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Total English Intermediate: Have They Got the Ability...?
For this modals of ability worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they respond to 16 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to use verbs.
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Compound Competition
In this compound sentences worksheet, 6th graders identify sentences (18 are given) as compound or complex by working in teams, answers included.
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Rod, Penny, and Lightning: The Straight Story
Students review the concept of a movement story. As a class, they practice moving in straight, curved and zigzag pathways while making frozen body shapes of the characters in the story. To end the lesson, they must complete the same...
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Job Applications
Students fill out job applications for openings as sales clerk and stocker. They role play being the "Boss" to critique job applications.
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Sort Out Those Phrasal Verbs
In this verb phrases worksheet, students review their grammar skills as they correct 8 verb phrases, fill in the blanks with verb phrases in the story, and write a story using verb phrases.
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Finding Muffin: Writing Practice
In this finish the story activity worksheet, learners read a 3 paragraph story entitled "Finding Muffin". Students use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.
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Activating Students Through Storytelling
Fourth graders produce a podcast of a elements of a Chinese folk tale. In this Chinese folk tale and podcasting lesson, 4th graders watch as the teacher performs Peach Blossom Spring: A Chinese folk tale. They decide on who will stay in...
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Sports Quotes - Reading Comprehension
In this sports quote worksheet, 5th graders complete 8 quotes by writing the proper sport in each blank. They read the quotes for clues as to which sport is being described. They choose between sports such as baseball, basketball,...
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Total English: Two-Part Expressions Crossword
In this two-part expressions crossword puzzle worksheet, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 11 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also write 4 sentences.
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Reading Lesson: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - Excerpt
Students read an excerpt from H.B. Wells' The Time Machine, and use it as the basis for a reading comprehension activity. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide them through the comprehension activity.
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Before the Tsunami
Learners practice their conversation and writing skills as they strengthen their ability to talk and write about the past. In this ESL lesson, students narrate a series of past events using past simple verb forms. Learners then...
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Writing with Commas
In this grammar worksheet, learners read and correctly supply the commas where they are needed in twenty sentences. Students place a C in the space provided if the sentence is correct as is.
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Adjectives and Adverbs
In this adjective and adverb worksheet, students decide if the bold word in each sentence is used correctly as an adjective or adverb. Students complete 17 problems, and if they are not used correctly, they fix it.
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Chinese Oregonians
Eleventh graders examine the reactions of Oregon natives regarding Chinese immigrants in late 1800's. In this Oregon history lesson, 11th graders visit the Portland Classican Chinese Garden and consider its impact for healing...
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Lesson Plan: The Math of Removal
Students consider the plight of those who walked the Trial of Tears. In this Indian Removal lesson, students compare statistics regarding Indian survival rates.
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Playing with Adverbs
Kids demonstrate their understanding of the different types of adverbs by using the clues provided to add a how, when, or where words to sentences.
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Terrible Tuesday
Who could have canceled Grover's newspaper? Complete a cloze activity in which kids read a short passage about a dog who loves to retrieve the paper, and fill in the blanks using a word bank.
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Fill in the Gerund with the Correct Preposition
Kids demonstrate their understanding of gerunds by providing the correct preposition and the noun form of the verb indicated in a series of 30 sentences.
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The Kite Runner: Cloze Procedure
A passage from Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner is the text for a cloze reading activity designed to determine the comprehension skills of class members. The resource includes the worksheet, an answer key, and step-by-step directions.
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Choose the Correct Homophone
It's a known secret that English can be a difficult language to learn, and homophones don't make it any easier. Help your young readers tackle these tricky words with this simple fill-in-the blank exercise in which...
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Breaking News English: Queen Elizabeth
In this Queen Elizabeth worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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February story starters
In this literacy worksheet, students find the meanings of different statements and they can be used as possible writing prompts as separate assignments.
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1,2,3 Art (First Day of School)
Learners participate in a first day of school survey. In this art activity, students answer three questions about art class, such as one thing they don't like about art class and their goals for art this coming year.
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Icky, Icky, Sticky!
Students explore phonemes in spoken words as well as their corresponding graphemes in written words. They practice the short vowels /i/ and /e/. Students perform activities to practice sounds. They identify pictures with a particular...