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Two Sources of Story Ideas for Our Paper

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students research and identify story ideas for the school newspaper. In this story ideas lesson, students pitch story ideas to their teacher on a weekly basis using a specific format. Students find the majority of their ideas from print...
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Creating and Evaluating Ethnic Advertising

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of ethnic advertising. In this African American history lesson, students watch segments of videos about the history of ethnic advertising. Students respond to questions that correspond to each of the video...
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Shakespeare by Choice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the most important elements in a scene.  In this editing a scene lesson, students decide what elements are absolutely necessary to a scene.  Students discuss the main criteria for editing or cutting a scene and decide...
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Chinese Immigration 1860s-1880s

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider the plight of Chinese immigrants to America. For this immigration lesson, 8th graders analyze political cartoons from the late 1800's that exemplify American public opinion regarding Chinese immigrants. The...
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Through the Eyes of Others

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider perspective as they analyze a political cartoon. In this media awareness lesson, students use the provided discussion questions to explore the meaning of the political cartoon "The Scream," by Edvard Munch. 
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Studying the Use and Effect of Media

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider mediums used to explore current issues. In this media awareness instructional activity, students use a Venn diagram to compare the meaning of the painting "The Scream," to that of a selected political cartoon.
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Who Knew What When?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define words of relevance to the stock market and fair trading. They explore the significant events surrounding the charges brought against Martha Stewart as a means of learning how the stock market is governed.
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The election of 1824

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explain why the election of 1824 was called the corrupt bargain and develop a better understanding of the Electoral College and see some of its flaws.
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Every Picture Tells a Story

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider controversial photos of Elian Gonzalez and decide how they, as editors of the Times, might have displayed them. They choose, discuss, and write about other famous images from photojournalism to decide what makes the
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News in Spanish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write stories, take photographs, and put together two newspapers-?Que Tal? in Spanish for Spanish I and II students and ?Para Ninos? in English for first through fourth graders.
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English Beginner Grammar Review # 2

For Teachers All
Students review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review worksheets.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students improve speaking confidence when using difficult question forms. This lesson focuses on helping students explain how to engage in this kind of social conversation. A worksheet imbedded in this plan provides practice.
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Introductory Lesson for Advanced Level Classes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in conversation exercises to introduce themselves and to review verb tenses. They interview each other and share conversations.
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Integrating Past Continuous

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.
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Comparative and Superlative Forms

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars practice identifying the comparative and superlative forms of language. The second phase of the lesson focuses on using the comparative and superlative forms actively in small group conversation.
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Countable and Uncountable Nouns - Noun Quantifiers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students solidify their knowledge of countable and uncountable nouns and their quantifiers. The lesson includes a number of overlooked or idiomatic expressions to help higher level students expand their knowledge.
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Grammar Lesson Plan Focus on Paired Conjunctions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners engage in a instructional activity which is a straight forward, teacher centered, grammar instructional activity focusing on written and oral production of the target structure. After a lecture/demo, students work individually...
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Using Reported Speech

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students fine tune their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. They must practice a number of times before feeling comfortable using them in every day conversations.
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Subject and Object Questions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students gain practice asking direct questions. They recognize the difference between subject and object questions. After a lecture/demo, students work in small groups and use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice.
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Speaking and Listening Lesson Based on Ordering Food in a Restaurant

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice the skill of ordering food in a restaurant. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs. Utilizing a worksheet imbedded in this plan, they gain practice in the skill of ordering food from a menu.
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students improved pronunciation by focusing on the stress-time nature of spoken English.
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Minimal Pair Pronunciation Lesson

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Pupils distinguish minor differences between English vowel sounds.
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Then and Now

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses when speaking about the past and present. They use a graphic organizer before speaking.
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Teaching Telephone English for Business ESP English Classes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students practice the practical skill of telephone communication. They perform a series of role plays to give them practical experience in the proper way to speak and respond while on the telephone.

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