Year-End Roundup | Language Arts, Journalism, the Arts and Academic Skills
Our lessons are on summer vacation, but here are all the lessons in reading, writing and culture we published this school year.
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | The Summer Olympics
A new feature in which, each month, the teacher and author Larry Ferlazzo will choose Times content for English language learners across the globe, and suggest teaching ideas for each. Please come tell...
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | Recipes, Travel, Idioms and More
Our second installment of a new feature, in which an English Language Learning specialist suggests activities and Times articles to go with them.
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | Election 2012
Another in our monthly "Ideas for E.L.L.'s series, this one listing ways to use Times articles, video and interactives to teach about the race to the White House.
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners |‘Gangnam Style,’‘Emotion Words’ and More
Another in our monthly series, this one with ideas for using Times videos, photographs, interactives and articles to teach a variety of topics.
View ArticleThank You, Thesaurus: Experimenting With the Right Word vs. the Almost-Right...
Why does finding the precise word matter? In this lesson, students consider the advantages and disadvantages of using a thesaurus. Then, they choose from a variety of activities to go further in...
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | Celebrate the Holidays
Teaching ideas for writing about holiday traditions, making holiday gifts, learning about New Year's traditions and making resolutions.
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | Labeling Photos, Sequencing Passages...
This installment of our monthly series includes a picture-labeling activity; a sequencing exercise; a video-making challenge; and a rambunctious game called "Messenger and Scribe."
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen?
With Presidents' Day just ahead and an immigration overhaul on President Obama's second-term agenda, Larry Ferlazzo suggests ideas for having students deepen their definition and understanding of the...
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | The Real Harlem Shake, Mapping Memories...
This month: creative uses of Times visuals, from video to photography to maps, to practice spoken and written language ... and your dance moves.
View ArticleReader Idea | Discussing Junk Food With English-Language Learners
A teacher in Prague takes a long-form Times Magazine article and breaks it up via excerpts, discussion questions, a vocabulary activity and an advertising analysis exercise to help his E.L.L. students...
View ArticleIdeas for English-Language Learners | Earth Day and the Environment
With Earth Day and Arbor Day this month, here are four exercises to help students practice their English while learning about the environment and their role in keeping it healthy.
View ArticleIdeas for English-Language Learners | Celebrating the End of the School Year
Ways to reflect on and celebrate the end of the school year, no matter what age or level of students you teach.
View ArticleYear-End Round Up, 2012-13 | Language Arts, Journalism and the Arts
All our lesson plans on literature, reading, writing, journalism and the arts, as well as links to all our contests and winners, our "Ideas for E.L.L.'s" series, and our Common Core Practice series.
View ArticleReader Idea | Teaching the American Civil War to Students in China
Students use a Learning Network lesson on primary and secondary sources and the Civil War, do their own research on a key figure, then write blog posts that explain a primary source and its lasting...
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners | Election 2012
Another in our monthly "Ideas for E.L.L.'s series, this one listing ways to use Times articles, video and interactives to teach about the race to the White House.
View ArticleIdeas for English Language Learners |‘Gangnam Style,’‘Emotion Words’ and More
Another in our monthly series, this one with ideas for using Times videos, photographs, interactives and articles to teach a variety of topics.
View ArticleYear-End Round Up, 2012-13 | Language Arts, Journalism and the Arts
All our lesson plans on literature, reading, writing, journalism and the arts, as well as links to all our contests and winners, our "Ideas for E.L.L.'s" series, and our Common Core Practice series.
View ArticleIdeas for E.L.L.s | Civics and Citizenship
The 2014 elections are just around the corner, and they provide many opportunities for inviting E.L.L.s to be more active citizens.
View ArticleIdeas for E.L.L.s | Teaching About Food
The topic of food has the potential to fulfill all the prerequisites necessary for creating an engaging and effective language-development lesson. Here are many ideas and resources for teaching the topic.
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