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Handout to supplement the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Food Choices). Contents: Excerpt from Michael Pollan's novel The Omnivore's Dilemma ("The Birth of Organic Food" section)Vocabulary (determining meaning using context) questionComprehension questionsOpen-ended writing prompt (using evidence to support an inference)

Handout to supplement the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Latin American Folklore). Contents: Excerpt from Wonderopolis passage about el Chupacabras with translated versionVocabulary matchingComprehension questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.

Chunked and scaffolded informational text from the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: The Lost Children of Sudan, Lesson 5). Includes paragraph-by-paragraph breakdown of informational text "The Lost Boys of the Sudan" with visuals, spaces to write the gist and define unknown vocabulary words (write the definitions and use them in sentences), and a comprehension check.

This is a student-facing tool to help visualize progress over time. Each tracker has a rubric with a color-coded key, progress monitoring dates, and space for each of the student's goals, with bubbles to indicate progress as the year progresses. The listing contains: 1, 2, 3, or 4-goal versions, suitable for students with different needsA template using "Independence Level" as a measure of progress, following a six-week progress monitoring cycleA blank template for you to input your own measur

Chunked and scaffolded informational text from the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Critical Problems and Design Solutions, Unit 2: Lesson 5). Includes two pages (2 paragraphs per page) of informational text "The Hippo Roller" with visuals, comprehension checks, and vocabulary questions.

Handout to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: "Medusa" myth (Unit 2: Lesson 3)Central idea questionVocabulary questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist separately 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.

Series of quick handouts for teaching and reviewing parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions) with tasks for sorting, labeling, and generating words in each grammatical category. Includes 5 half-pages (front and back) with: Nouns and VerbsAdjectives and AdverbsConjunctions and PrepositionsReview & PracticeMore Review & PracticeGreat for entrance/exit tickets! Practice sheets include sentences pulled from EL Education curricular texts, with sentence frame t

Chunked and scaffolded model essay from the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Food Choices, Lesson 8). I used this in the therapy room with my students with speech/language disabilities, analyzing one paragraph per session. Includes paragraph-by-paragraph breakdown of model essay "CSAs" with vocabulary (definitions, sentences, and visuals), comprehension questions, and an exit ticket question.

Handout (with Spanish translation) to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: "Hestia" myth (Unit 3: Lesson 2)Central idea questionVocabulary questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist separately 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.

Handout to supplement the 7th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: The Lost Children of South Sudan). I used this during remote learning and had students type in their responses, but it can be easily edited for printing purposes. Contents: Excerpt from Wonderopolis passage about refugeesVocabulary matchingComprehension questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension quest

Handout to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: "Cronus" myth (Unit 2: Lesson 3)Central idea questionVocabulary questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist separately 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.

Handout to supplement the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Food Choices). Contents: Excerpt from Wonderopolis passage about organic food with translated versionVocabulary matchingComprehension questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.

Handouts (in English and Spanish) to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: Excerpt from ReadWorks passage "Ancient Greece - The Cyclopes" with translationVocabulary matchingComprehension questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.

Handouts (in English and Spanish) aligned with the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: Synopsis of Chapter 5 of The Lightning Thief ("The Lotus Hotel and Casino") Passage about the original Greek myth it is based on ("The Lotus-Eaters")Matrices for selected vocabulary wordsComprehension questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Introduce vocabulary words and have students determine their meaning (using provided root/affix definitions or a dictionary), use ea

Handout to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Design Thinking) Contents: Excerpt from Cynthia Levinson's informational text "William Kambwamba's Electric Wind"Vocabulary (determining meaning using root/affixes) questionComprehension questionsGist statement (can cover responses and have students generate their own or show choices)