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ELD LESSON PLANS/ACTIVITIES

Inside National Geographic http://usa.insideng.com/iusa/chooser.asp
Activities and games. Requires password. Navigate to Grammar Tiles game.

Guide to Online Schools http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/online-teaching/lesson-plans
"Save yourself the blood, sweat, and tears and take advantage of this treasure trove of over 160 links to thousands of innovative online lesson planning resources from reputable sources, helpfully catalogued by subject and educational level."

ESL Teachers Board http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/column/index.pl?read=413
Links to lessons, jobs, support and information especially for ESL teachers.

Make Beliefs Comics http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

"Use this great online tool for both students and teachers to create web-based or printed comic strips from a selection of characters and voice bubbles-- all with your OWN text!"

Bilingual Quizzes http://a4esl.org/

"Online quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL) "

Lesson Plans for ESL http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/

“38 content based ESL lesson plans for beginning through intermediate students.”

Activities for ESL/EFL Students http://a4esl.org/

“Study English with Quizzes, Tests, Crossword Puzzles, Exercises and other activities.”

Interesting Things for ESL Students http://www.manythings.org/

“Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.”

ESL/Bilingual Lesson Plans and Resources http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html

“Links to lesson plans and resources that should prove valuable in the classroom.”

Pizzaz! http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

“Simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with copyable handouts.”

SCORE Resources in Spanish http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/bilingual/bilingual.html

“Links to quality language arts materials in Spanish.”

Activities for ESL Students http://a4esl.org/
“Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)”

English as a Second Language http://www.rong-chang.com/
“A starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English through the Web.”

The ESL Center http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm
An online directory of language tools, tests, books, and radio and television sites.

Extreme Weather: Hurricanes http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=6875
Grades 4-8; Advanced, Beginning and Intermediate ESL. Content goals: Students will demonstrate the ability to define key words and verbally recall conditions that must be present for a hurricane to form.

Starfall http://www.starfall.com/
Interactive beginning reading games and activities can be useful with students who don't read well in any language.

Gamequarium http://www.gamequarium.com/learnenglish.html

ESL Clubhouse (games, quizzes, etc.) http://www.englishclub.com/esl-clubhouse.htm

Star Words http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/starwords/index.shtml
"At the end of the game you can print out a sheet which includes your name (if it has been entered), a list of all the words that you matched correctly and also the words that you missed."

Monkey Business http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/monkey/monkey.html
Put the sentence parts in order to help the monkey get across the river.

Pounce http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce2.html
Select the word written word that matches the word that you hear.

Apples4the teacher.com http://www.apples4theteacher.com/
"Our site includes interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject (creative arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, science, social studies), articles, literacy coloring pages and more."

ESL Exercises http://englishmedialab.com/
"Exercises for All English Learners- Online Grammar Exercises, Vocabulary Videos, Pronunciation Exercises, Interactive Quizzes."

ESL Galaxy http://www.esl-galaxy.com/
"Free ESL Printables, Kids Activities, Games and Online Exercises for Grammar, Vocabulary & Pronunciation."