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Movie Riddles: An ESL Activity to Get Student Talking About Movies

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Enjoy the thrill of the movies with this ESL activity! Not only can learners talk about their favorite films, but in creating riddles about their chosen movies, they can practice the skills of context clues and deductive reasoning. This...
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Printables
Do2Learn

Activities: Everyday

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Give learners the tools to communicate through physical actions and hand gestures, as well as verbally, by using this comprehensive set of picture cards that describe everyday activities. Some of these activities include eating,...
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Lesson Planet Article
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ESL Lesson Plans - The Comprehensible Input Strategy

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Providing comprehensible input for English Language Learners can be accomplished with the right ESL lessons.
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Worksheet
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Breaking News English: Canada Leader Eats Raw Seal Heart

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students first read or listen to a text about a Canadian governor-general who ate a raw seal heart to show her support for seal hunting. Students complete 8 pages of comprehension exercises. Included are...
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Interactive
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ESL: Valentine's Day

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Valentine's Day worksheet, students match words with pictures, watch a video and complete fill in the blank short answer questions.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and being...
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Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Wheels on the Bus

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Take a trip all around the town! Kids go round and round with a fun set of lessons based on "The Wheels on the Bus." After singing the song together, little learners figure out the hand gestures, reenact the song, and read an...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Colors All Around: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers K
A reading of the rhyme "Red Means Stop!" launches a three-week ELD/ESL study of color. The scripted daily lessons contained in the 32-page unit are packed with exercises, activities, and skill builders.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Silly Stories: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 2nd
ESL/ELD learners are provided extra support with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on silly stories by this packet of activities, exercises, and practice sets.
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Surprise!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how to express...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature: Friend and Foe: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 6)

For Teachers 4th Standards
If readers don't understand key portions of a text, it may seem more like a foe than a friend. The second resource in a series of three ESL lessons designed to accompany the texts in Nature: Friend or Foe makes the texts easier to...
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Worksheet
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Love and Romance

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students study words of love and romance.  Students focus on 8 pictures and label each with the appropriate vocabulary.  Students then use 5 questions for speaking and discussion of the presented pictures.
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Lesson Plan
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Emotions: ACE English Program

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students respond to prompts about emotions. In this ESL/ELL lesson plan, students develop an understanding of vocabulary and feelings associated with emotions. They identify emotions on flashcards, in magazines, and on worksheets.
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Lesson Plan
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Language Practice

For Teachers 1st - 5th
The simple instructional techniques described in this plan will help young readers learn and practice basic reading skills and strategies. Before reading, introduce your readers to the meaning of main character, setting, and plot. Then...
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Worksheet
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Talking About Travel and Culture

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students study words associated with travel and culture.  Students focus on 9 pictures and fill in the blank with the appropriate vocabulary.  Students then use the pictures for speaking and discussion.   
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Thanksgiving

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Introduce the basics of Thanksgiving with a language arts instructional activity. As pupils practice observation skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, they design paper turkeys by outlining their hands and feet and by singing an...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Person to Person: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 5th Standards
Help language learners understand words and cultural concepts. The second installment in a series of three language development lessons designed to accompany Theme 4: Person to Person helps bridge the gap for language learners by...
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Lesson Plan
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Talking About the Future

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate how to communicate about the future using the proper verb tense. In this communication about the future instructional activity, students talk to a partner about future plans. They fill in an associated chart about...
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Worksheet
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Slang

For Students Higher Ed
For this ESL worksheet, students study words of slang in the English language.  Students study 8 pictures and discuss the meanings in the terminology of each.
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Lesson Plan
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October's Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners listen to poetry about crocodiles. After discussing the relationship between humans and crocodiles, they make a list of ways humans hurt crocodiles and then write Prelutsky's poem from the crocodile perspective.
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Lesson Plan
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Hello, How Do You Do?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role play proper greetings and etiquette in formal and informal work and social situations. Students compare and contrast introductions and conversational conventions in their native country and in the United States by writing...
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Lesson Plan
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Real World English Pronunciation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore various verbal and nonverbal ways to improve their English pronunciation. They create a short biography and practice reading them with an English accent, using appropriate language, intonation, and body language.
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Worksheet
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BBC Learning English, Vocabulary (Crossword)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle with 13 clues. This crossword puzzle emphasizes vocabulary found in the Language and Body Language sections of the BBC Working Abroad series.
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Worksheet
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BBC Learning English, Vocabulary (Crossword Puzzle, with help)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle using the 13 clues. Help is provided in the form of first letters in each word. The relevant vocabulary is found in the Language and Body Language sections of the...