12th Grade Winter Cultural Activities

Are you struggling to find secondary resources that challenge and engage your secondary Newcomers? This ESL Winter Newcomer slide deck is everything you need to teach your Newcomers about winter 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! As a teacher, all you have to do is click to the next slide! You can teach these slides over a few days OR use them as daily activities over a few weeks.

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 winter unit.

What’s Included:

• 75+ Interactive Google Slides/Pear Deck for winter weather, clothes, traditions, holidays and food
• Organized, professional slides with engaging graphics and images
• Three engaging videos to practice listening
• Virtual field trip to the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC
• Winter holiday "Snapshots" to teach all the winter holidays
• 15 slides for writing practice with language supports for Newcomers
• Vocabulary supports throughout
• Two formative writing assessment slides
• Bonus Activity: Winter holiday Google Doc Note Catcher
• Bonus Activity: PDF Vocabulary cards
• Bonus Activity: PDF Student Project checklist
• Bonus Activity: Student Project---Create a Winter Holiday---complete with templated student presentation Google Slides
• Tons of interactive slides to drag, draw, etc.
• Engaging visuals for secondary Newcomers!!
• And more!!!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Megan A. wrote, “This is a great resource for newcomers - SO many activities to choose from and this has saved me so much time during our last week of classes leading up to the holiday break. THANK YOU! ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katie N.. wrote, “My high school Newcomers loved these interactive slides! Thank you for making great secondary Newcomer resources! The visuals and supports are AMAZING!” 

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

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This ESL ELD Winter Writing resource is everything your Newcomer secondary students need to improve their writing. Your students will love the engaging prompts and secondary visuals! This bundle focuses on getting your Newcomers writing using winter vocabulary, including foods, holidays, clothes, activities, and weather. As a teacher, you will have the option of an editable Google Doc or using the PDF printable version.

This product includes:

1. An editable Google Doc
2. 16 pages of writing activities
3. Tons of practice with the Present Continuous Tense
4. Vocabulary visuals on each page for winter foods, clothes, weather, holidays, activities
5. Engaging secondary prompts and visuals
6. Entering AND Emerging writing level scaffolds
7. Language supports for each activity
8. 5 Senses visuals
9. 6 Writing Task Cards
10. Vocabulary Print Page
11. PDF Link to print

Need more Winter Newcomer resources? See my Newcomer Winter Listening and Speaking Activity & Newcomer Winter Reading Passages

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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!

Teach your Secondary Newcomers all about Winter Vocabulary with these great PDF posters! Let this vocabulary anchor your winter lessons.

This resource includes:

1. 5 PDF Posters (Regular size---you can blow up into posters)

2. Vocabulary for holidays, weather, clothes, food, and traditions

Buy this with my other Newcomer Unit Winter Resources!

Need winter reading passages that are FUN and will get your secondary ELL ESL Newcomer excited to read and learn about winter holidays?!

This resource has everything you need for ESL ELD secondary Newcomers! You will get tons of pre-teach vocabulary, vocabulary in context word work, 4 engaging reading passages AND comprehension questions! This product will teach all about Winter Weather, Kwanzaa, New Years & a Chinese New Year Letter!

This resource includes:

1. 13 pages of Reading Activities
2. QR Codes to read passages and vocabulary aloud
3. 4 High Interest Passages for Newcomers about winter holidays (Winter Weather, Kwanzaa, NYE, Chinese New Year)
4. Pre-Teach Vocabulary for each passage
5. Vocabulary in Context Activity for student to apply and practice new vocabulary
6. Editable Google Doc format PLUS printable PDF version
7. TONS of engaging visuals for secondary students
8. Comprehension questions for each passage with language supports built in

Need more Newcomer Winter resources? Try my other products!

Newcomer Winter Writing & Newcomer Winter Listening and Speaking

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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!

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Use these ESL ELD Newcomer Winter Vocabulary Cards to help your secondary Newcomers learn winter vocabulary!

Included in this resource:

1. 18 PDF pages of vocabulary cards
2. 9 pages of cards for teaching
3. 9 pages of cards for matching games/activities
4. Vocabulary for weather, clothes, food, traditions, and multicultural holidays!

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