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An adapted text version of the Halloween classic story to assign on TPT Digital, through Google Classroom. Have you ever wanted to read "The Monkey's Paw" with your class but knew your students would be put off by the language? Then this is perfect for you! The chilling classic is adapted to make it accessible to less advanced readers, special education classrooms and intermediate ESL and EFL students. It also makes a fine story for the regular ELA classroom. Tackle vocabulary and ELA critical t

This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. See preview for details. It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instruction. Unit includes:An illustrated adapted text of The Tell-Tale Heart

This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also

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

Have you ever wanted to read "The Monkey's Paw" with your ESL class? Then this is perfect story for you! The chilling classic is adapted to make it accessible to Beginner ESL students and less advanced readers. This is a remote version, designed to work on computers so you can assign it via Google Classroom using the TPT Digital platform. It is also available at a higher (but still adapted level) for regular ELA classroom and a paper PDF version, which includes all sorts of fun graphic organiz

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

A perfect Halloween story for ENL Beginners!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 by an experienced ESL teacher for ENL, ESL, ELL students. It is short (230 words), yet contains meaningful content and exciting activities that are sure to provoke discussion. It is designed to be used to easily teach ELA con

Introduce your ELLs and lower-level readers to the incredible and nuanced story of Squanto, the first Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims in the New World in this colorful multi-part text. This key moment in social studies details the first Thanksgiving and the establishment of the Plymouth Colony. It is brought to life with an accessible illustrated text that clearly explains the core ideas including: What was the Mayflower Compact and why was it important?The fact that the "New World" was not new at

An ESL adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen Christmas and New Year story. Tackle vocabulary and ELA critical thinking -- including inferencing -- with a high-interest story, and bundled lesson ideas, graphic organizers and activities! This three-part story is part of a collection of high-interest material specifically designed for ENL, ESL, ELL students. It is short enough for beginners (spanning 15 pages of text, activities, and graphic organizers), yet contains meaningful content

Voyage to The Lost Colony of Roanoke with your class! Build background knowledge in ESL or ELA class or give your ELLs something exciting to do in Social Studies! Product DescriptionBeginner 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 enough for beginners (at a two page reading

Introduce your ELLs and lower-level readers to the incredible voyage of the Mayflower in this colorful, fun multi-part text. A great lead-in to Thanksgiving! This key moment in social studies, prior to the establishment of the Plymouth Colony, is brought to life with an accessible illustrated text that clearly explains the core ideas including: Who were the Pilgrims?Why did they come to the New World?What made their voyage so difficult?What was the Mayflower Compact and why was it important?In

Tackle vocab, grammar and ELA with a high-interest story, and bundled lesson ideas, graphic organizers and activities! Edith is feeling anxious about the strange weather. Her brother, Luis, mocks her and goes to play soccer. He says she cannot join him. A dust storm appears and Edith braves it to find her brother. She locates him at the soccer field and helps him survive the storm. At the end the brother and sister start to play soccer together. The SeriesBeginner English language learners are c

Bring the menace of the dark forest into your classroom, with the famed Saki short story "The Interlopers"! It's a great story -- an exciting classic, full of conflict and irony. And now it's accessible to all with this adapted text version, complete with full support to teach a number of essential literature terms. The packet features the adapted text, ideal for lower level readers, both ESL/ENL students and all other students who need some help making classic texts accessible and a ton of acti

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 to all your students! This single chapter mini-unit on Chapter 1 - Kim - gives you everything you need to explore the inspiring world of Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks with your classes. The accessible handouts make enthralling teaching easy(ish)! Check out the preview to get an overview of the four-day lesson (plus bonus activity) complete with lesson plans. Topics covered through use of the text and activities: Basics of paragraph writing, mood, setting

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 by an experienced ESL teacher for ENL, ESL, ELL students. It is short (150 words), yet contains meaningful content and exciting activities that are sure to provoke discussion. It can be used to teach ELA concepts. Each story and nonfiction article in the series uses v

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

An exciting story at two levels: one for newcomers ELLs that is just the right length for their fledgling English skills and one for beginners to intermediate which is more of a challenge. Perfect for tiered instruction. This is the INTERMEDIATE level only. The story is also available bundled with the lower level text. The two texts are the same story, but the higher level contains more details and a greater language challenge, meaning you can differentiate in your classroom. The higher level