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Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to numbers, shapes and colors, as well as plural nouns. This includes: Vocabulary handoutsDigital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handoutsWord search Color by NumberReading passages & comprehension questionsClassmate interview questions + sentence framesPlural handouts and worksheetsTest

Add these guided notes to your students' interactive notebooks. These cover the grammar concepts students need to master in middle and high school ELA classes. These are easy to use with students and provide students with a physical resources to reference when writing and revising work. Students can color in the images to personalize their notes and make them more visually appealing. Includes notes over the following:Parts of speechSubjectsClausesSentence TypesPunctuation rules (commas, semicol

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to the English alphabet, pronouns, and the "He has a/She has an" sentence structure. This includes: Vocabulary handoutsDigital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handout Scaffolded writing sentences handout Crossword puzzleReading passage & comprehension questions The following digital assi

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This bundle includes the following survival vocabulary to introduce to students at the beginning of the year: Alphabet + Alphabet vocabularyPronounsClassroom & school vocabularyNumbersColorsShapesOrdinalsMonthsDaysWeatherPeopleAction Verbs + Things we playEmotionsBody partsThis bundle also introduces students to the following grammar concepts: Is/are, has/havePluralSimple present, pas

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to prepositions, places, and verb vocabulary, and simple past tense spelling rules. Vocabulary handoutsDigital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handouts & practice worksheetsCrossword puzzleWord searchReading passage & comprehension questionsPlaces and Prepositions Town Map speaking acti

This contains various activities for the short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs (a perfect choice for October/Halloween!). Included are: Vocabulary handout (print & digital)Text with guided annotation (print & digital): focused on comprehension. Great for struggling readers!Text dependent questions (print & digital)Foreshadowing & Irony analysis assignment (print & digital)Mood analysis assignment (print & digital)Character one pager (print & digital))Hexagonal Thinking activity for stud

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to emotions and body parts vocabulary, has vs have, and adjective order (colors & numbers). This includes: Vocabulary handoutsDigital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handouts & practice worksheetsCrossword puzzleWord searchReading passage & comprehension questionsComprehension question

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to school and classroom vocabulary, as well as the "to be" verb. This includes: Vocabulary handouts Survival phrasesClassroom commandsClassroom vocabulary (things in the classroom)Digital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handoutsCrossword puzzleReading passages & comprehension questionsTo

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to ordinal numbers, months, days, weather vocabulary, and the simple past & future tense. This includes: Vocabulary handoutsDigital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handouts & practice worksheetsCrossword puzzleOrdinal numbers writing worksheet (sequencing)Ordinal numbers ranking activi

Use this collection of weekly lessons to increase your students' vocabulary. This collection features words commonly used on the ACT as well words your students are likely to encounter in their readings. In my first few years of teaching, I gave my students a list of vocabulary words to memorize and tested them weekly, expecting them to learn five words a week. At first this seemed manageable, but I quickly learned that my students had forgotten most of their words by the end of the year. I

Give students the opportunity to talk about what they read. This assignment is meant to be completed after students finish an independent reading/student-selected novel. Students choose one option from the "playlist" and create a short presentation where students try to get their classmates interested in reading a novel of their choice. Presentation options include an alternative book cover, a Netflix Original slideshow, and a TikTok slideshow. This product includes the playlist where students

Use Malala Yousafzai's "Address to the United Nations, July 2013" to help students practice close reading and rhetorical analysis. Use digitally or print. This includes: Vocabulary graphic organizers to use prior to reading the text Guided annotation with prompts to get students to "dig deeper" Rhetorical analysis chart with evidence from the text to help students identify and analyze rhetorical strategiesWriting promptTo provide your students with more support, download these free sentence fra

Do you need age appropriate resources for your middle school/high school beginning English language learners? This product introduces students to people vocabulary (including family), action verbs, and things we play, as well as the simple present tense. This includes: Vocabulary handoutsDigital vocabulary dictionary with pronunciation audioThe following printable assignments:Writing vocabulary handoutsWord searchCrossword puzzleReading passage & comprehension questionsSimple present tense hando

This contains various activities for the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe (a perfect choice for October/Halloween!). Included are: Vocabulary handout (print & digital)Vocabulary Slideshow alternative assignment (digital only)Text with guided annotation (print & digital)Students practice summarization, inferences, and finding evidence. Figurative language analysis activity (print & digital)Tone analysis activity (print & digital)Symbolism Analysis Slideshow assignment (digita

Add writing notes to your interactive notebooks! This product includes fill-in-the blank handouts your students can add to their notebooks and use as a reference while writing. They include notes over: Introductions Body paragraphs (CER format)ConclusionsTransition wordsStrong verbsMLA format Integrating quotesAn answer key is also included. Other Products: Book Talk PlaylistGuided Grammar Coloring Notes

This contains various activities for the science fiction tele-play The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Included are: SlideshowVocabulary activityComprehension QuestionsPlot ChartTheme/Literary Analysis Graphic OrganizerPara-Essay Writing Prompt & RubricMaterials (with the exception of the Para-Essay) are available in both digital and print formats.

Do your students struggle with rhetorical analysis? Do they summarize instead of analyze? Help your students get started with these sentence starters and sentence frames. These are meant to help students when writing rhetorical analysis and encourage students to "dig" deeper. Print it out for students to use or add to your classroom website.

This includes a sample of my guided grammar notes coloring sheets. These are meant to be kept in an interactive notebook. Includes elements students can color as well.

This assignment was created to be used in conjunction with the documentary Blackfish; however, it can be used with any nonfiction text or film. It's a short writing assignment to help students better write paragraphs for argumentative research papers. Ideally, it should be used before students write a full essay. I found this approach particularly useful with my seniors because many of them were not confident writers. By breaking the paragraph down into manageable steps, my students were demys