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Britney Spears: Famous People, ELL Assignment
If you teach English learners and want a thorough assignment that addresses reading and listening comprehension, speaking skills, vocabulary acquisition, and more, a high-interest content worksheet on Britney Spears may be useful. It...
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Britney Allowed To Visit Her Children
Students read, analyze and discuss a newspaper article about the American singer Britney Spears and the courts giving her permission to see her children three times a week. They assess key vocabulary terms found in the article and then...
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CTBS Mechanics Practice #1
Use this CTBS mechanics worksheet to reinforce the correct use of commas, punctuation, italics, letter writing, and capitalization. Middle schoolers are given information on each of these areas and then answer a total of thirty multiple...
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A Story About Tom
In this reading worksheet, students read a short story about a boy and what he likes. Students answer 4 questions, then write a story about themselves.
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Political Humor
Though slightly dated (around the 2008 Presidential election), the information and discussion points in this presentation about political humor are solid. Use the slides in your language arts class in a lecture about semantics, or in a...
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When Is a Noun a Verb? Examining Double Duty Words
The New York Times' Learning Network provides great lessons! This one uses articles from the paper to help readers understand homonyms like mail (verb and noun). It also includes an exercise in reading informational text. Links to the...
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When is a Noun a Verb? Examining Double Duty Words
Act and act, address and address...there are so many words in our dictionary that can function as nouns or verbs. Start this lesson by having your class list as many as they possibly can. When an adequate list presents itself, have your...
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Fame
Smile for the camera and find out how your English language learners feel about fame! Class members read three different points of view on fame and then discuss ten questions about the topic.
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Design a CD Cover
Students encounter a unique way to design their own personal CD covers. Students research on how others have designed similar covers. Students produce an original CD cover. Students correlate various singers to their CD covers.
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"Strike a Pose:" Music and Vogueing in The Winter's Tale
Young scholars read Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. In groups, they "perform" Act 3, Scenes 1-3 by "striking a pose" that best depicts the characters in that scene and by bringing in music that would best accompany the scene.
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The Ages of Man
In this ESL vocabulary and conversation activity, students read and analyze 40 words that pertain to the ages of man. Students categorize each word by putting it in the correct box: baby, child, teenager, twenties and thirties, middle...
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Which is the Biggest?
In this conversation worksheet, 1st graders, working with a partner, team up to discuss forty various different categories of people and things to see which one of them are the biggest using comparative and superlative terms.
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A Different Kind of Rock Star
Students examine the mysteries of Mars. For this scientific comprehension lesson, students read a USA Today article and discuss questions about Mars. To conclude the lesson, students engage in a Rorshach inspired experiment.
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Countries and Nationalities
For this countries and nationalities worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences, complete a word search, label flags, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Conversation Lesson: News
In this conversation lesson worksheet, 7th graders use context clues to get the meaning of 8 words, then select 6 news stories from a list of 12 and explain why they would choose those for an evening TV news broadcast.
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Christina Aguilera
In this Christina Aguilera worksheet, students read about the life of the performer, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Justin Timberlake
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Justin Timberlake and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Find Someone Who Likes...
In this vocabulary acquisition worksheet, students converse with other students in their class, asking them if they like one of the items on the provided list. This worksheet is intended for use with adult beginning English language...
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Wishes and Regrets Worksheet
In this past or present instructional activity, students read 17 sentences and decide if each describes a past or present situation. Students respond by writing a sentence with the words "if only" or "I wish."
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Breaking News English: Kate Moss Best Dressed and Undressed
In this English worksheet, students read "Kate Moss Best Dressed and Undressed," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.