The Legends of Motown Research Guide
A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting an influential Motown music legend, 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 Motown music legend, researching, planning, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 2 (season 2), 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 Man's Chest"), 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 falafel (disputed origins, traditional preparation, global spread, and quoted vendor/customer voices), paired with comprehension/vocabulary questions and two essay prompts (personal opinion, compare to another vegetarian/vegan dish).
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House book "A Good Night for Ghosts": 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.
Worksheet testing knowledge of alphabetical letter order for adult/teen ESL learners.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 3 (season 3), 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.
Students collect vocabulary, character details and events while studying The Curse of the Black Pearl, using the timeline and note spaces to organize what they notice. Favorite-scene and review prompts turn those observations into English responses. A final task asks for three diary entries from a character’s perspective, extending the work into sustained first-person writing.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet built around a passage about Khachapuri (Georgian cheese bread) and Caucasus food culture, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and formal/creative writing skills in English.
A 1989 Milliken Publishing teaching unit guiding chapter-by-chapter study of the novel 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry' by Mildred D. Taylor (a Newbery Award-winning novel), with comprehension/vocabulary worksheets, discussion points, and tests.
A no-prep, five-station group project ('Shakespeare Stations') that introduces students to Shakespeare's world, life, works, theatrical terms/language, and theater through readings, notes pages, a map comparison, and a matching game, without direct lecture.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 4 (season 4), 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 for the film "Minions", used to build vocabulary, character recall, and written reflection after students watch the film.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a travel/culture feature on Busan, South Korea (history, temples such as Haedong Yonggungsa, Gamcheon Culture Village, beaches, food, and quoted vendor/tourist/guide voices), paired with comprehension/vocabulary questions and two essay/diary prompts (personal reflection, imaginary…
Post-reading ESL novel study worksheet for "World at War, 1944" by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House series), asking students to identify the novel's setting and time period, complete two unlabeled fill-in lists, write a first-person postcard recounting the story's adventure, and write an alternate-ending essay.
An art project and presentation teaching shading techniques (hatching, cross-hatching, stippling) through drawing an imaginative scene inside a bottle outline.
ESL worksheet built around the animated TV series ESL Animated TV Series Activity Worksheets - Adventure Time - Season 5 (season 5), 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 Worksheets - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Animated Version"), 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 travel/culture feature on Bangkok, Thailand (history, temples and landmarks, food, and quoted historian/guide/tourist voices), paired with comprehension/vocabulary questions and three essay/diary prompts (personal reflection, compare to own capital, imaginary week-long diary).
Post-reading ESL novel study worksheet for "Shadow of the Shark" by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House series), asking students to identify the novel's setting and time period, complete two unlabeled fill-in lists, write a first-person postcard recounting the story's adventure, and write an alternate-ending essay.
Guides students to research the life of Pablo Picasso 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 6 (season 6), 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.
Post-viewing ESL/EFL comprehension and creative-writing worksheet built around the film "Hotel Transylvania 2", combining basic film-info recall, a vocabulary log, character description, reflection prompts, and a character-diary writing task for English language learners.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet built around a nonfiction-style informational passage about The History of Aviation, used to practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, and extended written response in English.