Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Friends Together: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Enjoy this thematic friendship unit compiled with ESL lessons to develop strong language development while listening, speaking, looking, and moving. Class members participate in activities covering topics like making friends, asking for...
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Let’s Count!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)

For Teachers K Standards
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,...
Interactive
Curated OER

ESL: Present Perfect and Present Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 4th
Your English learners, or young native speakers, can practice converting affirmative sentences into negative ones using various verb forms. Forty-five opportunities are provided. Page contains links to additional resources and audio...
Interactive
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ESL: Kindergarten -What Is It?

For Students K - 2nd
A possible resource for young readers or English Language Learners, this interactive quiz shows learners a series of 11 pictures including a fairy, a boot, and an armchair. The first 11 questions ask "Is this a ()?" and test takers have...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading and Vocabulary - Sale Ads

For Teachers Higher Ed
Intermediate ESL students practice reading sale ads. They will look through a sales catalog or newspaper and highlight words they don't know, work together to determine the definitions, then decide how much they save in given situations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dream Kitchen

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Advanced ESL students can engage in this instructional activity designed to practice compiling lists, adding costs, and describing why they chose a particular item. They will choose items from a magazine that they'd like in their dream...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan 1: Practice Keyboarding Skills

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
The two lessons in this resource serve as an introduction to the keyboard and typing. While seated at a computer, pupils view an overhead display of the board and are introduced to the functions of the various keys. Designed for language...
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Multicultural Holidays Through Student Artwork

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
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. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Paragraph Correction #6

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Intermediate level ESL classes could benefit from this worksheet that requires reading a passage and correcting the identified errors. The mistakes include verb tense, spelling, and syntax. This might also prove useful for middle schoolers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Skills: Chunking

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Prepare advanced English learners and low-level readers for the reading demands of post-secondary education with skill of chunking. Readers learn to make meaning from phrases rather than individual words, helping them to read more...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Upper Level ESL Riddle Memory Activity

For Students Higher Ed
For this ESL riddle memory activity worksheet, students determine how the man in each riddle died. They memorize their line of the riddle and share it verbally with the class. They try to put all the clues together, but can ask the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Error Correction and Editing Worksheet- Extra Words in The Text

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL error correction/editing worksheet, students examine a piece of text about human cloning to locate the extra words. They remove the extra words to show an understanding of the structural and lexical forms of text. There is an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Pre-Intermediate Level- Job Vocabulary- Use of "Must" and "Mustn't"

For Students 6th - 9th
In this ESL use of "must" and "mustn't" in job vocabulary worksheet, students examine 8 pictures. They write one sentence that tells what one must do and what one mustn't do in that occupation.
Lesson Plan
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ESL: Nutrition/Label Reading

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Assist your pupils in making healthy food choices with this lesson. First, have them bring in different kinds of food labels, and put a list of key words on the board (list is not included, but can be nutrition or health-related words)....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Roots 2: FIN, SED, FER Beginner - Context Story 1

For Students 7th - 12th
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...
Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Intro ESL Lesson (Ages 3-7)

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
If you are working on colors, printing names, introductions, and other projects in the first few weeks of school, use a series of activities designed for English language learners. It includes cute ways to wish your little ones...
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Error Correction

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL error correcting worksheet, students read and analyze 20 sentences that may or may not contain errors. Students identify and correct mistakes in the sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Schedules

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL, time themed worksheet, learners will examine a class schedule and then answer five comprehension questions using complete sentences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, at the advanced beginner to low intermediate ESL levels, demonstrate comprehension of the play or story, "Little Red Riding Hood." They construct interviews based on knowledge of the characters in the play Little Red Riding Hood.
Lesson Planet Article
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To Whom It May Concern

For Teachers Higher Ed
An overview of when to use who or whom in spoken and written English.
Worksheet
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Word Roots 5: Nat, Tract, Sequ Intermediate-Context-Story 2

For Students 6th - 10th
Hear "Al Literation" read a paragraph with twelve vocabulary words hailing from Latin roots. Help your learners gain a greater understanding as they hear the words in context. A written transcript is available just below the character...
Activity
Savvas Learning

Verb Tense Packet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
How do you word questions? Word order in questions is the focus of a 23-page grammar packet designed for ESL/ELD classes. Yes/no questions, information questions, and tag questions are all examined.
Interactive
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ESL- Plurals

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL plurals activity, students use a drop down list to select the correct plural form of a word to complete sentences, 20 total. Links to audio and additional resources are given.
Lesson Plan
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English Beginner Grammar Review # 2

For Teachers All
Students review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review worksheets.