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Earthquakes Living Lab: Geology and Earthquakes in Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sometimes it seems as if earthquakes hit the same places over and over again. Class members study Japan in order to determine why earthquakes keep happening there. Pairs work together to research and try to determine whether there...
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Breaking News English: Violence In Japan's Elementary Schools

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL worksheet, students read or listen to an article about increasing violence in Japanese elementary schools. Students complete all or some of the 100 activities available here including discussion, listening, vocabulary and...
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Words In The News: Japan Textbook Back In Spotlight

For Teachers 11th - 12th
High-interest articles are a great way to get struggling readers to tackle difficult vocabulary. Here is a lesson that includes such an article. It is focused around a very interesting and controversial article about the teaching of...
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Earthquakes Living Lab: Geology and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

For Teachers 5th - 8th
We can learn from the past to protect the future. Pairs look at two historical earthquakes: San Francisco, Calif., and Kobe, Japan. Pupils compare the two earthquakes and their impacts, then determine how engineers may use the...
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A Volcano Awakes

For Students 6th - 9th
Blow your pupils' minds with information about some of the world's most awesome natural occurrences: volcanos. Class members read a short article and respond to included questions. The focus of the resource is on understanding and...
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Breaking News English: English Schools

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English Schools worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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He's, She's, It's and Airport!

For Students 5th - 6th
In this he's, she's, it's and airport worksheet, students use a word bank to fill in blanks in sentences, write two sentences using the names of people and places, and put phrases in order to meet someone at an airport. Students write...
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Dogs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this dogs worksheet, students read a 2 page informational text about different breeds of dogs and how they can be of service to the police, blind, and deaf people. Students then answer 13 essay questions.
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Dogs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this worksheet about dogs, students fill in the blanks with adjectives, answer reading comprehension questions, and tell characteristics of special dogs. Students write ten answers.
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Who, What, Where, When, Why?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creating information questions and answers activity, students write who, what, where, when, and why questions write answers in complete sentences, and complete a dialogue. Students write 19 short sentences.
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100 Ice-Breaker Questions

For Students 6th - 12th
What if you could ease your English language learners into class with engaging questions? You can do just that with these questions. The questions, designed to prepare learners for working with English, are grouped by topics, such...
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Reading a Comparison-Contrast Essay

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Turn your passive readers into active readers with an engaging lesson on reading informational text. Focused on compare and contrast structured essays, the activity prompts elementary learners to jot down questions and think-aloud...
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Countries

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, learners solve a crossword puzzle about different countries. Countries include Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Finland, and Libya.
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Word Stress

For Students 7th - 10th
In this word stress worksheet, students listen to the teacher say twenty words out loud and then underline the stressed syllable in each one.
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Possible Problems With Adjective Clauses

For Students 7th - 10th
In this adjective clauses worksheet, students learn about 6 common problems with adjective clauses. There are no questions on this page, but the explanations are very thorough and provide examples.
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ESL Use of Most and More- True and False Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL use of the words most and more activity, learners read 7 sentences. They circle true or false for each sentence as they check the use of the words most or more.
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Sports and Olympics - Word Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Olympics worksheet, students challenge themselves to complete the Olympics vocabulary crossword puzzle by identifying the 16 words that are defined as clues.
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Quiz 6A: Comparatives and Superlatives

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete the sentences by using the correct comparative or superlative forms of the words in the box. There are 12 sentences to complete.
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Comparatives and Superlatives

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this comparative, superlative worksheet, students look at pictures and complete sentences, using the correct comparative or superlative from a word box. Worksheet is labeled as a quiz, but may be used for practice.
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Gerunds and Infinitives

For Students 6th - 10th
In this online interactive ESL grammar worksheet, students read a passage and fill in the blanks with the appropriate gerunds and infinitives from the answer bank. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Time

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students answer 16 questions about time. For example, "When do people in your country spend time together as a family?"
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Upper Level ESL Riddle Memory Activity

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL riddle memory activity instructional activity, students determine how the man in each riddle died. They memorize their line of the riddle and share it verbally with the class. They try to put all the clues together, but can...
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Prepositions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this prepositions worksheet, students review and discuss what prepositions are and how to correctly use them in sentences. Students choose the correct preposition for ten sentences.
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Four Vocabulary and Word Work Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th
In these vocabulary and word work worksheets, students fill the blanks with proper endings, make adverbs from adjectives, determine incorrect words in sentences, and match pictures with the proper nouns. They complete four pages.