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Baseball Vocabulary Game: ESL Beginners
The most valuable part of this instructional activity is the instructions to "Vocabulary Baseball," which can be applied to any vocabulary or key terms list. The game uses word boxes and the autobiography of Roberto Clemente, which the...
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Beginner Level Thanksgiving ESL Lesson Plan
Thanksgiving is a cherished tradition in the United States and Canada. Introduce the beginnings of the Thanksgiving celebration with a resource that features reading comprehension activities, vocabulary exercises, and a short writing...
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ESL Elementary/Beginner Level - Conversation/Pairwork
For this elementary level ESL pairwork worksheet, students practice filling in 29 blanks in a conversation. They echo each other in the conversation.
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ESL Elementary/Beginner Level: Plural Form of Irregular Nouns
For this ESL irregular plural noun worksheet, students write the plurals of 15 nouns. They write the plural form of words such as country, man, museum, and wife.
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Poetry Reading for ELL Beginners
Bring the imagery of the desert to your classroom with this ELL lesson plan. After reading Madeleine Dunphy’s Here in the Southwestern Desert, learners complete a graphic organizer about the features and images of the poem. The...
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English As 2nd Language: Printable Beginner Review Quiz 1
In this ESL worksheet, students will choose the correct answer from a list of three choices to best complete 8 sentences. Students are tested on articles, prepositions and verb tenses.
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English As 2nd Language: Printable Beginner Review Quiz 2
In this ESL learning exercise, students will choose the correct word from a list of 3 words to best complete each sentence. Students are tested on topics including verb tense, phrases, and prepositions.
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Teacher Lesson Plans - Absolute Beginner English - 20 Point Program
Students who are at the beginning level of acquiring English benefit from this series of worksheets that address the very basics of learning how to use conversational English.
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English Beginner Grammar Review # 1
Students review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review sheets.
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English As 2nd Language: Printable Beginner Review Quiz 4
In this ESL instructional activity, students will choose the correct word from a list of 3 words to best complete each sentence. Students are tested on topics including word choice and verb conjugation.
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Thanksgiving Lesson Plan
A great ESL lesson focuses on Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Mayflower. Printable versions of the Mayflower, a Thanksgiving booklet, a Pilgrim house pattern, and links to other free sites that offer all sorts of Thanksgiving...
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ESL: Long Vowel Activity
In this ESL long vowel worksheet, students write words for pictures that contain a long vowel sound. Students may click on a sound icon to hear the word if necessary.
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EFL Lesson Plan: How to Teach EFL/ESL Students Interview Skills
Explore communication in this interview skills lesson. English learners identify the techniques native English speakers use when speaking directly to a potential employer. They read handouts detailing seven steps to improve an interview...
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Multicultural Holidays Through Student Artwork
An ESL class writes a description of an aspect of a holiday from another country. They illustrate their description and present their finished work product to their classmates.
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English Beginner Grammar Review # 2
Students review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review worksheets.
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Word Roots 2: FIN, SED, FER Beginner - Context Story 1
Promote understanding of vocabulary words with this audio recording. You or your learners click on a character image to hear a vocabulary passage read out loud. The audio recording repeats each bold word twice, giving your class a chance...
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Word Roots 6: Plic, Fac, Cogn Beginner-Context-Story 1
Hear a variety of vocabulary words incorporated into one paragraph. Click on the "Cinny Nym" character image to hear the passage via audio clip. A transcription of the paragraph is available below. Familiarize your readers with a list of...
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Word Roots 7: SPECT, STA, VERT Beginner Context Story 1
Read this paragraph out loud to your class to demonstrate pronunciation of and introduce context for the given vocabulary words. You might also use this as a cloze activity and have class members read each vocabulary word or repeat each...
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Let’s Count!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)
Counting is the theme of this compilation of ESL lessons. Through listening, speaking, and moving, your young learners take part in a variety of activities to enhance their English proficiency such as making menus and books,...
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English Grammar Review # 2
Pupils review the most important lower level English tenses, structure and functions of grammar using provided worksheets.
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Introductory Lesson for Advanced Level Classes
Students participate in conversation exercises to introduce themselves and to review verb tenses. They interview each other and share conversations.
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House Plan
In this ESL worksheet, students will learn house related vocabulary and create sentences about how they would arrange furniture in a home. Sample lesson ideas are included.
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A & An
Challenge your ESL students with this handout on articles. They choose "a" or "an" to complete several common nouns, as such "field," "hospital," and "uncle." This learning exercise would be a good class activity or quiz.
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Guessing Game
Students participate in a set of activities designed to help ESL students become familiar with the English language through description, group work, oral reading, and question/answer sessions.