11th Grade Other (Specialty) Google Apps

Google Site Graphics Boho Beach Theme *Updated

By Kristen Teaches Fourth

Looking to liven up your Google Site? Look no further! This Boho Beach Themed google site graphic pack is calling your name! Calming colors and simple design make it easy to navigate and read!

This zipped folder contains:

**UPDATES INCLUDE***

Headers - assignments, daily schedule, google classroom, google tools, information station, online learning resources, online learning rules, online learning tools, schedule, stay informed, weekly schedule

**NEW Buttons - assignments, information station, class expectations, online learning expectations, online learning rules, class norms, schedule, stay informed, assignment station, parent information student information, assignments, Writer's workshop, Reader's workshop

Headers in two accents colors (dark blue and pink with a teal header)

Welcome Kindergarten through sixth grade

Welcome Students

Online Learning

Parent Information

Student Information

Contact Information

Online expectations

Buttons (All are available in all 4 colors - Pink, Aqua, Teal and Dark Blue)

Parents Click Here, Students Click Here

Art, Social Studies, History, Science, Music, PE, Spelling, Reading, English Language Arts, Math

Calendar

Newsletter

Classroom Library

Zoom, Google Meet, SeeSaw, Google Classroom

Daily Check In, Today's Assignments, Today's Schedule, Morning Meeting

Meet The Teacher

Classroom Library

Early Finishers, Math Games, Resource Links

Meet The Teacher

If there is a button you really need or a header you really need to make it complete, please send me a message and I can make it happen :)

$1.00

End-of-Year Class Party Invitation: Fully editable!

By EduDesign Savvy

Create an unforgettable end-of-year class party with this user-friendly template, which features three confetti border designs and is compatible with Google Slides™.

Features:

  • Compatible with Google Slides™ to easily edit
  • Half-sheet letter size (8.5"x5.5")
  • Three different designs to choose from, or create a style all your own
  • Add the teacher's name, grade, date, time, etc.
  • Include a hyperlink or QR code
  • All resources use Google Fonts™ and can be downloaded for free from fonts.google.com

Exporting a high-resolution PDF makes printing easy. This allows you to place two designs side-by-side in Google Docs™ or Google Slides™ (set up as landscape, 11"x8.5"). Once printed, simply cut down the center!

★ Visit the EduDesign Savvy store, where every resource is under $5! ★

© EduDesign Savvy. All rights reserved by author. Licensed for individual use. Non-transferable and may not be used by or reallocated to a different individual or entity.

$4.00

ESL Newcomer & SLIFE Activity: Daily Life & Time 3 week NO PREP UNIT

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

⭐️This unit is for SLIFE & Level 1 & 2 students!⭐️

Are you searching for project-based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers (Beginner/intermediate Entering/Emerging + SLIFE) that are FUN and that you can use and scaffold with ELL ESL Newcomers of ALL LEVELS? This Daily Life & Time includes enough lessons to last you 3 weeks! Your multilingual ML students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about DAILY LIFE and TIME vocabulary all while working on developing skills such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, key grammar and much MORE!

This unit uses digital resources like Google slides and PDFs and is ⭐️_NO PREP⭐️_

Your Students Will:

  • Develop vocabulary
  • Learn how to tell time and write and talk about time
  • Learn about daily life activities and vocabulary
  • Analyze text
  • Have scaffolds for SLIFE, Entering, Beginner, Emerging and Level 1 students
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
  • Work on developing writing skills
  • Create a project about the daily life of a famous person!

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

What’s Included:

  • A teacher Pear Deck/Google Slides (100+ slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about the Daily Life & time topics/themes
  • Student Workbook--PDF Printable
  • Pacing Guide broken down in weeks and days
  • Video directions (for teachers)
  • Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment
  • Engaging videos for listening practice and background knowledge
  • PWIM model activities
  • SLIFE scaffolds
  • TONS of vocabulary printables and visuals
  • Writing, Reading & Speaking practice
  • Present Simple tense
  • Vocaroo Recordings Practice (great practice for their state language test--ACCESS--TELPAS--and more)
  • Reading Practice - 2 Different Passages
  • Writing Practice---2 different activities with scaffolds
  • FINAL PROJECT:
    OPTION A: Daily Life of a Famous Person

OPTION B: My Daily Life Podcast

OPTION B: My Daily Life Vocaroo- Podcast

(Google Slides and PDF printable version also included!)

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This Daily Life & Time 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.

Check out these resources:

ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$14.99

ELL WIDA ACCESS Writing Practice - WIDA KEY USE: INFORM: Test Prep - Tier B/C

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Do you need a test prep resource that will get your secondary ELL multilingual students completely prepared for the formatting and the reading, writing, listening and speaking demands of the ACCESS test? These 20 Warm Ups/Mini lessons are everything you need to prepare your TIER B/C students for ACCESS!

Your students will feel more confident taking ACCESS after completing these activities that focus on writing.

Your Students Will:

  • Develop strategies
  • Practice the WIDA KEY USE: INFORM
  • Analyze text
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice with academic content language
  • Work on developing test taking skills
  • Complete mini lessons and warm ups
  • Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

This resource is LOADED with activities to help your students prepare for the ACCESS.

What’s Included:

  • 170 test prep slides written in the same formatting, structure and rigor of the ACCESS test
  • Examples from "Nina" and "Elena" to mimic ACCESS
  • Students will read, write, move items to categorize, speak, listen and more! 
  • 20 Warm Ups/Mini Lessons that focus on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking in the four content areas (Social Studies, Math, Language Arts and Science)
  • Voice recordings, visuals, graphics, multiple choice and writing assessments
  • Digital AND Printable (Google Doc + PDF) STUDENT NOTE CATCHER
  • Tier B/C rigor and leveled questions
  • Tons of exposure and practice with academic content language
  • Vocaroo link for students to record their speaking responses
  • PERFECT for mini lessons or warm ups as well as assessment grades or progress monitoring
  • Focus on: Describe, categorize, compare and contrast and more!
  • Plus so much more!

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This ACCESS practice will ease everyone’s stress as you work towards completing the ACCESS! You don’t want to miss out on the HELPFUL resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

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Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

$14.99

ESL Personal Narrative Unit - Emerging to Expanding - NO PREP

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

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.

Check out these resources:

Access Test Prep Mega Bundle

$8.99

ESL Newcomer & SLIFE Activity: Around the House & Family Unit-3 Week-NO PREP

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

⭐️This unit is for Level 1 & 2 students + an entire BONUS unit for SLIFE students!!⭐️

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers (Beginner/intermediate Entering/Emerging + SLIFE) that are FUN and that you can use and scaffold with ELL ESL Newcomers of ALL LEVELS? This Around the House & Family Unit includes enough lessons to last you 3 weeks! Your multilingual ML students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about real life vocabulary all while working on developing skills such as vocabulary, speaking, reading, writing, key grammar and much MORE!

This unit uses digital resources like Google slides and PDFs and is ⭐️_NO PREP⭐️_

Your Students Will:

  • Develop vocabulary
  • Analyze text
  • Apply knowledge
  • Have supports for ALL their levels and needs (Beginner, Intermediate, SLIFE, Entering, Emerging, Level 1 & 2)
  • Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
  • Work on developing writing skills
  • Have the opportunity to mature in life skills
  • Design their dream house
  • Create new family traditions

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

What’s Included:

  • A teacher Pear Deck/Google Slides (127 slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about the Around the House/Home & Family topics/themes
  • Pacing Guide broken down in weeks and days
  • STUDENT SLIFE WORKBOOK--PDF Printable---83 pages
  • Video directions (for teachers)
  • Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment
  • Around the House & Family Vocabulary
  • Writing, Reading & Speaking practice
  • Present Continuous Tense (SLIFE and regular level)
  • Present Simple (VERB: TO HAVE & TO BE---SLIFE)
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Vocaroo Recordings Practice
  • Reading Practice - 3 Different Passages (SLIFE level and regular level)
  • Writing Practice---3 different levels (Lower level, higher level and SLIFE)
  • STUDENT PROJECT: Create a new family tradition!
  • STUDENt PROJECT: FAMILY TREE
  • FINAL PROJECT: Design your DREAM HOUSE! ***PDF PRINTABLE VERSION and TEMPLATED GOOGLE SLIDES for STUDENTS TO FILL OUT AND PRESENT***

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This Around the Home & Family 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.

Check out these resources:

ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$14.99

ESL Newcomer & SLIFE Activity: Our Planet--Science Content 4 week NO PREP UNIT

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

⭐️This unit is for SLIFE & Level 1 & 2 students!⭐️

Are you searching for project-based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers (Beginner/intermediate Entering/Emerging + SLIFE) that are FUN and that you can use and scaffold with ELL ESL Newcomers of ALL LEVELS? This Our Planet Unit includes enough lessons to last you 4 weeks! Your multilingual ML students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about SCIENCE content vocabulary all while working on developing skills such as vocabulary, speaking, reading, writing, key grammar and much MORE!

This unit uses digital resources like Google slides and PDFs and is ⭐️_NO PREP⭐️_

Your Students Will:

  • Develop vocabulary
  • Learn about plastic pollution, overfishing and deforestation
  • Identify and write about problems and solutions
  • Analyze text
  • Have scaffolds for SLIFE, Entering, Beginner, Emerging and Level 1 students
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
  • Work on developing writing skills
  • Create a project about how to help their communities with a problem and come up with a solution!

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

What’s Included:

  • A teacher Pear Deck/Google Slides (140+ slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about the Around the Our Planet Science topics/themes
  • Student Workbook--PDF Printable
  • Pacing Guide broken down in weeks and days

*Week 1: Overfishing

*Week 2: Plastic Pollution

*Week 3: Deforestation

*Week 4: Student Projects & Presentations

  • Video directions (for teachers)
  • Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment
  • Engaging videos for listening practice and background knowledge
  • PWIM model activities
  • SLIFE scaffolds
  • Science Content Vocabulary
  • Writing, Reading & Speaking practice
  • SHOULD modal
  • Vocaroo Recordings Practice (great practice for their state language test--ACCESS--TELPAS--and more)
  • Reading Practice - 3 Different Passages
  • Writing Practice---3 different activities with scaffolds
  • FINAL PROJECT: Identify One Major Issue in Their Community and Offer Solutions
    *Google Slides and PDF version*

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This Our Planet Science 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.

Check out these resources:

ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$14.99

ESL Argumentative Writing - Thanksgiving Lessons - ELL - NO PREP

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Are you hunting for a FUN way to get your ESL ELL secondary students using argumentative writing? This Thanksgiving themed unit includes resources to break down teaching writing and provides examples and aids!

5 days of lessons in this mini unit - 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
  • Complete research
  • Have the opportunity to practice for tests.

This resource is ENGAGING and will have your secondary ESL students excited about writing. 

What’s Included:

  • 5 days of lessons that have ZERO PREP
  • Work that can be used for lower and higher level ELLs
  • A guided teacher slide deck (50 slides) that covers EACH day's activities AND has all the linked resources
  • A student Google Slides independent activity
  • A writing rubric (PDF)
  • Student writing note catcher with Pre writing, rough draft, and final draft formatting (Google Doc)
  • POWERFUL WORDS handout (PDF)
  • Linked recordings for the text and vocabulary
  • Transition word support
  • Preps students for the TELPAS, ACCESS and ELPAC state tests!
  • Color coded steps for CLAIM--EVIDENCE---REASONS
  • Student note catcher to document findings from videos and two texts
  • Two different texts about a colonizer's perspective of Thanksgiving and Indigenous/Native American perspective on Thanksgiving (Google Doc)
  • Group discussion and partner work
  • Self edit slides with checklist
  • Peer edit resources (PDF)
  • Teacher conferences/feedback (PDF)
  • Argumentative genre visual and checklist (PDF)
  • Student vocabulary slides for independent practice/extension (Google Slides)
  • Day by day instructions and agendas so you have to do NOTHING! :)

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah A. wrote, “This was a perfect no prep writing unit for the week before Thanksgiving with my 10th grade ELLs! My students range from Emerging to Expanding and they did really well with it and wrote awesome argumentative essays. I loved the variety of activities and how guided the teacher slides were and the student note catcher. Everything was so clear and prepared that I could have easily left it for a sub as well. The debates we had were awesome about Thanksgiving and its history. Thank you!”


This Thanksgiving Mini 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.

Check out these resources:

ESL Scary Story Writing Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$7.99

ESL SLIFE Newcomer Activity - Career & Housing MY FUTURE - 3 Week Unit - NO PREP

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL SLIFE Newcomers that are FUN? This career & housing unit includes enough lessons to last you 3 weeks! Your multilingual ML students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about real life experiences and planning for their futures, all while working on developing skills needed for their careers, housing research, budgeting, speaking, reading, writing 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
  • Complete research
  • Have the opportunity to mature in life skills
  • Plan their futures
  • RECORD A PODCAST!!! (Or, create student Google Slides presentations that are already templated with language frames)

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 (128 slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about the career and housing unit
  • A BONUS SLIFE PDF Workbook for your ENTERING/SLIFE STUDENTS!
  • Grading Tool (PDF)
  • Pacing Guide broken down in weeks and days
  • Video directions (for teacher)
  • Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment
  • Simple Grammar Practice & Handout
  • Career & Housing Vocabulary
  • Writing & speaking practice
  • Countable & Uncountable Nouns
  • Singular and Plural Noun Practice
  • Vocaroo Recordings Practice
  • Reading Practice - 3 Different Passages
  • Number Practice & Quantifiers
  • THREE different project choices! 
  1. TEMPLATED GOOGLE SLIDES FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS---students will use these to create their own slideshow and practice speaking
  2. Vocaroo recording directions and student "one pager" to put recording QR codes for their podcast
  3. Podcast recording directions for Spotify!

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This career and housing 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.

Check out these resources:

ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$14.99

ESL Newcomer About Me Unit - ELL My Origin Project - Project Based Learning

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

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.

Check out these resources:

ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$9.99

WIDA ACCESS Writing Practice - Test Prep - Tier A - ESL ELL

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Do you need a test prep resource that will get your secondary ELL multilingual students completely prepared for the formatting and the reading, writing, listening and speaking demands of the ACCESS test? These 20 Warm Ups/Mini lessons are everything you need to prepare your TIER A students for ACCESS!

Your students will feel more confident taking ACCESS after completing these activities that focus on writing.

Your Students Will:

  • Develop strategies
  • Analyze text
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice with academic content language
  • Work on developing test taking skills
  • Complete mini lessons and warm ups
  • Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

This resource is LOADED with activities to help your students prepare for the ACCESS.

What’s Included:

  • 192 test prep slides written in the same formatting, structure and rigor of the ACCESS test
  • Examples from "Nina" and "Elena" to mimic ACCESS
  • 20 Warm Ups/Mini Lessons that focus on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking in the four content areas (Social Studies, Math, Language Arts and Science)
  • Voice recordings, visuals, graphics, multiple choice and writing assessments
  • Digital AND Printable (Google Doc + PDF) STUDENT NOTE CATCHER
  • Tier A rigor and leveled questions
  • Tons of exposure and practice with academic content language
  • Vocaroo link for students to record their speaking responses
  • PERFECT for mini lessons or warm ups as well as assessment grades or progress monitoring
  • Plus so much more!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah A. wrote, “These were way more extensive than I thought! This gave us WEEKS of Warm Ups. I used a lot of them as rotations and pulled students into small groups for some of the slides. Everything was really well made and mimicked ACCESS really well, especially the formatting. Very glad I found these! Thank you!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Terri S. wrote, “My students enjoyed this work. I scaffolded it so that it got harder each day. Thank you for the amazing resource”


This ACCESS practice will ease everyone’s stress as you work towards completing the ACCESS! You don’t want to miss out on the HELPFUL resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

➡️Bundle & SAVE - WIDA ACCESS Test Prep

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

$14.99

ESL Travel Project Unit - Project Based Learning - ELL Newcomer - NO PREP

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers that are FUN? This unit includes enough lessons to last you a whole month! Perfect for after testing and to wrap up your year. Your students will have the chance to research a place they’d like to travel to all while working on developing skills such as budgeting, speaking, listening, research, and much MORE!

This resource uses Google slides 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
  • Complete research
  • Have the opportunity to mature in life skills

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

What’s Included:

  • A teacher Pear Deck/Google Slides (78 slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about the joys and intricacies of travel and planning for a trip
  • Project Rubric (PDF)
  • Vocabulary Cards for the ENTIRE UNIT (PDF)--great for small group intervention and extensions
  • Four weeks of lessons weekly planner (PDF)
  • Grading worksheet (PDF)
  • Self Assessment Check In (PDF)
  • Packing List Activity with Vocabulary and Writing (Google Doc & PDF)
  • Research Planner for students to research the country they're visiting (PDF & Google Doc)
  • Trip Planner & Budgeting planner to record their notes and important trip information (PDF & Google Doc)
  • AirBnB Research Activity (PDF & Google Doc)
  • Trip Activity Planner for students to research activities and record their answers (Google Doc & PDF)
  • Trip Itinerary Template (PDF)
  • Postcard Activity (PDF)
  • Peer Presentation Note Catcher for students to record their peers' presentation information (Google Doc & PDF)
  • Examples on how to research flights, accommodations and other important parts of travel
  • Engaging videos to teach and showcase the importance of travel and travel tips
  • TEMPLATED GOOGLE SLIDES FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS---students will use these to create their own slideshow to teach the rest of the class about their trip and the country they're visiting!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Devan H. wrote, “This was an amazing project! Well laid out! Thanks for making the last few weeks easier.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “BEST PROJECT EVER! I was desperate for something for my high school Newcomers after state testing and this project was SO FUN! It took us the whole month of April and the kids loved it! There were so many great activities in here and everything was organized and ready to go. It was perfect for my older students and they planned the best trips! Thank you!” 


This Travel Project bundle 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.

Check out these resources:

➡️Bundle & SAVE - ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$14.99

ESL Newcomer Activity: Extreme Sports--3 week unit **NO PREP** PRINT & DIGITAL

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your ESL ELL newcomers that are FUN and ENGAGING? This Extreme Sports Unit includes enough lessons to last you 3 weeks! Your multilingual ML students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about real life experiences and exciting new topics, all while working on developing skills needed for speaking, listening, reading and writing!

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
  • Learn new grammar and tenses
  • PROJECT: CREATE YOUR OWN EXTREME SPORT!!! (Or, create student Google Slides presentations that are already templated with language frames)

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 (129 slides) to support you and your Newcomer ELL students through all parts of the project AND teach about extreme sports
  • Pacing Guide broken down in weeks and days
  • Video directions (for teacher)
  • Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment
  • Simple Grammar Practice & Handout
  • Extreme sport Vocabulary
  • Writing & speaking practice
  • Adverbs of Manner
  • Past simple tense
  • Reading Practice - 3 Different Passages
  • TWO different project choices! 
  1. TEMPLATED GOOGLE SLIDES FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS---students will use these to create their own slideshow and practice speaking and create their own extreme sport
  2. Templated PDF printable for students to create their own extreme sport
  3. EXTENSION ACTIVITY---Use Canva for students to create their own extreme sport flyer!

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This extreme sports 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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ESL Travel Project Bundle

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

$14.99

ESL ELL This or That Back to School/First Week---Newcomer Speaking practice!

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Need a fun first week ESL ELL activity to get your secondary Newcomer ELL students speaking and learning more about each other? This activity is FUN and helps students craft their responses with tons of language frames!

This product includes:

  • 20 slides to teach the activity and with FUN and engaging THIS OR THAT scenarios for students to discuss!
  • 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!
$3.99

ESL ELL Newcomer SLIFE 2 Day SUB PLANS NO PREP! Google Slides + Student Workbook

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

**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!
$5.99

ESL Women's History Month - ELL Newcomers - Secondary - Biographies

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

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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$5.99

ESL BOY Beginning of Year Assessments & Progress Monitoring Tools--Higher ELLs

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

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
$5.99

ESL Earth Day - Science Conservation - Pear Deck - ELL Activities

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

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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ESL Newcomer Fall Bundle

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$5.99

ESL Black History Month - Listening & Speaking - Sub Plans - Secondary ELL

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

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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$6.99

TELPAS Practice - Test Prep - Warm Up & Mini Lessons - Author's Purpose

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Do you need a way to challenge and prepare your secondary ESL ELL multilingual learners for the TELPAS test?  These Warm Ups/Mini Lessons are the perfect way to help your students get prepared for the formatting, rigor and content of the TELPAS test!

Your students will feel more confident taking the TELPAS after completing these activities that focus on Author’s Purpose and inform.

Your Students Will:

  • Develop strategies
  • Analyze text
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice using Vocaroo
  • Work on developing test taking skills
  • Complete mini lessons and warm ups
  • Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

This resource is LOADED with activities to help your students prepare for the TELPAS.

What’s Included:

  • 153 TELPAS test prep Google Slides 
  • 3 WEEKS of Warm-ups/mini lessons
  • Sections for Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing
  • Content Area questions and analysis
  • Digital Student Note Catchers
  • Printable student note catchers
  • Teacher answer key with student response samples
  • Engaging visuals, charts, graphs and more
  • Directions for students to record using Vocaroo for Speaking
  • Multiple choice and open ended responses and more!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew T. wrote, “Fantastic test prep for my high schoolers for TELPAS! This really mimicked the test and students were challenged. Thanks!”


This TELPAS practice will ease everyone’s stress as you work towards completing the TELPAS! You don’t want to miss out on the HELPFUL resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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➡️ Bundle & SAVE TELPAS Practice - Test Prep Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

$14.99