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ESOL Telephone Communication

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2-- Telephone Communication

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, practice, after seeing the teacher model an example of dialogue, requesting operator assistance or 911 with a partner.
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Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how the Inca communicated over large distances. They locate the Inca Empire on a map, define key vocabulary terms, play the game, 'telephone,' and create a quipu to show the year they were born.
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The Social Skill of Communication

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore communication by analyzing manners. For this social skills lesson, 5th graders review the different forms of communication and how to present yourself in a phone conversation, face to face meeting, e-mail, etc....
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Job Communication

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils assess the role of communication within various jobs. For this investigation lesson, students discuss the needs and types of communication in the workforce, then make their own communication device. This device is used to role...
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Can You Hear Me Now?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the industry involving communication and put communication devices into activities. In this communication lesson plan, students put items into chronological order, review primary sources, compare and contrast items, and...
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An Ancient Revolution: The Written Word

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the impact of written communication. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students investigate communication from ancient Sumer and discuss its relevance today. Students watch a multimedia presentation about cuneiform...
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Plains Indians Pictographs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore methods of written communication. In this Plains Indian instructional activity, students create pictographs representing everyday modern life after observing the pictographs used by the Plains Indians. Pictograph stories...
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Guest and Visitor Sign-In Sheet

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
A handy sign-in sheet is the perfect addition to your parent conference or open house night. It provides three columns for names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses.
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From Smoke Signals to Cell Phones: Tracing How Technologies Evolve

For Students 6th - 12th
Explore the science of space exploration. Pupils consider technological advances in propulsion, communication, power, navigation, and imaging. They select one of these areas and create a timeline of historical progress that contributed...
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Telephones of the Future

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore communication. In this telephone lesson, students create a model of what they think telephones of the future will look like. Students list inventions of the past that have led to current technology. Students then create...
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ESOL Telephone Communication

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the use and convenience of public and cellular phones and how to use them. They compare and contrast uses, importance and availability of public, cellular phones and pagers in the student's native country.
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Listening and Speaking Strategies

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th Standards
Everyone needs help being a good listener! Play a round of "Have You Ever?" with your youngsters, letting them walk around the room and find others who have or haven't done things on your self-created sheet. This game can get really...
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Personal Information

For Teachers K - 12th
"Hi, how are you? My name is___." Seems simple enough but it's not always that easy to recall and relate factual information about yourself. Learners with multiple disabilities practice memorizing and relaying personal information about...
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Story Corps

The Power of Active Listening

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Listen up! The game of Telephone launches a study of active listening. Class members watch a short video that demonstrates active listening and tips on practicing active listening. Pairs then interview each other and practice their...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Listening

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The big idea in this resource is that listening and hearing are not the same things. A lesson on active listening has class members generate a list of listening techniques that focus on the speaker, confirm what they say, and respond...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Listening

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Focus, confirm, respond.  Middle schoolers engage in a series of activities designed to help them improve their listening skills. They listen to and try to solve a riddle and play a version of the telephone game. Participants learn that...
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ESOL Telephone Communications

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students answer incoming telephone calls, take simple messages, and respond to voice mail prompts. They write a paragraph using correct spacing and legible cursive handwriting. They practice the sounds of past tense endings.
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Asking for Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop skills to effectively obtain information over the phone. They practice communicating on the phone to get information using the instruct, model, role-play, and feedback method of training.
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Leaving an Answerphone Message

For Students 4th - 6th
In this communication worksheet, learners read 2 telephone scenarios and then write a message they will leave on the 2 notepads provided.
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Mobile Phones

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Why do we use phones? How does our language change on the phone? Learners practice phone conversations with the dialogues provided. They practice written phone dialogues with a partner, and create and perform phone conversations to...
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Civil War Letters

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students put themselves in the shoes of American Civil War soldiers. In this Civil War lesson, students examine letters from the time period written by soldiers, edit the letters for grammatical errors, and then present the letters to...
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Substance Abuse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and define the symptoms of differently forms or substance and self abuse. They formulate opinions as to why people engage in these types of behaviors. Students create an action plan to help an individual who may be...
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Take A Message

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice accurate note taking skills, recording only pertinent information. Using proper grammar and useage, they record accurate phone messages. This activity is intended for students acquiring English.