Students must decide which laws be followed and how many freedoms be allowed in a new society they create. This lesson works well for students of most levels - except beginners - as the subject brings out many opinions.

Young scholars recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.

Students engage in a lesson which is a straight forward, teacher centered, grammar lesson focusing on written and oral production of the target structure. After a lecture/demo, students work individually on an exercise imbedded in this...

Students name their favorite actors and actresses, and then use adjectives to describe them. They go through a list of actors and actresses and discuss the adjectives they used to decribe them. As an extension, they can write about a film.

Students participate in conversation exercises to introduce themselves and to review verb tenses. They interview each other and share conversations.

In this adjective worksheet, students learn the difference between the "-ed" and "-ing" adjective forms. Students analyze 14 adjectives in a word bank and use them to fill in the blanks in the sentences.

In this expressions of requests worksheet, 3rd graders practice filling in ten blanks in ten sentences with either could you or could I to grammatically finish each sentence of request correctly.

An interesting quiz awaits your English Language Learners. In it, they answer ten questions pertaining to why they are learning English, and how they think they can best learn the language. Some thought-provoking discussion should ensue...

In this articles error correction worksheet, students read 13 sentences that may have errors in the use of definite and indefinite articles. Students decide which sentences are correct, and tell what the errors are in the other sentences.

There are different types of reading meant for different texts. Discuss four of these with your emerging readers. When does one perform an extensive or intensive reading? When does one skim or scan a text? How are these all different? 

Here is an interesting way to teach the present perfect and present perfect continuous. Individuals practice these verb tenses as well as the simple past by asking a partner questions about an imaginary biography. The biography...

What is the difference between formal and informal letter writing? Who gets a formal letter? What about an informal letter? This reference page presents different introductions and phrases you might see in each type of letter, and then...

Students engage in a lesson which honors the Latino community as part of Thirteen/WNET's annual celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. They utilize worksheets and access websites imbedded in this plan which guide their learning.

Learners participate in an auction game in which they buy as many correct sentences as they can with an imaginary $3000.  In this grammar activity, students determine which sentences are correct and buy as many sentences as...

Students practice pronunciation of their words and when to stress certain words when speaking. They practice with sentences given to them by the teacher.

Learners practice their pronunciation of words. They also practice stressing certain words and when to stress words in speech.

Students explain the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses when speaking about the past and present. They use a graphic organizer before speaking.

Students focus on using a True or False game as a means of motivation to discuss their favorite types of music and musicians.

Students are given an example of a biography and they are to find the mistakes. They are to use proofreading marks to mark the errors.

Students use scanning as a comprehension skill when reading certain types of publications. They compare the reading technique used when reading in their mother language to those used when reading English.

Students focuses on the question form and helping students gain skill while switching tenses in the question form. They improve speaking confidence when using quesion forms.

This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "A Festival of Books" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...

This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Crazy Housing Prices" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords, closed questions,...

This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides "Agencies Get Millions for Homeless" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords,...