Specialized vocabulary and complex sentence structures across mathematics, science, and social studies. Develops the linguistic precision needed to analyze academic texts and participate in disciplinary discussions.
A single-page bilingual graphic organizer for 7th-grade students to deconstruct Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Features visual word formulas, a Spanish cognate bridge reference bank, a structured breakdown matrix with a model example, and a reflective linguistic synthesis prompt.
A 2-page printable reference sheet for High School ESL students featuring the top 200 high-frequency sight words organized in alphabetical letter guide boxes from A to Z, balanced across the full page with generous student handwriting lines and clear typography.
A comprehensive 5-page academic vocabulary reference guide for high school ESL students, featuring everyday-to-academic verb upgrades, precision adjectives, sophisticated transitions, abstract academic nouns with nominalization, and academic hedging with discussion frames and editing checklists.
Official Grades 9-12 WIDA Writing Rubric scoring matrix, detailed student rationales across Discourse, Sentence, and Word/Phrase dimensions, and targeted small-group instructional action plans for 25 high school multilingual learner writing samples on Seedfolks.
A two-page historical reading adapted from McGraw Hill covering the Norman Conquest, Henry II, and the Magna Carta. Each of the seven paragraphs is numbered and paired with a concise Spanish summary alongside comprehensive ESL vocabulary glossaries, cognates, concept maps, and sentence frames.
A two-page vocabulary assessment for high school English learners with accessible carrier sentences, part-of-speech scaffolding, and clear three-choice multiple-choice questions for ten key terms.
A 5-day academic reading and language acquisition unit focused on the complex survival strategies of Sonoran Desert species, with embedded compound sentence and transition word scaffolding for intermediate English Language Learners.
A 5-day foundational phonics and early literacy unit for ELPA21 Level 1-2 English learners, featuring 45-minute daily lessons centered on desert wildlife that systematically build word identification, CVC decoding, Elkonin box encoding, and decodable reading.
A 5-week, 10-lesson intensive reading intervention sequence for high school English Learners (ELPA21 Levels 1-2), systematically progressing from syllables and VCCV decoding to roots, affixes, context clues, and academic vocabulary with 30-minute structured lessons.
A weeklong 7th-grade ENL instructional unit targeting informational text comprehension, academic grammar, multi-syllable word stress, and structured visual analysis with Spanish B1 scaffolds.
A sequence designed for 7th-grade ESL students to master the art of inferring unknown academic vocabulary through context clues, morphology, syntax, and tone analysis. This unit transforms vocabulary gaps from roadblocks into solvable puzzles using a "Word Detective" theme.
A 10th-grade ESL sequence focused on advanced listening skills. Students learn to detect bias, analyze tone, identify rhetorical devices, and infer speaker relationships through various audio sources like news, speeches, and podcasts.
