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ESL Activity - Beat the Teacher
Students play the game Tick-Tack Toe with the students. Teachers prepare a list of questions for the students, primarily to find out already known knowledge. Students try to beat the teacher at this game.
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ESOL Competencies: Consumer Education
It is so important for your adult English language learners to know how to maintain their household and find the appropriate service providers when needed. Instead of using a phone book (which is rare these days), reference the internet...
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What is a Metaphor?
The use of metaphors really paints a picture in the reader's mind. Get your class using metaphors in their writing by studying them first. This activity has four simple metaphors, and the reader must identify which two things are being...
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Como Se Hace...?
Students work in groups to give step-by-step instructions to the rest of the class about an activity of interest. They write presentation proposals, research the activity and then draft and edit a presentation. Students present their...
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Reported Speech
In this reported speech worksheeet, students note the difference between reported speech and quoted speech. Rules for tense usage are also given.
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Pet Guess Who
Est-ce que ton animal grand ou petit? Pair up your beginning French speakers for a game of Pet Guess Who! Using pet advertisements from newspapers or the Internet, pairs try to guess what kind of animal their partner has. Also, use the...
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Revision Exercises
In this revision worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete sentences and write the plural forms of words in pictures. Students complete 14 questions total.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Sentence Building 4
In this grammar instructional activity, students will build 6 sentences using the following format: article, adjective, occupation, verb (past simple), adverb, preposition, article, room.
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Future Perfect And Future Progressive
In this future perfect and future progressive worksheet, 7th graders read and discuss how to choose the correct form of a verb to use in a sentence or a phrase. Students put four sets of words in order to make four coherently sounding...
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Reading and the Appreciation of Style
Middle schoolers are introduced to hurricanes by answering questions. They practice using new vocabulary words. They work together in pairs to compare the words used in different levels of the text.
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Family Tree
Learners create a family tree in this culminating activity to their family unit. In this family tree lesson, students extend their learning about the family unit by working in small groups to develop a three generation family tree. They...
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Controlled Narrative Writing
Students add details to their narratives. In this narrative writing lesson, students look at a simple four sentence narrative and add adjectives and adverbs to make it more descriptive. They do this activity whole class, in partners and...
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ESL Storyboards
In this ESL literacy learning exercise, students examine each individual board and then use them to tell and write a story about the events.
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Frog and Toad Are Friends
Second graders complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Frog and Toad are Friends. In this reading lesson plan, 2nd graders complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short...
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Writing Paragraphs
Twelfth graders examine the process of writing a paragraph that describes events in chronological order. They listen to a teacher-led discussion, construct a paragraph in pairs, and independently write a paragraph following the process...
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Writing Paragraphs: Paragraphs which describe events in chronological order
Students explain the structure of a paragraph which describes chronological events. They demonstrate this by construction in writing of a paragraph.
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Movie Crossword
In this adjective worksheet, pupils employ the crossword clues to help them determine which adjectives listed in the word bank accurately describe the types of movies presented.
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Storytelling: Carnival Crime
Students participate in the storytelling process. In this language arts lesson, students listen to a story and retell the story using pictures. Students draw pictures of a carnival costume.
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Muslim Arab/Spanish Connection
Ninth graders watch the video, 'El Cid.' They participate in teacher-led discussion about the beliefs, customs, goals, and heroes of both Spaniards and Moors. They create and present an artifact to the class showing the results of their...
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ESL: Passive Voice Exercise
In this ESL passive voice worksheet, students select the correct verb phrase to complete a simple sentence in past or present simple tense and complete sentences.
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Conditional Sentences
In this conditional sentences activity, students match sentences, complete sentences, write sentences, and more. Students complete 7 activities total.
Achievement Strategies
ACT College Readiness Standards
Here is a template offering a comprehensive outline of ACT skill categories, what standards are expected to be mastered, and blank spaces for you to include how you plan to address those standards within your curriculum.
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“I Can” Common Core! 1st Grade Language
Support first graders with developing their basic language skills using this Common Core checklist. With each standard rewritten as a positive I can statement, students are encouraged to work hard toward reaching these clear...
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Match Questions to Answers
In this matching questions to answers learning exercise, students select the answers to given questions, clicking on their choice. Score can be checked online.