Explore content-based ESL resources that help secondary English learners access literature, informational texts, and academic content through engaging and scaffolded instruction.
Teaching Black History Month in ESL classrooms can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. This post shares practical, secondary-friendly strategies and ESL-accessible texts that help students build language skills while engaging meaningfully with Black history.
These scaffolded MLK Day activities for ESL students build background knowledge, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills for secondary English learners.
Reading comprehension ESL students need in high school starts with age-appropriate texts, vocabulary support, audio, and scaffolds that help English learners grow without lowering expectations.
ESL biography reading passages help secondary English learners build background knowledge, strengthen informational text skills, and practice reading, listening, vocabulary, and writing through real-world stories. Learn how to use leveled biographies with teens in meaningful, age-appropriate ways.
Need ESL sub plans that work any time of year? These no-prep ideas help secondary ESL teachers leave meaningful reading, listening, vocabulary, and writing practice for multilingual learners—even on unexpected absence days.
Looking for meaningful ESL Veterans Day reading activities for secondary students? These leveled readings with audio help English learners build vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening skills, and short constructed response writing while honoring courage, service, and sacrifice.
ESL novel studies can be challenging when students need support with language, background knowledge, and comprehension. Learn when to use summaries, adapted texts, visuals, and audio to make complex novels more accessible without lowering rigor.
Teaching Julius Caesar to ESL students is possible with the right scaffolds. Learn how visuals, audio, adapted text, speaking activities, and writing supports can help multilingual learners understand Shakespeare with confidence.
Teach a meaningful Halloween and Día de los Muertos ESL lesson with paired informational texts, vocabulary support, audio, and a compare-and-contrast writing activity for teens.
Looking for meaningful Hispanic Heritage Month ESL activities for secondary students? Discover leveled biographies and informational texts that build vocabulary, reading comprehension, and STAAR-style writing skills while celebrating Hispanic and Latino cultures.