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Welcome to the everything for ell blog!

Ready to enjoy teaching again? Need ideas for your high school ESL students? Save yourself time and scan through these posts to see what matches your need. You can use the category buttons to sort posts by topic. I look forward to sharing with you ideas that have worked well for my students. I am passionate, committed, and dedicated to supporting ESL students.

student independence through question tickets

When my good friend Diana, who teaches 9th-grade AP Human Geography, lamented about she had a student line a mile

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esl grammar verb to be

If you teach beginner ESL, chances are the verb to be is one of the first grammar points you introduce.

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ESL Classroom Avoid I Don't Know Strategy

How many times have you asked a student a question, and they look at you, shrug, and say… “I don’t

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real photos for esl students

Picture this: You’re introducing classroom objects to your new ESL students. You hold up a flash card, but instead of

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esl icebreakers for teens, first day of school, newcomer esl

It’s the first day of school, and your newcomer ESL students meet you at the door, often with a nervous

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English language development, scope and sequence, ESL planning

If you’ve ever stared at a group of ESL newcomers and wondered, “Where do I even start?” you’re not alone.

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TELPAS Tips growth high school ebs secondary esl

Do you have EB students who can’t get the advanced high composite score they need to possibly exit? Or maybe

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easy reading strategy drop-in reading choral read student engagement

How often do you leave a district-mandated professional development and think to yourself, “Man, I can’t wait to get back

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TELPAS Texas EBS strategies to pass

New to Texas or teaching EBs? Have questions about TELPAS? Instead of piecing together answers from multiple TEA or district

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