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1. Miami, Florida: The Magic City

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This is an introduction to Miami, including its history, attractions, geographical characteristics, and interesting facts. The article also contains many pictures of local attractions.

2. Lesson Plan: A Letter from Miami: A Telenovela

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This lesson plan contains four activities that can prepare students for the final activity of creating a video or a play. There are also two optional activities to help students learn grammar, and a fact sheet about Miami.

3. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game that asks the reader to make as many words as possible using the letters in “cruise ship.” Cues are provided.

4. Chicago, Illinois: The Windy City

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This is an introduction to Chicago, including its brief history, attractions, geographical characteristics, and interesting facts. It also contains pictures of local attractions.

5. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2008, Volume 46, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game that asks the reader to fill letters in spaces to create words. Cues are provided.

6. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game. It presents three phrases, and challenges the student to make as many words as possible using the letters in the given phrases.

7. Quilting: An American Craft

   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This is an introduction to an American craft: quilting. The passage introduces what quilting is and different types of quilts. It also talks about the meaning of quilts and how they are used in American society.

8. The Lighter Side

   In: English Teaching Forum 2006, Volume 44, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   This is a word game using animal names to fill in spaces in a quilt-patterned chart.

9. U.S. Coins: Reminders of History and Heritage

   In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This article describes the various US coins, the design, size, and history of coins, coin-making, the US mint, coin production, and the mottos that appear on coins. There is also a section on coin collecting as a hobby, a list of websites about coins, and a glossary of coin terms.

10. The Lighter Side

    In: English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 1 Format(s): Text

    “Coin Toss” provides clues and asks learners to unscramble words to find the answers.

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