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Are you hunting for a FUN way to get your ESL ELL secondary multilingual students using argumentative writing? This argumentative unit includes resources to break down teaching writing and provides examples and aids! This unit is connected to the WIDA KEY USE: ARGUE standards and will help get your expanding and long term ELLs the practice they need to test out of the ELL program!

4 weeks of lessons in this mini unit - NO PREP STUDENT WORKBOOK!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Understand the genre of ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
• Develop skills for the WIDA KEY USE: ARGUE
• Work on developing writing skills
• Use transitions
• Construct final drafts of an argumentative writing piece
• Practice all the parts of argumentative writing
• Use a rubric to guide their writing
• Edit each other's work

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

TOPICS:

1) Is Technology Making Us Smarter or Dumber?

2) Are Video Games Helpful or Harmful?

3) Online Learning vs Classroom Learning--Which one is better?

What’s Included:

• Engaging reading passages for SECONDARY ELL ML students
• 62 page printable workbook for students for the whole unit!
• Teacher Slides (Google) to guide and anchor your lessons day by day!
• Writing Rubric
• Teacher Feedback Form
• Digital Writing Template for Students (Google Doc) for rough and final drafts!
• Peer editing resource!
• 3 weeks of lessons that have ZERO PREP
• Writing scaffolds built in
• Linked recordings for the text and vocabulary
• Transition word support
• Structure to prep students for the TELPAS, ACCESS and ELPAC state tests!
• Color coded steps for INTRO--CLAIM--EVIDENCE---REASONS--COUNTERARGUMENT--CONCLUSION/SUMMARY
• Fun engaging topics and graphics for secondary students

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 need a way to challenge and prepare your secondary ESL ELL learners for the ELPAC? This ELPAC test prep is perfect for BEFORE the test to either showcase the formatting OR you can use it as a BOY MOY or EOY tool to assess students levels.

This resource will take several days to weeks to give to students and is intended to be chunked out into parts or sections as there is a LOT in this practice test.

Your Students Will:

• Develop strategies
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice testing strategies
• Work on developing test taking skills
• Complete practice & experience test formatting
• Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

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

What’s Included:

• 35 pages of test prep formatting and questions
• ANSWER KEY
• PDF Printable Feedback and grading resource to score students in each part of the test (organized by: collaborative skills, interpretive skills, productive skills, and learning how English works skills)
• Structure that follows the ELPAC test and types of questions and prompts
• Material for grades 6-12
• Listening prompts and questions with linked recordings (Types: Support an opinion, short conversation, presentation, classroom conversation)
• Speaking prompts and questions with linked recordings & directions how to record (talk about a scene, speech functions, support an opinion, support and discuss, summarize an academic opinion)
• Reading prompts and questions with linked recordings (informational passages, student essay, literary passage) 
• Writing prompts and questions with linked recordings (describe a picture, write about an experience, justify an opinion)

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

Check out these resources:

TELPAS Practice - Test Prep Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Are you hunting for a FUN way to get your ESL ELL secondary multilingual students using argumentative writing? This argumentative unit includes resources to break down teaching writing and provides examples and aids! This unit is connected to the WIDA KEY USE: ARGUE standards and will help get your expanding and long term ELLs the practice they need to test out of the ELL program!

4 weeks of lessons in this mini unit - NO PREP STUDENT WORKBOOK!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Understand the genre of ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
• Develop skills for the WIDA KEY USE: ARGUE
• Work on developing writing skills
• Use transitions
• Construct final drafts of an argumentative writing piece
• Practice all the parts of argumentative writing
• Use a rubric to guide their writing
• Edit each other's work

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

TOPICS:

1) School Uniforms or Student Choice?

2) Can AI Make Better Decisions than Humans?

3) Is the US a Good Place to Live? (Uses a video---great for an independent work day to grade or for a sub!)

What’s Included:

• Engaging reading passages for SECONDARY ELL ML students
• 42 page printable workbook for students for the whole unit!
• Teacher Slides (Google) to guide and anchor your lessons day by day!
• Writing Rubric
• Teacher Feedback Form
• Digital Writing Template for Students (Google Doc) for rough and final drafts!
• Peer editing resource!
• 3 weeks of lessons that have ZERO PREP
• Writing scaffolds built in
• Linked recordings for the text and vocabulary
• Transition word support
• Structure to prep students for the TELPAS, ACCESS and ELPAC state tests!
• Color coded steps for INTRO--CLAIM--EVIDENCE---REASONS--COUNTERARGUMENT--CONCLUSION/SUMMARY
• Fun engaging topics and graphics for secondary students

Do you need a test prep resource that will get your secondary developing and expanding ELL students completely prepared for the ACCESS test? The 60 Google student slides will allow Developing & Expanding ELL students to practice independently with the help of recorded directions, prompts, and visuals.

They will practice Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking to prep for the ACCESS test!

Your Students Will:

• Develop strategies
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice with test format
• Work on developing test taking skills
• Complete independent practice
• Analyze graphs, charts and maps
• Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

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

What’s Included:

• 60 ACCESS practice slides for Developing & Expanding level ELL students
• Clear directions and prompts that have recorded links to be read aloud to them!
• Designed for independent practice AND you can even leave it with a sub!
• Questions in ALL three ACCESS content areas: Math, Science, Social Studies
• Practice in LISTENING, WRITING, READING (graphs, charts, maps), SPEAKING
• Directions on how students will record themselves speaking AND insert the link into the side for you to assess
• This is a practice and assessment for you to see their level and readiness
• TONS of graphics and realistic visuals and stories
• Formatting is JUST LIKE THE ACCESS TEST!!!
• You can also use this resource to prep for the TELPAS and ELPAC tests!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Matthew T. wrote, “These slides were awesome. The voice recording links were well done and the formatting is just like ACCESS. Thanks!”

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:

ELL WIDA ACCESS Test Prep - Tier A

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Do you need a test prep resource that will get your secondary entering and emerging ELL students completely prepared for the ACCESS test? The 60 Google student slides will allow Entering and Emerging ELL students to practice independently with the help of recorded directions, prompts, and visuals. 

They will practice Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking as the prep for the ACCESS test!

Your Students Will:

• Develop strategies
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice with test format
• Work on developing test taking skills
• Complete independent practice
• Have the opportunity to expand knowledge

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

What’s Included:

• 60 practice slides for Entering and Emerging level ELL students
• Clear directions and prompts that have recorded links to be read aloud to them!
• Designed for independent practice AND you can even leave it with a sub!
• Questions in ALL three ACCESS content areas: Math, Science, Social Studies
• Practice in LISTENING, WRITING, READING, SPEAKING
• Directions on how students will record themselves speaking AND insert the link into the side for you to assess
• This is a practice and assessment for you to see their level and readiness
• TONS of graphics and realistic visuals and stories
• JUST LIKE THE ACCESS TEST!!!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shanna McCauley (TeachShare Seller). wrote, “I'm so happy I found this. The activities mirrored ACCESS. My students were actively engaged. This was awesome!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah A. wrote, “This was a HUGE help for my Level 1 and 2 ELL students! This took them several days to complete and I was shocked they were able to do the slides independently! This is a fantastic 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:

ELL WIDA ACCESS Test Prep - Tier A

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing