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Europe
In order to review language skills, students in both upper elementary and higher grades can benefit from this activity providing an exploration of information related to Europe. This 12 question activity provides a reading passage,...
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Dining Out With Fishes and Birds of the Hudson
While this lesson focuses on the birds and fish found on the Hudson River, it could be adapted for use in any classroom. Using a vocabulary list, learners explore the meaning of words like adaptation, habitat, barbel, and more. Then,...
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Crossword Review
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...
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Day One: Talking about food items
Students 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...
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Daily Routines
Students describe the daily routine of a person using a different language. In this foreign language vocabulary activity, students discuss the different items people use to get ready every day and practice using those vocabulary...
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Transportation Lesson
Students practice using transportation vocabulary in a foreign language. In this language arts lesson plan, students utilize the vocabulary terms for locations in order to give directions and find a specific place. Students...
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Total English Starter: Work
For this work related vocabulary worksheet, learners match 6 occupations to 6 sentences, fill in the blanks in the names of the 12 months which are missing several letters each.
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Day One: Dinner foods and beverages
Students learn English vocabulary for dinner foods and beverages. In this ELL lesson, students create a list of healthy foods and discuss good food habits. They discuss healthy activities and exercises.
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Translation Lesson to help Students Improve Vocabulary and Writing Style
Students translate an entire Internet page from English into a target language. In small groups, they create a short story or document in their native tongue or find an Internet page in their own tongue that they translate into English.
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Overcoming the Fear of "Unknown" Vocabulary
Students practice different techniques to become a better reader. They practice using new vocabulary and are encouraged not to be afraid of learning new things. They answer questions about flyers to end the instructional activity.
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Foods and Beverages
Young scholars practice ordering food in a new language. In this food vocabulary lesson, students utilize the information from their previous lesson to create entire conversations about going to get food, as opposed to just the...
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Family Album
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...
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What I need for School
You can use this instructional activity with English language learners, a young language arts class, or speakers of a foreign language. The phrases learned are I need and I don't need. The teacher collects several items around the room,...
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Writing a News Story
Students practice using their target language by writing a news article. In this foreign language writing lesson, students create a fictional "hero" in their city which they write a fictional news article about in their new...
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Rapunzel
Youngsters read the story of Rapunzel and go over vocabulary and answer discussion questions. They also list qualities of characters, discuss settings, make a diorama, and more.
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River Run Through It
With vocabulary lists, worksheets, and more, this lesson sets learners on an exploration of the Hudson River area. They read an essay about the area, analyze a relief map of New York State, and complete a worksheet.
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English Exercises: Countries and Nationalities
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 19 fill in the blank questions that require them to use English vocabulary appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Adjectives; Adjective Order in English-4
In this foreign language worksheet, students look for the most natural sounding choice from three options to complete the ten given sentences. Each option contains an adjective phrase with the words mixed into various orders.
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Day Ten: The Dating Game
Young scholars participate in a game show to practice language. In this language lesson, students create their own Dating Game. Based on their level of language acquisition, young scholars create commercials, make questions, become...
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Some/Any in a Restaurant
In this grammar worksheet, students read a dialogue between two customers and a waiter in a restaurant. They fill in the fourteen blanks with either "some" or "any." The worksheet is intended to be used with English language learners.
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Subject or Adjective
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in the blanks in ten sentences with subject and adjective words listed in the word bank.
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My Daily Routine
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...
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Classified Advertisements: Target Language Practice
Foreign language learners decipher the meanings of classified ads in the target language. They investigate a large collage created by the teacher of foreign language advertisements and discuss the content with classmates. Then...
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Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages
The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...