In this online interactive grammar worksheet, students read 11 conversations. Students mentally make note of the words that should fill in each of the blanks and then click to reveal the correct answers.

In this reported speech worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct verb form and fill in the blanks to other sentences with tell or say. Students complete 10 sentences.

In this conversation activity, 4th graders walk around the classroom asking each other ten to twenty simple questions from flash cards in order to improve their conversation and speech skills in English.

Students compare 2 preseidental speeches. In this presidential agenda instructional activity, students compare and contrast a Lyndon B. Johnson speech with a George H. W. Bush Speech. 

Fourth graders choose a category to speak about for about two to three minutes. They deliver a show and tell presentation in front of the class. They complete a rubric on classmates for their accurateness of their presentation. They...

In this grammar worksheet, students read a selection about prepositions and complete the three column graphic organizer using prepositions. Students write 5 sentences using prepositions.

Students explore the issue of a Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. They simulate the role of a Senator's aide, conduct Internet research, write and prepare an oral and a written response based on research,

In this prepositions worksheet, students read examples of prepositions in transportation, time, communications, and when not to use them. Students then click on "continue with the exercise" at the bottom of the page to fill in 12...

Students are introduced to a variety of new verbs. In groups, they practice conjugating the verbs and illustrate how they change forms based on subject and time period they are being used. After copying a paragraph, they identify all...

In this ESL time worksheet, students tell the time that they participate in 7 different activities. They have a partner complete the same questions explaining things such as the time they leave home, arrive at school, watch TV, and go to...

in this working with tenses worksheet, students identify time expressions in sentences. Students then determine the tense of each of the verb phrases and create new sentences.

Students use the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme to learn about rhyme, telling time, and preposition use. In this nursery rhyme lesson, students read the nursery rhyme daily and complete a Mother Goose quiz. Students sequence the...

In this telling time instructional activity, students match seven clock faces with the sentence that states the time. On this page there are times shown to the nearest five minutes.

In this ESL telling time worksheet, students examine 10 pictures of analog clock faces. They match the time on the clock with the time.

In this prepositions instructional activity, students read 9 sentences and underline the preposition in each one. Students write 4 original sentences using prepositions to show location, direction, time and a relationship. Students fill...

In this linking words of time and contrast worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with the appropriate words from the word bank and then use 5 of the linking words to write a paragraph.

In this ESL free time activities worksheet, student see clip art pictures of leisure activities along with the question, "Can you..?" They ask other students if they can ski, ice skate, ride a bike, or play volleyball. They write the...

In order to read and respond to Toni Morrison's A Mercy in this figurative-language lesson, students discuss the differences between a literal and a figurative interpretation of a text.  They explore figures of speech using a...

Eleventh graders compare and contrast Supreme Court decisions dealing with the application of civil rights during times of war, with emphasis on discrimination and detention. Working in groups, 11th graders review cases and analyze how...

Students write a creative essay from a pumpkin's point of view. They role play that they are pumpkin in a patch and need to convince a visitor to the patch that they are the best choice for a Halloween pumpkin. They focus on using...

Who, what, when, where, and why questions are often the questions that teachers use to foster engagement, verbal communication skills, higher-order thinking, and hopefully, a deeper understanding of the world. This tool is geared toward...

Examine the text of Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter with a reading guide. With questions that prompt kids to refer to the reading as well as to their own experiences and opinions, the guide is an effective way to keep them engaged...

Students closely read President Bush's State of the Union address, then develop interviews and write articles to assess a variety of points of view about The proposals offered in the speech.

Students write persuasive speeches to recruit soldiers for a Civil War company. In this Civil War U.S. history and writing lesson, students work in groups to create a recruiting poster and write a speech to persuade soldiers to join...