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An Adaptable Four-Skill ESL Information-gap Acivity
Young scholars encounter a variety of grammar structures and vocabularies in the English language. Students get involved with teacher statistics as well with this lesson. Young scholars correlate facts thru chronological order steps....
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ESL: Possessive Adjectives with "To Be"
In this ESL possessive adjectives activity, students fill in blanks with correct adjectives, complete multiple choice questions, and rewrite sentences using possessive adjectives.
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ESL Vocabulary Activity
In this ESL vocabulary activity, students complete 10 multiple choice questions, selecting the phrase that best completes a sentence. Page has a link to additional activities.
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ESL: Words Beginning With K
In this ESL words beginning with K worksheet, learners choose the correct word to fill in blanks in sentences. Page has a link to additional activities.
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Credible Sources on the Internet: What to Trust, What to Dismiss and When to Cite a Source
Wait, you mean researchers don't all use Wikipedia? Teach your class about intelligent research with a instructional activity about evaluating digital sources. The instructional activity starts with a quickwrite and includes vocabulary...
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Please, Take A Message
High schoolers identiry which information is important to capture when dictating a telephone message. In pairs, students practice dictating and recording telephone messages using a dedicated telephone message pad. This activity is...
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The Grapevine-Teaching Storytelling to English Language Learners
Students participate in a game designed to aid in storytelling. They spread a rumor to each member of their team using information found in the accompanying worksheets. Students earn points when they report their rumor correctly. ...
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ESL Writing Lesson - Using Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Students review the differences between defining and non-defining clauses, and then go on to a writing exercise which employs non-defining relative clauses to expand a basic story outline.
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Ornithology and Real World Science
Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing lesson! This cross-curricular Ornithology lesson incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research, art, and...
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ESL Lesson Idea: Reporting Emergencies
Students examine how to access community emergency services including calling 911. They study vocabulary associated with emergency situations and write emergency 911 conversations with at partner.
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Interesting Idioms
Pupils are introduced to the topic of idioms in figurative speech. Using the definition of idioms, they use literature to view examples. They identify idioms in different forms of writing and practice using them in speech. ESL classrooms...
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Live Free or Drown: "Say" versus "Tell"
In this ESL vocabulary activity, learners complete a 15 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of "say" and "tell".
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Describing People: Appearance
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students discover or review terms that describe the appearance of people and then complete 4 multi-step activities using the terms appropriately.
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Say and Spell Long Vowel Bossy E Board Game
Students practice saying and spelling long vowel "bossy E" words. In this spelling activity, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture, say and spell the word. The first person to the end wins.
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The Value of Teaching Lexis in Combination
Students conduct controlled practice in ten frequently used multi-word lexical items and engage in speaking practice to activate personal engagement with the target language.
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One Big Happy Family
Students will explore the role and structure of the family in the target culture and the relationships among family members. The skills help learners make connections to language because the information of the lesson uses personal examples.
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ESL: Homonyms Quiz
In this homonyms worksheet, students complete a set of 20 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct homonym. Students may click on an "answer" button for immediate feedback. Labeled a quiz, but suitable for practice.
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Phrasal Verbs-Speaking: ESL
For this phrasal verbs worksheet, students complete10 multiple choice questions, selecting the best phrasal verb to complete a sentence.
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Learning Through Autobiographical Situations
A special education classroom examines a variety of literature from Latin American authors. In groups, they read excerpts from many autobiographies and compare them with their own life. After writing their own autobiographies, they...
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Begin & Start
Complete the sentences with "begin" or start" in this multiple-choice worksheet. After a lesson on context clues in your ESL class, use this activity as a class assignment to reinforce their skills, or as a quiz to assess their learning.
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First-Aid Day
The second Saturday of September is recognized annually as World First Aid Day. In this First Aid Day worksheet, learners read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Data Protection Day
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about Data Protection Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30...
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Mary's Brother
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with a partner to write an answer to the questions about Mary's brother (a fictitious person). Students also write questions to answers that are already provided.
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Are You...
English Language learners use a list of 25 yes or no questions to learn more about their classmates.