What to Teach This Week

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Do you like Ellii's That's News to Me section, but find the readings a bit too difficult for your ELs? Try our Easy News Stories! This section features human interest stories adapted from The Associated Press. The digital versions have scaffolded visual support and a challenging read-aloud task. A printable lesson is also available. Try our latest lesson about a man who likes snake bites! 

In this week's That's News to Me lessons (Low Int, Int, Adv) featuring content from The Associated Press, students read a true story about a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned when a white man fabricated a story about him  committing a robbery. Students learn the words "split jury" and "split decision."

We're wrapping up a three-part series about famous Brazilian women with this new biography lesson on Tarsila do Amaral, a historic modernist painter. Students learn about the art movement "Anthropophagia" and practice adjective order. 

We keep a close eye on our smartwatches for incoming messages, number of steps taken, and running pace, but what about heat exhaustion? This fascinating video from The Associated Press will spark a discussion about health, climate change, and technology.

Do your pre-literate students relate to real photos better than illustrations? We've had lots of positive feedback about First Five, our new Adult Literacy section! In our latest lesson on Emotions, students learn and review five new adjectives and practice the letter "d."

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