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Every-Day Edits

Every-Day Edits
Click on the month below for Every-Day Edit activities most appropriate for that month. If you run out of daily activities during any month, click the Xtra Edits link. Use Every-Day Edits to build language skills, test scores, and cultural literacy with students in grades 4 and above. Be sure to see our tips for using Every-Day Edits in your classroom. Note: If you teach the primary grades, you will want to use our Animals A to Z activity. This is a weekly -- instead of daily -- activity.

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7 Simple and Quick Editing Tips That Will Elevate Your Writing - Grammarly Blog Guest post by Matt Banner It doesn’t matter if you’re a New York Times bestselling author or a blogger from Kansas, everyone has to edit their work. The first draft is always a mess of disorganized thoughts and uncertain tangents. Writing begins as chaos and ends with order. It has been this way since the dawn of time. ESL Resources - New sites - June 2014 - Part 1 - Videos - Lesson plans - Songs - Worksheets - Quizzes - Files - Cinema - Vocabulary - Grammar Drawing to a close – Trump v Clinton: the comic strip - 8 November 2016 "The primaries, the debates, the allegations, the assertions, the hope and the despair – writer Paul Owen and illustrator Katie Fricas tell the story of the 2016 US election." (theguardian.com) A year on the US election campaign trail: 'There's an irresistible energy' "Photographer Mark Makela has been covering the election all year. Here he talks about his experience shooting the various stages of the campaign, and selects some of his favorite images from a unique presidential race." (theguardian.com)

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EFL / ESOL / ESL Educational Songs and Activities: Song Lyrics for Teaching English as a Second Language These EFL/ESOL/ESL lyrics are available from a variety of albums: Songs that Teach Conversational English and English Vocabulary Action Songs Around the World – Jack Hartmann Can You Move Like Me? – Caroline and Danny Circle of Friends – Ron Brown Family Dance

English Express Adriana's story Here is an amazing story about Adriana. In 1986, she was left beside a road when she was a baby. Now she is grown up and lives in Edmonton. It was April 14, 1986, near Victoria, B.C. WebEnglish NB! This theme uses a new feature for vocabulary practice 1:1. The teacher can register their classes in order to follow the students’ progress, but this is not necessary. The students can study the vocabulary list, but to practise the words they need to log in. Otherwise, the programme would not be able to help them learn the difficult words. Even without 1:1, the teacher can project the practice on an (Interactive)WhiteBoard.

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