Curated OER
COULD YOU START A BUSINESS?
Students learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. In this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.
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It's Your Future!
Young scholars explore the concept of getting a job and buying a home. In this getting a job and buying a home instructional activity, students research job qualifications and salaries for various jobs. Young scholars discuss what is a...
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Redesigning the Classroom
Students redesign the classroom space. For this geometry lesson, students part take in making classroom rules and assigning value to the space in the classroom. They investigate measuring and problem solving in this lesson.
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Salat: Prayer in Muslim Life
Students examine the meaning of prayer and provide their own definitions. They watch a video about Muslim prayer, discuss a fact sheet about it, and break into discussion groups. Students write about their own traditions and customs...
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Creating Literacy Centers Using Technology
Students create two literacy (reading and/or writing) centers to implement in an elementary classroom. Students review examples of educational software and determine the best potential centers to use in elementary classroom. Two centers...
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Global Symposium
Ninth graders work together to develop a sysnopis on the Earth. Using the Internet and print sources, they focus on one country to research and determine its condition. They offer possible solutions to the problem and share their...
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Business Texts: Business Minutes
In this vocational worksheet, students write short answers to fifteen questions about meetings and minutes terms. They also rearrange eight meeting steps and describe them in their own words.
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Canada's Immigration Policy: Mock Immigration Hearing
Learners explore the Canadian immigration process, and assuming the roles of immigrants from varied backgrounds, and take part in mock immigration hearings.
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How to Celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the Mogol Empire
Students research information on the Mongolian Empire from various readings and online videos of primary sources and create a poster for oral presentation. Students connect history with the current day, while incorporating geographical,...
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Calendar and Opening
Pupils review the days of the week and tell what the current day is by singing a song. They fill in the sentence telling the day of the week it is and then discuss what day yesterday was and the name of the day tomorrow and then talk...
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Quebec
Ninth graders to examine the past to find out why Quebec has been so determined to protect its cultural heritage. They access primary resources on the Internet to promote their engagement with the past.
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BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: English: Formal and Informal Speaking Quiz [Pdf]
Assess the differences between formal and informal speech. Three levels of difficulty with answers provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Formal Language
This slideshow lesson focuses on formal language. It reviews the basics of formal language and the need to know your audience. It explains how to change various types of informal language into formal language and provides examples....
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Formal Writing Across the Content Areas
This resource explores instructional practices for incorporating formal writing into English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies instruction. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1.d
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language (English Ii Writing)
You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay. W.9-10.1d & W.9-10.2e Style/tone/conv
Other
Tesol: Helping Students Understand That Written and Spoken English Are Different
This in-depth article analyzes how teachers can effectively teach students that written language does not always correspond to spoken language. Sample lesson ideas are included. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1,...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Using Appropriate Language
Knowing the right language for your particular audience is a necessary skill for all writers. No one wants to offend their audience or appear as though they don't know their content. Learn these rules of thumb to become more familiar...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Speaking and Listening: Formal and Informal Speaking
This Skillswise site focuses on formal and informal speaking. Included are a video about how to decide whether to use formal or informal speech, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English Ii Writing)
In this lesson, students will learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as you proofread...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Appropriate Language
This lesson focuses on using appropriate language in formal writing; it discusses pretentious language, jargon, and cliches. It defines each, provides examples, and explains why and how to avoid each. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English I Writing)
In this lesson, student learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They will also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as they proofread...
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Formal Tone in a Discursive Essay
This page provides several tips for using formal tone in an essay. The tips are arranged into 'Do' and 'Do not use' categories.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.6: Differentiate Between Formal and Informal English Contexts
Links to 6 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.6: Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small...
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Speaking and Listening: Standard English
Explains what standard English is and when it is used, the difference between formal and informal language, and non-standard forms of English such as those found in dialects.