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Beginner Level Thanksgiving ESL Lesson Plan

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
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...
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Hanukkah - ESL

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Reinforce vocabulary and reading comprehension with a Hanukkah-themed collection of worksheets. Scholars first read a two-paragraph informational text, then apply their new-found-knowledge to match phrases, fill in blanks with...
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Food

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on vocabulary associated with food. Students respond to 10 fill in the blank statements using the drop down menu on the interactive web page.   
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ESL Advanced Conversation-Quiz #6

For Students 5th - 8th
For this ESL advanced conversation worksheet, students match words with literal meanings and circle "going to" when it can correctly be reduced to "gonna."
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ESL: Categories

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL worksheet, students read names of items, then select whether the item category is food, clothes, parts of the body or "the office." 
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Food: Habits and Holidays

For Students 7th - 8th
In this foods of the world activity, students answer true and false questions about their own eating habits, than complete a matching activity where they match foods with countries of the world.
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Food: Eating Habits

For Students 7th - 8th
Students match pictures of people eating certain foods with the correct phrase. Student pairs interview each other in order to gather and compare information on food eating habits, and awareness of nutritional value - or lack thereof.
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Food: Sayings

For Students 7th - 8th
In this British food and food sayings worksheet, students complete matching, and fill-in-the-blank activities in order to gain a better understanding of British terminology around food. Some conversation starters embedded in the...
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Food: British Food

For Students 7th - 9th
In this worksheet on British Food, students complete matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions associated with British Foods and customs. This simple worksheet could be an effective tool for an introduction to British culture.
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Traditional Food in the United Kingdom

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read an article that discusses numerous food traditions.  In this ESL lesson, students work in small groups to complete a vocabulary assignment on the article, a brainstorming activity, writing an essay and a grammar...
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Amazing Animals

For Teachers K - 8th
Students, in beginning and advanced beginning ESL levels, use English in an animal lesson.
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Cooking Your Favorite Meal - Vocabulary and Discussion Lesson for English Students of All Ages

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a great idea that incorporates cooking, recipe reading, content specific vocabulary, and culture. The class defines cooking related vocabulary, discusses the food they eat, then develop a recipe of their own. This is a great...
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ESL Feeling Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 4th
In this ESL feelings multiple choice learning exercise, 4th graders answer 5 questions about feelings. They look at colorful clip art pictures of feelings before answering questions such as "What do you do when you feel tired?"
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ESL What Do They Do? Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
For this ESL jobs multiple choice worksheet, students look at 8 pictures to determine what people are doing. They pick the best answer to complete a statement that tells what a person does such as, "A fisherman is a person who...."
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ELL/ESL House Exteriors Vocabulary Crossword

For Students 9th - 11th
In this ELL/ESL house exterior vocabulary crossword worksheet, students complete the puzzle by answering the 14 given clues. They fill in the puzzle across and down.
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Place of Business- Intermediate ESL Matching

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL vocabulary activity, students draw a line from the names of businesses to their descriptions. They make 11 matches that include businesses such as a store, a pharmacy, a mall, and a florist.
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Food Multi-Choice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict food. Students choose from 4 choices the word that describes each picture.
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ESL Writing Practice: Food and Drinks

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL writing practice worksheet, students trace and write a set of words naming food and drink items. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Foods and Cooking - Cross Out Puzzle Two

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL activity worksheet, students read the chart of food words and cooking techniques. Students cross out the words in the diagram using the instructions.
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Cafe: ESL Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this ESL cafe menu vocabulary worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict items that might be on a menu. Students match the pictures with the words that describe them.
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ESL Quiz- Word Endings (1)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts activity, students read 5 questions and choose the word which is spelled correctly to complete each sentence. Example: The food was not (edable, edible). This is designed as an online ESL quiz but can be done on paper.
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ESL: Present Perfect/Continuous

For Students 4th - 7th
In this ESL verb tense learning exercise, students complete sentences using the correct perfect/present perfect continuous tense. A link to audio and additional resources is given.
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ESL: The Third Person "S" Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL third person worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, using words given in brackets at the end of each sentence, then write some sentences of their own 18 1 Students are given an example of affirmative, negatives and...
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ESL: Mustn't/Don't Have To

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL mustn't/don't have to worksheet, students correctly fill in blanks in sentences, choosing either "mustn't" or "don't have to," 20 sentences total.