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Denver Art Museum

Putting Images into Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Engage your class in art analysis of Indian Look-Alike by Melanie Yazzie. Using this work of art as inspiration, writers compose a poem or short story. After a peer review session, the teacher conveys information about the work of art as...
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Curated OER

Get A Life

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the definition and derivation of the popular saying "get a life." Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the phrase when used in varying contexts. They also consider the dervation of each...
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Curated OER

In Your Dreams

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore the definition and derivation of the popular saying "in your dreams." Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the phrase when used in varying contexts. They also consider the derivation of...
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Curated OER

Trade Impasse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of free trade. They watch a video clip about this topic and write an essay comparing the opinions of the guests on the show. They research a country and role-play their decisions in international trade.
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Curated OER

Making Decisions

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students explore how decisions are made and practice solving problems that require choices. They comprehend that solving problems requires a strategy or plan. Students recognize that "common sense" is really practiced decision-making. ...
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Curated OER

Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners watch a video about Alicia Keys and discuss the business side of her career. Groups role-play producers for her new album taking on the responsibility for all aspects, including budgets, contracts, song production, and advertising.
Worksheet
Curated OER

World Diabetes Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Diabetes Day worksheet, students complete activities including reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions, take a...
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Curated OER

Blogs and Other Internet Vocabular

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the definition and derivation of popular internet vocabulary. Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word blog and other words used to describe working on the internet. They consider...
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Curated OER

The River Sleeps Beneath The Sky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing "The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and "Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi in an SSA choir setting in this Choral lesson for High Schoolers. Emphasis is placed on National Standards for Music...
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Curated OER

DYNAMICS IN CONCEPT AND IN ACTION

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers perform grade appropriate literature utilizing the specified dynamic indications and respond accurately to the cues of the director.
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British Council

British Council Learn English Central: Listening and Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
A selection of 20 or so mp3 listening files, with audioscripts, that you can download and play on your computer or portable player. Each comes with a follow-up activity -- these can vary, e.g., an offline writing assignment, online...
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Other

International Listening Association

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"The International Listening Association (ILA) is a professional organization whose members are dedicated to learning more about the impact that listening has on all human activity." On this Web site you'll find exercises and lesson...
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Randall Davis

Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Randall's Self Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains listening exercises for assessment or practice. Each exercise is rated for difficulty. Excellent range of quizzes.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Enhancing Your Listening

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this Boundless Communication learners will learn the importance of being an active listener who can resist distractions and keep an open mind while suspending judgment and exercising empathy. SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation, SL.9-10.3...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Enhancing Your Listening

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on ways to improve your listening skills including resisting distractions and listening actively, suspending judgment, and exercising empathy. It also provides tips for being a more open-minded listener.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela): Listening Dialog

For Students 9th - 10th
This site for Spanish-speaking English language learners. Students listen to a short dialog between two students who discuss their new class schedules. Presented in both written and auditory formats, students answer comprehension...
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Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Things for Esl Japanese Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Intermediate Level

For Students 9th - 10th
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish-speaking students. It is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension,...
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Randall Davis

Building Your Listening Vocabulary: Personality Types

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This exercise designed for English language learners helps build their vocabularies. Students learn words associated with personality traits, such as selfishness, truthfulness, and cleverness, by completing this multiple-choice quiz.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Beginning Level

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish speaking students. This section is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Listen to a Chat About Class Schedules

For Students 9th - 10th
A listening comprehension exercise designed for native Spanish speakers learning English. Students listen to a short conversation about class schedules and then answer questions based on what has been heard. Instructions are in Spanish....
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Other

Esl Independent Study Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great resource for ESL/EFL students; it presents a collection of more than 250 sites where you can find reading and writing exercises, games, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and more. Rather than present a straight list,...
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Other

Lecturas in Ingles Traducidas / English Readings

For Students 9th - 10th
Great way to practice English with this beautiful selection of short excerpts from literature classics like the Jungle Book, Sherlock Holmes, or the Cask of the Amontillado. Each text includes comprehension exercises with answers and...
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University of Texas at Austin

Spanish Proficiency Exercises: Beginning Task 11

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn how to describe what and where they study with this learning module. Video clips of native Spanish speakers provide context for each question and statement about each of their families.