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ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
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ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities
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"My students really enjoyed this resource. It helped that it included questions that were based on the different levels. The students bursted with laughter with each image. This was very entertaining and useful for practicing speaking."
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Sarah O.
"This is a great resource! My students enjoy engaging in discussions and writing activities. For early finishers, I extended the activities by having them write a story using all story elements about what is going on. They love this!"
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Adriana D.

Description

Give your English Language Learners a reason to speak and write with these sentence frames, speaking, & Writing Scaffolds for Secondary ELL Students. Perfect for ESL bell ringers, ELL writing activities, conversation practice, warm-ups, and extension activities, this resource includes 20 differentiated prompts with two levels of questions to support beginners through advanced ELLs.

Students will practice speaking, writing, describing, comparing, and asking questions using past, present, and future tenses.

Designed to keep reluctant writers motivated, these prompts also work great for mixed-ability ESL classrooms, differentiated stations, or special education support. Includes two print formats plus full-page images for easy projection.

Suggestions for Other Uses

Use for Warm Ups: Display a picture at the beginning of class. Have students respond to prompt(s) orally or in writing.

Write a Caption: Give students a picture and have them write a caption. Encourage them to use who, what, where, when in their captions.

Write a GIST: Students write a GIST (main idea) statement for a picture in 12 words or less.

Notice & Wonder: I love the Notice & Wonder Protocol. Display a picture. Write a T-Chart on board for recording student responses. First, ask students what they notice about the picture. Then, ask students what they wonder. This is a great way to open up conversations.

Couple this with my Grammar Practice, Games, Newcomer Units, or my Flip Books and you’ll be ready to rock!

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ESL Funny Picture Prompts | Differentiated Speaking & Writing Activities

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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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What others say

"My students really enjoyed this resource. It helped that it included questions that were based on the different levels. The students bursted with laughter with each image. This was very entertaining and useful for practicing speaking."
star
Sarah O.
"This is a great resource! My students enjoy engaging in discussions and writing activities. For early finishers, I extended the activities by having them write a story using all story elements about what is going on. They love this!"
star
Adriana D.

Description

Give your English Language Learners a reason to speak and write with these sentence frames, speaking, & Writing Scaffolds for Secondary ELL Students. Perfect for ESL bell ringers, ELL writing activities, conversation practice, warm-ups, and extension activities, this resource includes 20 differentiated prompts with two levels of questions to support beginners through advanced ELLs.

Students will practice speaking, writing, describing, comparing, and asking questions using past, present, and future tenses.

Designed to keep reluctant writers motivated, these prompts also work great for mixed-ability ESL classrooms, differentiated stations, or special education support. Includes two print formats plus full-page images for easy projection.

Suggestions for Other Uses

Use for Warm Ups: Display a picture at the beginning of class. Have students respond to prompt(s) orally or in writing.

Write a Caption: Give students a picture and have them write a caption. Encourage them to use who, what, where, when in their captions.

Write a GIST: Students write a GIST (main idea) statement for a picture in 12 words or less.

Notice & Wonder: I love the Notice & Wonder Protocol. Display a picture. Write a T-Chart on board for recording student responses. First, ask students what they notice about the picture. Then, ask students what they wonder. This is a great way to open up conversations.

Couple this with my Grammar Practice, Games, Newcomer Units, or my Flip Books and you’ll be ready to rock!

Follow Me to Be Notified of New Resources and Resource Updates

Join our Free Resource Library. Get Member Exclusive access to free resources and our free newsletter containing tips, new announcements, and gift-card giveaways.

Customer Tips:

How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases:

Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺

You Can Find All of My Resources for English Language Learners Here

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Thank you so much, my students enjoyed this very much!!
Rated 5 out of 5
July 16, 2026
Thank you so much, my students enjoyed this very much!!
Robynn D.
287 reviews • Texas
Grades taught: K
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals
Funny and Engaging
Rated 5 out of 5
June 24, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This is such a fun activity and a great way to help my kiddos get over some of their anxiety. Thanks! I am even going to use some of these in my general education ELA classes.
Cassandra S.
66 reviews • New Mexico
Grades taught: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals
Often used!
Rated 5 out of 5
April 20, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
I use this activity approx once a week with my ELLs to encourage writing improvement. They LOVE the pics!
LORI S.
101 reviews • Outside the United States
Grades taught: 6th, 7th
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties
Adult Learners
Rated 5 out of 5
January 23, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Used this with adult learners. Was fun and engaging!
Julie H.
152 reviews • California
Grades taught: Other
Great resources
Rated 5 out of 5
October 12, 2025
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Great resource! Easy to use and engaging! Thank you.
Deborah R.
938 reviews • Georgia
Grades taught: PreK, 3rd
Student populations: Autism, Mild to severe disabilities
Gets them talking
Rated 5 out of 5
August 21, 2025
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
The pictures are clever and really get my students talking in the target language. It's awesome to see how things are interpreted differently by the students and their unique points of view. We do one every week.
Stephanie B.
12 reviews
Grades taught: 7th, 8th
Such a fun resource
Rated 5 out of 5
August 6, 2025
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Students LOVED these pictures and it really allowed for great creative and unique writing. I will use these every year.
Jennifer B.
295 reviews
Grades taught: 4th, 5th
Rated 5 out of 5
July 17, 2025
I loved these pictures but for my emergent bilinguals they needed a lot of additional support when writing about the picture. Middle schoolers also had a difficult time not laughing when looking at the pictures and took a while to get back to the task.
56 reviews
Grades taught: 6th, 7th
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals

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Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
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