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This is a great activity for the first school days of January! A short reading (perfect for beginner ESL / ENL students) informs students about some New Year's Eve traditions around the world. After some reading-based activities, including a future and past tense refresher and map activities, students interview each other to ask about traditions in their home countries, which they write down. Students then reflect on the year that just past, and make some resolutions for the year to come. As the

A bright and fun two-side handout that includes icebreaker activities for students and some information about their history and learning styles. It is aimed for use in the ESL / ENL classroom, with a map to show where students came from but can be used with any student. You can follow up with students sharing their responses with a partner and then the class. It is a great chance for students to tell you "all about me"! Like many of my resources, you can easily assign it on TPT's digital platfor

Two much simplified versions of the Halloween classic! Choose the language level and length that best fits your students. This file is just the text (adapted at two different levels). This same text is also available as a student handout with extensive activities, vocabulary support, ELA guidance, graphic organizers and images. It is also available as a handout in an even simpler version for ENL beginner students. Have you ever wanted to read "The Monkey's Paw" to your class but knew your stud

Beginner English language learners are crying out for stimulating texts to develop their reading and language skills. These texts are hard to find.  This story is part of a collection of high interest material specifically designed for ENL, ELL and ESL students. It is short (140 words), yet contains meaningful content and exciting activities that are sure to provoke discussion. Each story and nonfiction article in the series uses vocabulary from at least one section of the Oxford Picture Dictio

Have some classroom fun this holiday season with your beginner ESL, EFL, ENL students! Admire Christmas in Paris, then read (a VERY brief) passage about some Santa traditions around the world. Next, some geography practice: find the countries on the map, and draw the snacks given to Santa. After a bit of writing and a word search -- plus a handful of comprehension questions -- students write a story about the children in the Santa picture. Or use the comic grid to show what happens next. Finally

Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This single chapter mini-unit on Chapter 2 - Ana - gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! Check out the preview to get an overview of the four-day lesson complete with lesson plans. Topics covered through use of the text a

Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This single chapter mini-unit on Chapter 4 - Gonzalo - gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! Check out the preview to get an overview of the three-day lesson complete with lesson plans. Topics covered through use of the t

Will we find out if Curtis wins Lateesha over? Does it matter? How does Nora help an old man at death's door find some joy? Develop a theme for Seedfolks with your students...Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This double chapter mini-unit on Chapter 9 (Curtis) and Chapter 10 (Nora) gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the

If your students need help with writing a paragraph, this will do it! The fifth in the series "Powerful Paragraphs", this activity is designed to boost your students' writing skills. It was designed for both ESL students, and native English speakers who need help structuring a powerful paragraph. The process is simple. Look at the image together and brainstorm some fresh vocab. Read the sample text, and teach the writing focus ( bringing together all the key parts of a paragraph: the topic, det

Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This single chapter mini-unit on Chapter 3 - Wendell - gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! Check out the preview to get an overview of the three-day lesson complete with lesson plans. Topics covered through use of the t

Where did Leona find her strength? How does Leona solve the problem of trash in the vacant lot?Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This single chapter mini-unit on Chapter 5 - Leona - gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! ESL scaffolding and support is buil

Will Maricela come to terms with her pregnancy? What will Amir discover as people come together to celebrate the harvest in the garden?Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This double chapter mini-unit on Chapter 11 (Maricela) and Chapter 12 (Amir) gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make ent

What happens when people work together in Seedfolks? What happens when they lie? Develop a theme for Seedfolks with your students...Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This double chapter mini-unit on Chapter 7 (Virgil) and Chapter 8 (Sae Young) gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthr

Do your students struggle to write a powerful paragraph? Mine too! I made this series to help them master writing a simple paragraph. I saw real improvements when I started using it once a week. The third in the series "Powerful Paragraphs", this activity is designed to boost your students' writing skills. It was designed for both English Language Learners, and native English speakers who need help structuring a powerful paragraph. The process is simple. Look at the image together and brainstorm

This easy to assign non-fiction book unit is designed to work for any nonfiction book -- giving you a great tool to keep in your teaching chest. You can use individual pages as separate graphic organizers or give students the whole package to work through. It takes them from selecting a non-fiction book, to assessing it and finally creating a project to share with other students. It works on paper or for distance learning, to be shared via Google Classroom, Easel or Kami. Take a look at the pre

Teach your ELLs to come to grips with idioms in this fun four page packet for digital (using TpT's Digital Platform) or paper use. Go into depth with "To be a chicken" and "A little bird told me". Then students research and create based on "be a cold fish", "to be the cat's whiskers" or "to count your chickens before they hatch." Includes writing, drawing and critical thinking. Plus two sets of lesson plans ready to modify and submit on: "Aim: What is figurative speech? How is it different to li

Will the once vacant lot see life again after the long hard winter? Is faith in spring enough?Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This chapter mini-unit on Chapter 13 (Florence) gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! ESL scaffolding and support is built in,

How will Sam help the community overcome the problems of the vacant lot?Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This single chapter mini-unit on Chapter 6 - Sam - gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. You can teach it alone, or buy it with units for the rest of the book. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! ESL scaffolding and support is built in, which is beneficial

Three simple but attractive graphic organizers that allows your students to start to get to grips with a character from a book, story or any other source, using S.T.E.A.L. The student briefly writes about the character using S.T.E.A.L. (Says, Thinks, Effect on others, Acts and Looks.)The student draws an image of the character, backed up by text evidence.The student gathers evidence about the character and presents it, citing using MLA compliant (Author, Page Number). Duplicate this side twice,

Give your students the joy of growing their own garden in a scale model as you read Seedfolks, while analyzing setting and character.Make Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks accessible and fun to all your students! This project is designed to run alongside the reading of the book. Students find textual evidence of the setting and characters of the book and then build their own models of the lot. Even better, they get to grow and measure their own seeds as part of the model. Topics covered through use of