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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

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

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,

Teaching prepositions should be super fun! This pack of activities is sure to captivate your students. Expect concentration as they vie to understand your description of art works and hilarity as they see how close (or far!) they got from the original image. And why not, widen their cultural horizons too, with some amazing art work from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art? Revisit the packet to reinforce common prepositions -- ideal for both English Language Learners and ELA cl

A simple two-side Halloween-themed graphic organizer to use after reading any combination of scary stories. In the first part, students list features that scary stories have in common. They do this inside the pumpkin. A graphic of a pie defines the word "analysis". (For example a creepy setting, or mood of dread). Next, they use these ingredients to write a paragraph on the second side. They are reminded to use a topic sentence, details sentences and a concluding sentence. Combine with the parag

A bright and fun two-side handout that includes drawing, reflection, reviewing goals and writing about the school year. You can assign it straight to Google Classroom using the new TpT Digital Activities platform or print out the double-sided PDF. It is aimed to be usable in any classroom, including ESL / ENL and Special Education. You can follow up with students sharing their responses with a partner and then the class. More great materials for your ELLs:Be sure to check out my Halloween produ