Geyser Activity
A short acrostic-poem writing activity connecting creative writing practice to facts about geysers as a natural disaster/earth science topic.
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A short acrostic-poem writing activity connecting creative writing practice to facts about geysers as a natural disaster/earth science topic.
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
A middle-school/junior-high math intervention resource providing reference support (Parent Power handouts) and practice activity sheets on measurement, time, and data/chance topics, aimed at students including those with specific learning difficulties.
ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" This ESL teaching resource is a 3-page printable PDF movie guide for "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" (2022 film inspired by the Harry Potter world), designed to support English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. This resource can be great for…
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about television series as a storytelling medium.
A set of 20 logic puzzles/brainteasers for middle-school students to practice reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
ESL discussion, listening, and writing activity built around the TED Talk "A 12-year-old App Developer (Thomas Suarez)", used to build vocabulary and speaking/writing skills through an authentic English listening source.
A one-page creative writing prompt sheet giving students several imaginative scenario starters to practice writing story openings.
ESL Movie Guide on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" - Animated Version This ESL teaching resource is a 3-page printable PDF movie guide for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" (2022 animated film based on Jeff Kinney's novel) designed to support English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. This resource can be great for…
Gives ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the life and political career of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, paired with comprehension, vocabulary and true/false questions and follow-up writing prompts, to build reading comprehension and written English production.
A middle-school/junior-high math intervention resource providing support materials, reference charts, and practice activity sheets for number sense and written calculation skills, aimed at students including those with specific learning difficulties.
ESL discussion, listening, and writing activity built around the TED Talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity? (Ken Robinson)", used to build vocabulary and speaking/writing skills through an authentic English listening source.
An interactive, universally-designed PowerPoint micro-learning deck teaching the figurative language idiom "gut feeling" (Reading Level 5.0) through video-style narration, a reading passage with audio, comprehension checks, and a summary-writing activity.
Post-viewing ESL worksheet used after watching the named film, to build vocabulary and give students writing practice responding to the movie.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about yurts as traditional Central Asian dwellings.
Give students no-prep practice solving real-world word problems involving decimal percentages that are less than one percent or greater than one hundred percent.
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
Have student groups apply ratio and fraction concepts by designing catering-menu recipes measured in cups, then analyzing ratios and scaling within and between their recipes.
ESL post-viewing movie guide worksheet for "Despicable Me 2", giving students structured prompts to record basic film information and practice creative writing from a character's perspective.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension and writing practice using a short nonfiction passage about the Tripadvisor travel-review platform.
An inquiry-based career exploration project in which students research lesser-known careers within an assigned field, moving beyond common career stereotypes.
ESL discussion, listening, and writing activity built around the TED Talk "A promising test for pancreatic cancer... from a teenager (Jack Andraka)", used to build vocabulary and speaking/writing skills through an authentic English listening source.
A Paris-themed printable/digital pixel-art-style activity for practicing one-step equations with positive and negative integers.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet built around the film "Barbie", used for movie-based vocabulary and writing practice after students watch the film.