A foundational lesson for Level 1 English Learners to practice constructing simple Subject-Verb and Subject-Verb-Adjective sentences using visual scaffolds and word banks.

An immersive culinary language lesson for adult learners focusing on food vocabulary, restaurant interactions, and cultural dining customs.

A comprehensive toolkit for foreign language teachers to bridge the gap between rote memorization and spontaneous oral communication through interactive activities and low-stakes scaffolding.

A lesson focused on the cultural tradition of sending Valentine's Day cards, designed for ESL students to practice functional reading and writing skills.

A fun, movement-based lesson for early elementary ESL students to learn directional opposites (Up/Down, High/Low) using playground equipment and a catchy song. Students will engage in pronunciation practice, video analysis, and a partner dictation activity using character cut-outs.

A foundational ESL lesson focused on numbers 1-10, connecting spoken words, written forms, and quantities through music, video, and movement. Students engage in choral counting, video-based handwriting practice, and a classroom-wide labeling activity.

A Kindergarten/1st Grade ESL lesson focusing on oral language development through comparative and superlative adjectives (long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest) using zoo animal comparisons.

A beginner ESL lesson focused on identifying and using prepositions of place (on, under, below, in front of, behind, above) through a fun bedroom investigation theme.

A foundational grammar lesson for ESL/ELL students focusing on the four most common irregular verbs (be, have, do, say) and their past tense forms through video analysis and scaffolded storytelling.

A lesson for English Language Learners to identify and practice common American idioms using visual aids and video-based instruction. Students will explore literal vs. figurative meanings and practice using idioms in spoken sentences.

A fun, high-energy phonics lesson where students learn the 'silent H' rule for 'wh' words through a silly video and a fast-paced word relay.

A dynamic lesson for ESL/ELL students to master subject and object pronouns through physical movement and visual examples from Khan Academy. Students practice the 'switcheroo' by tossing a ball and transforming sentences in real-time.

A beginner ESL lesson focused on prepositions of movement through song, character interaction, and physical role play. Students will learn to describe direction using words like into, out of, through, around, toward, past, up, and down.

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson where students connect letter names to visual symbols through music and movement. Students use pointers to track letters on a classroom chart in time with a reggae-style alphabet song.

A 1st-grade phonics and sight word lesson focused on the word 'cut' and the 'ut' word family, featuring a catchy song and a hands-on sentence scramble activity.

A 1st-grade ESL-focused lesson centered on the sight word 'did', teaching students to distinguish between question and statement intonation through music and a 'Punctuation Police' roleplay activity.

This lesson focuses on helping intermediate ELL students choose the correct relative pronouns (who, that, which) based on whether the antecedent is a person or a thing, using the 'Cranky Witch' mnemonic from Khan Academy.

An introductory lesson using a visual 'tale of two elephants' to distinguish between specific (the) and general (a/an) nouns.

This lesson focuses on vowel shifts in irregular past tense verbs, specifically the 'say' to 'said' and 'flee' to 'fled' transitions, helping Elementary ESL students master tricky pronunciations through visual aids, sorting, and partner practice.

A comprehensive lesson for Beginner/Intermediate ELLs focusing on the Simple Aspect (Past and Future). Students will explore the timeline of language through visual aids, a Khan Academy video, and interactive "Will Wall" activities.

A royal-themed phonics lesson for 1st graders to master the 'qu' digraph through a video-based challenge and a 'Queen's Scroll' word hunt activity.

This culminating lesson applies the four tones to the syllable 'ma' to demonstrate how meaning changes (mother, hemp, horse, scold). Students participate in a listening game where they identify the correct image based on the tone they hear.

Students practice the sharp, falling pitch of the fourth tone, associating it with a firm 'No!' or a karate chop. The lesson focuses on energy and assertive vocalization to differentiate it from the other tones.

Students engage with the dipping pitch of the third tone, visualizing it as a roller coaster that goes down and up. Through physical bouncing movements, students practice the lower register dip required for this tone.

Learners practice the rising pitch of the second tone, associating it with the English questioning sound 'Huh?'. Students use upward arm movements to trace the sound as they practice rising vocal inflections.

A mastery-based lesson using 'Lǎoshī shuō' (Simon Says) to integrate all previous commands into complex sequences.

Learning 'Pāi shǒu' (Clap hands) and 'Tiào' (Jump) with rhythm and music to reinforce high-energy action vocabulary.

The sequence concludes with a song 'Wǒ ài wǒ de jiā', combining vocabulary with the verb 'to love' and expressive hand motions.

Focusing on sensory verbs 'Tīng' (Listen) and 'Kàn' (Look) through a detective-themed scavenger hunt.

Introducing 'Zǒu' (Walk) and 'Tíng' (Stop) using a Mandarin version of Red Light, Green Light to build impulse control and verb recognition.

Students learn 'Zhàn qǐ lái' (Stand up) and 'Zuò xià' (Sit down) through rapid-fire reaction games. focus is on gross motor response to auditory cues.

Students practice the sentence structure 'Zhè shì...' to introduce their own family members using photos or drawings.

Introduction to grandparents, Yéye and Nǎinai. Students explore generational structures using a visual family tree and storytelling.

In this synthesis lesson, students participate in a pretend tea party, applying all learned greetings in a social setting.

Exploration of siblings in Mandarin, focusing on older and younger distinctions. Students learn Gēge, Jiějie, Dìdi, and Mèimei through size-based activities.

Introduction to the terms for Mom and Dad in Mandarin. Students use finger puppets to practice Bàba and Māma while associating the words with parental figures.

Students explore empathy and repair by learning 'Duìbuqǐ' (Sorry) and 'Méiguānxi' (It's okay) through gentle role-play.

This lesson introduces 'Xièxie' (Thank you) and 'Bú kèqì' (You're welcome) through a gift-giving simulation.

Learners focus on 'Zàijiàn' (Goodbye) by enacting end-of-day routines and singing a Mandarin goodbye song.

Students learn 'Nǐ hǎo' (Hello) through a hand puppet interaction circle, focusing on eye contact and friendly body language.

A cumulative project where students create and present a poster incorporating all identity phrases learned in the sequence.

Expressing likes using 'Wǒ xǐhuān' with visual aids and preference paddles for colors and animals.

Learning numbers 1-5 and hand gestures to state age using the 'Wǒ... suì' sentence pattern.

Introducing 'nánhái' (boy) and 'nǚhái' (girl) through sorting activities and the 'Wǒ shì...' sentence pattern.

Students learn to say their name using the sentence pattern 'Wǒ jiào...' with a mirror-based introductory activity.

An introduction to the high, flat first tone using the 'Ahhh' sound and flat hand gestures to build steady pitch control.