Engaging ELLs

Wordless Movies are great for English Language Learners! A wordless movie are movies that don't have any words and tell their story through the illustrations. Piper is a 2016 computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Written and directed by Alan Barillaro. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards, making it the first Pixar short film to win an Oscar since For the Birds. I’ve created worksheets and activities to accompany the shor

Wordless Movies are great for English Language Learners! A wordless movie are movies that don't have any words and tell their story through the illustrations. Geri's Game is a 1997 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava. I’ve created worksheets and activities to accompany the short film. Keep in mind that YouTube can take down videos at anytime. Included in this packet:  Building Background— Chess  Who, What, When, How Question Worksheet

Question Word Activity Introduce your students to question words or “wh” questions. This is a great way for students to reinforce this important vocabulary so they can be successful in all of their classes and outside of school as well. Wh questions allow your student to find out more about a topic. This is a great hands on or tactile activity for your students to engage with question words. There are two options one in only English and one in both English and Spanish depending on your stude

Teaching pronouns is an important part of any English curriculum. It's important to teach pronoun usage during the early stages when students are learning about the basic construction of any English sentence. This can be used as independent practice, homework or an assessment. Students will need to choose the correct pronoun for each sentence. Students then use the circled letters to solve a riddle.