Adapt your lessons to every learning style with these simple ideas to help you differentiate grammar activities in your classroom!

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Adapt your lessons to every learning style with these ideas to differentiate grammar activities in your classroom! Ways to Differentiate Grammar Grammar lessons and activities can be a little tricky to differentiate sometimes. You want to make sure that all of your students are engaged and actively learning these critical skills, but grammar isn’t always […]

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This adult ESL curriculum bundle for beginner ESL includes my bestselling grammar, reading, vocabulary, and speaking lessons with worksheets and activities. Your adult ESL or high school ELL newcomers will love these activities that get them using English in real-life contexts. These no-prep lessons will empower English learners by helping them gain skills and confidence! Created by a veteran adult ESL teacher, these materials are way better than a textbook and will save you a lot of time. As an adult ESL teacher, I got frustrated trying to find quality resources for my students - so I created my own! Teaching English to beginners can be a real challenge. These easy-to-use, visually appealing, engaging, and complete lessons will make teaching English a breeze. There are over 400 pages of teaching material in this bundle! You could easily spread these lessons out over a whole school year. Each lesson comes with step-by-step instructions for the teacher - you can even use them as sub plans. The topics of the lessons are geared toward older learners, and there is no childish clipart. Included Products: I. Beginner Adult ESL Vocabulary Activities Worksheets & Flashcards (I recommend starting with these): 16 no-prep vocabulary lessons for beginners on daily routines, jobs, clothing, classroom items, food, money, family, body parts, calendar, emotions, opposites, skills and abilities, transportation, health problems, medical help, and classroom verbs. Beginner English learners need visual aids and scaffolded activities that progress from controlled to open-ended and communicative. These activities will introduce a manageable number of new vocabulary words and related grammar. By the end of the lessons, the students will be able to use this new language to communicate! These activities are appropriate for adults and teens - there is no childish clip art. The lessons can be taught in no particular order! Included in Each Vocabulary Resource: Teacher's page with step-by-step instructions on how to go through the vocabulary lessons and activities worksheets. There are several ideas for differentiating instruction if you have a multi-level class. These are no-prep lessons that even a sub could use! Worksheets with engaging, scaffolded activities and images geared toward older learners. You can print the worksheets or use them as digital, fillable PDFs. See below for specific learning objectives. Flashcards (320 total) with images geared toward adults. The clothing and food flashcards come in two versions - color and black and white. Another teacher's page with ideas for flashcard activities and games II. 15 No-Prep Grammar Lessons For each of the 15 grammar points, you'll get: 1. A detailed lesson plan that walks the teacher through each step of the lessons. The lessons follow a PPP (present, practice, produce) structure. These can be used as sub plans! 2. All accompanying materials for the lesson: A grammar presentation on the meaning, form, and use of the grammar point with examples of the grammar in context Grammar explanation handouts for students to refer to and study Scaffolded, engaging activities that focus on a communicative approach: warm-up activities, fill-in-the-blank, sentence completion, surveys, speaking activities and writing tasks. The worksheets can be printed for classroom use or used as digital, fillable PDFs if you are teaching online. 3. Answer key Beginner Grammar Lessons in This Bundle (I recommend teaching in this order): The Be Verb Questions with the Be Verb The Simple Present Nouns & Pronouns Articles A, An, The Count and Noncount Nouns The Present Progressive Modals of Ability (can/can't, could/couldn't, be able to) Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions (and, or, so, but, yet) Prepositions of Place Prepositions of Time The Imperative Phrasal Verbs III. 20 Fiction Reading Passages with Activities - Maria Series - For Beginner and Intermediate ESL These adult ESL reading comprehension passages with questions and activities are perfect for beginner and intermediate-level adults and high school ELL newcomers. Students will be able to relate to these topics and they will hone important reading comprehension and vocabulary skills. These are perfect for teaching a multi-level class! No prep required. These reading passages are about Maria, an English learner from Mexico who is living in the U.S. Here are the topics for each passage: Meet Maria - Get to know Maria! I recommend using this passage first. Maria Likes to Cook - This passage is about Maria's passion for cooking Maria Shops - This reading has vocabulary and phrases that people use when grocery shopping. Maria's Daily Routine - This reading has the simple present verb tense, times of the day, and time signal words like usually, sometimes, after, and next. Maria's Apartment - This reading has there is and there are, the simple present verb tense, and prepositions of location. Maria's Best Friend - This passage is about the similarities and differences between Maria and her best friend. It has the simple present verb tense and language for comparing and contrasting. There is a Venn diagram activity. Maria Bakes a Cake - This reading has the simple present verb tense and takes the reader through a simple process - baking a cake! Maria Applies for a Job - This reading is about Maria applying for a job at a bakery. Maria Goes on a Trip - In this reading, Maria and her son, Luis, go on a trip to San Diego! Maria Gets Sick - Maria gets a cold and has a telemedicine appointment with her doctor. Maria's Job Interview - Maria has an interview at Slice of Heaven Bakery. Maria's First Day - Maria starts working at the bakery. Maria's Coworkers - This passage describes Maria's coworkers. Maria Goes to a Birthday Party - It's time for some fun! Maria and her friends go to a backyard birthday party. Maria Goes on a Date - Love is in the air! Maria and Phil go on a date. Maria Is in Love - Maria and Phil are in love. Maria's Broken Heart - Maria deals with a tough breakup. Maria Feels Sad - Maria's friends help her heal her broken heart. Maria Goes Camping - Maria and her girlfriends enjoy the great outdoors. Maria and Hector - Maria has feelings for Hector. But is she willing to risk their friendship? Students will be able to relate to these topics and they will hone important reading comprehension skills. There are simple multiple-choice questions for beginners on the first page. For higher level students, there are more challenging comprehension questions and paragraph writing activities that will connect the topic of the reading passages to students' lives. IV. 7 Nonfiction Biography Reading Passages with Activities for Beginner and Intermediate ESL The reading passages are about: Climate activist Greta Thunberg Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Apple founder Steve Jobs South African activist and leader Nelson Mandela Nobel Prize winning physicist Marie Curie These lessons comes with: Pre-reading activities to spark student's interest (build schema) and get students familiar with new vocabulary words from the passages. Multiple choice questions that are perfect for beginners and short-answer questions for intermediate-level students. Students can work at their own pace and complete what is doable for them. Writing activities that will connect to the topic of the reading passage to students' lives. Print worksheets or use as digital, fillable PDFs! Teacher's Guides with several ideas for differentiation and using the reading passages in different ways. Answer keys included. These come with Teacher's Guides with several ideas for using the reading passages in different ways. Answer keys included. Use these reading lessons if you are short on prep time, or you can use them as sub plans! V. Speaking Lessons & Activities for ESL - Useful Phrases for Conversation Teach your adult ESL students or high school ELL newcomers English conversation skills and discussion skills with these 12 engaging, no-prep speaking activities! With these activities, students will use common phrases for real-life, communicative tasks. These activities will give students the language and communication skills they need for academic contexts, professional communication, business English, and everyday conversation. Way better than a textbook! These speaking lessons include: 12 no-prep lessons that teach over 150 common phrases for saying hello and goodbye making small talk asking for clarification asking for and giving advice discussing opinions agreeing and disagreeing communicating in class (classroom phrases) making requests interrupting politely ways of saying "thank you" and "you're welcome" apologizing expressing sympathy Scaffolded activities that go from controlled to open-ended and communicative: Fill-in-the-blank activities Listening activities Pair activities to practice the phrases in speaking Roleplays Group discussion activities Worksheets that can be printed or used as digital, fillable PDFs Teacher's guides with step-by-step instructions, teaching suggestions, ideas for altering the activities and answer keys VI: Adult ESL Discussion Cards for Beginners - Speaking Activities & Writing Prompts These discussion cards and prompts are perfect for adult ESL and high school ELL newcomers. They provide hours of conversation practice and can be used in a variety of ways! There are 176 question cards with simple questions that are appropriate for beginner ESL students who are culturally diverse. No more spending hours trying to come up with questions for your beginners! I've done the work for you. This resource comes with a teacher's guide with several activity ideas to get your students practicing their English speaking and writing skills. You can use these cards for ice breakers, warm-ups, bell-ringers, writing tasks, grammar review, group activities, pair activities, or individual tasks. You can plan en

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Have you ever given your students the opportunity to record and listen to themselves read? As teachers, we frequently observe and conference with our students about their oral reading fluency. However, it can be much more meaningful for students to actually hear and evaluate themselves. Last year I started doing fluency self-evaluations as a center and was very pleased with the ownership my students began to take toward achieving their reading goals. My second graders used the free workflow app Showbie to complete their fluency self-evaluations. After practicing their passage several times, they recorded themselves reading it aloud. Once they played back their recording they filled out the rubric, along with their goals for next time, and sent it to me via Showbie. If you don’t have a class set of iPads, you may want to try one of the many free voice recording apps by doing a search in the app store. One of the best and most user-friendly apps I’ve found is Voice Recorder by Tap Media (free). Students simply press the “Record” button and then “Stop” when they are finished. Then they press the “Play” button to hear their recording. There’s even the option to save recordings in folders if you want to keep a record of your students’ progress. You can grab my rubric for free by clicking HERE or on the image below.

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