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Find Figurative Language
Meet with the school library specialist and work together to plan a visit and presentation on figurative language. After defining and examining examples of targeted terms, the class travels to the library where the SL has collected...
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Role Play: Shopping, Buying a CD
Build English fluency by pairing up your English language learners and providing them with this short conversational piece about shopping for a CD. One learner takes on the role of Sue, and the other takes on the role of Bob. Before...
Scholastic
Adding Expository Elaborations
How can you tell if a prompt is expository or narrative? Help your learners identify key words in writing prompts to determine how they should craft their essays.
Curated OER
Do You Mind Turning the Music Down?
Now that your English language learners are building their vocabulary, it's time to practice linking it all together to form entire thoughts and questions. Use this worksheet to inspire conversation based off of the prompts provided....
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Have You Heard the Weather Forecast?
Use the weather to inspire conversations that would take place between you and a friend. First learners list as many different types of weather as they can think of, and then they create mini conversations that would take place with a...
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Total English Advanced: Spend a Fortune
Encourage practice of the English language with this scenario. English language learners read the passage provided and discuss the questions in small groups.
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I Should Have Studied Harder
What are three regrets that you have (or have had)? Use this question to spark discussion in your English language learners. There are two examples provided.
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The Phone is for You/Wrong Number
Review basic phone etiquette with your English language learners. There are two example conversations shown. Now, create a few examples of your own!
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Would Rather
Design mini conversations around deciding what you and a friend would prefer to eat, drink, do, etc. While the example conversation isn't very descriptive, you could easily provide a better model for your English language learners to...
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Breaking News English: Apple Suing Samsung
Why is Apple suing Samsung? Give your English language learners a bit of reading comprehension practice. First, they read the short passage provided, and then they complete 10 activities. There are true or false questions, matching...
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"Building a Word Wall" Roots - The Foundation of Language
Students probe the impact of Greek and Latin on the English language in this ten lesson unit. Root words are analyzed for their origins and displayed on a word wall. Inventions are created using the words and placed in a class museum.
ESL Kid Stuff
Can - for Ability
You can do it! Practice action verbs and using can for ability with a series of activities designed for English learners. Kids jump, stomp, and turn as they discuss the things they can and can't do.
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Inglés Básico
English language learners will appreciate the quick feedback that this online resource provides. This lesson focuses on food vocabulary, and learners can complete several exercises to practice their language development. The first...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Let’s Count!: Challenge Activities (Theme 5)
Challenge young scholars with a counting-themed series of activities. Your counters will write invitations to a feast, create books about dinner parties and animals, design posters, draw pictures of their favorite peaceful places, and...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Down on the Farm: Challenge Activities (Theme 8)
Down on the Farm is the theme of this series of challenge activities. Extend your scholars' learning experience with engaging activities such as designing a farm, creating collages, writing poems and to-do lists, and playing dominoes.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Wheels Go Around: Challenge Activities (Theme 7)
Wheels go around is the theme of this series of challenge activities. Extend learning of making predictions and the reading comprehension skill, cause and effect, through grand conversations, poster designing, and writing books.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Around Town: Neighborhood and Community: Challenge Activities (Theme 3)
Here is a unit consisting of activities designed to challenge your scholars. The extended learning opportunities include planning a celebration, making a presentation to the class, poster making, writing poetry, a problem-solving...
Curated OER
Poetry Slam!
Create poems without writing! Young poets create poems using words cut from newspapers, read their poems aloud, and compile them in a book. This lesson allows the teacher to view each learner's creative process and assess their current...
ESL Holiday Lessons
Christmas Day
Celebrary the holiday season fluently with a packet designed for English learners. The resource includes reading comprehension, spelling, scrambled sentences, and writing worksheets focused around Christmas.
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What's in a Name?
Build conversation skills for your English language learners in this spoken language development lesson. In it, learners listen to descriptions written by the teacher prior to the first day of class which include predictions about the...
Curated OER
Some Spelling Rules
This presentation offers up some of the trickier rules of the English language when it comes to spelling. For example, one slide goes over the "i before e, except after c," rule. The rest of the slides present examples like this one and...
K12 Reader
Adjective to Adverb: Sentences
Could your young learners use some help with writing variety? Have them turn their adjectives into adverbs with a simple grammar exercise. Ten sentences prompt kids to find the adjective and rewrite the sentence to use an adverb instead.
Teach-nology
Elves in My Garden
Perfect for springtime, Christmas, or any other unit in which elves play in the garden, a cloze activity is a great addition to your language arts curriculum. As kids read the story, they fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.
Nosapo
Writing the Alphabet
Straighten out those A's and Z's with a helpful, versatile handwriting worksheet. Whether your class is learning to write the English alphabet for the first time or could use some review on proper handwriting, the worksheet is a great...