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Location, Frequency, Likes, and Dislikes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars identify and write short sentences with likes and dislikes, frequency, and location. For this short sentences lesson plan, students read the sentences, identify what is asked, orally practice saying sentences, and then...
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Planning a Class Party

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate event planning.  In this literacy and communications lesson, students brainstorm food, activity, and guest  ideas for a monthly classroom celebration of student birthdays.
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Home Tour

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this exchange student lesson plan, students create a story about an exchange student. Students draw a map to show the location of community buildings and practice providing directions from location to location.
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The Clothes Line

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game.  In this descriptive words lesson, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing.  Students participate in a game...
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Bargaining

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a newspaper or magazine advertisement for clothing and personal items. Students make statements of preference regarding these items. Students engage in a role play where two people are bargaining for various items.
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Charades

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars play a charades game to communicate what they like or don't like when they travel. In this travel lesson plan, students play the charades and then read and write sentences about a past traveling experience.
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Time Capsule

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create a rough draft for a time capsule project. In this time capsule lesson plan, students bring in items to put into a time capsule and write a rough draft to submit to their teacher.
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Communicating with My World

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a time capsule. In this oral presentation and history preservation lesson, students provide feedback for their time capsule project, work with a partner to write an oral presentation, and present their time capsule to the...
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Grooming Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discover the essential items to properly groom for a nice event.  In this cleaning habits lesson, students discuss and identify important cleaning items such as a brush, shower gel, cologne, etc.  Students create a...
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Writing A Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a story about past events and translate it into English. In this story writing lesson plan, students watch video clips, look at examples of stories, and write ones themselves.
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Correspondence

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students write a pen pal letter to narrate a special event in the life of a young person in the TL culture. In this pen pal lesson plan, students read and respond to letters by their classmates.
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Creating Our Newspapers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write newspaper articles in groups to form a class newspaper. In this newspaper lesson plan, students share their work with another group who critiques it.
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About Discussions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners exchange opinions, express feelings, and listen to presentations of others about an argument. In this discussion lesson plan, students learn how to listen and respond for an argument they intend to have.
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On the air! Interviews

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this mock interview lesson, students view pictures of famous personalities and determine which of these personalities they would like to interview. Students follow the three step interview process and conduct a mock interview...
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Group Rehearsal

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils study their national and family heritage while working in groups.  In this personal history project, students examine the family shield or crest of the teacher while preparing to create and share their own with the class....
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The Rosetta Stone: Where Does It Belong?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Rosetta Stone worksheet, students read a 6-paragraph article on the Rosetta Stone. Students respond to 4 short answer questions regarding the article. Vocabulary words from the article and their definitions are also...
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Rebus Treasure

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the history of rebus puzzles. In this ancient history instructional activity, students discuss the history of rebus puzzles and collaborate to solve rebus puzzles.
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Cinderella Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to two versions of the Cinderella story, and compare and contrast them. They demonstrate the similarities and differences in the two stories on a Venn diagram.
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Bread in a Bag

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This lesson focuses on making bread, but also spends some time on the origins of wheat. In order to make the bread, each class member receives a kit full of the materials they will need. Included here is a detailed list of instructions...
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Exploring & Creating Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read and compare mythological stories from ancient cultures from around the world. In small groups they read a myth and present the storyline and themes to the class, and write an original mythological story of their own...
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A Modern Pandora's Box

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners research the myth of Pandora's Box. In this mythology lesson, students examine myths and are introduced to the story of Pandora's Box. Learners create a modern-day version of Pandora's Box.
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Cinderella Stories - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine an African Cinderella story. In this Cinderella lesson, students listen to the story, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, in order to compare it to the original Cinderella story and to increase their understanding of story...
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Reading and Correcting Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph about the great builders of ancient civilizations. Students answer 10 multiple choice grammar and vocabulary questions about the text.
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"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete reading and vocabulary activities for Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias." In this literary analysis lesson, students review vocabulary and related definitions for the text. Students read the poem and discuss the meaning.