Writing
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Scent-Inspired Composition

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Our sense of smell has a wonderful way of bringing back memories. Unlock those memories with an olfactory-inspired writing prompt that challenges writers to tell a story about a specific smell and the memories it conjures.
Interactive
British Council

Hamlet

For Students 10th - 12th
Introduce language learners to William Shakespeare's Hamlet with an interactive that presents a short, animated version of key scenes from the tragedy. Also included is a game where pupils match the image of a character with their name,...
Worksheet
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Punctuating Dialogue Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Make sure your pupils can keep who said what straight by punctuating dialogue properly. Learners edit and rewrite twelve sentences to demonstrate their understanding of punctuation and capitalization. The worksheet includes a variety of...
Interactive
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ESL: Do or Does?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL do/does worksheet, students choose either does, doesn't, do or don't from a drop down list to correctly fill in blanks in sentences. Page has a link to additional activities.
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Writing Process-- Revision and Editing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
As guided practice, class members work together to revise a model persuasive paragraph. Then they practice independently with their own writing. The included rubric looks at prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, nonfiction text...
Lesson Plan
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Online Spanish Lesson on Superlatives: General Rules

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How much does your class know about superlatives? Inform them of the basics and provide some practice with the information here. You can use the examples to help teach the concepts in class or send learners to this page at home. The...
Lesson Plan
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Shakespeare and The Globe

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
A PowerPoint fill-in-the-blanks exam that tests learners knowledge of the life and times of William Shakespeare? Why not? The presentation could be used as a general review or as an introductory activity to assess prior knowledge.
Worksheet
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Anna Grammar Worksheet - Yes/No Questions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in 10 sentences with the correct word - am, are or is. They correct 8 sentences by putting the words in order. 
Interactive
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Getting Someone Else To Do Things

For Students 6th - 12th
In this changing verbs activity, students change the verbs in sentences where you are trying to get someone else to do things. Students change the verbs in 10 sentences.
Interactive
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Make/Do: Creating versus performing

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this make and do worksheet, students choose the correct form of the words make or do to complete the sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
Worksheet
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Agreement Between Subject and Verb

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this grammar worksheet, students find agreement between the subjects and verbs of sentences. Students indicate the subject and verb in the sentence by underlining once or twice. When the subject and verb do not agree, students correct...
Lesson Plan
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Learning Grammar Through Wordplay

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use wordplay to investigate the grammatical components of a sentence. They read a New York Times article by analyzing the writer's use of nouns and verbs in the article and then constructing original sentences using those words...
Unit Plan
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Jazzing Up Grammar

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore various tenses to use proper grammar. They practice tenses using random objects to describe events. They create timelines to examine different tenses. They role-play situations to practice the correct structure of grammar.
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Dorling Kindersley

Clauses

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
A thorough learning exercise takes your class through main clauses and subordinate clauses, or independent clauses and dependent clauses. With several practice sentences and easy-to-understand instructions, the activity would be a good...
Worksheet
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Do/Does Review

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar review, students fill in the blanks in the sentences with either the word "do" or the word "does". There are 10 questions to complete on this worksheet.
Lesson Plan
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Grocery Shopping

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students build a functional vocabulary. In this ESL lesson, students watch a video that incorporates a lesson using "do" and "does" while grocery shopping. Students engage in a listening exercise where they listen for specific answers...
Activity
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The Kite Runner: What is Afghanistan Like Today?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After completing Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, readers research a topic of interest and prepare a five-minute presentation, and share their findings with the class.
Worksheet
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JET SET Reading and Writing

For Students 4th - 5th
In these reading and writing worksheets, students complete this packet that helps them with their reading comprehension skills and their writing skills including using correct grammar and punctuation.
Interactive
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Conversation Exercises: "So Do I" or "Neither Do I"

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online conversation exercise worksheet, students read how to use "So do I!" and "Neither do I!" They complete complete 8 sentences by listening to the sentences and responding. They choose the correct response in each of 12...
Handout
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Negative Words & Expressions in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
You don't never use double negatives in English, but the grammar is slightly different in Spanish. Help your class grasp this concepts and pick up how to compose sentences that are negative, rather than affirmative with the information...
Worksheet
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Mike, Mike Motorbike

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
If your kids like motorcycles and dirt bikes, they'll enjoy reading about Mike and his daredevil tricks. After reviewing eight words in a word bank, they fill in the blanks throughout the short passage using context clues.
Lesson Plan
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The Lightning Thief: Vocabulary Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Take an in-depth look into the vocabulary from the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. With a list of words to choose from, scholars discover the definition, origin, stories associated with...
Interactive
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Housework: Make vs. Do

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verb usage worksheet, students read the sentences and determine which form of make or do best completes each sentence. Students complete 8 sentences for the online activity.
Lesson Plan
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Relating Space and Plane Shapes

For Teachers 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders identify which object in an illustration has a flat side the same shape as the box shown. Then they look at other shapes and identify the ones with a flat side, if any.