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Alliteration: It’s a Zany Zoo!
Elephants eat and cheetahs chase in this zany zoo! Kids survey a list of ten animals before adding in an adjective and verb for each to form an alliterative phrase or sentence.
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Scene Writing: Literacy and Playwriting
Drama is ever-present in our daily lives and eloquently depicted on stage. Middle schoolers practice writing scenes based on different prompts and frameworks, and then perform those creative scenes for their classmates. The...
Film English
Everyday
What would you do if you got an extra day every week? Partners share some information about their routines and lives and write compositions about one another based on the information. Each partner tries to guess what the other person...
EngageNY
Mid-Unit Assessment: Analysis of Language Techniques
Show what you know. Learners demonstrate mastery of English grammar and usage by completing a pen-and-paper assessment of verbals and verb shifts. In addition, they begin composing a book review based on an independent reading book. The...
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Sentence Combining
Learners practice sentence combining at increasingly difficult levels throughout a week. They begin with nouns and verbs and build to contrasts, parallels, etc.
ReadWriteThink
Writing Free Verse in the "Voice" of Cesar Chavez
Introduce middle schoolers to free verse poetry with a lesson plan that has young poets read two free verse poems and list the common characteristics of the form. They then read a passage from Cesar Chavez's biography and a free verse...
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Phrasal Verbs with Get
Students identify ten phrasal verbs with "get". In this phrasal verbs lesson, students read and analyze a conversation between two people. Students interpret the meaning of the phrases in the diaglogue. Games and additional activities...
University of North Carolina
Style
Just like you choose your clothes to ensure they fit the occasion, you should choose your words deliberately while writing. Style, the main topic of one handout in a series on writing skills, involves choosing words carefully and paying...
US Institute of Peace
Maintaining Trusting Relationships
What role does trust play in diffusing a tense situation? Young social scientists explore trust on a personal and global level during a lesson plan on peace and conflict. After participating in a trust sit, participants work in groups to...
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Information and Communication Technology
Students use correct English to give an oral report on the pyramids of Egypt. They focus on correctly using the past tense to describe history.
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Call It Courage
Sixth graders complete many activities and lessons based on a reading of "Call It Courage." They watch the video, complete computer based writing assignments, and prepare writing folders in the art center. They practice their word...
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El Cuerpo and Commands Vocabulary Games
Students study Spanish vocabulary words for body parts, and also study a number of action verbs. They participate in Total Physical Response by responding to teacher given commands. They play a number of games based on the vocabulary.
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At the Park
Students in ESL classes read and interpret sentences about the park. They change the verb tense of the sentences and practice writing their own sentences. Student pairs read/perform dialogues in front of the class.
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ESL What are They Doing? Worksheet
In this ESL verb identification worksheet, students look as small black and white pictures of people doing different things. They answer questions based on the pictures such as "What is he doing?"
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Present Continuous
For this present continuous worksheet, students will focus on verb usage. Using the words and pictures provided, students will write 8 sentences about the photos using the present continuous tense.
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Simple Present
In this ESL present simple verb tense worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of people in action. Students match these to the verbs that describe them.
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Present Continuous
For this verb worksheet, students will focus on the present continuous tense. Students will read 7 questions and answer each question with a positive or negative response according to the picture shown for each.
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What Are They Doing?
In this ESL verb activity, students will focus on words of action. Students will analyze 8 pictures and respond to the questions using action verbs to tell about the photo.
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Action
In this ESL verb learning exercise, students will focus on action verbs. Students will complete 10 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct terminology and vocabulary from the...
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ESL Actions Matching Game Worksheet
In this ESL action word/verb learning exercise, students examine 10 pictures of actions such as rollerblading, taking photos, reading a comic book, and swimming. They match the pictures to the words or phrases that describe them.
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Actions
In this action words learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures that depict an action. From 4 choices, students select the word that best describes the action. This is intended for ESL use.
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What is he/she doing?
In this action verb worksheet, students will answer questions of activities. Students will analyze each picture and respond to 8 questions on the lines provided.
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My Worksheet
In this ESL verb worksheet, students will focus on vocabulary enhancement. Students will complete 8 multiple choice questions, by reading each question and choosing the answer that depicts what is occurring in the picture to the left of...
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Modal Passive Practice I
In this modal passive practice worksheet, students create 14 passive voice sentences with the verbs in parentheses and the 14 base sentences provided.