Browse essential ESL teaching tools, classroom resources, and teacher favorites that support instruction, organization, and student engagement in secondary ESL classrooms.
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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.
Struggling to get your high school ESL students talking? These ESL speaking activities for teens use real-world role plays, conversation cards, and scaffolds to help students build confidence and communicate more naturally.
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.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a ready-to-use ESL lesson for The Night Face Up by Julio Cortázar. Discover pre-reading ideas, scaffolding strategies, and engaging classroom resources designed to support secondary English learners.
Discover how to turn the beloved Mexican game ¡Basta! into one of your favorite ESL vocabulary games for teens. This fast-paced, culturally responsive activity includes a free printable version plus a classroom-ready Back-to-School edition for high school ESL students.
Looking for a teen-friendly way to assess ESL pronunciation without relying on babyish phonics activities? This leveled Dolch Sight Word Pronunciation Test helps secondary ESL teachers track growth, target pronunciation needs, and give students ownership of their speaking skills right from the start of the year.
Looking for teen-friendly ESL grammar activities you can use all year? These ESL grammar task cards for high school students include interactive practice from A1 to B2 levels and work well for stations, review, speaking activities, and mixed-level classrooms.
Help your ESL teens master personal and formal letter writing with scaffolded tools, color-coded examples, and MP3 audio support. These ESL letter writing activities help students prepare for STAAR, TELPAS, WIDA ACCESS, and other state writing assessments while building real-world communication skills. You’ll also find ready-to-use strategies and a free audio preview to bring letter writing to life in your classroom.
Teaching poetry to ESL students becomes much easier with these leveled Emily Dickinson activities, audio supports, and scaffolded reading tools for multilingual learners.