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Thanksgiving Lesson
Practice using proper verb tenses in the spirit of Thanksgiving! Learners are given holiday photographs as prompts to create oral and written sentences in a targeted verb tense.
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Future Time (Occupations)
In this verb usage learning exercise, students recognize the future tense while identifying people and their jobs. Students are given ten statements and ten occupations which they are to match.
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Information and Communication Technology
Students use correct English to give an oral report on the pyramids of Egypt. They focus on correctly using the past tense to describe history.
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This Land is Your Land
Students use a popular American song to learn the past and present continuous tenses. They complete a web quest about the song "This Land is Your Land" and discuss it.
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Muslim Arab/Spanish Connection
Ninth graders watch the video, 'El Cid.' They participate in teacher-led discussion about the beliefs, customs, goals, and heroes of both Spaniards and Moors. They create and present an artifact to the class showing the results of their...
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Transportation Through Time
Third graders measure the speed at which they can walk in order to understand speed and distance traveled. They then research the history of transportation and express data in a class timeline.