Hi! How are you? Join the conversation with a straightforward exercise on English greetings. After translating common greetings into their first languages, class members practice greeting each other and note the appropriate responses.

Here is a unit designed to support English language development. Scholars speak, move, and write to learn more about topics that focus on community and local concepts. The series of lessons aids to reinforce concepts...

Learn how to answer basic questions in Spanish. All of the common questions are addressed, and there are occasional opportunities for your learners to practice using the new vocabulary. There's an activity included on the last slide that...

This resource discusses four uses of the colon: to signal a list, to signal and emphasize a comment or explanation that follows, to show that a longer quotation is coming, and after a greeting in a business letter. L.9-10.2b Colons

The Mongo inhabit the Congo Basin of central Zaire. They speak a dialect or language within a larger group of Mongo languages. Ideological and moral principles and social reality are mirrored in the culture of the Mongo, particularly in...

Learn how French is used in many basic situations -- greetings, restrooms, food shopping, the post office -- in Quebec, the French-speaking Canadian province. Sites includes audio/video materials.

Vocabulary and language development for every day situations - greetings, necessities, social life and shopping. Designed to help Urdu learners but activities can be reversed to help Urdu-speaking ELL students. Includes videos in Urdu...

This Web site provides extensive explanation of the usage of French and Wolof in Senegal. Includes information on everything from basic greetings to hair braiding.

The city of Pawtucket, R. I., annually erects a Christmas display in a park owned by a nonprofit organization and located in the heart of the city's shopping district. The display includes, in addition to such objects as a Santa Claus...

This tutorial explains how to make your last name plural when sending greetings from your entire family (or anytime you are talking about your entire family.) This is a very common grammatical problem, and it is explained clearly here....

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken American culture and condensed it for foreigners coming to the United States. Topics include major cultural elements, verbal greetings, classroom etiquette, slang, etc. This guide has generalizations and...

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Lois Mailou Jones in addition to an extensive listing of her works as displayed at the museum.

[Free Registration/Login Required] How do you plan on celebrating Valentine's Day in your classroom? This resource provides links to activities and information that will aid you in your planning. This site features crossword puzzle, math...

Ten detailed comma rules are found on this page.

Take advantage of the side by side word translation of Christmas words and subjects. These words can be taught at any grade level.