ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Slums"
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about slums and urban poverty to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
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Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about slums and urban poverty to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
A test-prep activity that has students read a fiction and a nonfiction text on the same topic and identify genre/text-structure differences, using a teacher-led PowerPoint plus a student-built mini-book, with an optional Google Drive digital version.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a nonfiction passage on the history and creation process of comics (from early newspaper strips and superheroes to manga and graphic novels).
Build ESL/EFL reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a nonfiction passage about the animated film Despicable Me.
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the history and modern debate over cursive writing, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
Build ESL/EFL reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a nonfiction passage about volcano tourism.
An ESL/EFL nonfiction reading passage and writing worksheet about ant keeping / formicariums as a hobby, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and personal-opinion/comparative essay-writing skills for teen or adult English learners.
Provide a flexible activity template where students complete a fictional police/incident report for a character from any short story, novel, play, or historical figure, to synthesize details from their reading.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about the Super Bowl and American football culture to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a nonfiction passage on the sport of curling, its Scottish origins and rules, including quoted commentary from people interviewed about the sport.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a biographical nonfiction passage on Queen Elizabeth I of England, her 45-year reign, the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), and the Elizabethan Era's cultural flourishing (Shakespeare, Marlowe).
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the history and identity of the Italian fashion house Fendi, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL movie-guide worksheet template for the film "The Fault in our Stars": blank fields for film facts, two numbered vocabulary-style lists, open-ended reflective writing, and a diary-writing activity, matching the structure of sibling 'ESL Movie Guide Worksheets' titles in this batch, though section headers and any…
Organize a country project with a checklist, research prompts and note-taking pages that keep sources alongside students’ findings. Learners choose at least four of seven topics and develop at least four paragraphs, then add illustrated fast facts and five attractions. Writing templates and a rubric make expectations visible from the start, while optional pages allow students to extend their reports.
A sequencing and timeline reading activity using rap-song lyrics about the life of Frederick Douglass as a nonfiction-style reading passage for comprehension and chronological-order practice.
A group poster-board project where students design a themed 'museum' covering the causes, key leaders, major battles, and human cost of World War II.
Give secondary-level ESL/EFL students a reading passage and paired writing activity about subways and urban transportation to build English reading comprehension and written expression.
Teaches high school students about investing and the stock market through a multi-day project simulating a $1,000 stock investment, covering shares, gains/losses, volatility, and comparison to the S&P 500.
What do Fish Have to do With Anything?: A Comprehensive High School ELA Lesson This 145-page teaching resource provides a complete lesson plan for the novel What do Fish Have to do With Anything? by Avi, allowing educators to immerse students in analyzing this literary work. Includes a 57-page lesson plan, worksheet, answer key, 15…
A set of 36 self-contained task cards that has students mentally simplify a power raised to another power into exponential form, for introducing, reinforcing, or reviewing the power-of-a-power exponent law.
A collection of 31 hands-on science 'puzzler' activities and demonstrations covering physics concepts (gravity, magnetism, balance, motion, light) framed as mysteries for students to solve.
An ESL/EFL nonfiction reading passage and writing worksheet about the history of banana bread, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and personal-opinion/comparative essay-writing skills for teen or adult English learners.
A step-by-step narrative writing assignment guide having students write an original narrative (real or imagined) about a grandparent, including planning, drafting, peer editing, and rubric-based scoring aligned to CCRA.W.3.
A themed digital/print escape-room activity reviewing greatest common factor (GCF) and least common multiple (LCM).