Students explore ways to provide enjoyable phonemic awareness and conversation experiences for their children while reading and discussing children's book, A Tree For Me. Students extend their expertise in reading by fluently reading...

In this lunch conversations activity, students, working with a partner, view 21 pairs of sentences, choose the one that is correct, mark out the sentence that is wrong and role play the 3 stages of the conversation with one of them...

Eighth graders study poetic devices included in conversation poems and explore their eloquent messages. They read and discuss poems by Langston Hughes and Don Marquis.

Students explain and use verbal directions, recognize the prepositions used in a conversation, explore Italian art, and acquaint themselves with tourist services in Italy.

In this up in the air worksheet, students, with a partner, brainstorm and discuss as many different ways of flying as possible, review a list of sixteen actions and events people experience when traveling and start a conversation with...

In this let it snow activity, students, with a partner, read and discuss nine questions about sports to start a conversation and then fill in ten blanks in ten sentences associated with snow phrases.

In this stress worksheet, learners, with a partner, rank fourteen occupations in order of how stressful they can be, explain the underlined words and phrases in seven sentences and start up a conversation with ten key questions.

Students examine the attributes of productive conversations. In this fishbowl discussion instructional activity, students observe a modeled discussion of a literature circle. Students watch a discussion of "The Bear That Wasn't" and note...

In this conversation learning exercise, 4th graders walk around the classroom asking each other ten to twenty simple questions from flash cards in order to improve their conversation and speech skills in English.

In this conversation worksheet, learners read the conversation and then complete multiple choice and fill in the blank questions about the conversation. Students complete 12 questions total.

Review the past and present tense! Two short speaking practices are included on this instructional activity. The speaker pairs up with a partner to practice the first activity and finds a new partner to practice the second activity. 

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.

In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 5 vocabulary words, define 2 literary terms, and respond to 15 short answer questions pertaining to Act IV of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.

Seventh graders interview parents about certain historical events. In this historical interview instructional activity, 7th graders create a web of events about historical events. Students interview their parents or grandparents about...

What are you doing over the weekend? Pair up your class members for a speaking opportunity. First, they decide what they're going to do over the weekend, and then they share these things with a partner. Have them share their plans with...

Group your learners together to practice asking questions. In groups, they decide on five yes or no questions to ask each other. Before letting them practice, consider modeling the intonation when one asks a question. 

Explore the resolution of Hamlet with these 21 explorations of the two scenes of Act 5.  There is a complex cause-and-effect question concerning the final scene that could be used as an essay prompt. 

In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with a classmate to discuss the 14 food items listed. Students talk about whether they have "a lot" or "a few" of the items in their refrigerator. Students also use the words...

In this ESL leisure time conversation worksheet, learners practice oral speaking skills by collaborating with a partner in completing the worksheet. Students ask and answer questions about personal preferences and leisure pursuits.

In this ESL conversation worksheet, students read a report on the condition of an old house that needs repairing. In small groups or in partners, students discuss what needs to be done to repair the house.

In this ESL dream questionnaire instructional activity, students practice conversation by working with another students to find out something about his/her dreams. Students ask and answer 10 questions.

In this ESL conversation worksheet, students mingle with classmates to find names of students who can answer "yes" to one of the 25 questions. All questions have the words "got" or "get."

In this ESL common household items vocabulary worksheet, students practice conversation by asking classmates if they have any of the 12 items in their homes. Some of the questions are confusing.

In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with a partner to ask and answer 10 personal questions. Students must answer some of the questions truthfully and some with a lie; partners try to guess which answers are true.