11th Grade EFL - ESL - ELD Google Apps

Use this slideshow to let your ELL students present their scary stories with a fun backdrop! This also goes over student expectations while presenting as well as sentence frames for peer feedback.

Use these conference slips to have your ELL students use before and during your writing conference throughout the writing process. You can use the Halloween themed slip or the editable Google Doc.

This ESL ELD resource is great for listening practice and analysis for your ELL students as well as writing. Students will listen to three NPR StoryCorps stories that follow the voices and stories of Native Americans. Students will have a graphic organizer to complete that will challenge and engage them.

This activity includes:

1. Lots of visuals

2. Vocabulary supports

3. Sentence starters and frames

4. Theme practice

5. Synthesizing all three stories

This is a great way to weave in Native American voices with the listening and writing practice your ELL students need!

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Try part one of this activity here!

Use this ESL SSR Coffee Shop Menu to get your students actively reading, discussing, and analyzing their SSR books! A great speaking support activity!

Students will be able to:

1. Analyze what they read with three different options of their choice

2. Talk about their book with a peer with sentence frame supports

3. Share with the teacher or class about predictions, wonderings, and things that surprised them

Try this great SSR resource to help your multilingual learners with reading analysis and speaking!

Need a fun and engaging lesson for St. Patrick's Day that will get your secondary ELL multilingual students SPEAKING and WRITING? This lesson has everything you need! This lesson is for Entering, Emerging, Developing AND Expanding ELL students!

This resource includes:

• 10 This or That Scenarios
• Writing and Speaking language supports and frames to help ALL level multilingual learners
• Grammar focus: WOULD modal auxiliary verb
• Engaging slides for secondary multilingual learners
• Students drag the icon to choose their favorite!
• Students generate vocabulary words based on the pictures to help the class in their writing
• Fun St. Patrick's Day themes!
• 38 Pear Deck slides

This ESL ELD resource is great for listening practice and analysis for your ELL students as well as writing. Students will listen to three NPR StoryCorps stories that follow the voices and stories of Native Americans. Students will have a graphic organizer to complete that will challenge and engage them. This is a great resource for the ESL classroom and can be used with a substitute so students can do it independently.

This activity includes:

1. Lots of visuals

2. Vocabulary supports

3. Sentence starters and frames

4. Theme practice

5. Synthesizing all three stories

This is a great way to weave in Native American voices with the listening and writing practice your ELL students need!

Like this resource?

Try part two of this activity here!

Need a fun and engaging way to get your secondary Newcomers writing sentences about St. Patrick's Day? This resource gives a color coded way for you to explicitly teach students how to format sentences using structures, visuals and vocabulary. Perfect for SLIFE, Level 1 and Level 2 students!

This resource includes:

1. 3 pages of formatting and graphic organizers to isolate subjects, verbs, nouns and adjectives

2. 3 pages of different writing activities for them to practice their sentence structures

3. Secondary visuals of themed adjectives for St. Patrick's Day

4. Secondary themes and professional formatting and graphics

5. Google Doc with a PDF link to print the lesson

6. PDF printable of the adjective cards with the definitions

This ESL ELD product has everything you need to teach your ELL students about Pearl Harbor and all the events leading up to, and after, the events of December 7th, 1941. This slide deck has TONS if interactive Pear Deck slides that will get your students writing, reading, and learning tons of new vocabulary. This engaging resource is perfect for secondary multilingual learners and has built in supports for all English language levels!

This product includes:

1. 50 Google Slides/Pear Deck slides about Pearl Harbor
2. Tons of graphics and designs for secondary students
3. Writing slides with supports and language frames
4. 13 vocabulary slides with writing practice
5. Virtual Field Trip to the USS Arizona Memorial
6. EdPuzzle from a USS Arizona survivor
7. NPR StoryCorps listening activity from a Pearl Harbor survivor
8. Google Earth search of Pearl Harbor
9. PRINTABLE Vocabulary Cards for Entering & Emerging ELL students
10. PRINTABLE Pearl Harbor Writing Graphic Organizer (Who, What, When, Where, Why, How)
11. PRINTABLE Exit Ticket
12. PRINTABLE Pearl Harbor Timeline
13. Cause & Effect Formatting to teach about historical events
14. Photo Gallery pages to bring history to life
15. Reading recommendation page for students to find books about similar topics
16. PLUS MORE!

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

Need a fun and engaging Halloween activity for your ESL ELL secondary students? This no prep game has everything you need to get students talking about Halloween adventures and traditions!!!

What's included:

• 25 slides with questions, teacher directions, visuals, and sentence speaking frames for students to discuss what they HAVE done when they lose a point and put a finger down
• Engaging themes and visuals for secondary students
• Halloween themes appropriate for the classroom
• Directions slide
• EACH slide has a sentence frame at the bottom to get students TALKING!
• Perfect for ELL multilingual learners, SPED students and ALL students!

Are you looking for engaging activities to get your secondary ESL students writing and reading? This World Cup themed unit will have your students ready to learn and engaged. Your students will have access to Google Slides, Pear Deck activities, a virtual field trip, and MORE!

Your Students Will:

• Work on vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Complete research
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to work independently or in a group.

This unit has A LOT of ready to use activities for your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 42 Google Slides with Pear Deck activities
• Tons of Writing slides with language supports for multilingual learners
• Virtual Field Trip to the Qatar Stadium
• Tons of Vocabulary slides with GIPHS and pictures (including verbs)
• 12 Vocabulary card printables
• 8 debate task cards with visuals
• Google Earth search activity
• Edpuzzle video with questions
• Debate checklist for students 
• Engaging videos
• The truth about Qatar as the World Cup location
• Engaging slides for secondary students
• PLUS MORE!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Steve A. wrote, “My middle school students and I had so much fun with this slide deck. It took us a few days to do all the activities and the writing supports were fantastic. The resources were great and students loved the virtual field trip and I used the Edpuzzle with a sub while I was out. I used the Debate and Task Cards for a small group for my Entering and Emerging students. Thanks! ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katie N. wrote, “Another great resource from this shop! My students loved this! Thank you!” 

This World Cup unit will make for an exciting time in your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on these ENGAGING activities. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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ESL ELL This or That: TRAVEL

ELL Newcomer Accommodations & Modification Checklist

Need an engaging and fun Thanksgiving activity that is grammar and literacy based??

This ESL ELD resource has everything your secondary multilingual ELL students need to get excited about writing and speaking using comparative language! This teacher Google Slides/Pear Deck will have everything you need to teach the grammar and then let your students practice using fun visuals and comparisons.

This product includes:

1. 28 Pear Deck Slides
2. Grammar directions, examples, and practice
3. 14 slides where students write and speak using comparative language frames to justify their answers, as well as creating their own questions for the last two slides!
4. Engaging visuals for secondary ELL students
5. Fun Thanksgiving themed slides!

Like Thanksgiving resources? Try my Newcomer Thanksgiving Slides + PDF Activities and student project!

Need a fun winter ESL ELL activity to get your secondary ELL students of ALL levels speaking and learning more about each other? This activity is FUN and helps students craft their responses with tons of language frames that get more complex as the slides go on! Students will discuss winter holidays, activities, foods and more!

This product includes:

• 20 slides to teach the activity and with FUN and engaging THIS OR THAT scenarios for students to discuss!
• Winter themes (holidays, food, clothes, activities, etc)
• Secondary themes and topics
• Different language frames that get more complex as the slides go on!
• A great chance to learn about your students and create a classroom community!
• Students will justify their answer with a partner
• SPEAKING PRACTICE that is fun and engaging!

Are struggling to find secondary resources that challenge and engage your secondary Newcomers? This ESL ELD Fall Newcomer slide deck is everything you need to teach your secondary Newcomers (Entering and Emerging levels) about fall clothes, weather, food, holidays and traditions in a FUN and engaging way!

This product has TONS of bonus activities, vocabulary, engaging videos, supported writing, and a fun student project!

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 resource is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING fall lesson.

What’s Included:

• 100 Interactive Google Slides/Pear Deck for fall weather, clothes, traditions, holidays and food
• Organized, professional slides with engaging graphics and images
• Five engaging videos to practice listening
• Focus on the Present Simple Tense
• Virtual field trip to the Macy's Day Parade in NYC
• Fall holiday "Snapshots" to teach all the spring holidays (Mexican Independence Day, Diwali, Halloween, Day of the Dead, Veteran's Day & Thanksgiving)
• 20 slides for writing practice with language supports for Newcomers
• Vocabulary supports throughout
• Two formative writing assessment slides
• Bonus Activity: Fall holiday Google Doc Note Catcher
• Bonus Activity: PDF Present Simple Tense Practice
• Bonus Activity: Transition word anchor chart 
• Bonus Activity: PDF Student Project checklist
• Bonus Activity: Student Project---How To Project---complete with templated student presentation Google Slides so students can teach how to do something to the class!
• Tons of interactive slides to drag, draw, etc.
• Engaging visuals for secondary Newcomers!!
• And more!!!

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

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Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Newcomer Professional Development

This ESL ELD resource will allow you to edit a ready made visual schedule for Newcomer ELL students. Your Newcomer ELL students will love how beautiful and easy to read their new schedule is as they adjust to a new school. Comes with additional photos so you can customize for different classes.

Need a fun and engaging way to get your secondary Newcomers writing sentences about Women's History Month? This resource gives a color coded way for you to explicitly teach students how to format sentences using structures, visuals and vocabulary. Perfect for SLIFE, Level 1 and Level 2 students!

This resource includes:

1. 3 pages of formatting and graphic organizers to isolate subjects, verbs, adverbs and adjectives

2. 3 pages of different writing activities for them to practice their sentence structures

3. Secondary visuals of themed adjectives for Women's History Month

4. Secondary themes and professional formatting and graphics

5. Google Doc with a PDF link to print the lesson

6. PDF printable of the adjective cards with the definitions

This ESL ELD listening lesson has three powerful stories from veterans that will get your ELL students listening and writing about Veterans Day. Using StoryCorps videos, students will get to hear from three veterans about their experiences. Students will also have pre teach vocabulary, visuals, comprehension questions, and language supports. This lesson is also perfect for a sub if you need to be out!

This resource includes:

1. 7 pages of listening resources
2. 3 StoryCorps links for Veterans Day
3. Pre teach vocabulary
4. Comprehension questions
5. Writing supports (sentence frames)
6. PDF Link if you want to print
7. Heartfelt stories from three veterans

Need more Listening Comprehension Activities? Try my Native American Heritage Month Listening Activity Bundle!

Are you looking for engaging activities to celebrate New Years with your secondary ESL students? These New Years activities will be great for your students to complete after winter break. The activities provide plenty of opportunities to work on writing and reading.

Your Students Will:

• Work on vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Complete research
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to work independently or in a group.

This unit has A LOT of ready to use activities for your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 38 Interactive Pear Deck/Google Slides with writing and reading supports
• Language supports like sentence frames and stems
• TONS of visuals
• Superlative grammar focus with objectives and grammar rules
• 12 vocabulary cards for EXTRA superlative writing or speaking practice in small group
• Superlatives worksheets for extra practice
• Embedded engaging videos
• Superlatives writing
• Student note catcher while you present
• Secondary graphics and topics 
• Supports for ALL levels of multilingual learners

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jess D. wrote, “My students loved this resource. They were very engaged! I recommend this resource.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew T. wrote, “This was a great Pear Deck for my secondary ELLs. The graphic organizer and videos were a great bonus. Thanks.” 

This New Years unit will make for an exciting return to school! You don’t want to miss out on this ENGAGING bundle. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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➡️ BUNDLE & Save - ESL New Years Bundle

ELL Newcomer Accommodations & Modification Checklist

This ESL ELD resource has everything your secondary Newcomer ELL students need to use their spring vocabulary and hear new stories around the spring theme! This product is perfect for whole group, small group, or you can leave it with a sub because of all the supports! Your secondary multilingual students will love these engaging activities!

This product includes:

1. 10 pages of Listening and Speaking Activities
2. Tons of visuals and pre teach vocabulary supports
3. Language frames to support speaking discussions
4. Speaking task cards
5. 4 linked stories to listen to
6. High level thinking questions
7. A PDF Link if you would like to print the activity

Look for more of my Newcomer spring materials as well as the Newcomer Spring Bundle!

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Need a fun activity to get your secondary ELL students learning idioms and writing and speaking?!

This activity includes:

• 40 Google Slides/Pear Deck
• 13 Halloween Idioms
• Language frames for Writing & Speaking practice
• Multiple Choice for students to guess the definition
• Graphics for Halloween