ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Winter Solstice
Build ESL/EFL reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a nonfiction passage about the science and cultural history of the winter solstice.
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Build ESL/EFL reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a nonfiction passage about the science and cultural history of the winter solstice.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing practice built around a nonfiction passage about fall-foliage viewing traditions and destinations around the world, paired with comprehension questions, vocabulary/definition work, true/false reasoning, and personal/travel-diary writing prompts.
ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing worksheet for teen/adult English learners, using a short nonfiction-style article about the Winter Olympic Games to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and essay-writing skills.
Give ESL/EFL students a three-page nonfiction reading passage about Harbin, China (the 'Ice City') - its history, Chinese-Russian cultural mix, and winter festival culture, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and extended-writing tasks to build English reading and writing skills.
Give ESL/EFL students a three-page nonfiction reading passage about Hokkaido, Japan - its geography, Ainu heritage, and winter culture including the Sapporo Winter Festival, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and extended-writing tasks to build English reading and writing skills.
A 5-day sequence of community-building lessons for the start of the school year, using two picture books (Stone Soup, Miss Rumphius), discussion, and interactive-notebook activities to build classroom relationships and set expectations.
Provide a week's worth of winter-themed daily writing prompts ('bell ringers') for classroom warm-up writing practice, delivered as a prompt slideshow paired with a printable writing journal.
Fall/autumn-themed creative writing prompts for high school ELA, paired with note-taking sheets.
Provide a week's worth of spring-themed daily writing prompts ('bell ringers') for classroom warm-up writing practice, delivered as a prompt slideshow paired with a printable writing journal.
Winter-themed high school ELA writing prompts focused on argumentation, rhetorical analysis, and literary synthesis, paired with note-taking sheets.
Provide a week's worth of summer-themed daily writing prompts ('bell ringers') for classroom warm-up writing practice, delivered as a prompt slideshow paired with a printable writing journal.
Summer review workbook for rising Grade 8 / high-school-bound students covering ELA skills: vocabulary and word origins, literary analysis (theme, voice, style, figurative language), and reading comprehension/synthesis, organized by week.
Provide a week's worth of fall-themed daily writing prompts ('bell ringers') for classroom warm-up writing practice, delivered as a prompt slideshow paired with a printable writing journal.
Teach the four major writing genres (Narrative, Persuasive, Descriptive, Expository) to upper elementary/middle school and special education students through winter-themed writing tasks, posters, and task cards, including the full writing process from pre-writing through final draft.
Ready-made substitute-teacher plans built around narrative writing prompts, for use when the regular teacher is absent.
A 114-page reproducible creative-writing book presenting an informal, personal-experience-based approach to teaching writing, with a large collection of open-ended writing topic activities.
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 6-8 students through journal writing, poetry forms, characterization, and narrative/problem-solving writing.
Teaches the Four Square graphic-organizer writing method to help students organize and develop their writing, for Grades 7-9, extending into cross-curricular application and practice prompts.
A comprehensive creative-writing guide/workbook introducing students to a wide range of short poetic and prose writing forms to build confidence and enjoyment in writing.
Short ESL-oriented post-reading novel study worksheet for "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, prompting students to record basic book facts, complete two fill-in lists, and write a character-perspective diary.
A post-reading ESL/EFL novel-study worksheet set for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel" by Jeff Kinney, giving students structured author/genre identification, vocabulary, and character-perspective writing tasks.
Give students a post-reading novel-study worksheet for the assigned Diary of a Wimpy Kid book: record vocabulary, write an advice letter to the main character, and write a diary entry from another character's point of view.
Give students a post-reading novel-study worksheet for the assigned Diary of a Wimpy Kid book: record vocabulary, write an advice letter to the main character, and write a diary entry from another character's point of view.
Give students a post-reading novel-study worksheet for the assigned Diary of a Wimpy Kid book: record vocabulary, write an advice letter to the main character, and write a diary entry from another character's point of view.