Science

About Ants Reading Comprehension

By saradavila  |  2012/08/04 02:12 Posted in Beginner, Reading Comprehension, Science, Young Learner  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet discusses how ants use scent to create maps to bring food back to the working colony. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses a graphic organizer mind map to organize information from the reading. The [...]

Flightless Birds Reading Comprehension

By saradavila  |  2012/07/21 02:09 Posted in Beginner, Reading Comprehension, Science, Young Learner  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet talks about three different kinds of flightless birds. It describes details about the birds to help students understand other skills birds have developed. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses a graphic organizer mind map [...]

Glasswing Butterfly Reading Comprehension

By saradavila  |  2012/06/20 23:50 Posted in Beginner, Reading Comprehension, Science, Young Learner  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet talks about the Glasswing butterfly of South America. It details information about the butterfly and why the wings look like glass. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses a graphic organizer to help students collect [...]

Things Animals Eat Brainstorming Creative Thinking

By saradavila  |  2012/04/03 23:15 Posted in Beginner, Creative Thinking, Lesson Plan, Science, Speaking  |  Comments (0)

This is a series of classroom activities designed to improve communication while developing creative thinking. Creative thinking techniques encourage students to think in new and interesting ways to solve problems and address a variety of situations. These creative thinking techniques can help your learners find new ways in which to use or review language. This [...]

Animal Habitat Reading Jigsaw

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a jigsaw reading activity for intermediate or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL students. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity focused on understanding the environment and endangered species. In this activity the teacher begins with at least 4 groups. It is possible to have 8 groups with where four have interaction. Each group receives a [...]

Ways to Conserve Habitat

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific Purposes activity designed for pre-intermediate or intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity asks students to consider content related to endangered species and is appropriate for a biology classroom, or a classroom where students are learning geography. In this activity students are presented with a number of animal and animal types [...]

Jupiter Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 17:43 Posted in Beginner, English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginner or  pre-intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity (ESP) focused on language related to science and astronomy. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut [...]

Trees Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 17:34 Posted in Beginner, English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for beginner or  pre-intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity (ESP) focused on language related to biology or science. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut [...]

Pyramids in Egypt Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 16:57 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for pre-intermediate or upper intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity uses English for Specific Purposes (ESP) specifically in social studies content related to the great pyramids in Egypt. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication [...]

Sugar Cookies Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 15:14 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for pre-intermediate or upper intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity using English for Specific Purposes (ESP) specifically related to the use of numbers in fractions. In this activity students focus on the lexical sets for cooking and recipes, following directions, and ordinal numbers, and fractions. This is a great four [...]

The Atoms Riddle Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 14:18 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Riddles, Running Dictation, Science  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for pre-intermediate or upper intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity uses English for Specific Purposes (ESP) specifically in the area of science. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences [...]

How Many Candies?

By saradavila  |  2011/05/07 03:30 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a thinking and conversation activity. For this teachers will need to buy a bag of colored candies. If you would like to pass out the candies I recommend M&M’s. However a larger bag can also be used and presented at the front of class.   Students discuss the question and record guesses as [...]