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Appreciating the Language and Interpreting the Meaning of Hamlet's Soliloquy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze Hamlet's soliloquy, "To be or not to be."  In this Hamlet lesson plan, students define unfamiliar words in the soliloquy and interpret the lines.  Students then read the lines aloud and identify descriptive...
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ESL: Horse Idioms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL "horse" idioms worksheet, students read sentences and determine the meaning of underlined idioms, 6 total. Page has links to additional resources.
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Business Lesson Describing Trends

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students practice their skills using business English. After a lecture/demo, students interpret economic graphs which are imbedded in this instructional activity. Then, they create their own graphs and describe them to the class.
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Working Collaboratively in the College EFL Classroom

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students focus on the three stages of reading, the pre, while and post reading stage. They apply these to a reading and participate in a post reading discusion.
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Breaking News English: Google Delays Book Scanning

For Students 5th - 11th
In this English worksheet, students read "Google Delays Book Scanning," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 10

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students answers are...
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 13

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students answers are scored...
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Using a Story: Miko the Monkey

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils discuss prior knowledge about monkeys with teacher and take a "Monkey Facts" quiz. In this language arts lesson, students make flash cards of vocabulary words and listen as teacher read Miko the Monkey. Pupils complete a series of...
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Places Around the Neighborhood

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Where would go to catch a plane? To send a letter? To get some money? English language learners first identify places around the neighborhood and then use these words to complete a crossword puzzle. An answer key is provided.
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Talking About the Past

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice using the simple past and the present perfect. They use a timeline and practice using them. They fill out a worksheet and review it as a class.
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Giving Directions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
While incomplete, this lesson provides an interesting way to approach an activity on giving and following directions. Learners work in groups, using a newspaper and maps, to give each other directions to a specific location. The handouts...
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Dear Congressperson...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify their local, state, and national officials. They create a short blurb about each official and their function in office. Students choose an issue of concern they would like to write to their local official about,...
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New Mexico Land of Enchantment

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research Native American Cultures surrounding New Mexico. They analyze the history and geography of the state. They play a guessing game that incorporates the indigenous plants and animals of New Mexico. In groups, learners...
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Two-Word Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
For this grammar worksheet, students study, discuss and write nineteen grammatically correct sentences utilizing a variety of verb combinations with the verb up.
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Tale of the Tooth Fairy

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students share social and cultural traditions and values. They develop listening strategies to explain what is heard.
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Writing Paragraphs

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the process of writing a paragraph that describes events in chronological order. They listen to a teacher-led discussion, construct a paragraph in pairs, and independently write a paragraph following the process...
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Hiragana - Perfect ~ Writing a Japanese Pictionary

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students listen to a story and view Japanese artifacts. They use the internet to explore the writings known as Hiragana. They create their own Japanese pictionaries and share them with the class.
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Settling the Plymouth Colony

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners label blank maps with the names of the New England Colonies. They explain the difficulties that the Pilgrims had and how hard they worked to survive in Plymouth.
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Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the principles he stood for: justice, equality, freedom, and peace.
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Settling the Plymouth Colony

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use the Internet and graphic organizers to research the Plymouth Colony the experience of the Pilgrims. Students compare and contrast different colonies and develop a timeline showcasing their research.
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How to Choose Articles

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students read detailed information that helps students choose correct articles in their writing. Students learn about nouns that refer to one unique thing, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, proper nouns...
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EFL Lesson Plan for Learning Adjectives

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
In this adjectives lesson plan, students use suggested adjectives to describe their home or a friend. They then play a game where they try out describe an item to their team. This is a lesson intended for adults but could easily be...
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I Want to be an American Citizen

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a web page after researching what prospective US citizens need to study to for citizenship. They practice using a web page editor program.
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Making Kites

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars engage in the study of kites and focus upon the evaluation and designs invovled. They conduct research into the different types of designs and use the information in order to create unique project designs. The drawings are...