The Legends of Classical Music Research Guide
A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting an influential classical music composer, researching, planning, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay.
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A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting an influential classical music composer, researching, planning, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL movie-guide worksheet built around the film referenced in the title ("ESL Movie Guide - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"), giving students structured prompts to record film details, build vocabulary, describe characters, and write a personal response/creative diary entry.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a human-interest article on students at a (fictionalized) high school discussing their feelings and preparations for returning to school after summer, paired with comprehension/vocabulary questions and a personal-reflection essay prompt.
Interpret sayings presented in a Benjamin Franklin activity and connect them with biographical research. Students translate eighteen entries into modern language, write two sayings of their own, and organize information about Franklin. Sample interpretations and teacher directions support discussion without requiring every student response to use identical wording.
Scaffolded research-essay guide walking middle/high school students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay on an important figure in California history, with rubric and peer-review support.
A post-viewing ESL worksheet for the TV series "Friends" (Season 2), used to build vocabulary and creative-writing/reflection skills tied to the show.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL movie-guide worksheet built around the film referenced in the title ("ESL Movie Guide - The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - 2003 Film"), giving students structured prompts to record film details, build vocabulary, describe characters, and write a personal response/creative diary entry.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet built around a passage about Mushroom hunting/foraging as a seasonal hobby, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and formal/creative writing skills in English.
ESL Novel Study Worksheets - Orbital - Samantha Harvey This ESL EFL TESOL (English Second or Foreign Language) teaching resource is a comprehensive novel study worksheet activity (2 printable PDF pages; Worksheets) focused on the novel "Orbital" (Novel by British author Samantha Harvey - 2024 Booker Prize - International Space Station -…
A complete teaching unit for the novel 'Old Yeller' (Newbery Honor book) with discussion points, comprehension/vocabulary worksheets, and tests.
A set of 30 brain-teaser riddles and logic puzzles for use as bell ringers, brain breaks, sub plans, or filler activities.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL movie-guide worksheet built around the film referenced in the title ("ESL Movie Guide - Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast"), giving students structured prompts to record film details, build vocabulary, describe characters, and write a personal response/creative diary entry.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around an expository article on Bed & Breakfast accommodations (history, business model, the influence of Airbnb and the sharing economy, and quoted traveler/owner/hospitality-expert voices), paired with comprehension/vocabulary questions and three essay/diary prompts (personal experience,…
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House book "Balto of the Blue Dawn": has students identify the story's setting and time period, build a 10-word vocabulary/definitions list, write an in-character postcard from the adventure, and write an alternate-ending essay.
A scaffolded research-essay writing guide that walks students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-formatted biographical essay about an important figure in ice hockey history.
A high school Bible/literature lesson comparing the story of the spies as told in Numbers and Deuteronomy, illustrating a broader point about the book of Deuteronomy's theme of communal remembrance and confession.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL movie-guide worksheet built around the film referenced in the title ("ESL Movie Guide - The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - 2026 Film"), giving students structured prompts to record film details, build vocabulary, describe characters, and write a personal response/creative diary entry.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet built around a passage about One Direction (British boy band) history and cultural impact, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and formal/creative writing skills in English.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House book "Carnival at Candlelight": has students identify the story's setting and time period, build a 10-word vocabulary/definitions list, write an in-character postcard from the adventure, and write an alternate-ending essay.
Guides students to research the life of Rembrandt and produce a structured, MLA-cited biographical research essay.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 1 (season 1), in which students record factual details about the show and then write a multi-page diary/journal entry in English from the point of view of a character in the series.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL movie-guide worksheet built around the film referenced in the title ("ESL Movie Guide - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales"), giving students structured prompts to record film details, build vocabulary, describe characters, and write a personal response/creative diary entry.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a food-culture feature on the burrito (etymology, history in Northern Mexico, regional/US styles, global variations, and quoted customer/chef voices), paired with comprehension/vocabulary questions and three essay prompts (personal opinion, compare to another wrap/sandwich food, discuss…
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House book "Abe Lincoln at Last!": has students identify the story's setting and time period, build a 10-word vocabulary/definitions list, write an in-character postcard from the adventure, and write an alternate-ending essay.