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Formal and Informal Language Resources

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Yo! Check it out. Here's a lesson on formal and informal language. And the packet includes a game. What fun!
Interactive
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Using Spatial Organization in Writing

For Students 7th - 8th
In this using spatial organization in writing worksheet, students read the explanation of spatial organization, interactively explore a photograph, record their impressions, compare various impressions, then write an essay telling an...
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Business Letters: Writing a Letter of Complaint

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the language features and layout of a letter and discuss the language used to describe the features. They write a letter of complaint, requesting that the problem be fixed, using the appropriate language and layout.
Handout
Road to Grammar

Confusing Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
You bathe in a bath, and you might advise someone by giving advice, but how do you tell the difference between these commonly misused words? This page provides 10 sets of words that sound or look similar, but have different meanings....
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Put That in Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify life situations which require various writing responses, use the power of the written word to obtain results, practice writing responses to real-world events, and demonstrate the skills needed to recognize and create...
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Combining and Rewriting Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice combining sentences using the conjunction handout provided. They search magazines and newspapers to identify combined sentences that use conjunctions. Finally, these are rewritten again as two separate sentences.
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Writing With Dolch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students increase their skills in word attack, fluency, and spelling of words and research and find information on topics from the Internet. They then use the Quick Cam with the computer and will increase cooperative skills in small...
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Graphic Writing Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and develop graphic writing webs, writing supporting ideas for a given topic.
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Global Warming: A Cause and Effect Writing Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice cause and effect writing skills on environmental topics.
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Descriptive Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review previously written essays, draw pictures of shapes, and write descriptive essays.
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Personal Indentification For Travel

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and describe the various documents they will need when traveling in the United Stans. They complete forms needed to acquire documentation needed for travel. Students write a description of a travel experience outside...
Handout
College Writing Center

Reported Speech & Direct Speech

For Students 5th - 12th
Provide your class with this reference page on direct and indirect speech. The page includes definitions of direct speech and reported speech (also known as indirect speech). When writing, pupils can check the sample...
Lesson Plan
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An Adaptable Four-Skill ESL Information-gap Acivity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students encounter a variety of grammar structures and vocabularies in the English language. Students get involved with teacher statistics as well with this lesson. Students correlate facts thru chronological order steps. Students...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, while daily reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board, explore/identify what checking/saving accounts are used for as well as the process of writing a check.
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Making Travel Plans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate information from various sources to decide on travel plans. They research information using traditionalThis lesson is intended for students acquiring English. and technical sources for planning a trip to the...
Activity
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Passive Voice

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Passive voice and participial adjectives are the focus of an 11-page resource packet designed for ESL/ELD classes. Language learners engage in activities and complete exercises that give them lots of practice with these constructs.
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Chinese Zodiac

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify the basic elements of a narrative story, such as the beginning, middle, and the end; to analyze the character traits in the story to write a summary using the 5 Ws and How chart included; through sample stories...
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Adult ESOL: Obtaining Employment

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students study how to complete a job application. They identify personal information, employment history, education, and references. They work in pairs to complete an activity sheet and participate in a speaking exercise to ask and...
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Design a Latin American Restaurant

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the culture of a Latin American country to design a new restaurant. In this Latin American activity, students identify social classes, geographical locations, cultural practices, and monetary systems of a Latin...
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Table Interpretation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars solve problems using graphs to list and interpret data. Each student construct his or her own graph using art paper and markers. They be given a set of information to apply to their graphs and interpret their findings.
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An Introduction to Collocation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students listen to text in the form of a letter and then read the same text to determine how collocations can have different meanings. Students listen to a sample of dialogue to understand how the the usages of "make," "do," and "have"...
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Literary Devices

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students identify and use various literary devices. They write the definitions of various literary devices on index cards, and with a partner review the definitions.
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Asking For Help At Local Agencies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and explore the ways in which businesses, government, and community organizations provided helpful information. A list of local agencies is comprised and students list questions which are appropriate to ask at...
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Building A Resume

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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...