The Resource Hub
The resource library for secondary ELD teachers
Filter free and paid classroom-ready ELD resources for grades 6–12: printables, case files, writing packs, and the free beginning-of-year diagnostic.
Looking for the full curriculum?
Start with a baseline
Not sure what to assign yet? Run the free beginning-of-year ELD diagnostic first, then come back and filter by the skill it surfaces.
Browse resources
- Grammar Detective Challenge #001 — The Missing Homework Mystery — Free spy-themed bell ringer. Students hunt and correct 11 grammar mistakes in 10–15 minutes.
- 10 Days of Grammar Bell Ringers — Ten 5-minute warm-ups covering editing, verb tense, and sentence skills for middle and high school.
- Past Simple vs. Past Continuous Worksheet — ELD-friendly worksheet contrasting past simple and past continuous with targeted practice and application.
- Verb Tenses Cheat Sheet — One-page reference covering all 12 English verb tenses with timelines and examples.
- Case File #007 — Subject-Verb Agreement — Spy-themed worksheet drilling tricky subject-verb agreement. Students hunt mismatches and lock down the rules.
- Sentence Structure Mini-Missions — Short writing exercises on simple, compound, and complex sentences — ideal for warm-ups.
- Common Errors Detective Sheet — Students hunt and fix 20 common writing errors in a spy-themed editing mission.
- Beginner Speaking Activities for ESL — 4 simple speaking activities for beginner ESL students — Repeat & Change, Yes/No, and more.
- Speaking Activities for ESL High School — 5 low-prep speaking activities with sentence starters: This-or-That, Role Play, Interviews, and more.
- Newcomer Survival Starter Pack — Day-one visual vocabulary, sentence frames, and routines for newcomer ELD students.
- Grammar Intervention Bell Ringer Pack — Spiral-review warm-ups that target the most common grammar gaps for struggling students.
- Beginning-of-Year ELD Diagnostic Assessment — Free 18-page diagnostic for grades 6–12: grammar, reading, writing, and speaking, in 65–82 minutes of class time.
- Case File #005 — The Disappearing Verb — Detective-style Case File where students hunt missing verbs and restore complete sentences.
- Case File #006 — Verb Tense Consistency — Spy-themed Case File where students catch tense shifts and lock paragraphs into one tense.