This lesson focuses on artworks that depict things people use for a meal. Students will build vocabulary and enhance language arts skills while learning about still life in a painting. Activities emphasize prepositions of location -- through discussions about objects depicted in the featured work of art.

This lesson focuses on artworks that depict things people wear. Students will build vocabulary and enhance language arts skills while learning about different media (painting and photography). Activities emphasize descriptions using adjectives -- through discussions about the clothing people are wearing in the featured works of art.

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn that transitional fossils provide scientists with evidence to establish how major animal groups are related to one another.

Every Friday, TingoEd releases a new vocabulary video to the world. In just two minutes, students will not only master a given word but be engaged by its use in multiple, entertaining contexts.

Students participate in a JiTT activity to read the front pages of two target language newspapers and to report the content to their classmates in the target language. When this exercise is done on a regular basis, it can result in increasing vocabulary and speech fluency.

This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine, advertising, travel, business, agriculture, and relationships.

This Lesson Plan was created by Molly Simpson. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for Grade 3 English Language Arts students. Students will understand and use 3rd grade level vocabulary, use creative thinking skills to write a short story, proofread and edit their own work, and publish a final copy of their written work. The Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE Standards: NE.LA 3.2.1.D, NE.LA 3.2.1.H, NE.LA 3.2.1.J, and NE.LA 3.2.2.D. It is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students about 120 minutes to complete. 

This new open educational resource is for Elementary Italian. Our goal is for this book to be comprehensive, user-friendly, inclusive, and cost-effective. Tutt* a tavola has two parts, one for each course, with six chapters in each. Generally speaking, each chapter addresses three to four grammatical topics and includes a vocabulary section related to a cultural theme. The vocabulary is also incorporated into the grammatical presentations and exercises. There is also a short reading in each chapter regarding different aspects of culture and language, to address those questions of diversity and inclusion that are often missing from the textbooks we have used in the past. To include more culture, we have also included multimedia: each chapter begins with a song that is used as a starting point for the inductive presentation of the chapter’s content, and ends with a video (a film clip, an interview, social media) that summarizes the ideas covered.

Students will practice their learned vocabulary. Students will also discuss facts and ideas about themselves.

Tá Falado includes 46 podcast lessons on the pronunciation and grammar of Portuguese, specifically designed to help those who already speak Spanish. The lessons are built around Portuguese dialogs that are repeated in Spanish, providing a direct comparison of the two languages. All lessons include downloadable PDF files with the transcripts and notes, mp3 audio files, and blog discussions. Additionally all of the dialogs present cultural scenarios that illustrate differences between North American and Brazilian culture.

SYNOPSIS: This lesson introduces the concept of weather to students.

SCIENTIST NOTES: Observing the weather to track changes is an important activity. This lesson allows students to understand the local weather and observe the patterns and their impact on their daily activities and the environment. All materials are suitable techniques for qualitative weather forecasting. On that account, this lesson has passed our scientific credibility process and is recommended for teaching.

POSITIVES:
-This lesson creates a collaborative learning environment for students as they are introduced to weather and its importance.
-This lesson features sensory learning as students use their five senses to make observations about the weather.
-This lesson features excellent vocabulary development.
-This lesson provides an introduction to the relationship between climate and weather.

ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES:
-You can place a thermometer in an easily accessed outside location (e.g., near the recess area) and check the temperature daily.
-It is necessary to print the weather journal and weather wheel ahead of time.

DIFFERENTIATION:
-You can have students think-pair-share during the read aloud. Students can make predictions or answer questions.
-You can pause the read aloud before the text is read for students to make observations and predictions about the story.
-Groups of students with mixed abilities can collaborate on their weather wheel and their future climate prediction.
-Possible Extension: Work with the school administration to find a way for students to share a daily weather report with the school (e.g., live morning assembly, email blast, TV announcement, etc.).

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine our growing waste problem and learn about strategies we can use to lessen the strain on our landfills and Earth's natural resources: reduce, reuse, recycle.

I wrote a short Reader's Theatre skit for Valentine's Day that practices vocabulary skills

"My name is Sata Vanasouk and I’m a media arts major at Boise State University, minoring in Chinese studies and global studies. My project, Visualizing Chinese, aims to intersect storytelling and language learning through colorful illustrations and unique little stories. It is important to note that this work is more vocabulary-focused."

-Sata Vanasouk

This work is organized around vocabulary for 5 themes: Psychology, Wellness, Technology, Careers, and Oregon. Each theme has 2 units for a total of 10 units. Each unit contains 24 - 28 target vocabulary words. Other words that may be unfamiliar to students are glossed.

We use this material as our textbook for an intermediate vocabulary class for adult English language learners at our community college. This class meets for 2 hours per week, and we typically use 5 units per 10-week term.

Each unit contains multiple readings. If you are not teaching a vocabulary class, the readings and vocabulary work may be useful supplements in other classes.

Students will talk about their favorite board games. They will learn how to discuss preferences in board games. For the main activity, students are playing battle ship with some review of vocabulary signs from the semester.

This article explains how hands-on science activity can support vocabulary development and links to two books and six web sites that provide more information.

What will students learn in this lesson?Throughout this lesson, your student(s) will be introduced to different types of sports and leisure activities. The lesson includes several pictures and speaking prompts to encourage students to use new vocabulary words in the correct context.In this lesson, your student(s) will also learn to differentiate sports, leisure activities, and games. With help, they will be able to describe how these are played or completed.Moreover, your student(s) will gain the knowledge to match vocabulary words and complete sentences with the relevant images. As well, they will learn to fill in the blanks of sentences with the correct words.Finally, your student(s) will learn to practice using words and verbs in different contexts. In particular, you should encourage them to use the verbs play, do and go with the vocabulary learned. By the end of the lesson, your student(s) should be able to form sentences independently and to ask you or their classmates' related questions.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Vocabulary – ClothingEven though this lesson plan is geared towards working students, students of all backgrounds will appreciate this lesson plan about clothing. It features clothing-related vocabulary that is a bit more specific (collar, high heels), as well as useful adjectives to describe clothes. Also, this makes it a great vocabulary-focused lesson plan for intermediate-level students! Finally, this lesson goes perfectly with the third lesson in our Step-By-Step curriculum on Money and Shopping.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Vocabulary – FamilyThis is an introductory lesson, but would also make a great review lesson for students of all ages and levels. If your students are advanced, use it along with the speaking lesson plan My Family. In this lesson, your students will learn vocabulary related to immediate family members (mother, father, brother, sister, etc) and practice reading simple family trees. After completing this lesson, your students will gain knowledge and you will learn more about them!If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.