Use pictures and manipulatives to develop vocabulary with your beginning language learners. This plan can be used with foreign language learners (although you'll have to provide the vocabulary), English language learners, or a young...

Foreign language learners work in pairs to translate the daily routine of celebrities or everyday people, presented in daily planner format, into English. They then illustrate and record their own daily routines in storyboard (film...

Young scholars practice greetings and dialogues in English. In this ELL lesson, students watch a silent video with people greeting one another and make predictions about what they are saying. They write dialogues and share them with a...

Students learn English vocabulary for dinner foods and beverages. In this ELL instructional activity, students create a list of healthy foods and discuss good food habits. They discuss healthy activities and exercises. 

English language learners examine advertisements for pets and pet shelters. Students read advertisements about pets who are living in shelters. They answer comprehension questions based on the reading before writing an original...

Learners discover new English vocabulary words for food items. In this ELL lesson, students look at grocery store ads and menus to find new vocabulary words for food. They work with the teacher to create a story about a situation in...

Students practice English vocabulary in menus and food items. In this ELL instructional activity, students look at pictures of people eating and describe what they are doing.  They talk about the food that they like and dislike and...

Kids of all ages discover their family histories through pictures. First, flip through the PowerPoint provided (or consider making one of your own). It should show pictures of your family and have clear, easy to understand sentences that...

Students who are learning English as a second language examine likes and dislikes. In this likes and dislikes activity, students examine the words that tell the things that a famous person might like or dislike. They work in groups to...

Students utilize a new language to tell someone they care for them. In this complimenting activity, students practice saying nice things to friends and strangers in their target language. Students react to the activity afterwards and...

Students use their imaginations to write about an imaginary trip. In this creative writing lesson, students write about an imaginary trip. Students brainstorm writing ideas as a class and use past tense words in their...

Students use expressions of frequency in the English language. In this ELL instructional activity, student survey their classmates and turn the information into a class bar graph. 

Students practice using their target language vocabulary by completing a crossword puzzle.  In this foreign language lesson, students complete several random tasks based on new vocabulary words in their target language dealing with...

Students read short texts and discover people's likes and dislikes. In this likes and dislikes lesson plan, after reading the texts, students sort these people according to their interests.

Students practice discussing timely manners in a target language.  In this foreign language lesson, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often.  Students create a timeline illustrating how often...

Students identify and write short sentences with likes and dislikes, frequency, and location. For this short sentences lesson plan, students read the sentences, identify what is asked, orally practice saying sentences, and then write...

In this exchange student lesson, students create a story about an exchange student. Students draw a map to show the location of community buildings and practice providing directions from location to location.

Students practice discovering a target language by playing a game of Jeopardy.  In this foreign language lesson, students utilize their target language vocabulary to answer Jeopardy style questions they prepared the day before....

Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game.  In this descriptive words instructional activity, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing.  Students...

Students practice their listening comprehension by playing the "telephone" game.  In this foreign language instructional activity, students listen to a story read by a teacher in their target language and try to remember the details...

Students review activities from the "My Home" unit. In this review lesson, students view a PowerPoint about a community then play a game to answer a variety of questions about the community.  PowerPoint may be in English or changed...