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How New Words are Created
Students complete a matching activity, matching words with "method of formation." In this language arts lesson, students complete sentences using rhyming pairs, break down words into 2, and complete a creative exercise, blending 2 words...
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ESL First Certificate/Advanced Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 16
In this ESL advance vocabulary formation instructional activity, students complete 8 sentences using the proper form of the word given in bold. They fill in each blank by forming the word as needed to complete the sentences.
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Off to Adventure!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
Give language skills a boost with a series of ESL lessons in an Off to Adventure! themed unit. Using a speak, listen, move, and look routine, scholars enhance proficiency through grand conversation and skills practice....
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What's New? Translating Foreign Newspapers With Word
Students copy and paste foreign newspaper articles into a Word document, convert the passage to table format and then use the table to translate the words of the original article into English.
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Mountain Creation: A Drama Exploration
Students explore mountain formation. In this cross curriculum earth science and legend writing instructional activity, students listen to the poem "The Way to make Perfect Mountains" by Byrd Baylor and identify examples of vivid language...
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)
Using a fill-in-the-blank format learners explore the use of present/past/future verbs. This 41-question activity upper elementary and older students in an ESL class would get a good background in the use of verbs.
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Seasons--Spring
Learning about the seasons, and the vocabulary associated with it, are important for both elementary and ESL students. Using an attractive and varied format, this 20 question activity has students identify words related to spring, and...
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Simple Present / Present Progressive
Using a fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice format, this activity gives students a chance to practice their skills using the simple present tense of a verb and present progressive. With 20 questions, and a varied format, this worksheet...
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Pi Day
In this Pi Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a survey, and...
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Questions
In this ESL questions and answers worksheet, students read 8 answers. Students write a question that could be answered in this way. Students then read 10 groups of nonsense words and put them in order to form a coherent sentence.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively
Students practice alphabetizing basic word groups (classroom, playground, etc.) with flash cards and a Picture Dictionary. They realize the importance of communication correctly with others through picture/word association.
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Irregular Verbs Group 7
With a simple fill-in-the blank format, this worksheet provides a quick review of past tense verbs. The format and sentence content seem appropriate for older students.It could be used in an ESL class.
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Who Question Practice
Using a short answer format, students answer 18 questions in order to practice writing sentences that begin with 'who.' This worksheet provides a comprehensive review of this topic.
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Irregular Verbs Group 6
Using a fill-in-the-blank format, students identify the correct verb and change it into the past tense to complete a sentence. While the activity could be used with students in younger grades, the subject matter of the sentences is for...
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Past Tense Interview
This open-ended activity to review past tense verbs could be used with both younger and older students. Using an interview format, students ask their classmates questions and fill in the answers. For younger students, you would want to...
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Matching Places
In this ESL matching places worksheet, students will focus on different types of places. Students will respond to 8 questions by analyzing the photos presented and matching the picture with its proper location.
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I Can Write a Poem
It is so important for English language learners to be able to write for a variety of purposes. Specifically written for an ELD class, this activity provides explicit instruction for teaching learners how to write a poem. First, they...
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Landforms Crossword
After identifying an illustration and filling in the missing letters, language learners use these landform words to complete a crossword puzzle. No answer key is provided.
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Russell Crowe
In this listening worksheet, 6th graders listen to a biography of Russell Crowe and answer questions. Students fill in missing words in a transcript of the podcard. A full transcript is also included.
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Is There/Are There
In this questions and answers worksheet, 4th graders analyze eight pictures in order to ask a question to go along with the answer to the question already stated with each picture.
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Building A Resume
After a brief lecture on the purpose and components of a resume, students fill in a blank reusme according to the type of job they would like to apply for. They compare their resume to the job they currently hold. Students look for...
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“Father of the CD” Dies
Students read and discuss an article pertaining to the invention of the CD as a life-changing product. In this ESL instructional activity, students complete a chart with a partner ranking various tech companies. Students...
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The Wiggles
In this ESL worksheet, students listen to a short story and then correct the mistakes in 7 related statements. Students also match 6 statements to their characters and fill in 8 missing words in a written version of the story.
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Quiz 6A: Using Let's
Since forming questions can be challenging for both elementary and ESL learners, this activity addresses this skill using a basic conversation format. By filling in the 4 sections, learners formulate questions that could be used in every...