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Hello, How Do You Do?
Students role play proper greetings and etiquette in formal and informal work and social situations. Students compare and contrast introductions and conversational conventions in their native country and in the United States by writing...
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Take A Message
Students practice accurate note taking skills, recording only pertinent information. Using proper grammar and useage, they record accurate phone messages. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Clauses: The Trilogy
This worksheet provides a way to have students practice using and identifying adjective, adverb and noun clauses. Because this 20 question activity is open-ended and uses vocabulary designed for older students or adults, it could be used...
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English Lesson Plan on World Freedom Day
In this ESL grammar and comprehension activity set, students read a selection about World Freedom Day. They complete matching, fill in the blank, short answer, and word choice activities based on the reading.
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My Friends: Day One: Likes and Dislikes
Students who are learning English as a second language examine likes and dislikes. In this likes and dislikes lesson, students examine the words that tell the things that a famous person might like or dislike. They work in groups to...
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Appropriate Topics For Small Talk
Young scholars explore the concept of small talk. They identify topics that are proper and improper for small talk. Working with a partner, students practice small talk dialogs and responding to questions about their families and home...
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Find the Frog
Learners, the advanced beginner to intermediate ESL level, use English in a science activity.
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Science Experiment With Eggs
Young scholars participate in four scientific experiments with eggs. They discuss egg vocabulary, and examine the eggs' attributes through the experiments. They focus on making educated guesses.
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TPR is a Valuable Tool!
Students, at the beginning ESL proficiency level, participate in Total Physical Response activities in order to learn the present continuous and past tense, sentence structure and word order in English.
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National Sterotypes
Students develop their own ideas about the world around them. This lesson helps them improve their descriptive adjective vocabulary while they discuss perceived differences between nations through stereotypes.
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Reading Immigration Graphs and Charts
Students examine the settlement patterns and land use in Minnesota. In groups, they practice reading immigration graphs and charts and discuss why immigrants settled where they did. They are also introduced to new vocabulary related to...
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Describing Family Members
Fourth graders examine the use of possessives when describing family members. In this ESL family description lesson, 4th graders examine the role of family in their native language before looking at pictures of families assigning names...
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Phrasal Verb Generator
In this ESL verb activity, students will focus on vocabulary enhancement. Students will complete 10 fill in the blank questions, by reading each sentence and choosing the best word to complete each.
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Secret Code
Students in an ESL classroom work together to gather information about one another. After eating a treat, they receive a secret message that they must solve on their own. They use the alphabet and each other eventually to solve the mystery.
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?
Learners refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.
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Creating a New Society
Students must decide which laws be followed and how many freedoms be allowed in a new society they create. This lesson works well for students of most levels - except beginners - as the subject brings out many opinions.
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Seeking Clarification Through Questioning
High schoolers review ads from the newspaper for goods they would like to purchase. They identify qeustions they would need to ask sales associates in order to make an informed decision about the purchase. Pairs of students simulate...
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Navigating The Legal System
Pupils identify personal rights allowed under the law in the United States. An exploration of the legal process leads students to describe how the American legal system works. This lesson is intended for pupils acquiring English.
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Building ELD Confidence Through Games
Fun ways to get your English Learner's involved in the classroom.
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Conditional Grammar Quiz- Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3 Mixed
In this language arts worksheet, students complete a 5 question grammar quiz in which they choose the phrase which best completes the conditional "if" statement. This is intended for ESL students.
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Studying English Abroad
Students explore what it might be like to study English in another country. In this ESL lesson plan, students complete several activities that represent what it might be like to experience learning the English language in another...
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Colloquial Pair Phrases 1
In this grammar instructional activity, students choose the appropriate colloquial pair phrase to complete ten sentences grammatically correct.
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Colloquial Pairs 2
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate pair phrase to complete ten sentences grammatically correct. Students check their answers when they are done.
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Young Learner's Writing Workshop 2
Learners choose a short story and role play one of the characters in the story. They interview each other about the character they are playing to research them.