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The Excursion
Students throw dice and make their way around a board, answering questions, performing tasks and finding out about the environment as they go.
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Circumlocution
Young scholars describe unfamiliar objects and situations using existing vocabulary and circumlocution techniques.
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Finding Your Spot in the World
Students investigate a world map, a United States map, a state map, a county map and a city map. They locate each student's house on the city map and put a length of yarn from their house to a country of one of their ancestors.
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Building Data
Students collect census data to help them determine where to build a new supply superstore.
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World Conflicts Lesson Plan
Pupils role play reporters for ESL TV News.They research and report on one serious conflict happening in the world today. A fact sheet is missing some information, which the group finds on the internet and presents to the class.
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Feelin; a Groove
Students compare and contrast two versions of April in Paris. They discuss the songs in terms of the grooves each one captures and identify the instruments responsible for creating them.
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Trade Mission Proposal
Learners create an itinerary or a travel brochure for a trade mission group traveling from another country to Minnesota. They conduct research on resources, goods and services people might purchase, and develop the proposal or brochure.
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Minnesota-China Connections: Mental Maps
Learners examine the concept of mental mapping. They draw a map of their school, before and after touring the space they draw. Then they draw mental maps of China and Minnesota, before and after seeing actual maps of the areas.
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Self-portraits: Integrating Arts And the Language Arts
Students look into a mirror and draw their own self-portraits. Then they write a descriptive essay, describing the portrait and the features of their face.
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Developing Cause & Effect Understanding in Severely Multiply
Students with severe multiple impairments determine ways to use a single access switch to create sounds and images on the computer screen. They follow a variety of teacher cues to access the sound card and images until they reach an...
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Architecture : A Reflection of Our Times
Students explore types of architecture and how it has changed throughout history. They predict what homes of the future may look like. Students investigate a variety of well known architects from around the world and from different...
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Raptor Poster Project
Learners create posters about raptors. They synthesize information they read about raptors and select a raptor. They draw a picture of their raptor and include facts relating to where it lives, characteristics, feeding habits, size, name...
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A Share in America
Students examine map - reflect on why English colonist kept coming to America (scarcity of land in England / seemingly endless land in America)
Recite line from English poem. They discuss English attitude towards Indians and their lands.
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The Importance of Water
Students explore the importance of water. They discuss why water is important and students design an experiment that evaluates the water quality and methods of improving water quality. Students perform testing and report their findings.
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100 Remarkable People
Students investigate a variety of important historical figures in order to present a report to the class. The use of internet research skills is reinforced for the beginning of the lesson and culminates in an oral presentation of the...
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Past Simple- Passive
In this passive sentence form worksheet, learners make a passive sentence from the three provided phrases. There are 10 sentences to write on this worksheet intended for ESL students.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
In this word search worksheet, learners find the words related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work. Students locate 40 words.
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School Building Survey
Students research information in their school. For this school building lesson students answer questions about their school to see how it was made, how it operates and what the energy costs are.
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Write Content Solutions: Capitalization of Cardinal and Intermediate Directions
Information and examples showing when and when not to capitalize directions.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Cardinal Directions
Play this game to test your knowledge on cardinal and intermediate directions.
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My vocabulary.com:word Roots Lesson 1:dict Vent Duct: Word Roots #1 Intermediate
This lesson plan features the Latin roots DICT, DIC, DIT = speak, declare; VEN, VENT = come; DUCT, DUC = lead. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...
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My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 5:nat Tract Sequ:word Roots #5 Intermediate
This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a vocabulary word...
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My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 2: Fin Sed Fer: Word Roots #2 Intermediate
This lesson plan features the Latin roots FIN = end; SED, SID, SESS = sit, be still; FER = bear, carry, yield, bring Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue...
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My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 3: Cern Jur Leg: Word Roots #3 Intermediate
This lesson plan features the Latin roots CERN-CER-CRE = separate, distinguish; JUR/JUS = law, right; LEG = law Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...