Savvas Learning
Passive Voice
Passive voice and participial adjectives are the focus of an 11-page resource packet designed for ESL/ELD classes. Language learners engage in activities and complete exercises that give them lots of practice with these constructs.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Amazing Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)
This packet, the second in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on amazing animals, contains exercises and activities designed for the ESL/ELD classroom.
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Gerunds and Infinitives
Learning proper grammar rules for a middle school student can be difficult, especially in a texting world, but this resource demonstrates how the verb changes by adding a gerund or infinitive. Keep up the texting, but use this to...
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Nature: Friend and Foe: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 6)
If readers don't understand key portions of a text, it may seem more like a foe than a friend. The second resource in a series of three ESL lessons designed to accompany the texts in Nature: Friend or Foe makes the texts easier to...
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ESL: Basic Vocabulary Matching
Newcomers to English can practice vocabulary about food, daily actions, and school supplies with this 10-question matching exercise. Simple line drawings represent basic terms for beginners.
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Using Time Expressions
In this sentence writing worksheet, students practice their sentence building skills. Students put together words to make complete sentences. There are ten items in all to complete.
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ESL Writing Practice
In this ESL writing practice instructional activity, students trace and write a sent of phrases/sentences that begin with "Look at the..." A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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ESL Programs
In this reading comprehension essay about ESL programs worksheet, students read and study a short text about English classes. There are no questions to answer. The text is printed in dotted lines.
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Writing a Question
For this question writing worksheet, students practice forming a question. Students are given eight statements and are to create a question from the statements given.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 13
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students answers are scored...
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 10
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, learners examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students answers are scored...
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Sentence Match
Fifth graders explore the concept of equivalency. For this math lesson, 5th graders write their own word problems and pair them to appropriate algebraic number sentences.
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The "ow" Sound
In this handwriting worksheet, students write out five site words four times each on the lines provided. Students then draw a mini picture of a cow and an owl.
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ESL News Press
Students assume the roles of editors and news reporters and develop and create a school newspaper. Working in groups they brainstorm article topics for different sections of the paper. They conduct research about current events,...
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Journal Writing: Daily Activities
Students use present tense verb endings by describing his/her routine daily activities, demonstrating verb endings. They listen to teacher's description, taking notes. They write their own journal entries about their own daily routines.
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My Worksheet: ESL- Do You Like...?
In this ESL personal preferences instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures of animals. Students answer the questions that begin with, "Do you like...?" with the words: Yes, I do or No, I don't.
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ESL: Past Continuous or Simple Past?
In this tense worksheet, students use a given verb and re-write sentences using its correct form: continuous or simple past. Links to additional resources are given.
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ESL Irregular Verbs: Be, Build
In this ESL irregular verb activity, students complete a grid, filling in missing past tense and participle forms of given verbs and complete sentences by filling in blanks with correct verbs.
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Unit 10: Going Shopping Day 1: Buying School Supplies
Students, who are second language learners, develop a story about shopping. In this language development lesson, students brainstorm in their native language about the items they purchase at the beginning of the school year. They work...
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Breaking News English - Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry
In this ESL/ELL lesson, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Gap Inc. Launches Sweatshop Enquiry." They complete a variety of reading and discussion activities based on the article. They discuss clothing, childhood, and...
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Summer Fun For Kids
In this ESL, schedule reading worksheet, students will examine a schedule of summer swimming classes and then answer seven questions about the schedule using complete sentences.
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BBC Learning English, Reading (Maralde)
In this reading comprehension and writing instructional activity, students identify differences between neighboring countries as described in the passage provided. Students then list similarities between their own and neighboring...
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ESL Writing Practice: First Sound T
For this ESL writing worksheet, students practice tracing and writing a set of 16 words that begin with the letter t. Lines are provided.
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ESL Writing Practice: "SH" Words
In this ESL 'sh' words worksheet, students practice tracing and printing a set of words that begin with the 'sh' combination. A reference web site is given for additional activities.