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Differentiated Christmas crossword for ESL learners

Three versions of a Christmas vocabulary crossword provide increasing letter support, followed by a separate completed word-list reference.
Grades
Not Grade Specific
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PDF
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Updated Dec 13, 2022

Subject
Holiday & Seasonal, Holidays, Christmas
Topic
Crossword, puzzle
Resource types
Crosswords Puzzles, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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What's inside this resource

No-prep Christmas lesson plan for your ESL or ELL students! This differentiated crossword puzzle has 3 levels of difficulty and is guaranteed to entertain any ESL class! Students solve the puzzle to reveal a xmas idiom.


Contains answers which means even less prep for you! :)

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognize common Christmas vocabulary from pictures

  • Use word banks and crossing letters to complete a crossword

  • Select an appropriate level of language support

Teaching tips

  • Begin with the least-supported version that is accessible, then offer the word-bank or letter-supported page when a learner needs an additional cue.

Skills covered

  • Seasonal vocabulary — Identify pictured Christmas words

  • Crossword strategies — Use crossing letters and word banks

  • Language differentiation — Work with varied clue support

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Core concepts

  • Christmas vocabulary

  • differentiated crossword

  • picture clues

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