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Building Collegiality During Teacher Appreciation Week
Acknowledge the teachers in your life and on your campus as we celebrate all educators during Teacher Appreciation Week.
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Understanding the Stress of Being a Teacher
Be the absolute best that you can be for your pupils by learning how to control the stress in your life.
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Christmas
Pupils learn more vocabulary and English language by taking a close look at the words Happy Christmas and working in groups to see how many words they can make of the letters. Scholars then take a quiz to test their knowledge about...
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How to Celebrate Kwanzaa on Your Campus
An article details everything you need to know about celebrating Kwanzaa at your school. An opening-day ceremony starts the seven-day holiday celebration followed a daily routine that includes a greeting, candle lighting, reciting an...
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Celebrations: St Patrick’s Day
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a couple of fun English language exercises. After first activating students'Â prior knowledge about Ireland and Irish culture during a class discussion, learners work in pairs or small groups to complete a...
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The Music of the Mardi Gras Indians
The traditions, costumes, and the music of the Mardi Gras Indians, African-Americans and those with African American or Native American Heritage are the focus of a unit that introduces class members to a little-known group that plays a...
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Thanksgiving: Simple Present Tense Review
This Thanksgiving-themed activity provides learners a way to practice using the correct verb. With 8 fill-in-the-blank questions students have to identify the meaning of the sentence in order to choose the correct verb form.
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Seasons--Autumn (fall)
As part of a discussion of seasonal words, class members identify words relating to autumn and then identify the language used to describe what happens during this time of year.Â
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Thanksgiving Word Search
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students will focus on vocabulary pertaining to the given holiday. Students will locate 12 words in the word search.
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The 50 States and its Holidays
Though the format of this ELL lesson is confusing (the standards listed are for plate tectonics, yet the objectives are for American geography and holidays), a teacher could glean some ideas from the main idea. Here, pupils complete a...
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Valentine's Day Recipes
Students create a recipe using traditional Valentine's Day treats. In this recipe lesson plan, students brainstorm about Valentine's Day treats and choose one or two to create the recipe. Students list measurements and ingredients....
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Stay in the Mix for Valentine's Day
Students understand the origins of Valentine's Day. In this injustices activity, students read a story and recognize the injustices done on Valentine's Day. Students write about grade appropriate topics regarding injustices.
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An Emergency Mother's Day Card!
In this Mother's Day card activity, students fold, assemble, color and decorate an emergency Mother's Day card for their mothers.
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Valentine's Day Hairy Man Caricature Cupid
In this coloring instructional activity, students color a picture of a bald, hairy caricature of a Cupid with arrows. This would be suitable only for older students or adults.
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The Story of Jack O'lantern
In this Halloween reading worksheet, students learn the origin of the Jack O'Lantern by reading the Irish tale. Note: There are references in this story to selling souls to the Devil, purgatory, the fires of Hell and Jack who gets drunk...
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Christmas Heroes and Villains Crossword Puzzle
In this upper level Christmas crossword puzzle, students solve 64 clues to match the heroes to the dastardly wrongdoers they have overcome to fill in the puzzle words.
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How Do We Remember We Are Free?
Students examine the Jewish enslavement and Exodus from Egypt to gain their freedom. They read and discuss the story, "The Reminder" and work in small groups to discuss the symbols and rituals of Passover and the Fourth of July. After...
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The Passover Vs. Fourth of July Debate
Students engage in a debate regarding the Passover vs. Fourth of July holidays for American Jews. They form teams, one for the Fourth of July and one for the Passover and research their topic to build their arguments. After time to...
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Literary Bash
Young scholars create a Halloween party or event based on a piece of literature they're reading during the season. This allows the students to plan a celebration and discuss a unique title for their themed celebration along with...
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Halloween
Students explore the history of Halloween and what people do at Halloween. Also, the compare Halloween with Lantern Festival and Ghosts' Day in Taiwan.
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Thanksgiving
Students are introduced to the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving. The lesson plan can be adapted to all ages and levels of English production ability. They recognize and define words associated with Thanksgiving.
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Journal Writing Idea - Seasons
Students keep a journal on the changing seasons. In this journal writing lesson, students discuss the changing seasons and then keep a journal about the seasons as they change.
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Valentines Day Lesson
In this Valentine's Day worksheet, students will learn about Valentine's Day traditions in America. Students will learn Valentine's Day vocabulary and then practice a dialogue about Valentine's Day. Students will write a letter to a...
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New Year's Eve
In this language arts word search, students will be searching for words that pertain to New Year's Eve. Students will locate 39 words pertaining to the holiday.