Intended for learners struggling with or having issues using auxiliary verbs, this activity has them orally compose sentences using one of the provided helping verbs. They will attempt to find patterns in groups of verbs and make class...

What are you doing today? What have you done this week? What will you be doing next month? Focus on verb usage with a series of fill-in-the-black exercises on basic tenses, inappropriate shifts in tense, and active and passive voice.

Should that pause in your sentence be long, short, or somewhere in between? Practice using commas and semicolons with a series of grammar activities. High schoolers read a series of sentences and paragraphs and decide where they should...

The elements of dance can be used to communicate thoughts and, in this case, words. In small groups, the class first creates a set of movements to show a single word. Then, they extend their movements to show a three-word phrase....

Here is a lesson which may be best suited for a library science teacher, or one that can be done by a regular teacher when in the library. In it, learners explore the best ways to use print and electronic resources to find information...

Imagine using history to teach grammar. This 178-slide PowerPoint presents an amazing collection of images and historical information about the settlement of Tennessee and about famous residents like Daniel Boone. Viewers...

Find out what your Spanish pupils like and dislike with an oral presentation in the form of a video, poster, or PowerPoint. The assignment page provides requirements for the project in paragraph and checklist format. Pairs can use the...

Determine if the reading level of Running Out of Time is too easy, to difficult, or just right for your pupils with a cloze reading exercise. After listening to the teacher read the passage, learners fill in the blanks on the cloze...

Positive and negative may be opposites, but what does that have to do with the words clean and filthy? Ask your pupils to consider word relationships as they complete the 10 analogies presented here. Note that the exercise gradually...

After reading a statement, learners decide if it is a fact or opinion. Then, they write a sentence explaining how they know their answer is correct. The sheet contains 25 fact and opinion sentences.

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...

Start talking trash with your elementary English class! Then lead a discussion comparing formal and informal language. Divide the class into groups to answer a questionnaire and analyze a set of sentence cards to analyze. This is a cool...

Explore rural and urban environments over the course of four days. Each day offers a new look into how both environment compare and contrast. Activities include the observation and analyzation of images, a read aloud and grand discussion...

Students identify between appropriate and inappropriate behaviors at work. In this work behaviors lesson, students use a dictionary to define the related terms and visit various links to complete activities that define work place...

Working with kindergartners one-on-one, you will identify their ability to count by 1s and 10s and conclude what levels they have mastered, as well as where they need skills practice and instruction. The commentary provided will aid you...

Students play game that uses the elements of grammar in an inappropriate way, and transform the inappropriate grammar into grammatically correct statements.

Students discuss the use and misuse of email and identify six new technology terms. After opening a word document, they experiment with fonts and sentence writing before pasting it into their email. The activity concludes with students...

Fifth graders participate in a review game of geometry topics. For this geometry lesson, 5th graders use the "Eggspert" interactive classroom game system to review the geometry skills taught that week. Students work in teams to complete...

Students evaluate whether certain physical actions constitute a "good touch" or a "bad touch". In this sensitive health instructional activity, students are read a book about types of touches, and then compare and contrast between good...

Students read and analyze the article, "Lexical exploitation of texts," and become aware of the concept of recycling new words. They practice this concept several times in class before they take on the memory game pelmanism in the follow...

Students practice their Spanish vocabulary playing a game in which groups compete to see who can say a series of Spanish questions and answers, regarding a given picture, the fastest.

Students play a ball game to reinforce vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, 1 student throws a ball to another student and states a vocabulary word. The receiving student has to define the word. If they do, they get to throw...

Students are introduced to the proper way to talk on a telephone as an administrative assistant. In groups, they practice with one another in what to do in different situations. To end the lesson, they watch a PowerPoint presentation...

Students examine a variety of historical cartoons. They recognize a political cartoon and identify the main idea, symbolism, exaggeration and caricature in political cartoons. Students analyze a political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin.