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Interactive
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Picture Story

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this story worksheet, students put pictures in order to tell a story and fill in the blanks to 2 different stories to complete them. Students complete 3 stories total.
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Handout
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Avoiding Nominalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...
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Worksheet
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ESL Storyboards

For Students 1st - 12th
In this ESL literacy worksheet, students examine each individual board and then use them to tell and write a story about the events.
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Lesson Plan
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Family Tree

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars create a family tree in this culminating activity to their family unit. In this family tree lesson, students extend their learning about the family unit by working in small groups to develop a three generation family tree....
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Lesson Plan
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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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Lesson Plan
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Writing Paragraphs: Paragraphs which describe events in chronological order

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explain the structure of a paragraph which describes chronological events. They demonstrate this by construction in writing of a paragraph.
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Lesson Plan
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Using Reported Speech

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students fine tune their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. They must practice a number of times before feeling comfortable using them in every day conversations.
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Lesson Plan
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.
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Lesson Plan
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Apartment Hunting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use apartment classified ads to match abbreviations with their correct term. They practice using superlatives and comparatives when looking at apartments. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
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ESL Activity - Beat the Teacher

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students play the game Tick-Tack Toe with the students. Teachers prepare a list of questions for the students, primarily to find out already known knowledge. Students try to beat the teacher at this game.