Harper Collins
Parrot in the Oven: Response Journal
After completing Chapter 5 of Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, readers make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to Victor Martinez's novel by crafting journal entries addressing comments and questions to characters in...
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Publication
This instructional activity was designed in response to a class struggling with Le Petit Prince. The author starts the day by having the class describe (in French) the little prince and his planet. Then, they discuss the use of a...
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Clipping Coupons
Students explore the use of coupons to promote cost saving and help families remain within their monthly budget. In groups students create a shopping list using coupons provided by the teacher. They record the actual cost of the item as...
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Essential English
In this ESL worksheet, students complete 12 sentences by filling in the correct consonants. All of the words include months, days, and seasons.
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Time Capsule: Oral Presentation
A great way to gain proficiency when learning a new language is to prepare an oral presentation. In this foreign language lesson, pairs collaborate to develop a Time Capsule which they present to their class using their target language.
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Classified Advertisements: Target Language Practice
Foreign language learners decipher the meanings of classified ads in the target language. They investigate a large collage created by the teacher of foreign language advertisements and discuss the content with classmates. Then they...
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Downhill Skiing Flash News!
Young scholars view the Olympic Games events in real-time via satellite feed, Olympic Games sites on the Internet, or CNN. They report results as soon as they happen and quickly edit their news flashes for correct spelling, grammar, and...
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How To Get From Bed To Work
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite 16 sentence about getting ready in the morning. Students change each underlined verb from the past simple to the present simple tense.
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Personal Pronouns
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 20 sentences by filling in subject or object pronouns. For example, "Are...going to finish dinner?"
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Nouns
In this grammar worksheet, students put a tick next to each word in a list they think is a noun. Nouns include pen, bathroom, house, Jack, and bed.
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Identifying Verbs
In this grammar worksheet, students mark the words in a list that they think are verbs. Verbs include go, watch, take, have, and do.
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William Shakespeare Word Puzzle
In this grammar worksheet, students write 8 lists of words into the correct order to form complete sentences. Students also determine what play the sentences came from and the character's name.
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Talking About the Past 1
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 10 sentences by filling in the correct verb. All of the verbs are in the past tense form.
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Deadlock on Verdict
Students read a text about a murder trial. They review related vocabulary, complete a matching exercise and take a quiz. Afterward, they play a game called 'alibi' where the group with the weakest alibi is found guilty.
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Textbook Changes in Japan
Students recognize that the Japanese government has made attempts to alter history textbooks to make it look like the military did not play a major role in the mass suicides during the American invasion in 1945. They review vocabulary,...
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Comparative And Superlative Forms
In this ESL instructional activity, students complete a grammar table. Students fill in the comparative and superlative forms of sixty different words.
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You're Special
Students utilize a new language to tell someone they care for them. In this complimenting lesson plan, students practice saying nice things to friends and strangers in their target language. Students react to the lesson plan afterwards...
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Participating in a Class Birthday Party
Students celebrate a fellow peer in class by having a party for him or her. In this foreign language lesson, students celebrate a classmate's birth using their target language to host a party. Students create a bulletin board using...
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Adverbs of Frequency 3
In this grammar instructional activity, students write ten sentences that are true for themselves, using adverbs of frequency. Students also write ten sentences about a friend using the same verbs.
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Troubling Tenses 1
In this grammar worksheet, students read 15 sentences in the past simple and "going to" forms. Students complete each sentence by adding the words yesterday or tomorrow.
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Adverbs of Frequency
For this grammar worksheet, students write ten sentences about a friend using adverbs of frequency. Adverbs include always, frequently, sometimes, and often.
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Russian Poisoning
Students read a newspaper article about Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB officer who was mysteriously poisoned in 2006. They discuss and define vocabulary words, complete comprehension worksheets and analyze the grammar and...
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Uncountable Nouns
In this grammar instructional activity, learners locate the uncountable nouns in a list of 30 words. Uncountable nouns include rice, chewing gum, and honey.
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A Recipe for Success
Students discuss favorite recipes from their home countries and help each other to generate the correct sequencing and grammar for the recipe. They write out the recipe using imperative and passive structures.