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Greeks Comprehension Series | Episode 10: The Lasting Legacy of the Greeks | Audiobook teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceResponse & discussion

Greeks Comprehension Series | Episode 10: The Lasting Legacy of the Greeks | Audiobook

Give students an audio narrative episode ('Episode 10: The Lasting Legacy of the Greeks', an installment of an Ancient Greeks audiobook/comprehension series) with an accompanying written transcript and ebook version, then assess listening/reading comprehension with short-answer questions and a discussion/creative activity.

Answers included Editable

File: Multiple File Types

ESL TED Talk Activity - Teachers need real feedback - Bill Gates teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - Teachers need real feedback - Bill Gates

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Teachers need real feedback - Bill Gates", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay Worksheet - How to train your Dragon teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay Worksheet - How to train your Dragon

Give ESL/EFL students an informational reading passage about the How to Train Your Dragon film franchise paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and essay-writing practice.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets - Ski Resorts teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets - Ski Resorts

Give ESL/EFL students reading-comprehension, vocabulary, and opinion/comparison-writing practice using a nonfiction passage on the history and culture of ski resorts.

File: PDF
Length: 3 pages
Level: 7–12

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Balenciaga - Fashion teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Balenciaga - Fashion

ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice built around a nonfiction passage about Balenciaga, the fashion house.

File: PDF
Length: 3 pages
Level: 7–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - The History of our world in 18 minutes teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - The History of our world in 18 minutes

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The History of our world in 18 minutes", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - The Best Computer Interface? Maybe, your hands teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - The Best Computer Interface? Maybe, your hands

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Best Computer Interface? Maybe, your hands", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - Reach into the computer and grab a pixel teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - Reach into the computer and grab a pixel

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Reach into the computer and grab a pixel", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - The First Secret for Great Design - Tony Fadel teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - The First Secret for Great Design - Tony Fadel

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The First Secret for Great Design - Tony Fadel", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Pets - Animals teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Pets - Animals

ESL reading-comprehension and writing practice built around a broad informational passage about pet ownership, domestication history, and the care needs of common household pets.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

GCSE English Literature: (8) Macbeth – Act 5 Scenes 2, 3 and 4 teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceResponse & discussion

GCSE English Literature: (8) Macbeth – Act 5 Scenes 2, 3 and 4

A GCSE/KS4 English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Macbeth Act 5, Scenes 2, 3 and 4, framed around the theme of insanity/loss of power.

File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 9–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

Phonic Word Lists teaching resource preview

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Phonics & word readingResponse & discussion

Phonic Word Lists

A reference pack of phonic word-family lists for common digraphs, trigraphs, and vowel spelling patterns, intended for use alongside the 'Reading Made Simple' structured reading and writing programme.

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Madrid - Spain teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Madrid - Spain

ESL/ELA reading comprehension and writing-skills practice built around a nonfiction feature article on Madrid, Spain (world cities), for older English-language learners.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

Virginia SOL Pack of 3 Reading Practice Tests for Grade 8 teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

Virginia SOL Pack of 3 Reading Practice Tests for Grade 8

A set of 3 full-length Virginia SOL-aligned Grade 8 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.

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: 8

Virginia SOL Pack of 3 Reading Practice Tests for Grade 7 teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

Virginia SOL Pack of 3 Reading Practice Tests for Grade 7

A set of 3 full-length Virginia SOL-aligned Grade 7 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.

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: 7

ESL TED Talk Activity - My Philosophy for a Happy Life - Sam Berns teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - My Philosophy for a Happy Life - Sam Berns

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "My Philosophy for a Happy Life - Sam Berns", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL TED Talk Activity -The Beauty of Being a Misfit - Lidia Yuknavitch teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity -The Beauty of Being a Misfit - Lidia Yuknavitch

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Beauty of Being a Misfit - Lidia Yuknavitch", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - My Wish: Protect our Oceans - Sylvia Earle teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - My Wish: Protect our Oceans - Sylvia Earle

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "My Wish: Protect our Oceans - Sylvia Earle", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 6–12

Learn The Initial Phonic Sounds 'j, y, z, qu, l' (3 years +) teaching resource preview

Phonics & word reading

Learn The Initial Phonic Sounds 'j, y, z, qu, l' (3 years +)

Introduce the initial phonic sounds j, y, z, qu, and l, continuing a cumulative series of initial-sound phonics products.

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Weasleys' Magic Jokes Shop teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Weasleys' Magic Jokes Shop

Give ESL/EFL students an informational/narrative reading passage about the Harry Potter joke shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and essay-writing practice.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

Strategies to manage stress and anxiety vol 2 teaching resource preview

Response & discussion

Strategies to manage stress and anxiety vol 2

A worksheet-based resource teaching students to identify unhelpful thinking styles (e.g. all-or-nothing thinking, mind reading, catastrophizing) and apply exercises/techniques (reframing, grounding, defusion, resilience practice) to manage stress and anxiety.

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

ESL TED Talk Activity - The Case for Optimism on Climate Change teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - The Case for Optimism on Climate Change

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Case for Optimism on Climate Change", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 6–12

ESL TED Talk Activity - The Best Stats You've ever seen - Hans Rosling teaching resource preview

Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language

ESL TED Talk Activity - The Best Stats You've ever seen - Hans Rosling

ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Best Stats You've ever seen - Hans Rosling", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

File: PDF
Level: 6–12