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A Sensory Walk
Students define and give examples of five senses, compiling a list of sensory words to be used in a written descriptive paragraph.
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International Email Connections
Middle schoolers are matched with international students and communicate through email. They concentrate on sentence structure, spelling, details, and composition in their communication.
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Alphabet Fun
Student teams use alphabet cereal to make up a word that fits a specific part of speech announced by the teacher.
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Brazilian Guilty of Murdering American Nun
Pupils read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about a nun's murder in Brazil. They assess key vocabulary terms found within the article, answer a variety of comprehension questions and study how to write a letter to a newspaper.
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Ancient Music Recreated in Scotland
Students read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about ancient musical tunes that have been found in a church in Scotland. They assess key vocabulary terms found within the article and compose lyrics for a song after answering a...
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Words In The News: Beverly Hills Smoking Ban
Young scholars read news articles about the proposed smoking ban in California restaurants. After discussing the news report, they role-play scenarios about nonsmoking situations. In groups, they brainstorm the pros and cons of smoking...
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Words in the News: Switzerland's Secret Weaon
Students are asked questions about the World Cup and Switzerland. They practice using new vocabulary words. They read an article about marketing campaigns for the event and answer questions.
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Meet the Experts, Who are They, Anyway?
Students are introduced to the interview as a means of gathering information. Each student interviews a local expert on the subject of their choice. They write interview questions once they complete their interview. Students summarize...
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Job Info Interview
Students conduct an interview with an adult family member. They organize the information and write a paper about the interview. They type it in a word document and practice using spellcheck.
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What's Wrong - Intensive Reading
Students discuss the different types of reading and when to use each type. They read passages and try to find the mistake in each sentence.
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Expressing Cause and Effect: Discovering Effective Sentence Patterns
In this cause and effect practice worksheet, students collaborate as they complete 6 exercises that require them examine sentence patterns.
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Using Reported Speech
Students fine tune their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. They must practice a number of times before feeling comfortable using them in every day conversations.
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Words in the News-Human DNA to be Implanted in Rice
Students examine new vocabulary words from a news report about human DNA being implanted in rice and grown in Kansas. Students read the article and discuss the vocabulary terms as well as take a quiz and complete a worksheet to help...
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Newspaper Carrier Day
In this newspaper carrier day worksheet, learners read or listen to the passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey.
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Senior Citizens Day
In this senior citizens day learning exercise, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in correct order, write discussion...
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World No Tobacco Day
In this world no tobacco day worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey about a...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: World Fair Trade Day
In this language skills learning exercise, students read an article about World Fair Trade Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
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World Hemophilia Day
In this world hemophilia day worksheet, learners read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and conduct...
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Tooth Fairy Day
In this tooth fairy day worksheet, students read or listen to the passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble the words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey.
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More Women MP's In Germany
Learners investigate the coccept of promoting the campaign for more women to be involved in the community government in Turkey. They draw from prior knowledge of other women's movements to create context. Research is conducted into how...