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U2
Pupils examine the cover of a compact disc from U2 and describe what they see. They match words in English with other languages. They discover the meanings of words they do not know from the songs.
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Moving With Your Roots
Students dissect common words to study the origins of those words. In this language arts lesson, students study the Greek and Latin roots found in many words within English language. Students use dictionaries to fill out worksheets...
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Expressions of Frequency
Students practice discussing timely manners in a target language. For this foreign language lesson, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often. Students create a timeline illustrating how...
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A Look at Geography
Young scholars discover geographical places and terms in another language. In this geographical identification lesson, students utilize their geographical vocabulary to describe to other classmates where they would like to go or...
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Daily Routines
Students describe the daily routine of a person using a different language. In this foreign language vocabulary instructional activity, students discuss the different items people use to get ready every day and practice using those...
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Planning an outing
Learners create a scenario where they go on a date with another person and write a draft of their presentation in the form of a fashion show. In this scenario lesson plan, students do all of this in the foreign language they are studying.
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Let's Read the Newspaper
Learners investigate the format of a typical newspaper. In this journalism lesson, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news. Learners work together as a newspaper...
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Days of the Week
Students write important days and dates that are important in their family. In this dates lesson plan, students share these dates in small groups and use the calendar if needed in their language.
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Foods and Beverages
Students practice ordering food in a new language. For this food vocabulary lesson, students utilize the information from their previous lesson to create entire conversations about going to get food, as opposed to just the...
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Buying Clothes
Students create a story about friends going shopping with new vocabulary. In this creating a story lesson plan, students use new language and number words in their story.
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Travel Photos
Students describe photographs. In this travel photos lesson, students view a slide-show of travel photos in order to assist them with developing photo captions. Students describe details, events, and persons from the photos in the...
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Learning New Definitions
Students are introduced to new vocabulary. Then they are to guess what the words mean without using a dictionary. They organize words into a graphic organizer.
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A-Z List
Students practice using vocabulary terms about the Louisiana Purchase by creating a picture dictionary, an ABC book of terms, a word sort, or a game. Each project should include people, places and terms as they relate to the Louisiana...
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Priceless Gifts
Third graders read about Italy and the complete activities that investigate the spice trade. In this spice trade lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze characters, write a thank you note, speak Italian, and complete language activities.
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Really Useful List of 100 Plural Nouns in English
In this language arts instructional activity, learners analyze a list of 100 nouns which do not follow the usual rule of adding an -s to make a plural. Students fill in the blanks of the chart and make irregular plurals. Example: tooth...
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Adjectives Cloze Exercise
In this language arts worksheet, students insert appropriate adjectives in 14 sentences with missing words. A picture clue at the end of each sentence will help students choose an adjective to put in the blank.
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Alphabet Neighbors: Before, After, In Between
In this language arts instructional activity, students memorize the order of letters in the alphabet. Students complete 18 examples where the missing letter comes before a series of letters. Then students complete 18 examples where the...
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Phrasal Verb Generator
In this phrasal verb worksheet, students use words from two word banks to create phrasal verbs. They fill in the blanks for ten sentences with phrasal verbs. This worksheet is intended to be used with advanced English language learners.
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Color Match/Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match ten color phrases to the matching pictures. Directions are given in both English and Spanish. The worksheet is intended for use with English language learners.
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Research Project
Eighth graders research a project of their choice in relation to a career they may want. In this language arts lesson, 8th graders create a bibliography of references used both print and online sources. Students make an outline of their...
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Communicating My Ideas; Developing Self-Expression in Writing
Fifth graders identify new vocabulary. In this vocabulary activity, 5th graders predict the meaning of unfamiliar words. Next they find them in a dictionary and use them in a sentence.
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Guided Reading: " A River Ran Wild"
Students answer "essential questions" to establish background and prior knowledge of the book, "A River Ran Wild." In this language arts lesson, 3rd graders complete a graphic organizer of vocabulary words and read and take notes at...
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Poetry Power
Second graders explore language arts by analyzing poems in their class. For this word play lesson, 2nd graders define the terms rhyme, rhythm and alliteration and identify their uses. Students utilize class word lists to write their own...
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Alphabetical Order
Putting words is alphabetical order is a necessary skill. Use this resource to help your class learn how to put groups of words in order. This presentation could be augmented with more examples.