University of New Mexico
César Chávez: Migrant Farm Workers and Their Leader
During the first week of instruction, middle schoolers research biographies on Cesar Chavez and make a pictorial collage of his life. For the second and third week, they maintain a seven-day diary of a farmworker and write a poem. For...
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Teaching the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine":A Handout for ESL/EFL Students
Students inspire communication skills thru the lyrics of a song. Students watch and correlate the production of a fantasy film with speaking and listening skills. Students quote the themes from the video.
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Using Poster Presentations with ESL Students
Students organize ways to present effective poster presentations. Students skill their posters by the majors they have chosen. Students engage in researching how to use their collaboration time in groups effectively.
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Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time
Middle schoolers watch the Discovery program "Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time" then examine the ratification of the 14th Amendment and the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. They research one of three events that tested Brown...
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The Tropical Rain Forest
Students use various web sites to access information about the rain forest. They use the Tropical Rainforest Interactive CD to make their own rain forest pictures and stories and learn facts about the rain forest. They use various books...
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Night on Bald Mountain
Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements. Then they use terminology from music and other arts to analyze and compare the structures of musical and other artistic and literary works. Students...
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Impact of Westward Expansion on Indigenous Populations
Students study the impact of westward expansion on Native American populations. They create a diorama of a Native American scene, write imaginary letters as a pioneer child reflecting on his/her experiences, and create story sticks that...
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Find the Error 17
In this grammar worksheet, learners read a paragraph about British breakfast foods. Students locate mistakes in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, and spelling.
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English Banana
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 12 sentences by using auxiliary verbs in present continuous tense question forms. Students are given one example.
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Find the Error 53
In this grammar activity, students read a paragraph about a sit-com. Students locate mistakes in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, and spelling.
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Find the Error 52
In this grammar instructional activity, students read an advertisement for a Christmas activity set. Students locate a mistake either in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, or spelling.
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Find the Error 51
For this grammar worksheet, students read a short clipping from a newspaper article. Students locate a mistake in apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, or spelling.
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Find the Error 50
In this grammar worksheet, students read an extract from a national magazine for teachers. Students locate a mistake in either apostrophes, articles, singular/plurals, or spelling.
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Reading Skills
In this ESL learning exercise, students read about 6 friends who went out to dinner. Students determine how much each friend needs to pay for the meal.
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Verbs
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 20 sentences by filling in the correct verb. Students determine where the verb goes in order to correct the sentence.
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Run-on Sentences
In this grammar worksheet, students correct 18 run-on sentences. For example, "I wake up at 7 o'clock and have a shower and brush my hair and get dressed."
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Past Participles
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 15 sentences by adding the past participle for each infinitive in parenthesis. For example, "I haven't (finish) my homework yet."
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Nouns
In this grammar activity, students complete 20 sentences by filling in the correct word. All of the words include nouns, such as restaurant and dental surgery.
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Find the Error 26
In this grammar activity, students find an error in an extract adapted from an international news website. Students locate an error in singular/plural usage.
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Find the Error 26
In this grammar instructional activity, students locate an error in an extract adapted from a national newspaper's guide. Students also identify what kind of error they see.
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Question Tags
In this ESL worksheet, students will focus on the correct usage of question tags. Students will complete 20 questions by adding the appropriate question tag to the end of each statement.
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Irregular Verbs 2
For this grammar worksheet, students answer ten questions in complete sentences using proper verb forms. Students share their sentences with their classmates.
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Idioms
In this grammar activity, students choose the appropriate idiom expression to fill in the blanks in twenty-four sentences. Students discuss each idiom.
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Two-Word Verb Exercise 4
For this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences using an expression different from the two-word verb phrase in each sentence.