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The Napping House Picture Text
The Napping House is an excellent short story with lots of repetition. This worksheet enables students to retell the story with icons replacing some of the language as well as a fill in activity.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Election 2016 Word Search
This basic word search contains vocabulary related to the 2016 election in the USA. The people are listed (with no spaces between names), some basic issues, and other terms useful for class discussion.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Trump Appoints Supreme Court Justice Comprehension Reading
This reading comprehension activity explains the recent action by U.S. President Trump to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Being a history teacher, I wrote most of the article myself to explain a bit about "checks and balances" in the U.S. government. A cloze activity is included.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 28
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Body Parts Diagram with Word Search
I think this diagram includes 36 of the basic body vocabulary words. The accompanying word search will help students spell and find the best place to label the body part. I hope all the lines upload properly.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Beginning Reports Using Cloze: Countries
I teach English to a small group of Chinese early elementary students. I have had great success with this type of oral report to help build student confidence and fluency in speaking before their classmates. An example of the brief report is at the bottom of the data page and students search through the data to fill in the information for their top...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: others
Downloads: 8
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COVID-19 Dialogue
I love to make dialogues for my students so they can practice conversational English. I use the text as a basis for the script and have students alternate. Since my classes are very small, this works well. In a large class, I would divide the students into groups and have them do the dialogues.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 26
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"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" Matching Activity
I have searched the site and can�t find any activities related to the work of Laura Numeroff, author of a children�s series "If you give a ____ a ______". My primary students love the stories and they are readily available on YouTube or YouKou. A link is printed at the bottom of the worksheet. The activity takes reading comprehension a step further...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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TED Talk, �The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers� Comprehension Quiz
This TED Talk by Adam Grant is highly rated and a great discussion starter about creativity and being an �Original�. I developed 11 comprehension questions and three open-ended questions related to the video. Video URL on worksheet.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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Scoring Rubric for Short Notes
College students in China are tested on writing short notes. I�ve developed a scoring rubric I can use to easily mark their practice notes. I have them email me the note in "correct" form. I copy and paste my rubric in my return email to them. I just put x�s next to the error description and mark the errors with highlights and email the whole thing...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5
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Wonders: Maria Celebrates Brazil Crossword
This crossword is to accompany the Wonders story, Maria Celebrates Brazil that I posted yesterday. The important words of the story are in the crossword. An answer box is provided, which, of course, can be omitted or re-ordered)
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Type:
Downloads: 4
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