Middle School EFL - ESL - ELD Handouts

Writing a story can be so overwhelming! I have come with this writing pack that is intended to help your students organize their ideas before writing their first draft. This step-by-step activity groups every aspect of story writing such as: genre, setting, characters, details, etc. It also helps the students with their descriptive writing by asking them targeted questions. This is an excellent tool for beginner writers, struggling writers, or English Language learners.

Use the “Writing Buddy” handout on my TeachShare store along with this resource and your students can become more independent when writing a short story.

You can use these resources for several days, giving students a chance to think through while writing their first draft.

Really easy to use. Just print, hole punch, staple and go!

Thank you!

Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by Considering these Spanish animals' names flashcards!

Each label takes up 1/12 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 flashcards for a total of 10 pages (12 cards per page). Check out the preview to see what it looks like. They each feature the Spanish name of the animal and to help aid meaning, I've included beautiful illustrations.

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

Note:

• This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.
• All clipart is sourced from free clipart sites that state they are commercial friendly.

Are your EFL/ESL students confused about the rules of pronunciation of final -S in plural nouns? With this activity you can both teach the rules and practice the pronunciation in a fun way. Suitable for pair work, small groups and team activities. A chart and a handout are included.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:

♥ Suggestions on how to use

♥ An anchor chart / a grammar overview

♥ Handouts

♥ 45 sentence cards with plural nouns

♥ 3 bug cards with plural noun endings (/s/, /z/, or /ɪz/)

♥ A printable fly swatter

INSTRUCTIONS:

☻Print & Prepare

• print out and laminate the bugs
• print out, cut up and laminate the sentence cards
• print out, cut up and laminate two fly swatters (optional)
• It’s best to use real fly swatters. Students can also just use their hands.

☻Play

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY:

• place the bugs on the floor (facing up) and the sentence cards in a pile beside the bugs (facing down)
• students take turns flipping over a sentence card and swatting the bug with the corresponding ending
• then they read the sentence on the card

PAIR ACTIVITY:

• each student in the pair has their own fly swatter
• a teacher / helper or a fellow student flips over a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug gets a point
• then they read the sentence on the card

TEAM GAME:

• the students form 2 lines (team A and team B)
• the first student at the front of each line gets a fly swatter
• the teacher flips a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug wins a point for their team
• then he / she reads the sentence
• they hand over the fly swatters to those second in line and go to the back of the line

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

• students mix up the sentence cards and then work together to place them under the correct bug

OPTIONS FOR USE:

♥ Pair Work

♥ Small Group Activity

♥ Team Games

♥ Review

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Help students understand and master the four kinds of sentences with this fun, interactive, activity! Students use brochures, magazines, newspapers, etc... to find real life writing examples of the four basic kinds of sentences: Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex Great small group activity that gets students discussing rules, reading, and sentence varieties!

Save time on lesson preparation with ready-to-use materials designed specifically for teaching MAKE or DO collocations:

• A 2-page worksheet empowers teachers to guide their students through matching and filling-in activities,
• 20 Conversational questions promote conversational fluency in the context of these collocations,
• Answer keys make it easy to check and evaluate progress, ensuring accurate learning outcomes.

Whether you're teaching in a traditional classroom setting, online, or through one-on-one tutoring, this resourse can be easily adapted to your teaching environment.

Simplify your December planning with this ESL resource designed to immerse your students in the holiday spirit with topics like design your ugly Christmas sweater and later vote for your favorite amongst classmates. Holiday themed flashcards are included to help with simple speaking activities such as design your own gingerbread house. There are also various drawing activities. This resource is versatile for whole-class, partner, or station-based activities.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-Holiday vocabulary with images (flashcards) and suggested activities.

-Design your own ugly Christmas sweater

-Vote for your favorite ugly sweater

-Follow directions to color and draw 

-Listen and vote for their favorite Christmas music

-Create your own elf and design an outfit for them

-Apply to be an elf at the North Pole

-Become a toy tester

-Write about yourself during the holidays including your favorite meal and activities.

-Suggested wordless short film with questions

Vocabulary:

Holiday and Christmas words

Basic Body Parts

Some winter clothing

Present tense verbs 

Limited use of the conditional

*Please note you must have access to Youtube to play the music videos. The music links are editable and can be changed.

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

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Do you want to make reviewing idioms fun and engaging? Are your students creative and like pets? Then download this Idioms Activity a Figurative Language Project for Elementary Pet Lovers! Students will love creating their own pet adoption flyers. Well suited for the Language Arts or ELL classroom, your students will be having so much fun they will forget they are learning! This activity uses figurative language in a fun activity where students will plan a flyer for a pet adoption event at a local pet store. Using a list of 45+ animal idioms and a prewriting sheet, students will plan out which animals they will advertise, and which idioms they will use to describe the animals.

Then, students can select from five different “Pet Adoption Fair” flyers to use as their final draft. A grading rubric is included to assist with grading their final project. A shorter list of 18 animal idioms is included for younger students.

This is all you need for learning about idioms!

➟ This resource includes:

• Instructions
• 5 Pet Adoption Fair flyer templates
• Prewriting sheet
• Grading rubric
• Answer key (in the form of one example of a completed prewriting graph and an example of a finished flyer)
• Two lists of idioms using animals: 

(1) One shorter list for younger students (18 idioms) 

(2)A second full list of 45+ idioms for older students

• Terms of Use

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6 different writing prompts on 6th grade math topics perfect for TELPAS writing samples.

Topics include

• Equations
• Integer Addition
• Area and Perimeter
• Properties of Operations
• Histograms
• Multiplying with Fractions

This is a very practical tool to support elementary writers. It displays different types of descriptive words, sentence starters and many other useful writing elements that will make your students feel confident to write great stories. This can also be used for English Language Learners as it can help them to build up vocabulary. Easy to use, print both sides, fold and go!

Font on thumbnail "KAElementary" by Kaitlynn Albani fonts and illustrations.

Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by Considering these Russian animals' names flashcards!

Each label takes up 1/12 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 flashcards for a total of 10 pages (12 cards per page). Check out the preview to see what it looks like. They each feature the Russian name of the animal and to help aid meaning, I've included beautiful illustrations.

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

Note:

• This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.
• All clipart is sourced from free clipart sites that state they are commercial friendly.

Are your EFL/ESL students confused about the rules of pronunciation of final -ED in past simple? With this activity you can both teach the rules and practice the pronunciation in a fun way. Suitable for pair work, small groups and team activities. A chart and a handout are included.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:

♥ Suggestions on how to use

♥ An anchor chart / a grammar overview

♥ Handouts

♥ 45 sentence cards with verbs in past simple

♥ 3 bug cards with verb endings (/t/, /d/, or /ɪd/)

♥ A printable fly swatter

INSTRUCTIONS:

☻Print & Prepare

• print out and laminate the bugs
• print out, cut up and laminate the sentence cards
• print out, cut up and laminate two fly swatters (optional)
• It’s best to use real fly swatters. Students can also just use their hands.

☻Play

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY:

• place the bugs on the floor (facing up) and the sentence cards in a pile beside the bugs (facing down)
• students take turns flipping over a sentence card and swatting the bug with the corresponding ending
• then they read the sentence on the card

PAIR ACTIVITY:

• each student in the pair has their own fly swatter
• a teacher / helper or a fellow student flips over a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug gets a point
• then they read the sentence on the card

TEAM GAME:

• the students form 2 lines (team A and team B)
• the first student at the front of each line gets a fly swatter
• the teacher flips a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug wins a point for their team
• then he / she reads the sentence
• they hand over the fly swatters to those second in line and go to the back of the line

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

• students mix up the sentence cards and then work together to place them under the correct bug

OPTIONS FOR USE:

♥ Pair Work

♥ Small Group Activity

♥ Team Games

♥ Review

If you loved this product, please be sure to come back to my store and leave feedback. By leaving feedback, you can earn credit towards your future purchases!

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This Valentine’s Day basic ESL English resource is filled with printable low prep activities for February. This resource focuses on friendship and kindness and also includes many options for Valentine’s day. Students can write about friendship, take part in a “a week of kindness” or practice Valentine’s day vocabulary. Valentine’s cards, drawing and writing prompts and flashcards included too! 

Included:

- Teacher overview

-New vocabulary with images (22 flashcards) and suggested activities like a game of memory

-Writing prompts with a focus on friendship and kindness (see below)

-Valentine cards to print and color (with and without words)

Examples of short writing prompts:

Tell us about a friend

What can you do during “a week of kindness”?

Write about things you love

How would you help someone with a problem?

Write simple compliments to classmates (compliment jar)

Worksheets with a Valentine’s theme

Crossword and various exercises for Valentine’s vocabulary

Label body parts of the cupid

Valentine’s cards (with and without words)

Follow directions to color the clothing for a group of friends

Follow the directions and draw

Additional Vocabulary:

Basic body parts

Basic clothing

Valentine’s vocabulary

Adjectives

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

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Do you need examples of oxymorons for your students? Do you struggle to find lists to share with your students? Do you want to support your students in learning figurative language? Then download this Oxymoron Figurative Language Reference Handout FULLY EDITABLE! This editable list of over 40 oxymorons with definitions can be used as a handout or for your own worksheets. Perfect to put in a writing binder or at writing centers for students to have easy access. No more searching the internet to find the right examples. It's all right here!

Included in this resource:

• 40+ Oxymorons with definitions

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This is a very practical tool to support elementary writers. It displays different types of descriptive words, sentence starters and many other useful writing elements in both ENGLISH and SPANISH!!! This will make your students feel confident to write great stories! This can also be used for English and Spanish Language Learners as it can help them to build up vocabulary. Easy to use, print both sides, fold and go!

Font on thumbnail "KAElementary" by Kaitlynn Albani fonts and illustrations.

Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by Considering these English/Arabic animals' names bilingual flashcards!

Each label takes up 1/12 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 flashcards for a total of 10 pages (12 cards per page). Check out the preview to see what it looks like. They each feature the English and the Arabic name of the animal and to help aid meaning, I've included beautiful illustrations.

Complementary resources:

• Classroom objects English and Arabic Sight Words
• Body Parts English to Arabic ESL Vocabulary Flashcards
• Jobs & Occupation English and Arabic Sight Words
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The bundle:

• English/Arabic Sight Words Vocabulary Flashcards

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

Note: This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.

If you have any requests we can help.

Are your EFL/ESL students confused about the rules of pronunciation of final -S in present simple - 3rd person singular? With this activity you can both teach the rules and practice the pronunciation in a fun way. Suitable for pair work, small groups and team activities. A chart and a handout are included.

INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:

♥ Suggestions on how to use

♥ An anchor chart / a grammar overview

♥ Handouts

♥ 45 sentence cards with verbs in 3rd person singular

♥ 3 bug cards with verb endings (/s/, /z/, or /ɪz/)

♥ A printable fly swatter

INSTRUCTIONS:

☻Print & Prepare

• print out and laminate the bugs
• print out, cut up and laminate the sentence cards
• print out, cut up and laminate two fly swatters (optional)
• It’s best to use real fly swatters. Students can also just use their hands.

☻Play

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY:

• place the bugs on the floor (facing up) and the sentence cards in a pile beside the bugs (facing down)
• students take turns flipping over a sentence card and swatting the bug with the corresponding ending
• then they read the sentence on the card

PAIR ACTIVITY:

• each student in the pair has their own fly swatter
• a teacher / helper or a fellow student flips over a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug gets a point
• then they read the sentence on the card

TEAM GAME:

• the students form 2 lines (team A and team B)
• the first student at the front of each line gets a fly swatter
• the teacher flips a sentence card
• the first student to swat the correct bug wins a point for their team
• then he / she reads the sentence
• they hand over the fly swatters to those second in line and go to the back of the line

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

• students mix up the sentence cards and then work together to place them under the correct bug

OPTIONS FOR USE:

♥ Pair Work

♥ Small Group Activity

♥ Team Games

♥ Review

If you loved this product, please be sure to come back to my store and leave feedback. By leaving feedback, you can earn credit towards your future purchases!

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Looking for a fun, engaging way to reinforce ESL vocabulary and weather terms? This Basic English Scavenger Hunt is the perfect interactive activity to build reading comprehension and critical thinking. Students will explore weather forecasts from various countries around the world while answering questions to unlock a mystery word! Take learning further with a Photo Gallery Walk! Hang weather-themed posters around the room, and have students write descriptions or sentences using vocabulary words.

What's Included:

• 20 Question Cards: Students solve multiple-choice questions based on weather forecasts, collecting points as they go.
• Student Answer Sheets: Organized for easy tracking of answers and points.
• Vocabulary lists for each activity: Provides key terms and phrases to support all learners.
• Mystery Word: As students answer questions correctly, they’ll collect letters to unscramble the final mystery word!
• 12 Posters for the Photo Gallery Walk
• Bonus: 2 templates for students to write a weather forecast for different cities

Options: Photo Gallery Walk or Question of the day

• Daily Questions: Use the posters for quick observation exercises.
• Fun Twist: Add a timed challenge where students write down unique descriptions for extra points!

Students will use weather forecasts from regions like Perth, Ottawa, and more. They’ll read, answer questions, and work collaboratively to solve each challenge, all while building essential vocabulary and language skills. The goal is to unscramble the mystery word and collect the correct total points!

Please check reading level in the preview. This is a more basic reading resource.

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

Follow me @thelibrarians.playground on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for teacher tips. Follow the Librarian’s Playground with Ms.G on Teachers Pay teacher for updates on new products. Email me with any questions or suggestions for improvement thelibrarians.playground@gmail.com

Do you want to engage your students to learn about idioms? Do you want them to be motivated and eager to learn? Then download this Idioms About Food Figurative Language Handout! This resource includes over 45 idioms related to food to help your students learn some functional figurative language. Use it with my other figurative language resources for a full unit's worth of activities!

✈️ Click here to follow A World to Explore Store and be the first to know about brand-new games and activities!

❤ Other Resources You'll LOVE:

• SIMILES Choice Board, Student Checklist, Rubric, 48 Similes w/ definitions
• METAPHORS Choice Board, Checklist, Rubric, Metaphors w definition
• Homophones Choice Board 
• Ultimate LIST of Similes, Metaphors, Idioms with Definitions
• Make Your Own Booklet of Idioms with Literal Figurative Meaning Illustrations

Writing a story can be so overwhelming! I have come with this writing pack that is intended to help your students organize their ideas before writing their first draft. This step-by-step activity groups every aspect of story writing such as: genre, setting, characters, details, etc. It also helps the students with their descriptive writing by asking them targeted questions. This is an excellent tool for beginner writers, struggling writers, or English Language learners.

Use the "Writing Buddy" resource as a complement resource to help your students become more independent when writing a short story.

You can use these resources for several days, giving students a chance to think through while writing their first draft.

Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by Considering these English/Chinese animals' names bilingual flashcards!

Each label takes up 1/12 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 flashcards for a total of 10 pages (12 cards per page). Check out the preview to see what it looks like. They each feature the English and the Chinese name of the animal and to help aid meaning, I've included beautiful illustrations.

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

Note:

• This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.
• All clipart is sourced from free clipart sites that state they are commercial friendly.