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Are you on the hunt for a personal narrative writing project for your secondary ELL emerging to expanding students? This unit has everything you need for 3 weeks of NO PREP lessons and step by step guided instruction on everything from learning about the genre, structure, pre-writing, peer editing, to presenting about their personal narratives!

This is perfect for teaching the content of Language Arts!

Your Students Will:

• Learn more vocabulary
• Experience the writing process
• Apply knowledge
• Practice skills 
• Have the opportunity to learn new skills
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have access to tools that will benefit them in writing

Help your ELL students tell their incredible stories!

What’s Included:

• 3 Weeks of lessons that are READY TO GO NO PREP!!!
• Teacher video to guide you through the WHOLE UNIT!
• Follows the WIDA KEY USE: NARRATE objectives and formatting
• 60 guided Pear Deck/Google Slides to guide the WHOLE UNIT and give background on the genre, formatting, practice with past tense and more!
• Built in timers for "timed writing" of students' personal narratives
• Pre-writing organizers
• Peer Editing handouts and slides
• Grading rubric 
• Vocabulary swap out to help students improve their vocabulary and writing
• TONS of descriptive writing practice and handouts
• Transition word handout and guide
• Engaging visuals and resources for SECONDARY multilingual learners of multiple levels!
• Tons of language supports and vocabulary throughout
• Templated STUDENT PRESENTATION SLIDES so students can present and reflect on their personal narratives
• And MORE!!!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sebastian P. wrote, “Great unit bundle. The writing organizers were so helpful for my different level ELD classes. Your resources are really awesome, thanks for making stuff for older ELLs!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beka M. wrote, “This was a nice break from the standard personal narrative that students are typically expected to write.” 

This ESL writing resource will give them confidence in their writing ability. You don’t want to miss out on this. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers that are FUN? This unit includes enough lessons to last you 3+ weeks! Your students will have the chance to research their origin countries and share their culture with the class.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to learn more about themselves

This project is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to complete an AMAZING project.

What’s Included:

• 60 Pear Deck embedded Teacher Slides to guide and explain EVERYTHING to the students and make this unit EASY to teach!
• BONUS: SLIFE/SIFE student workbook---48 pages for extra support for students!
• Tons of vocabulary handouts!
• Google Earth search activity
• Landform Science content vocabulary
• Landforms choice video board for an independent student activity (great for a sub!)
• Country Note-catcher with guided slides and resources to support students, including vocabulary
• Templated student presentation slides that Newcomers can fill out independently
• Secondary graphics, videos, images and more!
• Peer presentation note-catcher while students present
• Teacher directions for the unit linked on Slide 1
• Slide 1 has ALL the links and resources you need!!! 
• EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR 3+ WEEKS OF LESSONS!!!!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mary S. wrote, “I teach SLIFE (Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education) -- newcomers who are learning English and who enter school in 10th-12th grade, after many years without any formal schooling. Some of my students are just learning how to read in any language. I need to adapt resources such as this, but they remain a big time-saver for me.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Karen M. wrote, “Super high-quality materials! My students were very engaged and I was able to adapt slides to their specific needs. Looking forward to using the Travel Project Unit next!!!” 

This origin project will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the EXCITING bundle. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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**Do you need to take time off work and don't want to stress about SUB PLANS for ELL Newcomers?! Then this product is PERFECT for you! You can take 1 day off and have lessons for when you come back, too, OR you can take two days off for some much needed REST!

Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Practice cause and effect
• Watch engaging short videos about Colombia!
• Discuss vocabulary and science with each other
• Read and analyze a text about how Colombia lowered the temperature in a city by going GREEN!
• Practice listening comprehension
• Practice speaking and discussing important topics about science and conservation
• Think of ideas on how their school can add plants!

What’s Included:

• 22 PDF printable student workbook pages
• 25 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 and Day 2 of lessons!
• Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
• Scaffolds for Level 1 and 2 Newcomer multilingual learners, INCLUDING SLIFE STUDENTS!
• Engaging topics and visuals for secondary and upper elementary students
• YOUR PEACE OF MIND to not have to worry about a THING while you're gone!

Do you want to give your secondary ESL newcomer students an engaging resource to get them writing, reading, presenting and researching about Women's History Month? This resource has engaging mini biographies for secondary Newcomers that they will love. They will learn about four incredible women and their amazing accomplishments. 

This resource is perfect to print out and have students do independently with their phones (to have stories read aloud) OR you can pull small groups and do this activity with them!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 4 mini biographies (Gladys West, Indira Gandhi, Amelia Earhart and Flossie Wong-Staal)
• 8 writing activities (Entering level and Emerging level for EACH reading passage)
• Vocabulary supports for each passage
• QR CODES TO HAVE STORIES READ ALOUD!!!
• Speaking questions WITH language frames for speaking practice
• Tons of language supports like sentence frames, starters and TONS of visuals!
• 20 PDF printable vocabulary cards for extra small group work
• Genre focus and graphic to teach it: BIOGRAPHIES
• Women's History Month information 
• PDF Easy Printing Version
• Engaging secondary materials and graphics for secondary multilingual/ELL students

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sebastian P. wrote, “This was a great reading and writing lesson for my Entering and Emerging (Level 1 and 2) students and the QR codes were so nice to have. Very well done and fun for the students as well. Thanks!”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE project. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

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Are you struggling to know what level your secondary ELL multilingual students are currently? Do you need a beginning of year assessment tool to track and monitor their growth throughout the year? This tool is a GREAT way to track and assess student skills and growth!

This resource will help teachers:

• Assess students in the four domains (Listening, Speaking Reading and Writing)
• Assess students with the same formatting and rigor of the ELPAC, ACCESS and TELPAS state tests for multilingual learners
• Track data and analyze students' skill levels
• Know how to score students with a comprehensive rubric

This resource includes:

• 1 test for students (BOY)--**Different assessment than MOY and EOY**
• A comprehensive rubric for teachers with answers keys
• A tracking doc and progress monitoring tool
• Links for audio recordings and directions

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Earth Day and Science Conservation_?_ This lesson is PERFECT to do after state testing when you want to teach something meaningful AND that students will enjoy!

This lesson should take 3-5 teaching days. It is great for emerging/level 2 to expanding/level 4 ELLs.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 96 interactive Pear Deck/Google Slides
• Pre-teach vocabulary slides including Prefixes and interactive slides to practice vocabulary
• A SEPARATE GOOGLE SLIDES for students to practice vocabulary INDEPENDENTLY or with a sub for deeper practice
• Problems and Solutions facing our planet and our survival
• Engaging videos embedded that will help peak students' interests and make the issues more real
• A poetry reading by Amanda Gorman "Earthrise" and analysis
• TONS of writing and language supports throughout, including a summative paragraph you can use as a formative assessment!
• Speaking practice with language frames for students to use
• ENGAGING and professional slides for secondary ELL ESL multilingual students
• Cause and Effect Slides 
• Rephrasing writing slides
• Games: Extinct animals, where animals live, recycling
• THREE PDF Infographics for you to use in small group for extension
• GRAPHS, CHARTS, and GRAPHICS to get students practicing all types of Reading

**Watch the video preview to see exactly what you'll be buying!**

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela M. wrote, “This lesson had SO MUCH in it! It lasted an entire week and my 8th grade students were so engaged! The slides looked awesome and they covered so many great topics about issues facing our planet. Thank you so much for making this and saving me from making lesson plans right after state testing!”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the MEANINGFUL unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Black History Month_?_ This lesson is PERFECT to leave for a substitute. It was created for emerging to expanding ELLs and includes everything you need to let students work independently and practice important language skills! 

Tons of literacy and language supports for Emerging to Expanding level ELLs!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This lesson is READY-TO-USE with plenty of activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING lesson.

What’s Included:

• 58 Google Slides that you can assign to your students to do independently (great for a sub or for you to do centers or small group while they work)
• 5 Embedded StoryCorps stories celebrating Black History Month that all have graphic videos for extra comprehension support
• Listening Comprehension multiple choice questions (ACCESS format)
• Speaking prompts with recording instructions for students to practice using a microphone
• Vocabulary slides with voice recordings to read aloud for each StoryCorps story
• Background Information slides for each StoryCorps story with voice recording to read aloud
• Prediction slides for student to write their predictions using a graphic
• A final slide that asks students to write what they learned, enjoyed, and still wonder
• Themes such as: NASA, voter suppression, literacy, Jim Crow Era, race car driving, father/son relationships and more
• Engaging themes and topics for secondary ELL multilingual students
• Great for a sub or so students can work independently while you pull small groups or do testing!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “This was a lifesaver for me after finishing ACCESS last week! The students really loved the stories and the voice recordings throughout meant even my struggling students could do this activity independently. Thank you!”

This lesson will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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ESL Newcomer Fall Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

**Do you need to take time off work and don't want to stress about SUB PLANS for your ELL ESL elementary Newcomers?! Then this product is PERFECT for you! You can take 1 day off and have lessons for when you come back OR you can take two days off for some much needed REST!

Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Practice cause and effect
• Watch an engaging short video about whale communication
• Discuss vocabulary and science with each other
• Read and analyze a text about how whales use their own alphabet to communicate
• Practice listening comprehension
• Practice speaking and discussing important topics about science and whales

What’s Included:

• 25 PDF printable student workbook pages
• 26 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 and Day 2 of lessons!
• Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
• Scaffolds for Level 1 and 2 Newcomer multilingual learners, INCLUDING SLIFE STUDENTS!
• Engaging topics and visuals for secondary and upper elementary students
• YOUR PEACE OF MIND to not have to worry about a THING while you're gone!

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your secondary ESL ELL SPED and General Ed students that are FUN? This unit includes enough three versions of an amazing YEAR IN REVIEW project that will keep your secondary students engaged and reflecting on their year! This resource is perfect for after testing and to wrap up your year. Your students will have the chance to reflect on challenges, successes, set goals, present and share with the class and SO MUCH MORE!

This resource uses Google slides and is NO PREP. You can choose the version you want to use based on your comfort level OR based on your students' interests and technology and language skills!

Your Students Will:

• Develop a presentation OR create an engaging PODCAST!
• Reflect on their year
• Construct sentences with the help of sentence frames
• Present to their classmates
• Practice speaking skills
• Critically analyze their growth

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your secondary students. You will have everything you need to complete an AMAZING project.

What’s Included:

• A Google Slides resource with ALL the links for the three projects
• Project One: Templated Student Google Slides for students to create and present their year in review (with slides that are prepared with language frames, boxes for pictures and ideas)
• Project Two: Spotify Podcast Project Templated Student Google Slides with directions, language frames, tips and How To directions
• Project Three: Vocaroo (easier tech) Podcast Project Templated Student Google Slides with directions, language frames, tips and How To directions

**You don't want to miss this ENGAGING and REFLECTIVE end of year project!**

Are you on the hunt for a writing project for your secondary ELL Newcomers that can be their first personal narrative? This helps your students write four paragraphs with support (organizer and checklist) and teaching/reviewing the writing process.

There are scaffolded supports for ENTERING and EMERGING students (Beginner and Intermediate ELLs).

With great graphics to show the personal narrative genre, visual prewriting, point of view, descriptive writing, past tense grammar practice and sentence frames, your Newcomers will be able to write their own personal narrative! 

Your Students Will:

• Learn more vocabulary
• Experience the writing process
• Apply knowledge
• Practice skills 
• Have the opportunity to learn new skills
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have access to tools that will benefit them in writing

Help your ELL Newcomers tell their incredible stories!

What’s Included:

• Follows the WIDA KEY USE: NARRATE objectives and formatting
• Visual introduction to the genre of personal narrative writing
• Options for different prompts with visual supports
• Prewriting organizer
• Descriptive Writing practice for places AND people
• Point of View practice for 1st person
• Transition words, vocabulary support and more!
• Lesson learned examples and practice
• Two pages of past tense activities
• Chunking the story into 4 paragraphs
• Final draft pages
• Self Checklist with visuals for self editing
• PDF Version for easy printing

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yackeline G. wrote, “My students loved this activity. It was perfect for them because they are level 1 and 2. All the pictures, sentence frames and sentence starters are the scaffolding activity I was looking for. It helped them to write complete sentences that were going to be used to create their narrative stories. ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela M. wrote, “This was great for my Newcomers. We finished it in about a week and I was thankful for the different scaffolds for my Entering and Emerging kiddos. Thanks.” 

This ESL writing resource will give them confidence and help them get through all the parts of a personal narrative. You don’t want to miss out on this resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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ESL Newcomer Spring Bundle

Access Test Prep Mega Bundle

**Do you need to take time off work and don't want to stress about SUB PLANS for your multilingual ELL students?! Then this product is PERFECT for you! You can take the WHOLE week off and have EVERYTHING covered with engaging, content based lessons that focus on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking!

Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Learn about the positives and negatives of AI
• Practice listening comprehension
• Construct written responses about whether AI is good or bad for the world
• CREATE THEIR OWN AI!

What’s Included:

• 43 PDF printable student workbook pages
• Digital Version for students to TYPE their responses that you can assign them individually (I use Google Classroom and sometimes Schoology)
• 88 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 - Day 5 of lessons!
• Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
• Scaffolds for Intermediate and Advanced Students (Emerging, Developing & Expanding)
• Engaging topics and visuals for secondary and upper elementary students
• YOUR PEACE OF MIND to not have to worry about a THING while you're gone!

Are you struggling to know what level your secondary ELL multilingual students are currently? Do you need a middle of the year assessment tool to track and monitor their growth throughout the year? This tool is a GREAT way to track and assess student skills and growth!

This resource will help teachers:

• Assess students in the four domains (Listening, Speaking Reading and Writing)
• Assess students with the same formatting and rigor of the ELPAC, ACCESS and TELPAS state tests for multilingual learners
• Track data and analyze students' skill levels
• Know how to score students with a comprehensive rubric

This resource includes:

• 1 test for students (MOY)--**Different assessment than BOY and EOY**
• A comprehensive rubric for teachers with answers keys
• A tracking doc and progress monitoring tool
• Links for audio recordings and directions

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers that are FUN? This Restaurant unit includes enough lessons to last you 2 weeks! Your multilingual ML students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about real life experiences and ordering, tipping, talking about money and food, and much MORE!

This resource uses Google slides and PDFs and is NO PREP.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to mature in life skills
• CREATE THEIR OWN RESTAURANT MENU!!!
• Use SLIFE/Newcomer supports to construct sentences, do listening activities, practice speaking and read!

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL multilingual students. You will have everything you need to complete an AMAZING project.

What’s Included:

• A teacher Pear Deck/Google Slides (65 slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about the restaurant and ordering handouts
• Restaurant, Food, Ordering & Money Vocabulary
• **BONUS 72 page SLIFE/NEWCOMER BEGINNER student workbook for your LOWER LEVEL Newcomers!**
• Writing & speaking practice
• Future tense
• Tipping practice
• A final project with templated student slides

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This Restaurant unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the EXCITING unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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