Enhance language proficiency with a Special Friends themed English language development unit. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that is guaranteed to get your scholars discussing topics such as animal...

Define the meaning of a cognate and use the concept to help Spanish-speaking ELLs connect their first language to English. Middle schoolers explore Latin roots to find cognates in both languages. They relate the Spanish and English word...

As a class, scholars read the poems, Humpty Dumpty, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, and Jack and Jill, in order to identify words with the same ending sound. Using their rhyming skills, learners brainstorm additional words...

Learners explore British cooking vocabulary. In this ELL vocabulary lesson, students identify and describe various foods, match foods with adjectives, discuss their opinions about British cuisine, then read food critic reviews. Four...

Boost language skills with a unit all about feelings. Scholars from all grade levels take part in several lessons that incorporate specific vocabulary terms and adjectives while discussing their feelings with their peers. Reading...

The simple instructional techniques described in this plan will help young readers learn and practice basic reading skills and strategies. Before reading, introduce your readers to the meaning of main character, setting, and plot. Then...

Students describe their family in their new language French. They use adjectives, and proper gender. Then they describe how the family is alike and different.

Myself. themselves, himself. Class members engage in an intensive study and reflect on the uses of reflective and intensive pronouns.

Students practice the proper way to ask and answer questions pertaining to personal information. Students practice words pertaining to personal information by filling out an information card. This lesson is intended for students...

Ninth graders examine an issue in a school in Britain. In this ELL lesson plan, 9th graders read an article and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students write a short story using key words from the article.

Begin each day with a warm-up that has ELLs focusing their minds on a skill that will be taught that day. Focusing on verbs, each daily lesson reinforces study and self-management skills, helps learners become proficient in working with...

Students practice accurate note taking skills, recording only pertinent information. Using proper grammar and useage, they record accurate phone messages. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.

Fifth graders read two Mexican folktales and discuss cause and effect. They draw a cause and effect relationship from one of the stories.

Students identify and describe the various documents they will need when traveling in the United Stans. They complete forms needed to acquire documentation needed for travel. Students write a description of a travel experience outside...

As an introduction to Sharon Creexh's Walk Two Moons, a volunteer dons a pair of boots and walks about the classroom.Observers then ponder the axiom, Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his...

Students use the Ella Jenkins' song "Who Fed the Chickens?" to study the pronouns I, you, we, she, he, and they. After singing the song a few times, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice with pronouns, and...

What's another word for paraphrasing? Ask your pupils to put their minds to work in order to replace underlined words in a series of sentences with appropriate synonyms.

Students discuss the appropriate and inappropriate reasons for requesting a schedule change at work. They create scripts for requesting a change that uses appropriate prepositions and prepositional phrases. Students practice using...