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Planning a Community Service Project

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice using a new language to plan a community event.  For this civics lesson, students practice writing a proposal for a community project using their target language.  Students brainstorm in small groups what their project...
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Let's Read the Newspaper

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students 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.  Students work together as a newspaper group each...
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Alphabet Soup

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study language. In this unique alphabets lesson, students read the article by Michael Everson "For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's." They discuss the importance of alphabets and work in small groups to create a poster...
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Recycling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the pros and cons of recycling on the environment. They sort and classify objects for recycling and write a brief narrative about the experience. This activity is intended for students acquiring English.
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Day Five: Classroom Presentation

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in classroom presentations. In this ELL lesson, students present a poster, collage, or PowerPoint to their partners. The teacher evaluates each presentation. 
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Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and...
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The Dream Factory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare postcard samples from Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX. They examine them to find common elements they share (tone, mood, romanticized themes, artistic elements, etc.) They create postcards to show the "real" Austin.
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Ancient History Cyber-Journalists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.
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Social Studies Newspaper

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders decide on a topic and write a whole newspaper on that topic. The newpaper also needs to include illustrations and advertisements.
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Day eight: Participating in a community service project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a community service project. In this ELL instructional activity, students complete a project while the teacher takes photos. The students use these photos in a bulletin board. 
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High winds hit Oman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a text on a severe storm in Oman. They review vocabulary, practice reading strategies and complete a vocabulary matching exercise. Afterward, they design and write a poster to tell people what to do before, during and after...
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Antonio Gaud¿¿: El Misterio

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the architecture of Antonio Gaudi. Using the Internet, they research his life and summarize the information. They create a real estate advertisement in Spanish. Using new vocabulary, they use descriptive adjectives and...
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Professional-like Multimedia Slide Show

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers chose a topic from the current curriculum to develop a PowerPoint presentation about. They present the PowerPoint in a professional manner which includes the way they are dressed and the way they interact with the...
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Real Estate Project

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students develop their dream house complete with a real estate ad. They examine actual real estate ads on the internet to compare their house.
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Mumbai Bomb Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners brainstorm legal and illegal ways people try to influence politics. They examine the vocabulary in news reports about the Mumbai, India terrorist bombing and create their own train safety posters.
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Commercials

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe as the teacher demonstrates how to use a digital video camera. They experiment with the camera to get to know its features. Finally they create a video commercial and edit it, inserting sounds, titles and other graphics.
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Photo Talk!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students communicate with Epals. They write letters with photo exchanges and create a website for presentations of 3,000 words or less and one photo. They tell their life stories and illustrate with photos in the target language. V
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My Heritage Country Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers list five food dishes that are part of their family's heritage. Each student then does research of a country and a recipe (possibly a family recipe). With the help of members of his/her kitchen group, the student prepares...

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