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Graphic Organizer: Topic, Audience, and Purpose
Handy graphic organizer to help ESL students with analyzing texts, especially when preparing for non-ESL academic courses. It helps for them to be able to use the language of topic, audience, and purpose when reading/writing a text. Good for CALP.
Note: Two versions included - the second is for younger students
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Distance, Mass, and Capacity: Learning the Difference in Meaning
Help students learn math content in English and understand how to know the difference between these terms. Amusing questions will get them thinking. ANSWER KEY + Fully Editable
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Exercise with Imperatives: How To
Two versions of an activity for writing in the imperative. The first is for older students, with an additional prompt. The second is for younger students who need more hands-on work.
By writing instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (also an opportunity to discuss some North American food favourites), students can develo...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Reading Comprehension + Vocab: Influence and Affect
Explains meaning of influence/affect. Nice and meaningful story to demonstrate use of these terms. Communicative exercise to use the terms and get students thinking about them meaningfully!
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 16
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Reading: Cause, Effect, Consequences with Definition
Funny story to demonstrate cause, effect, consequence.
Hope it gives some laughs and opens class up for discussion.
Clipart is from a freeclipart website. Link is included as acknowledgment.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 110
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Why vs How: Seeing and Knowing the Difference + Answer Key
Do your students have a hard time answering HOW and WHY questions? Some exercises to help them practice telling the difference between them. Fully editable + answer key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Math Concepts: Probability, Fair and Unfair Games
Help students understand what a fair game is by experiencing an UNFAIR game. The rules are simple and can be easily understood by ESL students as well as other students in your classroom. Useful for introducing this idea about "fairness" even outside of a mathematical lesson. And bottom line: Lots of fun! I�ve found everyone has an opinion abou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Citizenship word list (activity)
A way to begin discussing "citizenship" in the classroom, or even simply, classroom rules. Vocabulary word list with pictures that students can match. They can cut and paste the pictures and match them with the proper definition. It is great because it involves a hands-on thinking activity!
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9
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Writing a Response Journal
Need to get your students to do more than just reading comprehension? Get them to make meaningful connections to what they�ve read by writing reading response journals. Sample is included to help them get started.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 91
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Worksheet: Reading Response (Self/World/Text Framework)
Get your students to respond to writing by making connections to the self, the world, and other texts. Foster critical reading skills. Includes focus questions for students to answer. Current version applies to narrative forms but it is fully editable and can be adapted to other text types.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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