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Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
Students have to complete the sentences by choosing a verb and filling in the gaps to say what different people do in their jobs. I have it's useful! Have a nice day! Gloria - ESL worksheets
Label Continents Map Printout.
Cause and effect is a crucial skill for students to understand the relationships between the characters, ideas and concepts they read.
A2 Reading comprenhension activity related to common inventions in Britain. It can also be used to introduce, revise or reinforce the Passive Voice. Key provided. - ESL worksheets
Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.
When I was a brand new teacher, I thought the quality of my teaching was ultimately tied to the quality of my resources, so I spent hours searching for great materials. I believed that if I had quality resources, ones that my students enjoyed and were engaged with, then that would make me a good teacher. Well, I still believe that having quality resources is extremely important, but over the years I've also come to realize that being a good teacher is SO much more than the tools in my toolbox. Everyday has a million moving parts that need our constant attention, focus, knowledge and skills of best practice. So even though I now believe that being a good teacher is more than the quality of my teaching materials, knowing that I have a good variety of kid tested and teacher approved resources at my fingertips allows me the time and energy to focus on other aspects of my teaching day. So today, as a follow-up to my original "favorite resources" post, I want to share with you MORE of my "go-to" resources that I consistently use in my classroom with my students! Build a Sentence I love this resource, and so do my students! This resource gets beginning and intermediate ELs speaking and writing! First, a photograph is posted. Then students generate a word bank by telling what they see in the picture. I ask for one word at a time. No matter the level of my ELs, everyone can come up with at least a word or two. I get additional details by asking about colors and quantities of items they see. Once our word bank is sufficient, they use those words to create varying lengths of sentences. They are asked to create a 3 word sentence, then a four word sentence, then a five word sentence, and so on. I'll ask, "Who thinks they can come up with a 4 word sentence?" My students all start thinking and counting on their fingers, then quickly a hand shoots up, then another. They love it! This activity is heavily scaffolded for beginners. Students orally create the word bank and sentences, but I write the words and sentences on the board using correct spelling and grammar. Then they copy. I am a big believer in modeling for beginners, and I model a LOT! This activity is a definite favorite among my students. They practice their oral language skills as well as their writing skills. I do this with my small groups at least once a month. Writing with English Learners I created this resource to prep my students for the writing portion of the annual language proficiency assessment. In Virginia, where I'm from, ESL students take the WIDA ACCESS each winter. Being that writing is the literacy skill that usually takes the longest to develop, I wanted to explicitly teach the skills students needed to be most successful on this assessment. In my lesson plans, I incorporate a listening, reading, speaking and writing focus each week. For the writing focus, I usually pull from these two resources. Whether I am teaching how to stretch out words, write a story, explain a process or analyze information, this resource allows me to choose the skills my particular groups need to work on. For my intermediate and advanced ELs in grades 3-6, I focus on "language formats" found in writing. Whether they are asked to describe, provide an opinion, analyze or compare and contrast, understanding and applying the language with that format is key. 5 Ws and H - A Writing Resource for Adding Details This resource is a new favorite! It teaches students to add meaningful details to their sentences. I often ask students to "tell me more." This writing activity gets them in the habit of giving more information in their sentences by adding thoughtful details. This resource is designed for gradual release. The first set of activities can be done in a whole group setting. A photograph is projected and students are asked to answer the 5W & H questions about the picture. This information is then used to write two thoughtful sentences. As students become more proficient with adding details to their sentences, the next set of activities can be done in either a small group setting or as an independent activity. The last set of activities are writing prompts that students can independently respond to in their notebooks. Posters are included which add a great visual reference for a classroom display. Restate the Question This is a simple, yet effective, activity that teaches students to restate the question or prompt in their answers, both orally and in writing. As a writing activity, either project a prompt on the whiteboard and have students write their responses in their notebooks, or print out the question and have them glue it into their notebook. This takes modeling the first several times, but afterwards should be a quick independent activity. For a speaking activity, pull out a card and ask the question. Students take turns answering several of the questions. This works great in a small group setting. My students often ask if we can keep on "playing." VIDEOS! VIDEOS! VIDEOS! Incorporating videos into my lessons is a MUST! When I plan a new unit, one of the first things I do is to scour the internet looking for fun and meaningful videos. My go to place is YouTube. There are some real gems out there, but it does take some looking. When I find a goody, it goes into my collection and I use it again and again. Here is a blog post that I wrote about using short films to teach reading comprehension skills. I continue to add to the list as I find new films. Click on the image to see the list! Check out my Short Film Bundle here. Monthly Themed Vocabulary This is an great resource to use with primary learners and beginning ELs. Each month contains 20 vocabulary words. I love this because it's relevant to what's happening around students at the given time of year. Along with the terms, which I use as a monthly word wall, matching cards, writing activities, a vocabulary booklet and BINGO games are included. In closing... As I create my weekly lesson plans, these "tried and true" resources are many of the activities that my students use throughout the school year. Having a collection of reliable and engaging materials available frees up the time I'd otherwise spend searching. I'm sure you have your go-to resources too. Happy teaching!! (Affiliate Link)
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This boardgame is a speaking activity for beginner students who meet for the first time and get to know each other. They have to talk and ask questions about basic and easy topics such as hobbies, family, favourite things, house...I designed it for my adult students but it can be used with teenagers as well. - ESL worksheets
An intro to queen and Freddy Mercury's life. Different exercises in mixed grammar and cloze test form. Finally a reading comprehension exercises with true and false questions. - ESL worksheets
For Business English students, it’s important that ESL lessons are based on the needs of their day-to-day work. They want to practice situations taken from their professional environment…
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If you've heard about Boom Cards and wondered how these digital task cards work, watch Laura Candler's video introduction to learn why teachers and students love them!
Student profiles are a great way to get to know students and newcomers in ESL and EFL classrooms with limited language skills.
One of many cool things about my high school practicum was discovering the diversity in opportunities to collaborate. Rather than working primarily with English and history students, I helped prov…
The board game for younger learners. Students practise the Present Simple tense by unscrambling the words. They need to move the pawns and give the right word order. - ESL worksheets
Students have to find the missing words in this text about William Shakespeare. This could be done by putting them into pairs or small groups depending on your class. The key is attached for busy teachers. - ESL worksheets
Many students are intimidated by Shakespeare because of the difficult language. This 2-3 day introduction to Shakespeare gives students a chance to get comfortable with Shakespeare’s language and learn about life in Elizabethan England. This introduction requires no teaching on the part of the teacher. It consists of a fun guessing activity, research worksheet, and student-lead learning about life in Shakespeare’s time. 1)Introduction activity (1 class period /4 pages/ language, trivia, and research) •Page 1: students guess the meaning of little-known, funny words from Shakespeare’s plays. •Page 2: students guess which words were not invented by Shakespeare. They then guess the answer to the trivia questions. •Page 3: There is a beginner and advanced option for this page. •Advanced option: Students try to write famous Shakespeare quotes in modern English. •Beginner option: Students match famous Shakespeare quotes to their modern meaning (best for ESL or younger students). •Page 4: Students complete a research worksheet about important dramatic devices and different types of plays. This page might be assigned as homework. *All answers are included in the answer key. Students may check and mark their own work using the answer key, or the teacher may review answers with the class. 2) Student-lead learning (2-3 class periods / 4 pages / research, presentation and listening/ note taking activity) •Students form small groups of 2 or 3. Each groups should choose an area of life in Elizabethan England that they would like to research and introduce to the class. •Resource has 11 suggested topics including: •The Globe Theatre •The city of London •Women in Elizabethan England •Witchcraft and magic •Page 1 and 2 /Research paper/1 per group: students research their topic and then write three questions in order to narrow their scope. Students record their questions and findings in the graphic organizer. ** Students might also create a poster about their topic. •Page 3 and 4 / Listening and note taking worksheet / 1 per student: As the groups present their topics, students should listen and record notes in the graphic organizer. Students will now have a set of notes about Shakespeare and life in the Elizabethan era. HAPPY TEACHING! Other English Resources: Literary Analysis Task Cards (review any short story or novel) 60 Journal Writing Prompts: Cards for Personal, Persuasive, and Creative Writing Independent Reading Log and Report For Fiction and Nonfiction Books Article Summary and Analysis One Pager: Use With Any Informational Text
This is a matching activity for cooking terms and their definitions. It can be used as a simple worksheet or the answer key can be cut into strips and done in small groups as a matching activity. - ESL worksheets
Teach with confidence, using the world's favorite English course. Interchange is a four-level, American English course that has been used by over 50 million students worldwide. This Intro level Teacher's Edition features complete teaching instructions, optional activities, audio scripts, language summaries, and Student's Book and Workbook answer keys. The Complete Assessment Program comes on a USB and provides quizzes, mid-term and final tests in printable PDF and Microsoft Word formats. It also includes the complete Placement Test for Interchange and Passages.
