Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game.  In this descriptive words activity, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing.  Students participate in a game...

Students create a story about friends going shopping with new vocabulary. In this creating a story lesson plan, students use new language and number words in their story.

Students describe photographs. For this travel photos lesson, students view a slide-show of travel photos in order to assist them with developing photo captions.  Students describe details, events, and persons from the photos in the...

Students play a charades game to communicate what they like or don't like when they travel. In this travel lesson plan, students play the charades and then read and write sentences about a past traveling experience.

Students examine the impact of movies and television. For this communication lesson, students share filmstrips that lack sound and determine the genre of the segments. Students discuss popular movies and television shows from different...

Students create a rough draft for a time capsule project. In this time capsule lesson plan, students bring in items to put into a time capsule and write a rough draft to submit to their teacher.

Students create a time capsule. For this oral presentation and history preservation lesson, students provide feedback for their time capsule project, work with a partner to write an oral presentation, and present their time capsule to...

Students write a story about past events and translate it into English. In this story writing lesson plan, students watch video clips, look at examples of stories, and write ones themselves.

Young scholars write a pen pal letter to narrate a special event in the life of a young person in the TL culture. In this pen pal lesson plan, students read and respond to letters by their classmates.

Students write newspaper articles in groups to form a class newspaper. In this newspaper lesson plan, students share their work with another group who critiques it.

Learners exchange opinions, express feelings, and listen to presentations of others about an argument. In this discussion lesson plan, students learn how to listen and respond for an argument they intend to have.

For this mock interview lesson, students view pictures of famous personalities and determine which of these personalities they would like to interview. Students follow the three step interview process and conduct a mock interview...

Young scholars use primary sources to examine whaling voyages, biology, and geography. In this geography instructional activity, students analyze ship logs and plot locations of animals and determine routes using latitude and longitude.

Students practice interviewing. In this months of the year instructional activity, students interview at least five adults working in their school to gather data on when their birthdays occur. Students create a master calendar for the...

Learners participate in a game show to practice language. In this language lesson plan, students create their own Dating Game. Based on their level of language acquisition, learners create commercials, make questions, become contestants,...

Learners discuss environmental responsibility. In this environment lesson plan, students create a story with the teacher with four made up characters. They have these characters do environmentally responsible and irresponsible behaviors...

Students discover the essential items to properly groom for a nice event.  In this cleaning habits lesson, students discuss and identify important cleaning items such as a brush, shower gel, cologne, etc.  Students create a...

Students create a scenario where they go on a date with another person and write a draft of their presentation in the form of a fashion show. In this scenario lesson plan, students do all of this in the foreign language they are studying.

Students explore the different types of balloons.  For this materials lesson students can complete several experiments including building their own hot air balloons, making balloon animals and experimenting with static...

Students answer questions on seat belts and bike helmets. In this seat belt and bike helmet lesson plan, students watch a demonstration with eggs and simulated seat belt and bike helmet about why some eggs broke and some stayed safe...

Students demonstrate how to get help in an emergency. In this 'In Case Of An Emergency" lesson plan, students listen to a story called It's Time to Call 911, describe emergencies using their senses, practice writing/saying important...

Students read excerpts from Jim Toner's memoir Serendib which chronicles his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka. They work in small groups to analyze the excerpts and discuss how the author came to terms with Sri Lankan...

Middle schoolers trace sailing route of Spanish and Portuguese exploration ships. They calculate and compare distances that different explorers traveled. Students calculate how long it would take to travel an explorer's route using...

Fifth graders design their ideal home.  In this ideal home lesson, 5th graders illustrate and describe their ideal home.  Students present visuals to their classmates. Lesson is part of a unit.