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Writing a Response Journal
Need to get your students to do more than just reading comprehension? Get them to make meaningful connections to what they�ve read by writing reading response journals. Sample is included to help them get started.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 91
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Worksheet: Reading Response (Self/World/Text Framework)
Get your students to respond to writing by making connections to the self, the world, and other texts. Foster critical reading skills. Includes focus questions for students to answer. Current version applies to narrative forms but it is fully editable and can be adapted to other text types.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Movie Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks + questions
Movie Review including questions. Exercise touches on fact and fiction, especially reading for meaning (by understanding the elements of good writing). Again, good for CALP. Lots of kids need more than just comprehension but ability to read and evaluate texts (as per Bloom�s Taxonomy). Thanks in advance for comments!
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Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 104
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Writing Advice: Intermediate
Students take the role of an advice columnist.
Includes three real-life situations to choose from.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 49
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What is Context?
Need to help your students develop the ability to guess a word�s meaning through its context? Worksheet makes use of amusing pictures and real-world situations + amusing story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42
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Fun with Adjectives: Gross vs Scary Mood
Most young kids are intrigued by what�s scary/disgusting. Here�s an exercise to help them expand their vocabulary, make use of their thinking abilities, read an example of a disgusting poem, and have an opportunity to use vocabulary effectively to write in a specific mood. Great for all ages!
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Why vs How: Seeing and Knowing the Difference + Answer Key
Do your students have a hard time answering HOW and WHY questions? Some exercises to help them practice telling the difference between them. Fully editable + answer key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Math Concepts: Probability, Fair and Unfair Games
Help students understand what a fair game is by experiencing an UNFAIR game. The rules are simple and can be easily understood by ESL students as well as other students in your classroom. Useful for introducing this idea about "fairness" even outside of a mathematical lesson. And bottom line: Lots of fun! I�ve found everyone has an opinion abou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Writing a Biography
A fun way to engage students in writing a biography. Can be combined with a lesson on uses of present and past tense, adjectives applied to people, building relationships between students, and thinking skills.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48
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Creative Writing Game
Students write a story together by taking turns adding to a story. A fun way to get students to write, especially if you ask them to focus on using the past tense verb, or provide a vocabulary list they must include. Game has different names but the name I know is "Rigmarole".
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9
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