Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

Make-a-Map Ideas

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Place a simple question in the middle of the map. For example, Is it a ____? Place images around the question. Have students practice asking the question using the images they chose. For example, ...

1.5.5 Review: Was / Were Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Happy Birthday (L1U5L5), Ben and Moby want to surprise Nikki on her birthday, but Nikki surprises them, instead. While Ben and Moby realize their mistake, students review po...

1.6.4 Past Simple (Questions) Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, What Did You Bring? (L1U6L4), Ben and Moby go on a camping trip. Find out what they brought with them and why as they ask each other questions in the past simple tense. In t...

1.5.4 Was / Were Questions Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Was it An Accident? (L1U5L4), Moby shows up at Ben’s house, bandaged from head to toe! Ben asks Moby where, when and how the accident happened, using the past simple of the ...

1.4.5 Review: Present Simple Lesson Plan

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In the movie An Apple a Day (L1U4L5), Moby learns that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but he still wants to see the doctor! Students review the present simple tense and learn a new proverb as M...

1.4.3 Present Simple (Questions) Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Does He Bite? (L1U4L3), we meet Moby's new dog. As Ben asks Moby questions about his pet, students discover how to form questions in the present simple tense. In this lesson...

1.2.5 Present Progressive Review Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Ben Needs Help (L1U2L5), Ben needs Moby's help moving boxes. But when Moby claims he’s too busy, Ben doesn’t take no for an answer. In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades...

1.2.3 Present Progressive (Questions) Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Who’s Making Noise? (L1U2L3), Ben is trying to do homework, but it’s too noisy! In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-8, students participate in activities, use images...

1.1.3 Be (Questions) Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, What Is It? (L1U1L3), Moby comes to visit Ben, bringing him a surprise. As Ben tries to guess what’s in the box, students are introduced to the interrogative form of the ver...
subject pronouns lesson plan

1.1.1 Subject Pronouns Lesson Plan

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In BrainPOP ELL’s first movie, Hi, I’m Ben (L1U1L1), Ben introduces students to his friends using subject pronouns, and the verb to be and its contractions. In this subject pronouns lesson plan, adapt...