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Short video (11 minutes) and accompanying lesson plan about teaching "author's purpose". Not for ESL learners, but easily adaptable, and a big part of the reading goals in Pathways 3 & Level 6.

Free to register; lots of lesson plans about teaching various reading comprehension strategies. More explicit than Pathways in teaching skills.

Clear lesson plan on how and why to use "Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text, Text-to-World" reading activities to increase readers' interaction with the text and promote comprehension.

Link to "Teach with Movies", a website that provides free access to lesson plans (not only for ESL) for using movies in class.

Free reading excepts on a variety of topics, organized by lexical level and accompanied by questions, discussions, and teacher activities. Probably best for Level 5 / Level 6 / advanced students

Free reading excepts on a variety of topics, organized by lexical level and accompanied by questions, discussions, and teacher activities. Probably best for Level 5 / Level 6 / advanced students

A large variety of short videos to provoke discussion or debate on controversial topics. Good resources for Levels 5 & 6. Take a look! "How Islam Began -- in Under 10 Minutes" could be a interesting view.

Students can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.

Ideas for getting students up and moving around while still working...3 hours is a long time to sit!

Ideas for getting students up and moving around while still working...3 hours is a long time to sit!

108 ways is about 90 too many but maybe there will be a couple of ideas in here about word clouds. They are so cool!