Demographic information: This lesson plan should be used with 4th or 5th grade students. There is an average size opportunity in a small town in Iowa elementary. Students have different reading abilities and there are many students who are English language learners. There are 23 students, 14 boys and 9 girls. Shelves 3-4 arranged in […]
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Having taught English as a second language to Chinese students for over three years, I have learned some good methods for getting students to remember new vocabulary. Often times, children and adults who learn a foreign tongue struggle with memorizing new terms and how to use such words and phrases in speaking and writing. As […]
If you are a teacher, you tend to accommodate all students. The system of learning type, ability level, home life, and many other elements in teaching children all subjects in school. One of the most difficult and fastest growing, properties of the population is English Language Learners. These are students who come from other countries […]
It is full of Latin figures of speech, which mean absolutely nothing but nonsense to many learners of the Latin language. These idioms using the word “running” are no exception. Learn these idioms to help you grow your English Vocabulary. Hit and run Examples: Police are looking for a hit and run suspect. It was […]
Today’s classrooms are very different. There are many teachers who do not consider the diversity of the students they teach. There are many different types of study groups, such as gender, cultural and linguistic. Students all come from different backgrounds, have different interests and tend to have different learning structures. It is important to use […]
Learning Goal: Students will learn how to compose a “friendly”/informal letter. They will also learn how to draw comparisons between their own lives and lives that are different from theirs. Rationale: This lesson plan fits Massachussetts State Curriculum Learning Standard 19.7, “Write or dictate letters, directions, or short accounts of personal experiences that follow a […]
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, and it represents what the United States means to immigrants. Immigrants still come to this country with the same hopes and dreams for a brighter future that immigrants before them […]