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Treating Substance Abuse Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an open discussion on the legal, social, and health consequences associated with substance abuse. Working in pairs, students discuss the effects of substance abuse and brainstorm possible solutions. Independently,...
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School Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of abiding by the school rules in order to keep safe at school. Students identify why it is important to attend school regularly. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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We're Going On A Leaf Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read the story We're Going on a Leaf Hunt and read companion stories, make leaves, work with rhyming and word families, and more. For this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Requesting Directions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work with their partners to role play giving and receiving directions to familiar and unfamiliar places. Students practice verifying directions through verbal repetition. This lesson plan is intended for students acquiring...
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Patterns in Poetry: Part I--Rhythm

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore patterns in poetry. In this language arts lesson, students discuss rhythm in poetry. Students read poems and discuss the rhythm of each poem.
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Oceanography: Ocean Market

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Sstudents identify consumer goods obtained from the oceans. They classify the items and calculate the cost of buying these goods. After taking a simulated sea shopping spree, they tally the cost of the items purchased. They conclude the...
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The Beauty of Anglo-Saxon Poetry: A Prelude to Beowulf

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Riddle me this! What do kennings, caesura, and alliteration have to do with the Nowell Codex? Introduce class members to Anglo-Saxon poetry and prepare readers for a study of Beowulf with a series of activities that...
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That

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL words worksheet, students learn the correct use of the word "that" in sentences. Students examine 7 pictures and from 4 choices, select the best phrase that will complete the sentence.
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Making Sense of Homographs

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
What is a homograph? Develop your learners' vocabulary with a word association tool.   Language arts classes discover what a homograph is and how it can be used as a visual thesaurus. They discover the other uses for homographs...
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Navigating The Legal System

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners identify personal rights allowed under the law in the United States. An exploration of the legal process leads students to describe how the American legal system works. This lesson plan is intended for learners acquiring English.
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Meter in Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A good poem has form and structure built into it. Middle schoolers see that the structure of a poem consists of stanza, form, rhyme, and meter. The structure also contributes to a poem's meaning. After listening to, and discussing, a few...
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PHONEMIC AWARENESS INFUSION

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students demonstrate the ability to participate in conversation/ dialog during a job interview. They demonstrate how to produce these pronunciation features, recognize the contrasting sounds, distinguish between the sounds when heard,...
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ESL: Around Town Matching

For Students 3rd - 9th
Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...
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ESL: What's the Weather Like?

For Students 3rd - 9th
Beginning English learners practice describing the weather with help from eight picture clues. Questions are phrased like "How's the weather?" and "What's the weather like?" Tinker with the formatting to make it all fit on one page...
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Routines Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
Here is an ESL word and picture matching worksheet. Learners analyze seven pictures that depict morning routines, and match each picture with a phrase that tells what is happening.
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ESL: Body Parts Matching

For Students 1st - 11th
Match drawings of basic body parts with their names. A handy tool for teachers of beginning ELLs.
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Classroom Objects

For Students 1st - 2nd
A word and picture comprehension worksheet is here for your ESL students. They analyze seven pictures that depict common classroom objects, and match the pictures to the words that describe them.
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Word and Picture Match-- Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
The focus of this ESL worksheet is on matching verbs and pictures. Students analyze seveb pictures that depict people engaged in various activities, and match each picture to the verb that describes it.
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ESL Picture/Idiom Matching Worksheet

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
In this ESL picture to idiom matching worksheet, students examine 7 small clip art images before matching them to the idioms they best represent. They work with idioms such as "blood is thicker than water," and "as you make your bed, so...
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What Color and Clothing Are You Wearing?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Young learners identify the type of clothing and color for eight multiple-choice questions. Just print this sheet out, and you're good to go!  
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Epic Poetry: Literary Terms for Story Analysis

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
What do Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and The Odyssey have in common? Why, they are all epics, of course, and are presented here as examples of the literary term. If you are beginning a study of epics, consider previewing the terms included...
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Rooms in the House

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL learning exercise, students will focus on the various parts of a home. Students will analyze six pictures and choose the correct answer to tell what room is depicted in each photo.
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Verbs of Action

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL verbs of actions learning exercise, students will analyze the activities pictured. Students will choose the correct verb that is depicted in each of the ten photographs.
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Prepositions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this preposition matching worksheet, students are given 10 pictures in the left column. Students must match the prepositions that are shown in the right column.