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ACE Expert English Homework- July 12, 2006
In this ESL learning exercise, students complete 8 pages of exercises designed for ELL students from Thailand. Activities included are writing sentences, completing dialogs, and matching phrases and pictures.
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Say and Spell Long Vowel Bossy E Board Game
Students practice saying and spelling long vowel "bossy E" words. In this spelling instructional activity, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture, say and spell the word. The first person to the end wins.
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Ribbit! Ribbit!
Students research a frog's life cycle and habitat using books, the Internet and lecture. Students make origami frogs, write letters to Toad from Arnold Lobel's "Frog and Toad" and participate in a simulated camouflage activity.
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Phonics Floor Game: Short Vowels
Turn your phonics instruction into a game! First, hop on to word family foot prints to match the short vowel sound cards. Then, take the game to the next level; write a word on the foot print that has the same word family sound.
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Off to Adventure!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
Give language skills a boost with a series of ESL lessons in an Off to Adventure! themed unit. Using a speak, listen, move, and look routine, scholars enhance proficiency through grand conversation and skills practice. Discussion topics...
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Science Experiments with Eggs
ESL students experiment with eggs to learn the science concepts and science process language.
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Calling in Sick
Students create a dialog for calling in sick to work. Dialogs must be created for single and multiple absences. Working with a partner, students practice their dialogs. This lesson is designed for students acquiring English.
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Building Successful Parent-Teacher Rapport
Young scholars discuss the importance of having a strong parent-teacher relationship. They brainstorm ways to build and strengthen the relationship with their child's teacher. Groups of students role play the different methods of...
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Identifying Correct Change
Students analyze the importance of recognizing whether or not they have been given correct change. They brainstorm ideas for determining whether or not they have received correct change. Students model and practice dialog to request...
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Who Is Responsible For Repairs?
Pupils discuss household problems that may be eligible for repair by their landlord. As a class, students discuss the portions of their lease that require their landlord to repair damages and which damages they may be responsible for...
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Dear Congressperson...
Students identify their local, state, and national officials. They create a short blurb about each official and their function in office. Students choose an issue of concern they would like to write to their local official about,...
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Navigating The Legal System
Students identify personal rights allowed under the law in the United States. An exploration of the legal process leads students to describe how the American legal system works. This instructional activity is intended for students...
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Under The Doctors Advice
Young scholars discuss the importance of specifically following medical instructions. They simulate a conversation between a pharmasist and a patient. Students compare and contrast medical and natural remedies. This activity is...
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Taking Taxes
Students discuss the role of taxes and tax deductions in the maintence of community services. A practice W-4 form is completed by students who identify their exemptions. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Calculating Postage
Students explore the services available to them at their local post office. As a class, students discuss the function of each method of delivery. Students choose a postal option appropriate to a scenario the instructor provides. This...
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Traveling
Pupils participate in a discussion of various travel destinations. Working with the instructor, individual students choose a travel destination of interest to them. They discuss the vocabulary and create meaning for the new words that...
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Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game- Intermediate Version
Pupils sort verb tenses. In this English grammar lesson, students work with a partner to sort cards with verbs written on them into 3 piles including verbs with "ing," the infinitive form (meaning "want to"), and the infinitive form...
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Book 1 Listening
In this listening activity worksheet, students listen to two different sections from a book. Students check off the words in the first section they hear and then check off the phrases they hear in the second section.
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Book 1 - Listening Test 2
In this listening activity worksheet, students read and listen to book 1 for certain words and phrases. Students check off the words they hear in section one and the phrases they hear in section two.
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Comparing Cultural Holidays
Students discover facts about the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. In this compare and contrast lesson, students explore Halloween and the Day of the Dead. Students create an alter to memorialize a family member or friend that has...
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Cultural Creation Myths
Students write original plays based on supernatural explanations of existence. In this cultural creation myths lesson, students listen to five different stories about supernatural creation. Students record similarities and differences in...
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Elements of Fables
Students explore the attributes of fables. In this literature lesson, students read several fables and identify the moral lesson, characterization, and figurative language in each. Students then retell their favorite fables in their own...
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Build a Word
Students explore new words through letters or letter groups. In this lesson about words, students use index cards to build new words. Each index card contains one letter or letter group. Students utilize different strategies like...
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The Gift of Community
Students explore the diversity offered in communities. For this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read The Gift and then interview people within their school community regarding the gifts they receive in their community.