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Let's Read the Newspaper

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners investigate the format of a typical newspaper.  In this journalism lesson, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news.  Learners work together as a newspaper...
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PASSWORD VOCABULARY REVIEW

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write definitions for vocabulary words used in a unit in any subject area. They use the words to play a game.
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Test Your Speaking And Listening Skills: Role Playing --Health

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this speaking and listening worksheet, students improve oral language skills by collaborating with a classmate in a dialogue about going to a doctor's office.
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Any Answers 5

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this conversational English worksheet, students practice their language and reading skills as they respond to 10 multiple choice questions that reflect everyday conversations.
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Teaching Tip -Vocabulary procedure

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Participants are introduced to a variety of procedures to teach vocabulary. They gain oral practice with creative adjectives. They offer various vocabulary presentations along with games and acting out the words.
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Homonym Baseball

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the characteristics of homonyms. In groups, they are given points in the baseball game when the homonyms are matched to the correct definition. To end the lesson, they practice spelling the different...
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Who Can Do It?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice oral speaking as well as get to know classmates. Students circulate through the class asking the 12 icebreaker challenges and recording names of those who can do them. Example : " Who...
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Writing Informal and Formal Letters

For Students 4th - 6th
An informal/formal letters worksheet asks pupils to label the 15 greetings, salutations, and wording of passages from sample letters as being examples of either informal or formal writing. 
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Sort Positive and Negative Words

For Students 5th - 6th
Your learners distinguish words with positive connotations from those with negative connotations. They mark 25 words on a list with "P" for positive or "N" for negative to signify connotation. To extend, have them brainstorm words with...
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Hands Up

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners participate in an actiivity that focuses on problem-solving and how things become more challenging, solutions need to be adapted. Students find a partner who is approximately their same size, preferably creating pairs of adult...
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Conversations about childhood

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Encourage your class to discuss their childhood with other classmates using the six questions listed here. After sharing their answers, learners write a paragraph detailing general information about their childhood. This plan is designed...
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Shel Silverstein's Poems

For Students 1st - 8th
Check to see that readers recall specific details from Shel Silverstein's poems. The poems appear to be taken from the collection Falling Up. Bring this classic children's author to your class with this resource.
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More Joy of Abstract Nouns 1

For Students 5th - 8th
Students are provided with a list of 20 adjectives that they must generate abstract nouns to match. For example, the first term, luxurious, would prompt the answer luxury. Directions for this activity explain that abstract nouns don't...
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More Joy of Abstract Nouns 2

For Students 5th - 8th
Continue your classes' study of related vocabulary with a second list of adjectives that have corresponding abstract nouns. Learners must fill in the missing abstract noun for each provided adjective. For example, satisfying (satisfied)....
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Test Your Spelling Skills: Seeing the Sights in London

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this spelling skills worksheet, students will rearrange 20 anagrams to find the names of famous London sights. Sights include Big Ben and The London Eye.
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Test Your Writing Skills

For Students 5th - 7th
In this letter writing skills worksheet, middle schoolers examine 15 phrases from letters and determine whether each phrase is from a formal or informal letter. Good, solid writing practice!
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Akbar-Birbal Stories Quiz

For Students 1st - 12th
Demonstrate your knowledge of Akbar-Birbal stories by correctly answering ten multiple-choice questions. Though the resource says Goodnight Moon at the top, the only comparison is that the Akbar-Birbal stories are popular among Indian...
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The House on Mango Street: List-Group-Label

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Encourage close reading of the text and a focus on how Sandra Cisneros' develops her characters with an activity that asks teams to sort, group, and label character descriptions from The House on Mango Street.
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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.
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Child's Play

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students think about childhood activities and compare them with activities that they participate in now and with those of classmates. They read an article that bans some English playground games. They play a number of the games and role...
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TEACHING SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students think about what you say in class. They analyze ways to help you make your language more accessible to your young learners. Students summarize how you can make listening fun and easy.
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Destination UK: Wales

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study Wales as a part of the United Kingdom. They examine what they already know about Wales, play guessing game about famous Welshmen, and complete jigsaw reading activity.
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My English classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore all the resources for using language in the classroom. They realize that actions can speak louder than words. Students aim to keep their vision straight and narrow with an end destination.
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Destination UK - Northern Ireland

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study Northern Ireland as one of the countries that make up the United Kingdom. They examine the differences between Great Britain, the UK, and the British Isles by participating in readings, true and false activities, and...