Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Henry VII - How Did Henry VII Get Up In the Morning?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Examine the daily life of Henry VII. In this Henry VII lesson, learners answer questions about the life in Medieval times after looking at primary source documents which are translated into contemporary English.
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TV411

How Many Languages Do You Speak When You Speak English?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What do the words pizza, broccoli, and ciao have in common? Why they are all English words that originally came from Italian. Ask your middle schoolers to guess the origins of a list of words by matching the word with the language from...
Worksheet
Have Fun Teaching

Short Vowels

For Students K - 2nd
Early readers use words with short vowels to complete sentences, referencing a word bank. They choose four and five letter words from a word bank like wish, sun, and fast to complete 10 simple sentences. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Beach Time! Color Adjective Exercise (French)

For Students 4th - 11th
What are the rules for adding adjectives to a sentence? Where should you place the adjective? This instructional activity introduces the rules for feminine, masculine, and color adjectives in French. It includes phrases to translate from...
Handout
K12 Reader

5th Grade Master Spelling List

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Here's a spelling program that includes 36 lists of 21 words and 20 suggestions for weekly activities. Each list includes common and proper nouns, sight words, academic vocabulary, and words built on a specific Greek roots.
PPT
University of Florida

Language Change

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
The English language is complex and sometimes counterintuitive. Guide young grammarians through a brief overview of the history of the English language with a presentation that includes lecture notes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

South America Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this word search worksheet, learners study the 14 words relating to South America. Students then find the words in the word search puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Food Word Searches

For Students K - 3rd
In this food word searches learning exercise, students complete a series of word searches that require them to locate 15-20 words in each of the 6 puzzles.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Order for Adjectives Exercise

For Students 5th - 6th
For this grammar worksheet, students explore the usage of adjectives. Students have fourteen sentences where they are to order the words correctly.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cinco De Mayo: ELD Reading and Language-Building

For Students 5th - 10th
A brief passage about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is accompanied by an array of language activities for ELD: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation, fluency writing,...
Activity
Poetry4kids

How to Write a “Roses are Red” Valentine’s Day Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Compose a Valentine's Day poem! Practicing their rhyming skills, scholars follow the traditional format to create a happy poem for a friend or family member. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puss in Boots/Jamil and the Clever Cat

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story PUSS IN BOOTS identifying main characters, setting, and significant events. They then read the story JAMIL AND THE CLEVER CAT and compare it with the story PUSS IN BOOTS compiling a list of characters,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Le Temps Crossword Puzzle

For Students 6th - 8th
Review weather vocabulary terms with your beginning French language learners. There are 19 terms listed at the top of the page, and your learner must use the English translation to find the correct French word for each space in the...
Lesson Plan
Film English

Father and Son

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore word relationships and the relationships between people with an interesting lesson. Learners practice pairing words that typically go together and write brief narratives using these words. They then go through a similar process,...
Interactive
Curated OER

Word Groups 4

For Students 4th - 8th
In this word groups activity, students put words that are together into a group. Students put 9 problems of words into a group on this activity.
Worksheet
Curated OER

School Subjects Word Searches

For Students 1st - 4th
In this school subjects word searches learning exercise, students complete a series of word searches that require them to locate 15 words in each of the 6 puzzles.
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

“Double Double Speak Speak”

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Bilateral suborbital hematoma? Call an audible? 404? Have fun with “the twittering or warbling of birds,” or as 14th century French speakers would say, have fun with “jargon.” Groups match specialized jargon with plain speech, decode...
eBook
Planet e-Book

Les Miserables

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Many consider Les Miserables to be one of the greatest novels ever written. An eBook version of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo contains the entire text, translated from the original French. Each section is organized into books...
Activity
Curated OER

The Sun Also Rises: Vocabulary

For Teachers 10th - 12th
After researching the etymology of a word from the provided The Sun Also Rises vocabulary list, kids employ the desk top strategy and teach their word to other class members.
Worksheet
Curated OER

French Vocabulary: Animals

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing names of animals in French learning exercise, students observe pictures of animals and write their name on the corresponding lines in French. Students write 7 words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

French: Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this comprehending a paragraph in French worksheet, students read the paragraph and state whether the statements about the paragraph are true or false. Students write 3 answers.
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Memorial Hall Museum

Problems and Events Leading Up To the Attack of 1704

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Groups read primary and secondary sources detailing the ambush at Bloody Brook on September 18, 1675 and the attack on The Falls in May of 1676. After examining the results of each attack, groups reflect on the language...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Singular and Plural Verbs in Adjective Clauses

For Students 5th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to fill in the 10 sentences on the page. Students need to change the verb to the correct form so that the sentence is grammatically correct.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Verb

For Students 2nd - 4th
"Are," "Is," and, "Am" are the three verb phrases used in this grammar worksheet. Leaners fill in one of these words in 10 different sentences. A good, basic grammar rules worksheet.