ESL TED Talk Activity - Reach into the computer and grab a pixel
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Reach into the computer and grab a pixel", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
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ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Reach into the computer and grab a pixel", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Students read term-definition cards aloud in a chain (whole-class or partner/small-group play) to review nonfiction text-structure vocabulary.
Practice setting up and solving linear equations and systems of linear equations through age-related word problems, at a high-school algebra level.
The lesson begins with two tomato plants treated differently in more than one way, prompting students to discuss why the conclusion is unreliable. Fill-in notes introduce independent, dependent, and controlled variables before students apply the terms to basketball, studying, and a derby-car scenario. A short review and model answers support the follow-up discussion.
Solve 13 percent word problems (finding a part, whole, or percent given the other two values) covering everyday contexts such as food/bakery costs, discounts, calorie percentages, and restaurant seating; check answers against a worked answer key using the percentage proportion (Part/Whole = Percent/100).
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The First Secret for Great Design - Tony Fadel", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Provide printed sheet music (piano score with lyrics) of the Christian hymn 'A Mighty Fortress Is Our God' for performance/practice.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about The Simpsons (TV/pop culture).
Solve weekly word problems following a structured a-d breakdown that requires patient, step-by-step problem solving and written explanation of reasoning; teacher grades using provided scoring samples.
Read a 1-page informational/feature-style passage, answer vocabulary (synonym/word-meaning), true/false-with-justification, and short-answer comprehension questions on a second page, then write one or more extended opinion or comparison essays on a third page.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A math worksheet set introducing function tables: what a function is, how input/output relate via a function rule, and practice completing and deriving function tables.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about extended reality (VR/AR/MR) technology.
Practice evaluating limits, with correct answers driving a color-by-number picture.
An outline-format PowerPoint introducing high school students to the origins, core beliefs, and practices of Hinduism.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "My Philosophy for a Happy Life - Sam Berns", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
For each of 10 scenarios (ships, airplanes, sailboats, hikers, surveyors), draw a diagram with the given information and calculate the requested bearing and/or distance, rounding answers to the nearest tenth.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about favorite/least-favorite school subjects.
A worksheet applying sinusoidal (sine/cosine) functions to real-world contexts -- windmill blade height, AC voltage, and ocean tides -- to practice writing and interpreting trigonometric equations.
An algebra worksheet giving students practice simplifying square roots and self-checking their work via a solve-and-match letter code.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Beauty of Being a Misfit - Lidia Yuknavitch", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Self-checking practice worksheet for writing and solving two-step (multi-step) linear equations from word problems, paired with a pun/riddle for engagement and a pixel-art reveal element noted on the cover page.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about the Wright Brothers and the invention of powered flight.
A multi-file teacher's unit bundle for a novel study of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, combining background/context instruction, chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, characterization work, a project choice board, and graphic organizers.