Smart Solutions is the theme of a unit created to meet the needs of English language earners. Through a series of lessons, scholars follow a routine—move, speak, and listen— to cover topics including stores, shops, celebrations, pets,...

Practice using proper verb tenses in the spirit of Thanksgiving! Learners are given holiday photographs as prompts to create oral and written sentences in a targeted verb tense.

This lengthy assignment for English language learners includes a one-page reading on the Argentinian president, Cristina Kirchner, and numerous activities/exercises that address listening and reading comprehension, speaking, vocabulary...

In this word bingo worksheet, pupils are given 5 cards for "Game A." This is somewhat confusing, as other worksheets are also labeled "Game A." Each player card contains some vocabulary words and some blank spaces. a Caller's Card is...

What defines an argument, and how can someone properly formulate a counterargument? This resource provides two options—an interactive PowerPoint presentation or worksheet—that will support your learners as they begin to explore how to...

Encourage your class members to consider what points they are really emphasizing when they are making an argument, whether in writing or in speech. Watch out though, as this lesson may just leave your learners eager to debate you!

Is assembling the periodic table as simple as Tetris? Scholars arrange colored cards into a logical order and then make connections to the arrangement of the periodic table. Hands-on activities include adding trend arrows and analyzing...

In this ESL/ELL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "No Hip-hop Fashion for Basketball Players." They participate in both pre-reading and post-reading activities which include fill-in the...

In this ESL/ELL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Obama Says BP Must Pay for Oil Spill Clean-up." They participate in discussion activities, and complete a variety of question types to...

Young scientists play tag as they act out the food pyramid in the ocean ecosystem. Energy circles pass from the smaller prey to the predators and at the end of the activity, a data chart and analysis questions allow pupils to apply their...

In this language arts worksheet, students practice asking questions which begin with "how much" or "how many." Students work in pairs to ask and answer the questions. There are 10 possible responses that students may choose from. This is...

In this ELL language worksheet, students answer questions using the "present continuous," then take turns asking and answering the questions of one another. Next, students fill in the gaps in dialogue with phrases from a word box....

In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning instructional activity, students read a short selection about an ESL student who is afraid to read in front of the class. They answer 5 true or false questions before writing an essay detailing what...

In this ELL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about a man who was in a rollover accident. They answer 5 true or false questions, before writing a short essay detailing whether the man should or should not...

In this ELL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about a man's fear of going to the dentist. They answer 5 true or false questions, before writing a short essay telling how the man can relax while the dentist...

In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about person who needs to make a medical appointment. They answer 5 true or false questions, and write an essay telling how the character can make it to his...

In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read a short selection about Memorial Day. They answer 5 true or false questions before they write about their Memorial Day plans.

In this ELL/ESL reading and reasoning worksheet, students read about the lifestyle of a New York City cab driver. They answer 5 true or false questions before writing a short essay based on the reading.

In this ESL/ELL reading and reasoning worksheet, learners read a short selection about a family vacation. They answer 5 true or false questions before writing a short essay about how the family can solve the problem about how they spend...

In order to build discussion skills, English language learners use a worksheet with several questions regarding crime and punishment in the justice system. They interview fellow classmates, noting how each feels about a given topic. They...

What's another word for paraphrasing? Ask your pupils to put their minds to work in order to replace underlined words in a series of sentences with appropriate synonyms.

Match drawings of basic body parts with their names. A handy tool for teachers of beginning ELLs.

A brief passage about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is accompanied by an array of language activities for ELD: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation, fluency writing,...

Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...