British Council
Romeo and Juliet
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
British Council
Twelfth Night
Scholars experience Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night, with an engaging interactive. After watching the story, six activities extend the learning experience. Topics include characters, vocabulary, a sequence of events, comprehension, and...
British Council
William Shakespeare
After watching a three-minute video detailing the life of William Shakespeare, scholars take part in several activities designed to show what they know about the famous writer. Learners read a series of eight sentences and put them in...
Rockin' English Lessons
The World is Magic
The world outside is more amazing than any television show. Young learners watch a music video that features many fascinating attributes about our world.
Rockin' English Lessons
The Sun, the Moon and the Stars
Starry-eyed scholars can tap their toes to the catchy tune of an informative music video! The song highlights interesting facts about the sun, moon, and stars.
Rockin' English Lessons
This and That Song
Learn how to use the demonstrative pronouns, this and that, with a music video featuring a steady beat and hand-drawn animation.
Rockin' English Lessons
Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night
A slow jam and hand-drawn animation introduces the different times of day—morning, afternoon, evening, and night—as well as how we wish someone a good day. Additionally, the video discusses the meals we eat.
Rockin' English Lessons
"The Colors Song" - Learn the Colors Reggae
Sway to a fun tune and get to know the primary colors blue, yellow, and red. In addition, viewers see what happens when primary colors are mixed together to make secondary colors.
Rockin' English Lessons
Days of the Week Song
Learn the days of the week with this fun song that sings, counts, and colorfully displays the days of the week on a hand-drawn calendar.
Rockin' English Lessons
Months of the Year Song
Learn the months of the year with a music video that sings the twelve months' names, and shows hand-drawn animation that reflects the special attributes of each month.
Rockin' English Lessons
"The Seasons Song" - English Lesson on The Four Seasons
Get to know the four seasons with a rock n' roll ballad. Listen and sway as the singer details the four seasons, complete with hand-drawn animation and a fun beat.
Rockin' English Lessons
Transport Song
Planes, trains, cars, feet, boats, buses, and bikes. Sing along with a music video and watch hand-drawn animation that highlights modes of transportation.
Rockin' English Lessons
"Left and Right" Song and Dance
Get up and move: left, right, up, and down. Learn directional words through song and dance with a music video featuring hand-drawn animation.
Rockin' English Lessons
Please and Thank You
A please and a thank you go a long way. Instill the importance of those two words with a music video featuring two hand-drawn individuals being kind to one another and using their manners.
Rockin' English Lessons
The Weather Song
Get an animated view of what sun, snow, wind, and rain look like in a hand-drawn music video about weather. Elementary learners also explore the words hot and and how these terms relate to our weather.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: An Introduction
This series of video segments explains the importance of academic vocabulary in the common core curriculum. The video segments included highlight the three tiers of vocabulary [1:35], the role of vocabulary in the common core curriculum...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Vocabulary
This is a collection of four videos about teaching vocabulary. The first is a principal discussing a school-wide approach to vocabulary improvement; the second is a director of the academic English at the University of California...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: What Are Word Types?
This Skillswise site focuses on word types,or as we call them, parts of speech. Included are a video about why learning to identify parts of speech is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Activity: Sentence Fluency: Word Girl
In this WordGirl lesson, build on words students already know to help them learn and apply new vocabulary and create different kinds of sentences.
Other
Vantage Learning: Signal Words
Explains what signal words are and what messages they convey. Discusses words that compare, contrast, or add information, and what to do when you encounter them. [3:22]