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Editorials

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate editorials.  In this literacy critical thinking activity, students compare and contrast two newspaper editorials and two letters to the editor by completing a Venn diagram. Students work in groups to write...
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Introducing the Narrative Account Web Page

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete a narrative writing assignment by critiquing a sample webpage. In this narrative writing instructional activity, students view the sample webpage and take notes. Students create a similar webpage that contains a...
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What Do You Know About Scotland?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate global geography by researching the country of Scotland. In this cultural investigation lesson, students view images of Scotland on a computer and listen to audio interviews about Scottish citizens. Students identify...
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Elvis Fanatic in Jail

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about an Elvis fan who stole from her employer to buy Elvis memorabilia. They assess how to understand a short news report and discuss the use of present perfect tense in the article.
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Computer Mysteries

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Who has been messing with my trampoline? Young writers choose local events as the basis for their own “Who Did It?” mystery. They then devise a plot, problem, and cast of characters and write an introduction explaining the problem and...
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Writing a Historical Fiction Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What is historical fiction? After explaining the difference to your learners, it's time to give each learner a try! With your support, encourage them to research, plan, and write their own historical fiction story. Don't forget to have a...
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I've Never Tried That - Present Perfect Tense

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students choose three items from a list and discuss the cultural importance of each one. They complete a chart, research information, create a presentation and share it with their peers. Students choose activities to in which to...
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Common/Proper Nouns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students sort word card into two categories (common and proper nouns). They copy the class charts. Students create a table in Word including the headings, common noun and proper noun. They put the correct words onto their chart and add a...
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Zulu King, Zulu King

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners listen to story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, brainstorm everything they know about Mardi Gras, create pages relating to Mardi Gras for class book, type information on computer, play slide show, and take turns reading their books.
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Symbolic Borders

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore symbolism, visualization of key literary elements
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An Adaptable Four-Skill ESL Information-gap Acivity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners encounter a variety of grammar structures and vocabularies in the English language. Students get involved with teacher statistics as well with this lesson. Learners correlate facts thru chronological order steps. Students...
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Song Lessons: The Past Progressive

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the past progressive verb form using song lyrics. In this past progressive verbs lesson, students listen to "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon, paying close attention to the simple past and past progressive verbs in the song....
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Let's go shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners work in groups to write a skit in the target language (in this case, English) in which they are on a shopping trip. The teacher plays the part of the clerk. Students practice the vocabulary required, and perform their skits for...
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Making a Family Newsletter: Using a Word Template

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...
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Eight Lines about home

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students brainstorm positive things about their city and write an eight line poem about it.
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Up Close and Personal with Black Bayou Lake

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students get up close and personal with Black Bayou Lake. Visiting web sites and taking virtual tours, they write multi-paragraph essays using descriptive words and literary devices.
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Composer/Musician Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research a musician or composer of their choice and present their research through a written paper and free choice activity. This lesson can be done over the course of five to six classes with some homework. The paper...
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Preparing for the FCE

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students prepare for the FCE exam by reviewing grammar problems and questions posed on previous assessments.
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Verbs and Adverbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the verbs, nouns and pronouns in a groups of sentences . As a class, they discuss the importance of verbs and discover the function of adverbs. To end the lesson, they examine the difference between adjectives and...
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A Recipe for Success

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
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.
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Practical Writing in the Intermediate Grades

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils discuss lists of interesting topics on which to write. They explore those things that interest them, excite them and express themselves freely. They organize the value of their own thoughts and use their individual lists that...
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Day Four: Surveys and results

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use expressions of frequency in the English language. In this ELL lesson, student survey their classmates and turn the information into a class bar graph. 
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American Literature Unit Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons from the American Literature, A New Nation: 1750-1850 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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American Literature, The Earliest Days

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes eleven lessons from the American Literature, The Earliest Days: Prehistory to 1750 each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...

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