Verb Triangle Detective

This sequence teaches 5th-grade ESL students how to navigate informational texts efficiently using skimming and scanning strategies. Students will move from understanding the big picture to locating specific keywords and using text features to answer test-style questions under time pressure.

A culminating timed challenge where students apply all strategies to solve information retrieval tasks accurately and quickly.

A two-page scaffolded ESL worksheet where WIDA Level 1 students receive base adjectives, construct short and long comparative forms, and use them in sentences comparing genuine and counterfeit money.

A workshop-style sequence for undergraduate ESL students to master skimming and scanning techniques for high-stakes academic exams. Students move from conceptual understanding to timed application, focusing on efficiency and accuracy in dense academic texts.

Students learn to predict where an answer is located based on the question type and structure of the text.

A two-page Radical English Verb Triangles worksheet featuring drawn geometric SVG triangles for each verb, with the word banks removed so students independently recall and supply past tense forms in the lower-left corner.

This sequence develops critical reading efficiency for 9th-grade ESL students, focusing on skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific details to succeed in timed academic exams. Students progress from grasping the 'gist' using text features to locating specific data points and utilizing signpost words to navigate complex arguments.

Students analyze how text features like captions, graphs, and bold words serve as navigation tools to find information rapidly.

A two-page solo worksheet designed for WIDA Level 1 ESL students covering past tense verbs and comparatives/superlatives with heavy visual scaffolding, bilingual word banks, and sentence frames.

This sequence immerses advanced ESL students in the complexities of authentic, rapid-fire English speech. It covers connected speech mechanics, global accent variation, slang usage, and the sociolinguistics of code-switching, culminating in the analysis of real-world street interviews.

A 5-lesson sequence for 4th-grade ESL students to master English idioms through a 'Code Breaker' theme, moving from literal understanding to natural conversational usage.

This sequence guides 3rd Grade ESL students through the process of forming opinions, justifying them with logic, and engaging in respectful debate using complex sentence structures.