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1. Word Bricks-Longest Sentence

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   Students create the longest sentence possible using a set of 15–20 Word Bricks in 3 minutes. Keeping the time limit short makes for a fast-paced, fun atmosphere as teams compete. Download the cards and instructions!

2. Word Bricks- Describe and Guess

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   In Describe and Guess, players take turns selecting a Word Brick and then describing one of the words on the brick without saying the actual word. Download the game and instructions!

3. EPA Teacher and Learner Resource Center

   Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   Looking for ways to teach about the environment to your English language learners? Check out these 12 lesson plans from the Environmental Protection Agency. There are 4 lessons for each level – beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

4. Classroom Activities

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   These classrooms activities, which are designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students, focus on the issue’s fishing theme. Classroom activities include written and oral work, vocabulary, team work and individual work. Lessons include creating a vocabulary card game, oral story telling based on the “fish story” concept of telling exaggerated stories, and the creation of a persuasive piece. Variations are included to expand and vary the lessons.

5. Guess What? - Yes, No, Maybe!

   In: Activate Games for Learning English - Guess What? Format(s): Text

   In Yes, No, Maybe!, the Describer tells the Guessers the topic on the card and the Guessers must ask yes or no questions until they discover what the words on the Guess What? card are.

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