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Beginner Level Thanksgiving ESL Lesson Plan

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Thanksgiving is a cherished tradition in the United States and Canada. Introduce the beginnings of the Thanksgiving celebration with a resource that features reading comprehension activities, vocabulary exercises, and a short...
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McGraw Hill

Vocabulary Power

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Augment your language arts units with a set of vocabulary worksheets. The packet is an excellent support to your vocabulary instruction that covers a variety of skills, including context clues, Greek and Latin roots, reference materials,...
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Curated OER

Educator's Guide: Holes

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
You'll be a star at your next grade level meeting with an educational unit on Louis Sachar's Holes. Based on both the novel and film, the lessons include applications to language arts with character studies and movie reviews; social...
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Understanding Protagonists and Antagonists

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How can you tell if a character is a villain? What about a hero? Work on literary analysis with an engaging language arts worksheet. After completing an activity about the four types of conflict, learners fill out a character map about a...
Handout
Nosapo

What Is in a Sentence, Paragraph, and Story?

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Language arts is made up of many parts. Learners review the parts of a sentence, as well as how to make a simple sentence into a complex sentence, before examining full paragraphs and identifying the topic, body, and concluding sentence...
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2: Grade 7

For Students 6th - 8th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book--Grade 7

For Students 6th - 8th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read excerpts and answer comprehension questions.  Students read 5 passages and answer 26 questions and 2 short answer questions.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 1--Grade 7 (2007)

For Students 6th - 8th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Testing Program learning exercise, students read passages and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students also write an essay using details from the story.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test

For Students 6th - 8th
In this New York State Testing English Language Arts worksheet, learners listen to an article, and answer comprehension questions. Students listen to the article twice and take notes. Then they answer comprehension questions.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 2

For Students 6th - 8th
In this English Language Arts worksheet, students read an article twice and take notes.  Students may use the notes to answer multiple choice questions on reading comprehension.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 1--Grade 8 (2008)

For Students 7th - 9th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test worksheet, students listen to an article twice while taking notes.  Students then answer reading comprehension questions and write an essay using details and examples...
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New York State Testing English Language Arts

For Students 7th - 9th
In this New York State Testing English Language Arts instructional activity, students read passages and answer questions on reading comprehension. 
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2--Grade 8 (2007)

For Students 7th - 9th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students listen to an article twice, then answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then use details from the article to compose an essay.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cinco De Mayo: ELD Reading and Language-Building

For Students 5th - 10th
A brief passage about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is accompanied by an array of language activities for ELD: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation, fluency writing,...
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Road to Grammar

Five Ways to Speak More Naturally

For Students 6th - 12th
Help your English language learners move toward conversing like native speakers. This document includes five easy sentence structure changes that make a big difference when speaking in English. Examples and explanations are included for...
Handout
Nosapo

Greetings

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Hi! How are you? Join the conversation with a straightforward exercise on English greetings. After translating common greetings into their first languages, class members practice greeting each other and note the appropriate responses.
Writing
Nosapo

Getting to Know Each Other

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
How do you do? Guide learners through the basics of conversational English with an extensive set of discussion questions. Class members ask partners more about themselves, including their favorite hobbies, music, and time of day, as well...
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Creating Civic Awareness Through Artistic and Literary Forms

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Interpret current events using editorial cartoons and other print media. Middle schoolers explore the meanings of literary and artistic terms such as satire, irony, and caricature. They visit internet sites to develop an understanding of...
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Catholic Charities

Telephone Skills

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The challenge in telephone conversations is that speakers and listeners cannot rely on body language to communicate. This 31-page packet includes a curriculum guide, lesson plans, assessments, and resource lists designed to help...
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Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition

Creative Writing Workshop

For Teachers K - 12th
Looking for suggestions on how to organize a creating writing workshop? For topic suggestions appropriate for various grade levels? Check out a resource packet, designed for English language arts instructors, that is packed with ideas...
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Star Wars in the Classroom

"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Day 3

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
To make the point that there are many forms of language, each with its own purpose, class members select 10 lines from Doescher's play, translate these lines first into contemporary English and then into "SMS/Tweet." 
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Smith Family Home

Transportation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Here's an interesting instructional activity that combines elements of language arts, sociology, and a study of the many ways that people use transportation to get from one place to another. The eight-page plan includes worksheets and a...
Unit Plan
Los Angeles Unified School District

Tools for ESL Lesson Planning

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Whether you are new to teaching language learners or an experienced pro you will find much to like in this massive tool kit. The 195-page packets contains teaching tips and tools, sample lesson plans and activities, worksheets and...
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Formal and Informal Language Resources

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Yo! Check it out. Here's a lesson on formal and informal language. And the packet includes a game. What fun!

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