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Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor
What is figurative language? Introduce your young learners to the most popular forms of figurative language: the simile and the metaphor. Start by reading "Willow and Ginkgo" by Eve Merriam, and identify where similes are used. Then look...
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From Formal To Slang
Tenth graders define the term slang, explaining its various social, historical, and racial contexts, so as to articulate when it can be appropriately used as a means of effective communication. They use their own personal slang lexicon,...
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Using Songs in the Foreign Language Classroom
Students focus on their required lessons in Spanish by integrating music and songs as they complete their assignments. They assess the vocabulary, grammar patterns and culture associated with music and various different songs. Each...
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Going Great Guns?
Working with a partner, middle and high schoolers complete a variety of activities associated with types of guns. They list different phrases and connotations that include the word "gun" in them.
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ESL: Around Town Matching
Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...
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ESL: What's the Weather Like?
Beginning English learners practice describing the weather with help from eight picture clues. Questions are phrased like "How's the weather?" and "What's the weather like?" Tinker with the formatting to make it all fit on one page...
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Routines Matching
Here is an ESL word and picture matching instructional activity. Learners analyze seven pictures that depict morning routines, and match each picture with a phrase that tells what is happening.
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ESL: Body Parts Matching
Match drawings of basic body parts with their names. A handy tool for teachers of beginning ELLs.
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Classroom Objects
A word and picture comprehension worksheet is here for your ESL students. They analyze seven pictures that depict common classroom objects, and match the pictures to the words that describe them.
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Word and Picture Match-- Verbs
The focus of this ESL worksheet is on matching verbs and pictures. Students analyze seveb pictures that depict people engaged in various activities, and match each picture to the verb that describes it.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 25
In this vocabulary multiple choice worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. Students examine the 4 word choices that are similar, and select the word that fits the sentence.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 5
In this sentence completion worksheet, learners read 10 sentences that have a missing word or phrase. From 4 choices, students select the most correct words to complete the sentence.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 26
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have a missing word or phrase. Students select the correct words to complete the sentence from 4 choices.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 4
In this ESL vocabulary activity, learners read 10 sentences that have a missing word or phrase. From 4 choices of similar words, students select the best answer to make the sentence correct. This is intended for ESL learners but is...
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ESL Advanced/Proficiency- Vocabulary Multiple Choice, Worksheet 11
In this advanced proficiency level ESL vocabulary worksheet, students choose the correct words to complete 10 sentences. They make choices from 4 words that require them to use higher levels of English skills.
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What Color and Clothing Are You Wearing?
Young learners identify the type of clothing and color for eight multiple-choice questions. Just print this sheet out, and you're good to go!
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ESL Advanced/Proficiency Vocabulary Worksheet 14
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students decide on the best vocabulary word to complete each of 10 sentences. They decide between four choices of similar but different words.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice- Worksheet 19
In this ESL advanced vocabulary worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. From 4 choices of similar words, students fill in the word that best completes each sentence.
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Hillbilly Feud:Language Arts Game
English language learners or native elementary schoolers will enjoy practicing their parts of speech with this interactive grammar game. Set deep in the backwoods of Tennessee, the class splits in two to join either the Hartfields or...
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Eng 312: Final Exam
When paired with other powerpoints by Don L.F. Nilsen, this final exam covers topics addressed throughout previous lectures (slide 14 specifies which lectures should be reviewed). Teachers could use this presentation to craft their own...
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Anticipation Guide Heart of Darkness
The whys and wherefores of anticipation guides are detailed in a resource that models how to craft statements for this reading strategy.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Anticipation Guide
Start off your study of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with a lesson plan spent exploring some of the concepts that will be present in the novel. This anticipation guide focuses on honesty and lying. After learners decided if they agree or...
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The Outsiders: Anticipation Guide
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is always a favorite for middle and high school readers because it addresses issues that hit home to them, decades after the book is set. Have learners fill out an anticipation guide that encourages them to...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5
"Timid, scared, terrified." High school scholars examine words, their denotations and connotations, in a series of exercises that use lines from Shakespeare to explore figurative language and word relationships. Participants then...
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