US Environmental Protection Agency
Teach English, Teach About the Environment
Spread the message of recycling while teaching your English language learners new vocabulary and practicing verb tenses. Included here are four lesson plans for each level (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) as well as accompanying...
American English
Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate where to put the...
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Discriminating Phonemes 2
Some sounds sound very similar! Help your class learn how to distinguish between various sounds by following the steps outlined in this plan. The plan includes a warm-up, a teacher-led portion, and details for guided and independent...
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Major Regional Dialects
What does your dialect sound like? Examine variation in English as it relates to geographic regions with your class. They recognize some of the major differences between regional dialects and determine that everyone speaks a dialect....
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Vocabulary Unit 10
In this following directives vocabulary worksheet, students match up the phonetic pronunciation to twelve English words and picture the idea behind each one. Students then draw a picture of each one in the twelve frames provided.
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.
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Pronunciation --ed
In this phonetic symbols worksheet, learners study the phonetic symbols for 4 different sounds of the -ed ending. Students read 20 words and write the phonetic symbol for each --ed verb ending. Learners then read a passage containing...
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Food2
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners match names of ten foods with their pictures. The worksheet is intended for use with English language learners.
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Finding Rhyming Words in a French Poem
Explore rhyming in this phonemic awareness and French lesson plan. Listen to the poem "J'Adore la Pizza" by Karen Kransky and identify rhyming words. Compare grapheme spelling patterns with like phonemes, and sort word cards according to...
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Vocabulary Unit 8
In this kitchen vocabulary worksheet, students match up sixteen words to their phonetic pronunciation and then picture the word. Students then draw their mental pictures of sixteen kitchen utensils in the sixteen frames provided.
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My Worksheet
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match nine common classroom commands to their illustrations. The worksheet is intended for use with English language learners.
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Eating Out
In this eating out worksheet, students practice matching ten food items on the right to their appropriate pictures on the left.
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Image Conscious
Students take a stand on the concept of changing their appearance. In this changing of ones image instructional activity, students create a design that would change their image and discuss the age they think they should be to make that...
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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Adjectives 2
In this grammar activity, students match pictures with the adjective pairs. Each adjective pair consists of two words that are opposites, such as handsome and ugly.
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ESL House Words- Matching Worksheet
In this ESL house picture/word matching worksheet, students match small, black and white pictures of rooms in a house with the word that names them. They complete 7 examples with words such as kitchen, garage, living room, and bathroom.
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ESL Will You Help Me Please? Fill In the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL will you help me, please worksheet, students look at 8 small clip art picture of a people doing an activity. They complete the sentence, "Will you help me..." by filling in a description of what the person in the picture is...
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Christmas Matching Worksheet
In this Christmas worksheet, students analyze how to match up ten Christmas pictures on the left to their appropriate descriptions on the right.
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ESL Using Adjectives to Describe People
In this ESL using adjectives to describe people worksheet, students match each small clip art picture of a person to the adjective that describes him/her. They complete 8 examples using words such as tall, handsome, ugly, and short.
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ESL In the Classroom-Directions Matching Worksheet
In this ESL classroom directions worksheet, students examine 10 pictures that depict classroom instructions or commands. They match the pictures with the phrases that describe them, such as write your name, sit down, raise your hand, and...
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Here's an Instant Activity for March 7, 2005
Fifth graders complete a spelling activity for homographs. In this spelling instructional activity, 5th graders complete a crossword puzzle using homographs.
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What Do They Look Like?
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the ending to each sentence that best matches the picture. There are eight multiple choice questions.
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People
In this language acquisition activity, students select the best answer from four choices to complete each sentence. Sentences describe pictures that are included beside each. There are four possible predicate phrases for students to...
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Past Simple 2
In this ESL question answering worksheet, students examine 7 picture clues and read the questions next to them. Students answer each question in a complete sentences using a past simple verb form.