Savvas Learning
Verbs: Future
As part of their study of future tense verbs, language learners engage in activities, read fables, and sing songs. The 25-page packet includes detailed lessons, worksheets, graphic organizers, and answer keys for assessments.
ESL Library
Intermediate Kwanzaa
As part of a study of holiday traditions, language learners read about the creation of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival created by Dr. Maulana Karenga to celebrate traditional African values.
Savvas Learning
Pronouns
As part of their English grammar study, language learners engage in the games, exercises, and activities found in a 13-page packet that focuses on pronouns.
British Council
Learning English through Short Stories
Use short stories to teach English? Yes! Designed as a professional development opportunity for English language teachers, the ideas in this booklet can easily be adapted to advanced ESL/ELL classes.
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The Learning Network: Reactions to Rating Teachers
Meant to be used in connection with the article "In Teacher Ratings, Good Test Scores Are Sometimes Not Good Enough" also available on The New York Times website, this resource provides 12 short-answer writing prompts that ask both basic...
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Christmas Games
Your class will practice language and dialog skills by playing games associated with Christmas through these lesson ideas. Learners practice English conversation skills while simultaneously acquiring insight into their new culture. Games...
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If a Runner Runs, Does a Sweater Sweat?
Play with words and word meanings involving the suffix -er. After reading a sample list of words, young readers look up each one in the dictionary to decide which words refer to people, animals, or objects, or have three or more...
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Reading - Identifying Skill Requirement
Students discuss the different types of reading styles. They are then given situations in which they are to assign it a reading style.
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Would You Mind...? Shall I...?
In this ESL polite requests worksheet, students read 24 situations. Students work in pairs to read the scenarios and respond with a polite request (Would you mind...?) or an offer to help (Shall I?)
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Count and Noncount Nouns
As part of a review of vocabulary specific to measurement, this activity has students fill the right word in the blank. This 8 question activity could be used to review nouns, words used in measurement, and cement reading skills. It is...
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Susan's Diary
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students read a detailed weekly schedule of what one woman will do morning, afternoon and evening. There are no questions; students talk about the schedule.
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Neil's Plans For Next Week
In this ESL conversation starter worksheet, learners read a weekly/daily schedule for one person. Students discuss this diary page with a partner. Note: 24 hour clock times are used.
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Test Your Reading Skills: Complete the Sentences--Intermediate Level
In this sentence completion worksheet, learners choose the word that best completes each sentence.
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The Past
In this past tense worksheet, 3rd graders, working with a partner, read and edit fifteen sentences in order to separate the correct ones from the incorrect ones.
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Letter Error Correction
For this editing worksheet, 1st graders read, edit and correct a letter written with both present simple and present continuous tenses from Jane to her pen-friend in Australia.
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Party Time!
For this discussion prompts worksheet, students, with a partner, discuss seven party phrases, use those phrases in seven sentences, define party in six different scenarios and start a conversation with ten key questions.
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Writing for Advanced ESL Learners
Students complete many creative writing assignments in their advanced ESL class. In this creative writing lesson plan, students complete book reports, folktales, biographies, historical journal entries, and more.
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ESL: Using the Telephone
Twelfth graders practice telephone etiquette skills by simulating phone conversations. They discover how to making simulated 911 calls, taking phone messages, and dealing with telemarketers.
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Error Correction Worksheet-- ESL
In this ESL error correction worksheet, 5th graders read 21 sentences that contain grammatical errors. Students correct the mistakes.
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Reading in English is a Waste of Time!
In this reading worksheet, learners, with a partner, decide which of eight words are not connected to reading and fill in ten blanks in ten sentences with idioms.
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What's the Weather Like in.....??
For this weather vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders, working with a partner, read and discuss what the weather is like in six specific foreign cities. Students carry on a conversation with each other concerning the weather in six...
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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, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and...
Southern Illinois University
I Can Write a Poem
It is so important for English language learners to be able to write for a variety of purposes. Specifically written for an ELD class, this activity provides explicit instruction for teaching learners how to write a poem. First, they...
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ESL Programs
In this reading comprehension essay about ESL programs activity, students read and study a short text about English classes. There are no questions to answer. The text is printed in dotted lines.