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Vehicles
Students develop appropriate vocabulary for identifying types of vehicles. After viewing pictures of automobiles, students work to create a brief, accurate description of the vehicle using proper vocabulary and grammar. Students then...
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Interconnections Between Private and Civic Life -- Focus on the County
Students discuss the connections between their lives and the government. In groups, they examine the roles that governments have in different societies throughout the world. They role-play the roles of County members in providing...
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ESOL Maintaining Employment
Students discuss qualities of a good employee and view a Venn diagram that shows qualities of employee and employer. They review new vocabulary then role play teacher directed scenarios.
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Record Your Own Family Folklore
Fifth graders interview family members in order to record family history in the form of a pioneer story, and also interview a member of the faculty in class. They practice note-taking during an interview, re-reading and editing an...
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Melt in Your Mouth Subtraction
Students engage in a lesson which involves role-play and the use of manipulatives to solve subtraction problems. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain subtraction practice. They get to eat the...
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Talking About Telephones
Students dispute a telephone bill in a role play activity using a prepared dialogue. They create a dialogue between a customer and a telephone company representative from a prepared scenario. They read and respond to a problem about a...
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Quantum Physics
Students discuss the mass-energy relationship based on Einstein's work. They calculate the energy released in various scenerios and sketch diagrams for the Lyman, Balmer and Pfund Series. In groups, they discuss the role of photons and...
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Please Press One For More Options
Students practice using automated phone answering systems. They discuss the many ways automated phone systems are used when trying to request information. Students role play calling service companies and using automated systems. This...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2-- Telephone Communication
Students, after reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, practice, after seeing the teacher model an example of dialogue, requesting operator assistance or 911 with a partner.
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a Journal for Corduroy: Responding To Literature
Students listen to the book, Corduroy, and discuss the characters and the sequence of events. They take turns taking Corduroy home overnight, and write their own adventure stories using the Corduroy character.
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ESOL Telephone Communication
Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.
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Bark, Meow, Purr, Snort - Oh, What a Voice!
Young scholars brainstorm differences between dogs and cats. They discuss the elements that make a story effective and write a story with a beginning, middle and end in the voice of a cat or dog.
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The Story of a Bracero
Students study a first person account written by a migrant worker from Mexico. They write a reaction to it. They discuss immigration to the US and how it effects labor patterns.
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Timeline In Indian Education
Students investigate the history of education for Native Americans. The roles of adults is the focus and how they delivered instruction to upcoming generations. Students focus upon the skill of oral tradition and write a summary of the...
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Reporting Crime To Authorities
Students review how laws protect people from harm and loss of property. Students discuss and explain the infromation needed when making a report to authorities about a theft or bodily harm. A dialog is created and role played. This...
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Eeeee -- It's a Mouse!
Students recognize the long "e" sound, and identify it in spoken words by learning letter symbols. Students participate in role playing and tongue twisters to learn the long "e" sound. By learning phenomes, students are taking the...
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Habsburgs Inc.
Students use the Internet to research the Hapsburg Dynasty. In groups, they choose one role to take during the WebQuest and evaluate the effectiveness of the dynasty. They apply the principles to a modern day business and share their...
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ESL: Complaints and Responses
In this complaints and responses worksheet, students students brainstorm "neighbor complaints," then work in small groups to generate lists of other common complaints. Students then role play complaining and responding.
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Banking Grammatically
Twelfth graders identify the different roles involved in banking. They list and create defintions for the different types of banking services offered at a branch office.
Students write sentences using verbs in present and past tenses....
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Contra Los Ladrones de Carros
Students read descriptions of various anti-theft devices and investigate car security systems on the Internet. They write and present a television commercial for one of the anti-theft devices and present it to the class.
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Bioethics And Fetal Tissue Research
Pupils are introduced to the topic of fetal tissue implantation. In groups, they examine a case study and share information with the rest of the class. Then they do a reflective writing assignment to assess understanding of the ethical...
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Keys To Our House-the White House
Learners explore the history of the White House from four different perspectives: as a symbol, a public and private place, technological advances, and changing needs. They take a virtual tour of the White House and explore its history....
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ESOL Maintaining Employment
Students discuss the importance of understanding both oral and written instructions. They practice job instruction vocabulary typically associated with employment. They role play different scenarios with the vocabulary and discuss that...