether you teach mainstream elementary classes or older English learners, a set of reading comprehension resources is a great addition to your language arts curriculum. Ten activities each include a reading passage and set of...
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Worksheet
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Reflective Listening Skills

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Do you ever feel like your conversation partner is just nodding along as you speak? Encourage teenagers to become reflective listeners with a short activity in which they form responses to assertive statements to reflect what the speaker...
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Printables
Polk Bros Foundation

Comprehensive Nonfiction Reading Questions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Analyze any nonfiction text with the set of questions on this sheet. Class members practice inferring by noting the main idea and purpose of a passage. They also analyze an opinion in the passage and write a brief summary. See the...
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Organizer
Curated OER

BBC Learning English -working abroad: listening

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this listening worksheet, students will complete a chart identifying which of 5 speakers communicated each of the 18 statements. The corresponding radio broadcast can be found...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Listening Worksheet

For Students 9th - 11th
In this listening worksheet, learners practice listening skills as they listen to a speech, determining topic, purpose, methods of gaining interest, main points, patterns of organization, and transitions.
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Worksheet
One Pot Learning

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Three annotated passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on "Nature" provide young philosophers a chance to improve their reading comprehension skills as they gain insight into Emerson's ideas.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2-Grade 8 (2010)

For Students 9th - 11th
Get ready for state testing with this resource, which focuses on listening and writing skills. While a complete description of the writing assignment is provided here, the listening portion is not included. You could use the graphic...
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Worksheet
Prestwick House

Frankenstein

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Science Fiction? Gothic Novel? Romance? No matter the label, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has captured the imagination of readers for over 200 years. Whether used to test how well readers remember the key events and characters in...
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Writing
Road to Grammar

Health

For Students 6th - 12th
Are your English language learners feeling unwell? Provide them with the tools to express how they are feeling and to talk about health in general. Included here are discussion activities, vocabulary, listening activities, grammar...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking English News - "Terror Returns to Bali"

For Students 11th - 12th
In this ESL/ELL reading comprehension and grammar worksheet, students read or listen to an article from October 2, 2005 entitled, "Terror Returns To Bali." They complete short answer, true or false, fill in the blank, and matching...
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Worksheet
Prestwick House

The Orphan Train

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do a girl in foster care and a 91-year-old widow have in common? A crossword puzzle related to Orphan Train highlights some of the similarities the two characters share in the book. The puzzle pulls out key details from the novel to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

"Killing Chickens" by Meredith Hall

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
After reading the essay "Killing Chickens" by Meredith Hall, provide your class with these thoughtful questions. After answering the four questions listed, your writers attempt to write their own descriptive essay. Challenge them to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Simpson's Lesson

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In these Simpson's themed worksheets, students will respond to 10 comprehension questions and then synthesize a new ending to an episode of the Simpson's television show.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
In this speaking and listening skills worksheet, students will take a test on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). There are a total of 7 questions.
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Worksheet
PeopleLeap, Inc.

"In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

For Students 8th - 12th
Chapter six of In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez's historical novel about the Mirabal sisters, is the focus of a worksheet that asks readers to define a list of vocabulary words and respond to a series of comprehension...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

BBC Learning English, Speaking (Clarifying Meaning)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this verbal comprehension worksheet, students identify possible reasons for poor inter-personal communication and learn multiple phrases to use for clarification in a conversation.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 8: There Is/Are

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
This simple worksheet has students practice comprehension and vocabulary skills. Learners also review the use of there is and there are in the 11 true and false questions. This activity would be appropriate for lower elementary or ESL...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Angry Argentina Commuters Torch Trains

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this ESL/ELL reading and listening comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Angry Argentina Commuters Torch Trains." They complete a variety of discussion, grammar, and comprehension activities based...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ana Finds an Apartment

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Because of the topic of this reading comprehension and vocabulary activity, it would probably be best used with adults in an ESL class. The 10 question reading activity, which focuses on vocabulary involving renting an apartment, could...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2006)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School English Examination worksheet, students write an essay explaining the use of propaganda by the biotechnology industry.  Students also use notes to answer multiple choice questions based on the passage.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills: International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - Vowels 1

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
In this speaking and listening skills worksheet, students will write as many words as they can using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Roots 2: FIN, SED, FER Beginner - Context Story 1

For Students 7th - 12th
Promote understanding of vocabulary words with this audio recording. You or your learners click on a character image to hear a vocabulary passage read out loud. The audio recording repeats each bold word twice, giving your class a chance...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking English News: Children Into Computers Younger Than Ever

For Students 9th - 11th
In this ESL/ELL reading and listening comprehension instructional activity, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Children Into Computers Younger Than Ever." They complete discussion activities, and matching, true or false,...

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