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Listening to Airplane Announcements in Movies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to and practice in comprehending airplane announcements. They determine the predictability of these announcements.
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Restaurants and Food

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Sometimes it is appropriate to tip and sometimes it's not. Conduct Internet research to learn the foods and customs associated with various cultures.
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Peer and Self-evaluation in Spoken Tests: Tools and Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, each take a different role and are to either ask or answer questions. They explore how to effectively evaluate themselves and others.
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Bronx Zoo

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students prepare for a field trip to the Bronx Zoo. They use maps and descriptions of animal exhibits to give and interpret directions on how to navigate the zoo. They play games, participate in pairwork and whole class discussion.
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The World Cup

For Students 5th - 7th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about World Cup soccer. Students read the sentences and select the correct word or phrase that correctly fits in the blank.
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Natural Similarities and Opposites in Two Poems by Joseph Ceravolo

For Students 5th - 6th
In this antonyms and synonyms worksheet, students look in two short poems by Joseph Ceravolo to find opposite or contradictory statements that express many sides of a feeling. Students answer 25 short answer questions about the poems.
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Homonyms - Quiz 13

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this homonyms worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the appropriate homonym. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Clothes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this clothes worksheet, students unscramble the words that represent an item of clothing. Students unscramble 10 words that represent clothing.
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Vehicles

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vehicles worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz. Students unscramble the letters to spell the names of vehicles.
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The Waterfront Debate

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders debate a resolution about a planned waterfront community from the point of view of various interest groups. They have a "Town Meeting" in which members from each interest group debate their researched opinions for points....
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Are Your Favorite Rockstars Poets?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders decide if the song lyrics that they listen to, could be considered a sonnet or a poem. They are invited to explore lyrics and their meaning. Students write a persuading argument on whatever they decide, but it must be...
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Explore Myth and Legend with the Lure of Loch Ness

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Take your class on a journey to explore the real and the imagined through these activities related to the legend of Loch Ness.
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Sentence Elaboration with Prepositional Phrases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read a short story, "A Day at the Park" together as a class. Have the class break up into groups to add prepositional phrases to each sentence to make it more elaborate and interesting. Consider having a volunteer from each group...
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Touching Spirit Bear: Final Novel Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Close up your study of Touching Spirit Bear with any of these assessment options. Each of the four project options is described in detail. Also included is a page that learners can use to portion out their time to make sure they fulfill...
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Constructing Text-Based Arguments About Social Issues

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth graders take a stand on a variety of controversial topics with a lesson on argumentative writing. As they view an informative presentation and work with collaborative groups, they decide which side of each argument they want to...
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Scaffolding Academic Learning for Second Language Learners

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students walk through exposure to material on Great Inventions and Transportation using scaffolding techniques such as: language simplification, pre-reading, graphic organizers, note taking and more.
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Six Games for the FFL/ESL Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars participate in games to practice language skills.
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"My Animal"

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students determine which animal best represents them write reasons why. This is a nice culminating lesson for students who have been working on descriptive writing.
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ESL: Non-Countable Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this non-count nouns worksheet, students choose letters from boxes to create words, then click on an answer button to check answers.
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Vegetables

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word scramble worksheet, learners choose a letter from the box to create a vegetable word. Students spell 11 vegetable words.
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ESL: Words about the Bank

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL worksheet, students choose letters from boxes to form a word about going to the bank/banking. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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"Inside Parts of a Computer Project" WebQuest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a role play situation in which they act as a private investigator to determine the parts found inside a computer. They complete web based research. They create a slide show that describes inner workings of a...
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Legacy of Colonialism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the extent of colonialism from the early periods in the 1500's to the later years in the mid 1900's. They explain how colonization differed in regions around the world and examine the lasting effects on the colonized...
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Critical Consumerism

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
What are ads really selling? High schoolers examine persuasive techniques used by print and television advertisements. They generate a list of persuasive techniques they're familiar with, and review other types argumentation and...