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Learning English through Short Stories
Use short stories to teach English? Yes! Designed as a professional development opportunity for English language teachers, the ideas in this booklet can easily be adapted to advanced ESL/ELL classes.
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Verb Review 1 and 2
In this verb instructional activity, students complete the dialogues by conjugating the verb in the parenthesis into the proper verb form. There are 14 verbs to conjugate.
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Verb Review 1 and 2 (Past, Past Progressive, Present Perfect)
In this verb worksheet, students complete the dialogue by conjugating the verbs in parenthesis so that the statements are grammatically correct. There are 14 verbs to conjugate on this worksheet.
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Verb Review 1 and 2 (Mixed Practice)
For this verb worksheet, students complete the dialogues by conjugating the verbs in the parenthesis to make the statements grammatically correct. There are 13 verbs to conjugate.
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Boggles World: Have You Seen Jack? An ESL Role-Play
Students participate in a role-play designed to teach intermediate English language students to relative clauses and appositives. They are divided into two groups. Students from group 1 ask students from group 2 if they have seen Jack...
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Negative Imperatives and Idioms
Pupils identify and use positive and negative imperatives and idioms in written and spoken dialogues, and use irregular verbs in written and spoken sentences. They complete various worksheets, re-write dialogues, and complete an...
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Using Prepositions #3
Students use the information they gathered in previous lessons to practice using prepositions in regards to movement, time, location and place. They write a dialogue using all of the elements listed. They complete a preposition quiz to...
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Discussing One's Health
Young scholars explore common health issues. In this health and literacy lesson, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations. Young scholars prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues are...
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An Introduction to Collocation
Students listen to text in the form of a letter and then read the same text to determine how collocations can have different meanings. Students listen to a sample of dialogue to understand how the the usages of "make," "do," and "have"...
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"Asking for Tourist Information" (Italian)
Students listen to a dialogue in order to comprehend verbal directions in Italian. They work in pairs practicing giving directions to each other.
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Apologies, Requests, Invitations, and Suggestions
In this apologies, requests, invitations, and suggestions worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences and a dialogue with words given. Students complete 2 activities.
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Comic Strip Two
In this ESL comic strip worksheet, students analyze a cartoon strip that has blank dialogue bubbles. Students create a conversation by filling in the bubbles.
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Comic Strip Three
In this ESL comic strip worksheet, students examine a cartoon that has blank dialogue bubbles. Students answer 5 questions about the cartoon, then fill in a conversation.
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Have You Seen Jack?
Students study relative clauses and appositives. In this ESL lesson, students role play. Students use relatives clauses and appositives to describe people. Students use dialogue.
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Phrasal Verbs with Get
Learners identify ten phrasal verbs with "get". In this phrasal verbs lesson, students read and analyze a conversation between two people. Learners interpret the meaning of the phrases in the diaglogue. Games and additional activities...
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Comparing and Contrasting: The Soldier and the Sailor
In this soldier and sailor learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to a conversation had by a soldier and a sailor. Students use 14 words from a word bank to fill in the blanks.
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Parody Hilarity
Upper grade and middle school writers study the art of parody. In this language arts instructional activity, learners study the work of Lewis Carroll, read and discuss parodies from the book, Alice in Wonderland, and construct their own...
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Interrupting and Disagreeing Politely
Explore communication by completing argument related worksheets. Learners discuss appropriate ways to communicate with someone they are having a disagreement with and what techniques are not polite. Students read example arguments and...
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Shapes and Measuring
Youngsters develop mathematical vocabulary with this worksheet. First, give youngsters time to identify their vocabulary words in the picture provided. Then, as a group, practice saying the vocabulary words aloud. Finally, have learners...
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Getting into Shape
Students identify 3-D geometric shapes through different pieces of artwork. They examine and identify segments and angles. Students act out shapes and create a piece of artwork. Additional cross curriculum activities are listed.
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"Asking for Tourist Information" (Italian)
Students explain and use verbal directions, recognize the prepositions used in a conversation, explore Italian art, and acquaint themselves with tourist services in Italy.
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Discovering Mexico through Murals
Students describe the Mexican culture and relate it to their own culture. They investigate the Mexican culture through internet research, textbooks, and class discussions. Students create a mural of their school culture. They interview...
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The Solar System
Third graders investigate Newton's law of Motion. In this chemical reaction lesson, 3rd graders participate in an experiment with rockets to study Newton's law. Students observe the effects of a chemical reaction made by combining...
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I've Never Tried That - Present Perfect Tense
Students choose three items from a list and discuss the cultural importance of each one. They complete a chart, research information, create a presentation and share it with their peers. Students choose activities to in which to...