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An Amusing Speech

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Practice public speaking by telling an amusing story in this speech preparation lesson plan. Young speakers use note cards to plan out a speech of an interesting story in their lives. They practice their speech at home, ultimately...
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Finding My Voice

For Teachers 5th
Have your class learn the essentials of public speaking. They compose a speech for their fifth grade celebration using iPods and presentation software. This would be a great end of the year activity for any grade level.
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An English-Speaking World

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
An overview of the development of English as a global language fills out these slides. Beginning with statistics regarding how much of the world speaks English and to what capacity, a brief history is then given mostly pertaining to WWII...
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Writing Skills: Fables

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Use fables as a fun way for English Language Learners to gain confidence and fluency in their reading and speaking skills. After reading a fable in class, they retell their story to a group of their peers. When this jigsaw activity is...
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Poetry Speaking and Listening Standards

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Celebrate April's National Poetry Month or enrich a poetry unit with a wealth of language arts material. Class members develop an oral interpretation of a poem and/or develop a podcast interview with a poet. 
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Tellagami

For Students 2nd - 12th Standards
Bring the world of video messaging into your classroom with this creative communication application. Offering the ability to create animations with customized characters, backgrounds, and recorded messages, this resource is guaranteed to...
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Jeopardy

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
The six categories in this Spanish Jeopardy game are Colores, Calendario, Spanish phrases, Spanish-speaking world, and Famous Spanish-speaking people.There are five clues beneath each category. What a great game to review Spanish...
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How to Speak Monkey: The Language of Cotton-Top Tamarins

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Tamarin monkey language can be categorized by stem upsweep, duration, peak frequency, and frequency change. Although other complex terminology is used to describe the 38 calls of this species, the video is easy to follow and a...
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English-Speaking Countries Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 17 identification questions regarding English-speaking countries. Students have 4 minutes to complete the quiz.
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers Theme of Race

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students explore the theme of race in the Langston Hughes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," as they read an excerpt about the perspectives that black people throughout history have taken with regards to...
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers Theme of Memory and the Past

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read a paragraph regarding Langston Hughe’s use of collective voice in the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers Theme of Memory and the Past.” Students then answer 4 discussion questions about the...
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Use of Symbolism to Convey the Author's Message - The Negro Speaks of Rivers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify the literary devices, symbolism, and first-person narration in the poem A Negro Speaks of Rivers. In this poem analysis lesson, students discuss African Americans and the Harlem Renaissance. Students watch a video about...
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers Themes

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students respond to 5 discussion questions that require them to investigate the symbolism of rivers in the Langston Hughes poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Theme of Freedom and Confinement

For Students 10th - 12th
In this "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" worksheet, students discuss the journey of the speaker in the poem. The speaker experiences times of freedom and times of confinement and consider the speaker's feelings and how the reader knows the...
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Test your speaking and listening skills

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Beginning English language speakers complete a worksheet with a partner. They ask each other the listed questions, enunciating well. There are some suggested answers provided in the second section. 
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Speaking and Listening

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this speaking worksheet, students write an outline for giving a presentation. The outline includes an introduction and three main points, each with two examples.
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Mission Impossible: Secret Phrasal Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work together in groups and each member has a task to solve. They role-play the roles of agents in which they have to listen and speak carefully.
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Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Listening is a skill. This activity will provide your pupils with clear guidelines for what to do when someone else is speaking. Whether you ask them to note key words in a talk, to prepare two questions about the presentation, or to...
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Is That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Develop an environmental case study! Elementary learners discover how a case study is used as an analysis tool. The goal of this activity is to show pupils how techniques of persuasion (including background, supporting evidence,...
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Ecuadorian Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Have your class talk about the importance of the rainforest and the products that come from it. Learners watch a video showing the path of chocolate from the rainforest to the supermarket. They discuss how the rainforest and chocolate...
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Magazine Production

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Analyze magazines as a class, looking carefully for the target audience, advertisements, and topics presented. Small groups then work as a publication team and receive a magazine that they have to "sell." Each individual has a different...
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Celebrate Commencement with Class Presentations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Bring the year to a satisfying close by asking class members to reflect on the year in personalized graduation speeches.
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BBC Learning English, Working Abroad/Speaking

For Students 10th - 12th
In this working and speaking abroad worksheet, students develop specific questions related to given categories. Students are then asked to find classmates who fit into the categories and can answer the questions.
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Speak and Talk Exercise

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this speak and talk worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the words speak or talk. Students fill in 18 blanks and write 4 sentences on their own.

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