"Through completing the Family Interviews Activity, students will learn about the importance of oral histories and the tradition of Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos. They will begin to develop identity connections as they gain a stronger understanding of the histories of their family members."
Proficiency LevelNovice LowNCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can ask and answer questions about what something is.I can ask and answer questions about the price of one object among a group of items.I can describe the location of an object to help someone understand the item I’m talking about.
This is the first of two lessons on how to teach adverbs, helping teachers introduce students to the form of adverbs and adverbs as used after verbs. This lesson is designed for pre-intermediate students who have existing knowledge of the present simple and present continuous.You can access 150+ more free lessons like this with a free Off2Class account!
Before you determine how to teach causative verbs, it’s important to know when to teach them. This lesson requires existing knowledge of basic concepts. So, it is not designed for beginner ESL students. Instead, it is designed for intermediate learners that have the ability to identify subjects and verbs independently. It is a part of the Off2Class gerunds and infinitives curriculum. You can access 150+ more free lessons like this with a free Off2Class account!
In this lesson, students will learn how to use the first conditional. As well they will be introduced to the concept of how the speaker feels about a statement and whether that statement is true or not. In addition, students will learn the if-clause and result cause, and the idea of action and result. This lesson does not cover the difference between particular and habitual activities. Nor does it cover the result clauses with modals. Nevertheless, the student will learn how to talk about the present and the future. By the end of the lesson, students will be making 1st conditional sentences and predictions. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
A relative clause or adjective clause can be joined together to give more information about something. That is to say, it gives more information about the noun. As an example, the student might write, “This is a dog that is eating a bone.” To introduce a relative clause, include a relative pronoun (such as who, that, whose) or a relative adverb (when, where, why).This lesson is suitable for Intermediate students and is classified CEFR High B1 or B1+.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
This lesson is full of several activities that are entertaining and informative for beginner students. It includes lots of visuals and pictures so students have a better understanding of how subject pronouns are used to describe people or things. It also includes several matching, reading, speaking, and picture description activities. Finally, it contains gap-fill exercises so that students can practice using subject pronouns in sentences. Though it appears that it is longer, this lesson is not overly dense. By the end of this lesson students will be able to use the subject pronouns I, you, she, he, it, we, you, and they correctly. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
Once students have mastered all future forms of verbs and the present perfect simple, it is time to learn the future perfect simple. This free ESL lesson plan provides a guide for how to teach the future perfect simple. The lesson plan is suitable for students at an intermediate level and is classified WIDA Developing / CEFR B1+.You can access 150+ more free lessons like this with a free Off2Class account!
Before teaching this lesson, it is expected that you have a good understanding of what the present perfect simple tense is. You should know that it is used to describe events that took place in the past, which have a result now (in the present). I recommend that you review the lesson plan before teaching it so that you have a firm understanding of the concepts and activities it includes. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
Before teaching this lesson, it is expected that you have a good understanding of what the present perfect simple tense is. You should know that it is used to describe events that took place in the past, which have a result now (in the present). I recommend that you review the lesson plan before teaching it so that you have a firm understanding of the concepts and activities it includes. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
This short video guides young learners through a pop-up book and how to make their own. Focus combines art and literacy.
This lesson includes a video and document about some idioms and proverbs in English with their Turkish meanings. Bu ders, Türkçe anlamlarıyla birlikte verilen bazı İngilizce deyim ve atasözlerinin yer aldığı bir video ve belgeden oluşmaktadır.
How to teach IELTS: ListeningThis lesson plan introduces the listening portion of the test and outlines the format students should expect. In this lesson there are listening exercises and audio files, you can access them by signing up for a free Off2Class teacher account. It is important to note that the listening test is the same for both the academic and general IELTS tests.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
This is a chart of the main phonemes (sounds) used in American English. There is a difference in opinion on how many phonemes are used in American English. I am following the guidelines of most books and courses on phonetics in the USA.
This series help students think about their bodies and body images in a social justice context. Each lesson looks at a different aspect of the relationship children have with their bodies. The series helps students take ownership over their own feelings and attitudes and develop an activist stance in terms of understanding body image and also looking after their own physical and emotional wellbeing.
A Google Doc that links to several IWLA resources of interest to Iowa based World Language teachers.
Idioms describing food and eating: This lesson teaches idioms like eat like a bird and dig in. Most students love food, so they’ll love this lesson on idioms describing food and eating.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
Idioms describing love: If your student is asked to go on a blind date, do you think they’ll know what it means? Maybe not, so use this lesson to teach them about idioms describing love.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
Idioms describing people: This lesson plan focuses on common idioms we use to describe people, including black sheep and gold digger.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.
Idioms that use anatomy vocabulary: Imagine being a new English learner and being told to break a leg or pick his brain. Idioms that use anatomy can be weird and downright scary, so this lesson is a must for your ESL students.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.