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The Three People I Would Like to Invite for Dinner

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify and research three figures that are their personal heroes based on their characteristics of a hero. For this research lesson plan, the hero categories are a historical figure, a contemporary figure, and a person the...
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Beginning Sentence Completion 5

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete the sentences by choosing the best words to complete them. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Will Rogers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore the concepts of irony and humor. They discuss Will Rogers' history and determine that he was a humorist who many viewed as very wise. They read quotes of Will Rogers and determine that everybody is ignorant, only on...
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Formal and Informal Letters - Change of Register

For Students 7th - 8th
In this formal and informal letters worksheet, ESL students read a friendly letter. Then students substitute more formal expressions in the same letter, choosing phrases from the world bank.
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Formal and Informal Language

For Teachers 7th - 12th
“C u l8r @ skool.” As part of a study of formal and informal language, class members examine excerpts from Lil’ Boosie lyrics, the Emancipation Proclamation, a speech by Martin Luther King. Links to the resources not provided; however,...
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ESL: Find the Missing Word

For Students 4th - 5th
In this missing word worksheet, learners complete 15 questions, finding the missing words in sentences. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verb review worksheet, students respond to 29 fill in the blank questions pertaining to the correct usage of present tense verbs, past tense verbs, and future tense verbs.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)

For Students 4th - 7th
In this English verb review activity, students fill in the blanks in 41 sentences using the past or present tense forms of the verbs in parentheses.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verbs practice worksheet, students respond to 40 fill in the blank questions that require them to use the appropriate forms of present and past tense verbs.
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Past Simple Form "Yes/No" Questions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this past simple verbs worksheet, students create twenty different yes or no questions, using given words, in the simple past form.
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Verb Review 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Present/Past/Future)

For Students 5th - 7th
In this verb learning exercise, students complete the dialogues by conjugating the verbs in the parenthesis to make the statements grammatically correct. There are 50 verbs to conjugate.
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Customs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore Chinese New Year. In this Chinese culture lesson, students read associated literature and use worksheets to explore aspects of the Chinese New Year. Learners complete this lesson by making and hanging paper lanterns,...
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AND WE ALL SIT DOWN: STATUS IN KING LEAR

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners participate in two simple status games to allow students to explore the relationships between Lear, his three daughters, and his court.
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Capitalization and Punctuation (Pizza and Camping)

For Students 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their command of Standard English conventions for capitalization and punctuation by indicating the errors in two passages. They must circle all the words that should be capitalized and provide any missing...
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Verb Review 1: Present/Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this worksheet (with four mini-exercises) to sum up skills learned about various verb forms and usage rules. It covers present, present progressive, past simple, and future tenses in regular and irregular verbs. Young grammarians...
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Personal Pronouns

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Practice personal pronouns with a special focus on subject and object pronouns. Learners read 20 sentences and circle the subject or object pronoun in each. They note which is present with an S or an O.
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Introduction to Formal English

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders brainstorm different situations in which formal English is used. Individually, they describe how people would act if they were invited to the White House for dinner and what they would do. To end the lesson, they role...
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DIY Lava Lamp

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners examine lava lamps and what causes them to work.  In this density lesson students make a lava lamp and write the scientific explanation of what happens.
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Acids and Bases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe a demonstration where a liquid changes colors when poured from one beaker to another. In this acids and bases lesson plan, students observe solutions changing color when poured from one beaker to the next based on the...
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Write to Remember

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students read the book "Dinner at Aunt Connie's House" by Faith Ringgold. They choose a woman in history to research and prepare oral presentations for the class. They participate in a tea party to honor women in history.
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Active or Passive

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this interactive grammar worksheet, learners read the 22 sentences and identify the passive or active voice from the drop down menu.
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Which Word Doesn't Belong?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing categories worksheet, students read groups of four words and identify the one that does not belong in each group. Students choose 10 answers.
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Parts of Speech - Conjunctions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this conjunctions activity, students underline the conjunctions in 20 sentences and write two sentences in using conjunctions.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 1

For Students 6th - 7th
For this ESL worksheet, students read 12 sentences that have missing adjectives or adverbs. From 5 choices, students choose the best word to complete each sentence.