Students examine the relationship between language and culture in the Deaf Community. They discover the history of sign language and how it has been viewed in the past. They examine the Deaf community's beliefs and values.

Eighth graders analyze and interpret figurative language. They listen to some examples of poetry which use figurative language. Then, they divide into groups and attempt to find more examples. Finally, 8th graders write what the poet is...

Students examine how to distinguish between different uses of language. They explore the difference between the cognitive meaning and the emotional meanings of a word. Each student evaluates the effects of euphemism in altering the...

Students practice communication skills. In this body language lesson plan, students compare verbal and nonverbal communication as they analyze body language and learn how it conveys emotions.

Students complete a worksheet on Native Language. In this language and culture lesson, students learn Native language words for the directions north, south, east and west. Students complete a worksheet to show what they have...

First graders read a book and recognize words from the book and write sentences based on the book about language. In this language lesson plan, 1st graders also say yes and no in another language.

Students become familiar with registers of language through class discussion and exposure to examples of a common fairy tale written in two different registers. Working in small groups, students then translate a story into two different...

Learners write and perform a scene using Elizabethan language. They study the language of William Shakespeare.

Students explore how to make their language gender neutral.

Students practice retelling a simple story representative of the country where the target language is spoken: French, German, or Spanish. Given a worksheet with story details, students fill in missing details and rearrange details to...

Students brainstorm topics for a conversation to be held in the language they are studying. They generate questions and hold practice conversations. Pupils record question and answers with an iPod and a voice recorder. When they are...

Students discover languages of the world. In this global languages lesson, students use the Internet to discover and translate common phrases in various languages.

Students study word choice by authors.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read the book The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown and discuss with their classmates the importance of an author's words....

Fifth graders discover how figurative language is used in poetry. They read selected poems and identify the figurative language with handouts and worksheets included in the lesson. They write poems of their own using figurative language.

Students use poetry to share their feelings about the Holocaust. Using the internet, they research a major event of the twentieth century from a different viewpoint using the language of the foreign country. They use different...

Students match sentences and phrases to pictures in a target language. They identify the proper written form of familiar spoken phrases. Students practice labeling objects and pictures with the proper greeting, color, number or object...

Students explore the written Korean language and its history. They demonstrate the formation of the Korean characters and pronounce them. As they research the historical information of Hangul, they compare it to the high literacy rate in...

Students examine emotion-based language. Students read a news story to discover examples of emotive words. They develop a class list of examples of emotive language. As a class project, students select a news story and change it into...

In this vocabulary worksheet, young scholars answer 10 multiple choice questions about learning languages. Students are instructed to choose the best answer, as several responses may be acceptable.

In this language arts review for grade 1 (1.4) worksheet, 1st graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about sentences and parts of speech.

In this language practice worksheet, students complete a total of 25 multiple choice questions related to a variety of 2nd grade language concepts. An answer key is included.

Learners examine the experience by immigrants coming to America who are Spanish-speaking. As a class, they define "Gringo" and read poems whose authors first language is Spanish. In groups, they participate in different sections in...

Young scholars, using their foreign language of study, role-play as two people meeting for the first time. They use courtesy expressions and respond to questions and prompts with correct intonation, pronunciation, and inflection. ...

Students utilize deductive reasoning to decipher unfamiliar words and sounds. They acquire high-frequency words by viewing street signs and playing phonics games. Students This lesson is intended for students acquiring a foreign language.