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18 Year Old Elected Mayor in U.S.
In this ESL worksheet, students first read an article about an 18 year old student who was elected mayor. Students complete 7 pages of exercises about the text. Included are questions, vocabulary, discussions, synonyms and completing...
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What's My Story? A Book About Me
Have your class create keepsake books about themselves. This activity is a presented as a basic idea with minimal justifications or classroom applications. However, with a little effort, this could become a full lesson. Add a rubric,...
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Formal and Informal Language
ESL students use the graphic organizers to record different phrases of speech with an emphasis upon the use of slang.
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Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary in Alphabetical Order
In this language arts worksheet, students learn 220 commonly used words on this Dolch Word List. The words are arranged alphabetically.
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My Town
In this basic written English worksheet, 1st graders fill in twelve fill in the blank answers to basic simple vocabulary facts about their local towns.
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Animal Matching
In this ESL animal vocabulary worksheet, students will focus on basic vocabulary development of animal names. Students will complete 5 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct...
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Rooms in the House
In this ESL home vocabulary activity, students will focus on basic vocabulary development pertaining to rooms in a house. Students will complete 6 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the...
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Bullying
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet , students will focus on basic vocabulary development with words pertaining to bullying. Students will complete 10 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the...
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Objects in a House
In this ESL objects in a house worksheet, students will focus on basic vocabulary development pertaining to objects found in a house. Students will complete 6 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively
Students practice alphabetizing basic word groups (classroom, playground, etc.) with flash cards and a Picture Dictionary. They realize the importance of communication correctly with others through picture/word association.
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Santa Claus Around the World
Learn about the legend of Santa Claus around the world in ESL holiday plan. In it, learners explore the many ways that Santa Claus is depicted in cultures around the world. There are some excellent masters included in the plan that help...
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Beginning Short Stories- "An Overcast Day"
In this ESL instructional activity, students first read the easier basic version of a short story called An Overcast Day. Students then read the advanced version of the same story. Students answer 4 short answer questions about the story.
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Telling Time
Students tell time. For this ELL vocabulary development and math lesson, students orally tell time to five minute intervals when shown a classroom clock. Students practice using number and "telling time" vocabulary in sentences and...
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Informational Questioning
Students practice writing basic questions to gain information. Working as a class, they identify questions they would ask to gain information about locations, time, and events. After writing their questions, they practice asking and...
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Worksheet 12: Modals, Part 1, Expressing Ability
When learning vocabulary, students have to identify the subtleties in word usage. This learning exercise, which has students practice basic grammar and vocabulary, requires students to distinguish the meaning of a word in context in 12...
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Worksheet 9: Reading: Global Warming
Using an interesting reading passage about global warming, learners answer true and false questions related to the topic. This 6 question activity could be used in upper elementary or as part of an ESL lesson.
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Ocean Animals
Very young learners identify ocean animal pictures by their correct name and create a book of ocean animals. They read books and lean ocean animal vocabulary using the SMART Board. A well-designed instructional activity!
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ESOL Lesson, Beginning
Students identify the names of body parts on flashcards. The students participate in a "L" game, and illustrate a puppet and name the body parts. Students also identify the names for popular fruit. Students use all senses to distinguish...
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ESOL Necessary Skills
Students view flash cards with basic vocabulary pictures on them and match them to the vocabulary words. They cut the pictures apart and glue the words on the back. They play concentration with a partner matching the word with the...
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Government and Community Resources
Adult learners, with the assistance of flash/picture cards, explore a variety of United States holidays and social customs: Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and more. In addition, they draw pictures illustrating...
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Farm Animals
Students investigate farm animals. For this farm animals lesson, students acquire basic farm vocabulary, identify farm animals, sing songs and create a farm animals books. Students use the SMART board to match animal pictures and words.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Transportation and Travel
Students, after defining a list of vocabulary words on the board, review and identify basic types of transportation (bus, taxi cab, car, plane, and ship) in the United States. In addition, they make a graph of all the different ways that...
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Consumer Education
Students, while examining an intense list of vocabulary terms on types of money, change and simple foods, name and state the cost of food items in supermarkets, grocery stores and flea markets with flash cards and newspaper ads.
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Picture Match
In this ESL action verbs worksheet, students will focus on basic vocabulary development using action verbs. Students will complete 4 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct action...