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Delivering a Persuasive Speech
High schoolers demonstrate the appropriate classroom public speaking and listening skills that would be necessary to influence or change someone's mind or way of thinking about a topic. They define the elements of persuasion and...
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The Lady and The Tiger
Fifth graders define ethical terms (love, honor, heroism) and defend their definitions.
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Line Jumping: Differenciation of Words
Students participate in a line jumping game in which they have to decide what part of speech the word is. They can practice the difference between adjectives and nouns or nouns and verbs.
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Word War Game
Students play a game with knights and monsters and if they can say the word under the knight, the knight will win, but if not, the monster wins. In this words lesson plan, students try to make all the knights win.
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Could You Do Me a Favour?
Students role play situations where they make requests to each other. In this requests lesson plan, students make their requests in English.
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Hotel English: A Simulation Role-play
Students practice the skills to enter a hotel and book a room. In this hotel English lesson, students are introduced to the etiquette associated with entering hotel. Students role-play ways in which people interact in a hotel setting....
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Introduction to the Online Discussion
Students are introduced to the Online Discussion and to help them become familiar with how to read and participate in discussions. They read and discuss two posts about people's first day in the USA. Pupils point out grammar and...
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Career Planning and the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Students watch a demonstration on how to perform a proper internet search. Individually, they visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook and identify its purpose. They identify what professionals in a specific career do on the job and the...
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Sentence Match
Fifth graders explore the concept of equivalency. In this math lesson, 5th graders write their own word problems and pair them to appropriate algebraic number sentences.
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Brainstorming Techniques
Pupils practice brainstorming techniques. They use pictures to begin the discussion and write the ideas they brainstorm. They also review adjectives.
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Drama: Inferential Thinking
Students anonymously answer a set of questions listing favorite activities and preferences. They exchange papers and attempt to determine certain characteristics of their "mystery" classmate.
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Thirteen Original Colonies
An outstanding instructional activity on the Thirteen Original Colonies, and the settling of Pennsylvania by William Penn is here for your learners. Valuable discussion takes place regarding how the colonies were settled, and some...
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Researching African Americans Who Made a Difference
Celebrate Black History Month with this instructional activity, in which middle schoolers create an essay about a famous African-American. Writers conduct research online, take notes to write an essay in proper format, and use ideas,...
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Linguistics 472
Students write an essay on a specific topic but using their own imagination.
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Journeys from Afar
Young scholars explore the significance of their own and other's life journeys. They appreciate the differences and similarities between migrants' and refugees' journeys. Students identify obstacles faced by migrants and refugees when...
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A Mixed Bag of Apples
Middle schoolers recognize that individuals and groups have both common and different attributes and that each individual may be a member of many different groups. They recognize, appreciate and value individual differences and...
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The Poetry of Chinese Immigration
Numerous people from China immigrated to the US during the era of industrialization and expansion. Provide your class with a glimpse into the life of a Chinese immigrant through the poetry they left behind. They then compose a poem of...
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The Rose Center
Students utilize Internet sites to improve word recognition, increase vocabulary and comprehension of the English language. They complete a worksheet stating facts from selected Internet sites. They write a composition about the web...
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Maggie's Earth Adventures Unit
Students practice math, science, Spanish, and grammar skills using computer based activities in this unit of lessons. They experience lessons at different levels while tracking their progress using the attached progress chart.
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Personal Budgeting Project
Students create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family budget.
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School Days
Students identify colors, days and vocabulary related to objects in their classroom. They examine pictures and identify the different objects. They write sentences about what they did on each day of the week.
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Bronx Zoo
Students prepare for a field trip to the Bronx Zoo. They use maps and descriptions of animal exhibits to give and interpret directions on how to navigate the zoo. They play games, participate in pairwork and whole class discussion.
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Conditional Tenses (Part 2)
What is the conditional tense? English language learners choose one of three multiple choice options to complete a sentence in the conditional tense. There are 10 questions, and an answer sheet is provided.
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Which Article? (Part 3)
Use this worksheet to have learners fill in thirteen blanks in a descriptive paragraph with the grammatically correct articles for each one.