In this no sex please, we're British worksheet, students, with a partner, come up with five adjectives to describe someone, decide if eighteen statements or true or false and strike up a conversation over three internal questions.

An interesting quiz awaits your English Language Learners. In it, they answer ten questions pertaining to why they are learning English, and how they think they can best learn the language. Some thought-provoking discussion should ensue...

Students view landscape paintings. They recall a landscape that has meaning to them and describe it to the class. They complete a worksheet.

There are different types of reading meant for different texts. Discuss four of these with your emerging readers. When does one perform an extensive or intensive reading? When does one skim or scan a text? How are these all different? 

Students download from a website to learn about digraphs. For this digraphs lesson, students download a digraphs game to practice digraphs. 

Here is an interesting way to teach the present perfect and present perfect continuous. Individuals practice these verb tenses as well as the simple past by asking a partner questions about an imaginary biography. The biography...

What is the difference between formal and informal letter writing? Who gets a formal letter? What about an informal letter? This reference page presents different introductions and phrases you might see in each type of letter, and then...

Students engage in a lesson which honors the Latino community as part of Thirteen/WNET's annual celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. They utilize worksheets and access websites imbedded in this plan which guide their learning.

Young scholars practice appropriate etiquette and language when finding an apartment. For this finding an apartment lesson, students role-play examples of manners associated with the task of looking for a place to live. Young scholars...

Students play the game "Change It" and practice making words from phonic monster cards. In this "Change It" lesson, students read words and phrases that are used as functional print with visual cues. Students respond to icons, pictures,...

Students explore mountain formation. In this cross curriculum earth science and legend writing lesson, students listen to the poem "The Way to make Perfect Mountains" by Byrd Baylor and identify examples of vivid language used. Students...

Students practice the skills to enter a hotel and book a room. In this hotel English lesson, students are introduced to the etiquette associated with entering hotel. Students role-play ways in which people interact in a hotel...

Learners role play situations where they make requests to each other. In this requests lesson plan, students make their requests in English.

Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. For this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.

Young scholars practice pronunciation of their words and when to stress certain words when speaking. They practice with sentences given to them by the teacher.

In this animals instructional activity, students play a matching game much like the game memory where they match the animals to their babies. Students match as many cards as they put out.

Fifth graders engage in problem solving. In this patterns lesson, 5th graders are presented with a problem regarding ranching that they solve as a class. Students watch a video about how patterns are used in the real world. Students...

Young scholars work in groups to calculate the costs of a trip to Six Flags amusement park. In this domain and range instructional activity, students calculate the least and greatest amounts of money needed for tickets, food, souvenirs,...

Students focus on using a True or False game as a means of motivation to discuss their favorite types of music and musicians.

Students practice their pronunciation of words. They also practice stressing certain words and when to stress words in speech.

In this Darwin Day worksheet, students read or listen to a tape passage about Charles Darwin, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...

Pupils review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review worksheets.

Students fine tune their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. They must practice a number of times before feeling comfortable using them in every day conversations.

Students distinguish minor differences between English vowel sounds.