11th Grade Holidays/Seasonal Google Apps

Black History in 2024: An Engaging Activity for Active Learners!

Supercharge your students' Black history lessons with "Black History in 2024," an interactive activity that goes beyond memorization!

This captivating experience allows students to transcend the role of passive learners and become active contributors to their understanding of African American history.

Here's how it benefits your students:

• Deepen Historical Thinking: By exploring the lives and legacies of influential Black leaders, students gain a richer understanding of their impact.
• Spark Imagination: The activity prompts students to envision how these historical figures would navigate and contribute to the world of 2024. This fosters critical thinking and sparks curiosity about the ongoing evolution of Black history.
• Boost Engagement: The interactive nature of the activity keeps students excited and fosters a more dynamic learning experience.
• Promote Active Learning: Students aren't just memorizing facts; they're analyzing, interpreting, and applying their knowledge in a creative way.

"Black History in 2024" is the perfect way to make Black history come alive for your students!

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School's Out, Laughs Are In: End-Year Teacher Roast with Hilarious Prompts (Teacher-Approved!)

Ditch the Dullsville Goodbyes & Make Memories with This Side-Splitting Download!

Is your classroom ready for an unforgettable end-of-year bash? Skip the cheesy speeches and awkward goodbyes! This year, celebrate with a hilarious Teacher Roast activity that's guaranteed to leave everyone in stitches.

Here's what students get:

• Gut-busting Prompts: From "Most Likely to Star in a History Channel Documentary" to "Punniest Pro in the Building," our prompts will have your class ROFLing at their teachers' quirks (in a good way, of course!).
• Unforgettable Fun: This lighthearted activity fosters a sense of camaraderie and lets students show their appreciation for their teachers in a unique way.
• Memories that Last: Years from now, your class will remember the year they roasted their teachers – it'll be a story for the ages!

Teachers, Don't Be Shy! (This is the good part!)

• The Roast is On! You get a chance to playfully fire back at your students with your own roasts – it's payback time (but keep it good-natured!)
• Teacher-Approved (Mostly!): We know you put up with a lot, so let loose and have some fun!
• Strengthen Relationships: This lighthearted activity can actually build stronger bonds with your students.

This downloadable Teacher Roast Pack includes:

• Ready-to-Use Prompts: No prep work needed! Just print and get roasting.
• Teacher Tips: We've got you covered with guidance on how to make this activity a success.
• Laughs Guaranteed: Get ready for an end-of-year celebration that your students will be talking about all summer long!

Download your Teacher Roast Pack today and create unforgettable end-of-year memories!

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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.

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 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!

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!

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!

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

Need a fun Valentine's Day activity to get your secondary students 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 themes and activities around Valentine's Day 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!
• Valentine's Day themes (holidays, food, 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 you looking for a way to teach about St. Patrick’s Day to your secondary ESL students? Your secondary ELL students will learn in a variety of interactive ways with plenty of games, slides, writing, speaking, and listening! Perfect for Emerging to Expanding ELLs.

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 activity has EVERYTHING you need to teach about St. Patrick’s Day with your ESL students.

What’s Included:

• 45 engaging and interactive Pear Deck slides for secondary students
• Embedded videos to showcase St. Patrick's Day festivals and activities
• A Who/What/When/Where/Why/How/Fun Facts format
• Writing practice with ELL scaffolds (sentence frames) to support all levels
• Speaking & Listening practice for students
• Word Search PDF
• Reading Passage PDF
• BINGO pages game PDF
• Student Note-catcher Google Doc
• Exit Ticket PDF Printable

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katie N. wrote, “This was such a fun lesson! I loved all the interaction my ELL middle schoolers did with the slides. Great writing support and videos! The extra activities were really fun, too! Took about two days for me and I still had some extra activities left like BINGO for next week.”

These St. Patrick’s Day activities will make for an exciting unit! You don’t want to miss out on this ENGAGING unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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➡️ Bundle & SAVE - ESL Year Long Holiday Slides & Lessons

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Need an engaging resource for secondary ESL ELL Sped or Gen Ed students for Latin X & Hispanic Heritage Month? This Google Slides choice board lets secondary students have CHOICE in the videos they watch then gives them guided language frames to reflect and synthesize on what they've learned!

What's included:

• 8 Google Slides for students with video options and writing prompts and language frames for responses
• A slide for background knowledge to help students understand the topic
• Engaging linked YouTube videos to celebrate and learn about Hispanic and Latino leaders and influential change-makers
• 2 TEACHER SLIDES with directions AND one slide to present AFTER the students are done for group or partner discussion
• Extra video options for students that end early
• Vocabulary to help support learning
• Writing: Reflection and Analysis of videos
• Writing: Synthesizing the importance of LatinX & Hispanic Heritage Month
• PERFECT for a sub or a day of independent learning so YOU can grade!

***Please watch the VIDEO PREVIEW to see everything that's included!***

This ESL ELD resource has everything your secondary Newcomer ELL students need to use their back to school vocabulary and hear new stories around the back to school August/September themes! 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. Themes: California Heat Wave, Teens & Sleep, Teens & Smartphones & Mexican Independence Day!
4. Language frames to support speaking discussions
5. Speaking task cards
6. 4 linked stories to listen to
7. High level thinking questions
8. A PDF Link if you would like to print the activity more easily

Look for more of my Newcomer materials as well as the Newcomer Back to School Bundle!

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This is the perfect ESL ELD resource to teach your ELL students about Day of the Dead! It gives them engaging graphics, interactive slides, and a video to help them really learn about such an exciting holiday.

This resource includes:

1. 24 interactive slides
2. Writing, drawing, and multiple choice slides
3. Recipe to analyze for Bread of the Dead
4. Embedded video
5. Sentence frames for a conclusion slide

Make sure your ELL students don't miss out on this fun lesson! Perfect for a 45 minutes class period.

This ESL ELD resource has everything your secondary Newcomer ELL students need to use their winter vocabulary and hear new stories around the winter 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. 3 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 Winter materials as well as the Newcomer Winter Bundle!

Please leave me a review if you enjoyed this product! Thank you so much!

This ESL ELD Fall Reading lesson is everything you need to keep your secondary ELL ESL Newcomers engaged and get them Reading! It is filled with tons of vocabulary supports, visuals, and 4 different texts about Diwali, Thanksgiving, pumpkins and Veteran's Day.

This resource includes:

1. 4 High interest reading passages
2. QR Codes to read the text aloud!
3. Diwali, Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day & Halloween/fall pumpkins!
4. Cultural themes of fall holidays around the world
5. Pre-Teach vocabulary 
6. Vocabulary practice in context
7. Post reading questions 
8. PDF printable version

This product is best paired with my Fall Vocabulary Posters and Newcomer Fall Writing Activities for Entering and Emerging Levels and Newcomer Fall Listening and Speaking Activities

Need more Newcomer resources? Try my Newcomer Personal Narrative Resource!

Are you looking for a way to teach about Holi to your secondary ESL students? Your secondary ELL students will learn in a variety of interactive ways with plenty of games, slides, writing, speaking, and listening!

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 activity has EVERYTHING you need to teach about Holi with your ESL students.

What’s Included:

• 40 engaging and interactive Pear Deck slides for secondary students
• Embedded videos to showcase Holi festivals and activities
• A Who/What/When/Where/Why/How/Fun Facts format
• Writing practice with ELL scaffolds (sentence frames) to support all levels
• Speaking & Listening practice for students
• Holi infograph PDF Printable
• Student Note-catcher Google Doc 
• Exit Ticket PDF Printable

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sebastian P. wrote, “This was a blast to teach. Loved the formatting and graphics and videos. Will you be making one for Ramadan? Thanks.”

These Holi activities will make for an exciting unit! You don’t want to miss out on this ENGAGING unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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➡️ Bundle & SAVE - ESL Year Long Holiday Slides & Lessons

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Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to get them speaking, listening, and learning about Martin Luther King Jr Day and the Civil Rights Movement? This secondary ELL Listening and Speaking Activity has everything you need! 

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:

• 6 Listening activities WITH QR codes to hear the stories aloud
• 6 Speaking frames for students to practice speaking
• Engaging topics on the 1950's, segregation in schools, women's rights, entertainment, and more
• Two speaking assessments (one for each set)
• Tons of vocabulary and visuals built in for Entering & Emerging students
• Directions (printable) for recording student speaking responses on Vocaroo 

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “Great Listening and Speaking activities. The QR codes were fantastic as were the visuals and organization. My students loved doing this activity to learn more about the 1950's and MLK!”

This unit 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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➡️ Bundle & SAVE - ESL Newcomer MLK Jr Day Civil Rights Bundle

Newcomer Professional Development

Need a Newcomer resource that gets your students speaking and listening??

This ESL ELD resource has everything you need to get your Newcomers Listening and Speaking! Your students will be supported and engage as they use this ESL resource to analyze short Ted ED videos and discuss academically with their peers.

This resource includes:

1. 3 different listening activities (links included) with speaking prompts and sentence starters

2. 3 Speaking Warm Ups/Task Cards with Visuals

3. Visuals and vocabulary supports

4. Engaging cultural themes

5. High level questions that facilitate critical thinking skills

This product is perfect for whole group, small groups, or is something you can leave with a substitute when you're in a pinch!

*****This product is best paired with my Newcomer Fall Vocabulary Posters and Newcomer Fall Writing Activities for Entering and Emerging Levels

Need more Newcomer resources? Try my Newcomer Personal Narrative Resource!

Need an engaging resource that helps your secondary ELL Newcomers practice Speaking and Listening comprehension AND is in the Personal Narrative Genre?? This resource has it all!

This resource includes:

• 3 Listening comprehension personal narrative stories EACH with 3 individual chunked out memories for NINE total listening activities
• QR codes so you students can scan the code and hear the listening prompts
• Speaking responses with frames and language supports
• Listening comprehension questions
• Language supports
• Make predictions
• Visuals
• Engaging secondary topics on Chinese New Year, Eid, and First time to the beach
• Tons of supports for Newcomers