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- Go Figure! The Origin and Use of Idioms
- Students will identify idioms and relate their meanings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
- By Martha Cain.
- Jeopardy-style Media Vocabulary Game
- This game will help students learn and review a variety of media terms in a non-threatening and fun way.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills)
- By Myrna Price.
- Making reading passages comprehensible for English language learners
- English language learners can read the same content-area material as their peers, but may need special help. Teachers can make difficult reading comprehensible by building vocabulary, decoding difficult syntax, and teaching background knowledge.
- By Ellen Douglas.
- Bubba: A Cinderella story
- This lesson focuses on the whimsical interpretation of the Cinderella story. Students explore the story Bubba, the Cowboy Prince, through rich text and interpretations of the story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Jennifer Fessler and Karen Wright.
- Food choice in our everyday lives
- Focuses on everyday foods and how these foods relate to the food pyramid. Students will recognize food vocabulary in the target language (Spanish) and will make healthy food choices by creating thinking maps, a school menu in the target language, and exploring food choices from around the world.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Healthful Living and Second Languages)
- By Gina Benson and Laura Epting.
- Balinese girl wearing floral crown headdress
- This tourism advertising image shows a young Balinese girl wearing an elaborate floral crown headdress. Such crowns are characteristic of Balinese classical dance costumes. The girl's portrait is shown on a black circle within a purple background, and the...
- Format: image/photograph
Resources on the web
- Figurative language: Teaching idioms
- In this lesson, students explore figurative language with a focus on the literal versus the metaphorical translations of idioms. Through read-alouds, teacher modeling, and student-centered activities presented in the classroom, students further develop... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Cultures of the Andes
- A straightforward website that includes many resources for learning about the Andes cultures. Find videos, photos, language guides, jokes, poetry, and more. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: www.andes.org
- Voice of America News
- Read or listen to current stories and breaking national and international news in 50 languages and covering topics from agriculture to American culture. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Voice of America
- The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
- Contains definition entries that span a broad selection of subjects in an attempt to define the literate American's knowledge. Users will find multiple entries in brief about subjects in the Bible, literature, technology,world geography and many more. This... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Bartleby.com
- National Museum of African Art
- "The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art fosters the discovery and appreciation of the visual arts of Africa, the cradle of humanity." This site contains African Art of many mediums: sculpture, painting, masks, multimedia and more. An added component... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution
