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Running on Faith
Students listen to the song, "Running on Faith" by Eric Clapton. They listen for the present perfect verb tense used in the song and then practice writing sentences in this verb tense and others previously studied.
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Lesson Three: Prepositions
Learning prepositions can be tricky in any language, and English is no exception! Try out the activities described here to help your English language learners grasp the difference between in and on and through and by. After a game of...
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"Contraction Action"
Students read and spell common contractions formed from a verb paired with the word not. They read and spell common contractions formed from a pronoun paired with a verb.
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"Every Breath You Take"
Students examine the future continuous tense using the song "Every Breath You Take," by The Police. They identify the future continuous tense in the song, write sentences, place the song lyrics in order, and complete a worksheet.
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Stylistic Aspects of Composition
Students explore verbs. They list and demonstrate verbs. Students discuss words that connote different meanings. They write paragraphs based on their word selection. Students share their paragraphs with the class.
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Martha, My Dear: A Lesson About Imperatives
In this song lesson learning exercise, students learn about the song Martha, My Dear by The Beatles. Teachers explain the song background and the grammar in the song. The class answers 6 questions while listening to the song and after...
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Adverbs
Run quickly. Walk slowly. Jump high. As part of their study of English parts of speech, language learners engage in a series of activities designed to introduce them to the descriptive power of adverbs.
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Nouns Used as Direct Objects
In this nouns worksheet, students underline verbs that show action and circle the direct object that gets that action. Students complete this for 10 sentences.
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This Land is Your Land
Students use a popular American song to learn the past and present continuous tenses. They complete a web quest about the song "This Land is Your Land" and discuss it.
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School House Rock sings about Subject and Predicate
In this subject and predicate worksheet, students view the School House Rock singing about subject and predicate, read along with the song, fill in the blanks to sentences, complete sentences, and more. Students complete 3 activities.
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English Exercises: Present Continuous-Advanced
In this present continuous instructional activity, students read about the usage of present continuous, then correctly fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio are included.
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Active Voice and Passive Voice
In this identifying active voice and passive voice activity, students review definitions and examples, label sentences, and rewrite sentences changing the voice from passive to active. Students write seven answers.
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Looking at French Decorative Arts: The Quest for True Porcelain
Young scholars study the effects of production and consumption of goods on French society during the porcelain period. In this history activity students research the trade history of porcelain from Asia.
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ABC Book of Tongue Twisters
Learners construct sentences using alliteration. In this phonemic awareness lesson, students listen to a read aloud such as Some Smug Slug and identify alliteration. Learners write their own sentences using alliteration.