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Behöver du lite tips på studieteknik? BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / How do pets navigate? Cult of Pedagogy. Strategies for Student Centered Discussion - High School English Lesson. Engelska (åk 6-9) Wrestling with Trump in the Classroom. David Cutler , High School History, Government and Journalism teacher from Boston Posted 04/04/2016 2:32PM | Last Commented 04/19/2016 8:30AM As a high school American History and Government teacher, I take seriously my obligation to refrain from giving any inclination of my party affiliation.

Wrestling with Trump in the Classroom

More than anything else, I don’t want my views to influence unduly what my students believe, nor do I want any of them to suspect me of grading based on my own political leanings—which I would never do. I couldn’t care less what party my students support, so long as each of them leaves my classroom with a better understanding of why they support it. During presidential election seasons, I’m especially careful to avoid sharing my personal views about any candidate.

Encourage students to speak out As part of a unit on government and the media, students explored how to write political opinion pieces. Nonviolence and Peace Movements. Downloads – For students - DigiExam. US Presidential Election – WebEnglish.se. This theme page presents lesson plans and materials to learn about the US presidential election of 2020 in years 6-9 and above (A2-B1) of the Swedish Compulsory School. Related pages: U.S. Government, The USA Now, The Presidential Inauguration 2021. The History of English in Ten Minutes. BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS. Much to learn, you still have. – Joda.

BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS

Despite the evidence that the number of irregular verbs is declining in the English language, there is no danger they will disappear, and the struggle will continue. There are many attempts to find a shortcut in learning irregular verbs, yet with all the options and “magic tricks” available, learning these verbs requires much memorization, drilling and practice. Today I will show how I use the Battleship game to drill and practise irregular verbs in a fun way. How to play: Each player will need two 10×10 grids – one with irregular verbs in each square, and one blank grid. Click the Grids to download them. Solving the #1 Problem in Argument Writing. I hope my previous blog convinced you that teaching argument writing should be your number one priority.

Solving the #1 Problem in Argument Writing

Recently, I’ve talked to teachers whose students are practicing more argument writing. Learning To Love You More. Daily Doses of English Listing - Linguaspectrum - Britlish. List of Short Stories Online. Reading lesson plan. This free reading lesson plan about South Africa should keep your students riveted, not only because of the interesting words that they can learn, but also the fact that it's filled with information about South Africa's colourful history, geography, wildlife, heritage and politics.

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It also includes aspects about the life of Nelson Mandela, and the students will also be exposed to some popular South African music. Free Downloadable Lesson Plan Level. Downloads – tekhnologic. What would you put in your Christmas stocking?

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The Christmas Quiz – Bring a bit of festive cheer to the classroom Advent Calendar 2015 – Countdown to Christmas Word Bank 2.1 – Keep a track of your vocabulary. - Posts Tagged ‘reading strategies’ Cooperative Learning: 7 Free PDF Assessment Instruments. Introduction Evaluating cooperative learning activities may seem like a Herculean task.

Cooperative Learning: 7 Free PDF Assessment Instruments

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Fun things, games etc. Shakespeare. Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy. Serial. Better Together: 11 Tips for Great Group Work in Middle and High School - Teachers Pay Teachers. World's Children's Prize - Home. LearnEnglishTeens. Linking/Transition words. Open Wide - LRU.dk. BBC Learning English - Learning English. Easy-read and Read-online versions. Speaking and pronunciation. Literature Circle. Home. 5 Reflective End-of-Year Activities. EnglishCentral Videos - Travel English. How to Write a Good Ending to a Story (with Sample Endings) Cooperative Learning: Assigning Individual Tasks to Group Members. Introduction When I first started using cooperative learning in my classroom, it was truly on a trial and error basis.

Cooperative Learning: Assigning Individual Tasks to Group Members

And I'm here to tell you, I made LOTS of errors. I finally figured out that I was not giving my students sufficient directions and organizational tools. As you can imagine, the results were catastrophic. On their own, my kids determined who was going to talk (everyone), when the talking was to occur (constantly), and just exactly WHO was going to do WHAT (no one). Clearly, I had not given sufficient forethought to this. Super Teacher Tools. 2014 Annual Christmas Trivia Review Game. Technical Reports & Report Abstracts. This page is brought to you by the OWL at Purdue University. When printing this page, you must include the entire legal notice. Copyright ©1995-2018 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University.

All rights reserved. Language arts. Differentiated Instruction. KimStudies - Home. Collaborative idea generation for ELT. Teach them English. Categories of English Idioms. World's Children's Prize - Magazine. Read fun, sad and inspiring global stories in the Globe magazine.

World's Children's Prize - Magazine

The latest issue present the new candidates for the World’s Children’s Prize, takes you around the world to meet children who are voting and contains facts about the Rights of the Child. In the magazine 2014, that is published in February, you can read about the Prize Laureates 2014. Don't miss the stories about the children they fight for. Also in this issue: What does the Child Jury do? PicLits (Online Resource) I know many smart people who have a tough time filling pages with words, sentences and paragraphs in order to express their thoughts.

PicLits (Online Resource)

I’ve also learned that a picture is often worth at least a thousand words and that a short video can be worth millions. Here’s an online application that facilitates combining a picture with a few words in order to express a thought. In my estimation, this is a very special online application that deserves to be well known and widely used by learners everywhere! PicLits is a brilliant application that is elegant in its simplicity.

The site’s tagline says it offers “inspired picture writing”, and that’s exactly what it does. Terry Friedlander, the site’s creator, intentionally encourages the development of creative writing skills in a section of the website entitled “Learn It”. IMOW Activity. Participants were students from the following classes: Dr.

IMOW Activity

Sherry Keith, "Women of the World " class, San Francisco State University Dr. Sarah Curtis, "Women in European History" class, San Francisco State University Julia Marshall, art class, San Francisco State University Hillary Younglove, high school art class, Sonoma Academy IMOW thanks the students for their work, and the teachers for the time and effort they gave to the project. The key parts of the activity consist of sixteen biographies written by the university students, quotations found by the students, and portraits primarily created by high school students. Each biography begins with the student's personal reflection about the woman of courage assigned to them. Please note: The sixteen women represented here are only a small number of the courageous women who have, and do, made significant contributions to our lives.

ESL English Language Learning - Adult Literacy - Listening & Reading - Audiobooks - Stories. Overview — Plagiarism.org - Best Practices for Ensuring Originality in Written Work. Flipped Classroom. Six Things. BBC Schools - BBC Schools. East of the web. Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind. BBC Learning English - Learning English.

Antimoon: How to learn English effectively. Learning English - 6 Minute English. Språklänkportalen - Startsidan. Keep your English Up to Date. Home page for British English Dictionary and Thesaurus. AAEC - Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. What is the reality about immigration? Teachers: Download the lesson and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format) Common Core State Standard RL.CSS.2/4 Grades 6-12: Students determine the meaning of political cartoons through the analysis of their literal, symbolic and figurative meanings of the elements the artist used and their effect. Students are asked to describe the overall effect of the cartoon, and how the artist’s choices combine to create that effect. Finally, students determine the purpose of the cartoon and how it relates to current issues through discussion questions.

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