ESL TED Talk Activity - Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
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ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A Virginia SOL-aligned Grade 3 Reading practice test with detailed answer key (mapped to SOL reading standards) and teacher's guide, used to prepare students for the state SOL reading assessment.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for teen/young-adult English learners, built around a 3-page informational essay about Skam, the Norwegian teen drama TV series (its creator Julie Andem, its real-time/transmedia storytelling format, its four seasons and protagonists, and its international remakes).
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The clues to a great story - Andrew Stanton", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A set of 3 full-length Virginia SOL-aligned Grade 4 Reading practice tests (120 questions total) with a shared answer key and teacher's guide, intended for diagnostic, mid-year practice, and final pre-test use.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice built around a nonfiction passage about the history, structure, and daily life of Eton College in England, paired with comprehension questions, vocabulary work, true/false reasoning, and personal-opinion/comparison essay prompts about elite education.
Literature teaching unit for guiding students through Scott O'Dell's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins across 8 reading units, developing comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and analysis skills.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Sleep is your superpower - Matt Walker", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for teen/young-adult English learners, built around a 3-page informational essay about Platform 9 3/4 from the Harry Potter series (its role in the books, J.K. Rowling's inspiration, and the real-life King's Cross Station tourist attraction).
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice for teen/young-adult English learners, built around a 3-page informational essay about San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (its Patagonian geography, founding history, European immigrant influence, winter-sports tourism, chocolate tradition, and food culture).
Give ESL/EFL students an informational reading passage about Star Wars Day (May the 4th) paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and essay-writing practice.
A full-length practice assessment (with teacher's guide and answer key) that mirrors the Texas STAAR Grade 7 Reading Language Arts (RLA) exam, used to prepare students for the real test.
A nonfiction reading passage and worksheet set that teaches ESL/EFL students about Santiago de Chile as a capital city, paired with comprehension and essay writing practice.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Smart Failure for a Fast Changing World", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Gives ESL/EFL students a reading-comprehension and writing-practice worksheet built around a nonfiction article on the history of water parks, their types/attractions, and several famous international examples.
ESL/ELA reading comprehension and writing-skills practice built around a nonfiction feature article on Diego Maradona (biography, football/soccer), for older English-language learners.
Tornadoes Reading Activity is an informational text resource that builds reading comprehension skills. Students begin by brainstorming what they already know about tornadoes and generating questions to guide further learning. Next, they read a one-page excerpt that covers tornado basics like how tornadoes form, their wind speeds, and tornado safety.…
ESL/ELA reading comprehension and writing-skills practice built around a nonfiction feature article on Lima, Peru (world cities), for older English-language learners.
A cooperative peer-assessment activity building reading fluency and accuracy to support comprehension.
Gives ESL/EFL students a reading-comprehension and writing-practice worksheet built around a nonfiction article on the botanical origins, cultivation, economics, and cross-cultural significance of tea.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice built around a nonfiction passage about the history, styles (step, set, ceili), and cultural significance of Irish dance, paired with comprehension questions, vocabulary/definition work, true/false reasoning, and comparison/promotional-writing essay prompts about cultural traditions.
Interactive listening comprehension worksheet pack to accompany an external news video about internet safety/data privacy, for ESL students.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "My Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.