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Slang Words Beginning with M
For this slang worksheet, students complete a total of 4 multiple choice questions, selecting the meaning of slang words beginning with M. Students may click on an "answer" button for immediate feedback.
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Slang Words Beginning with W
In this slang worksheet, students complete 9 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct idiom for a bold phrase in a sentence. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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Formal and Informal Language
ESL students use the graphic organizers to record different phrases of speech with an emphasis upon the use of slang.
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SlangQuest
Students use the internet to discover five slang terms that could be used in a conversation at work. They write their own dialogues using the slang terms. They role play one of the skits.
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This Lesson is Totally Trippy Man
Third graders interview parents, friends and neighbors to find examples of slang terminology from previous decades. They write slang words and their definitions and chart current and previous appropriate slang on a poster.
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Slangman
In this slang worksheet, students complete 25 questions where they edit sentences, match literal meanings to slang terms, and fill in the blanks with vocabulary. Extra credit is available.
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Salinger and the Vocabulary of the Vernacular
Students discuss the use of slang expressions in literature. In this literary analysis lesson, students examine the use of slang words and expressions in the popular novel Catcher in the Rye. Students research the various slang terms...
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Writing Letters Lesson Plan
Students compare slang and formal writing. In this letter writing lesson, students use formal language to write letters to political leaders regarding a current issue.
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What's the Scoop on Slang?
Students examine examples of sports jargon by reading sports articles from a newspaper. They write a news article about a fictional sports event using examples of sports jargon.
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Spanish & Chicano English
Students examine the history of Spanish in what is now the United States. They examine the current language status of the Hispanic population. Students are able to characterize Spanglish and Chicano English. They examine some features...
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Word for the Dazed
Focusing on words, such as crunk, this series of slides appears to be a lighthearted look at vocabulary review. The three words discussed and defined are crunk, crib, and po-po.
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Intermediate Sentence Correction - 5
In this sentence correction worksheet, students proofread and make correction to 5 out of 6 sentences. They correct the slang terms, verb tenses, and spelling in the sentences. They recognize the one sentence that does not need any...
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ESL Activity: Idioms, Slang and Phrasal Verbs
In this ESL worksheet, students choose phrases closest in meaning to underlined phrases in sentences. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.
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Text-to-Text Connections: Pygmalion
Scholars refer to a British Dialect/Slang anchor chart as they answer text-dependent questions over section eight of Pygmalion. While learners work on the questions, the teacher conducts check-ins on the progress of their independent...
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Keeping Your English Up to Date: Hoodie
Language is fluid, especially the English language. See how it is currently changing and will continue to change. Using the example of the term "hoodie," learners work through a week's worth of vocabulary, spelling, and critical thinking...
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Tom Sawyer
This lesson kicks off with a PowerPoint presentation on Mark Twain. Learners examine the dialect, slang, viewpoint and setting. Then use e-mail to address three topics utilizing comprehension, synthesis, and evaluation skills.
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ESL Quiz #10
Match a set of slang words/phrases to their literal meanings and fill in blanks in sentences to complete.
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Beacon Lesson Plan Library: Formal or Informal?
Start talking trash with your elementary English class! Then lead a discussion comparing formal and informal language. Divide the class into groups to answer a questionnaire and analyze a set of sentence cards to analyze. This is a cool...
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Advanced Conversation Quiz #1
In this vocabulary and pronunciation assessment worksheet, students complete 17 problems where they match words to definitions and circle the word that has a different vowel sound than the rest.
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Scarecrow: A Lesson Against Hate Crimes
Learners analyze and discuss different types of hate crimes. They listen to and discuss the background behind the song, "Scarecrow" by Melissa Etheridge. They research a hate crime and imagine how the victims must have felt. Finally they...
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The Living Words
Students translate a 16th century English text into contemporary English. They discuss the cultural uniqueness and significance of language and document words or phrases currently used in their daily lives. They use this list to aid in...
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Old and Middle English
“The Lord’s Prayer” provides the text for a study of how language changes. Using the provided link, young linguists examine the prayer in Old and Middle English and compare how the diction, syntax, and phonology have evolved over the...
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Keep Your English Up to Date: Bog Standard
Explore the tendency of the English language to change by reviewing the British idiom "bog standard." An audio talk is accessible via hyperlink and questions and worksheets are included for learners. The lesson is a good way to work on...
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All About Kennings
The word kenning is derived from an old Norse phrase. It means, "to express a thing in terms of another." Pupils practice identifying and using kennings in the modern English language. This presentation was produced in Britain, and has a...
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