ESL TED Talk Activity - Why I'm rowing across the Pacific - Roz Savage
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
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A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
A character-creation worksheet for a creative writing/story project, prompting students to draw and describe an original story character and assign personality traits.
Post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet built around the film "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" that gives students structured space to record film details and write a creative diary response from a character's point of view.
Research Booker T. Washington using at least 3 sources; fill out a 'Getting Your Research Started' graphic organizer (basic biographical facts such as place of birth, places of residence) and complete a drawing activity (draw the subject with 5 items representative of their life/achievements and describe each item); draft and…
Students record series information and new words, then respond to prompts about the story and a favorite episode. The two-page guide also offers creative writing from a character perspective. Use selected sections after viewing to move from collecting language to discussing and writing about what students watched.
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
Calculate the area and perimeter of illustrated shapes/gardens using length x width; convert between metric units (mm to cm, cm to m, g to kg, kg to tonnes, ml to l) by filling in blanks; solve comparison word problems (e.g. who jumped/ran farther).
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Orlando - Virginia Woolf", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Titanic", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
Fill in background facts about the talk (when/where held, speaker, topic), answer pre-listening warm-up discussion questions, record 10 new vocabulary words and their meanings while listening, identify the talk's main purpose (informative/persuasive/entertaining) by checking a box, note key points/facts/examples from the talk…
A fill-in worksheet packet built around a TED Talk video that students watch outside the document, used to build ESL listening, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet built around a passage about Martin Luther King Jr. and the US Civil Rights Movement, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and formal/creative writing skills in English.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
Fill in background facts about the talk (when/where held, speaker, topic), answer pre-listening warm-up discussion questions, record 10 new vocabulary words and their meanings while listening, identify the talk's main purpose (informative/persuasive/entertaining) by checking a box, note key points/facts/examples from the talk…
Fill in background facts about the talk (when/where held, speaker, topic), answer pre-listening warm-up discussion questions, record 10 new vocabulary words and their meanings while listening, identify the talk's main purpose (informative/persuasive/entertaining) by checking a box, note key points/facts/examples from the talk…
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Victoria and Abdul", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
A five-day, no-prep end-of-year math packet for 8th grade that reviews Common Core algebra and geometry topics through scripted lessons, worksheets, and a math story.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Wonder", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.
Post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet for a Magic Tree House book, prompting setting identification, two open list-response activities, a postcard-writing prompt from the story's adventure, and an alternate-ending essay.
Fill in background facts about the talk (when/where held, speaker, topic), answer pre-listening warm-up discussion questions, record 10 new vocabulary words and their meanings while listening, identify the talk's main purpose (informative/persuasive/entertaining) by checking a box, note key points/facts/examples from the talk…
A 26-page worksheet packet of multi-step linear equation problems with variables on both sides, requiring students to show all work.
Use this three-page Transformers guide after viewing to record film details, collect ten new words and meanings, describe ten named characters and build a movie timeline. Students also explain a favorite scene and write a personal review. The final prompt asks for three diary pages from a chosen character’s perspective, each covering a different scene or day. Supply the film separately and provide additional writing paper for the diary.
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet packet built around the film "Transformers: Age of Extinction", used after students watch the movie to reinforce vocabulary, character recognition, and creative writing in English.