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An ESL teacher/mentor making high quality, high interest texts for English Language Learners around the world. Tweets by @martinfaint.

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It's got an 🐘 in the 🏠 - plus held 🐴🏇🐎. What else could you need!? 😀#ell #esl #enl #tesol
The new idiom pack available on #TpT for paper or digital: https://t.co/i3Bhbhq44o

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Seedfolks = a great 📕for #ELLs! This full book unit includes everything to have fun teaching Paul Fleischman's inspiring short novel. Students grow their own 🍃in a model of the vacant lot that becomes a flourishing garden! #inspiring https://t.co/N7AnTyYYof

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So proud of my 12 year old student, Ashley, who appeared on @agentjanefox's NPR show to talk about the future. Best part - when Ashley told the host never to give up on her dreams... Goosebumps!

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Something for next week! Explore the complex story of the first Thanksgiving with your #ELLs and #ESL students...

https://t.co/5lR8aDJTMv

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A story 400 years in the making (to the month), now ready for your #ELLs! Especially designed for beginner and intermediate #ESL #tesol. Have fun! https://t.co/XR6EStTceL

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🎃🦇Some classic Poe, adapted at 2 levels for all levels of #ELLs. Have fun teaching #ESL next week! 🦇🎃 https://t.co/KFmyFRtXoh

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Sorry for the typo: that's Beers & Probst's signposts (which are great btw!)

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Free for 24 hours at https://t.co/KFmyFRtXoh! 2 nonfiction Google Classroom graphic organizers loosely inspired by Beer's & Probst's signposts. I pair with #newsela. Colorful and fun. #ells #esl

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Just finished... THIS! Hopefully it was worth every moment of spare time for many weeks! An adapted version of Poe's classic, for close reading. Totally #ELL accessible. Intermediate + above. Newcomer version coming soon! https://t.co/MyQleSX5XP. Gruesome, but I hope you like it!

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The start of our Seedfolks project! Super excited. Many students hadn't planted seeds ever. We also had some green fingers in our midst. I'll be updating their Google Classroom every day with photos...

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@chiara_bruzzano I'd also add, don't be afraid to use L1 language support to help with story comprehension. Students "getting" a great story is the most important step, no matter how you get there. Then you can start to play around with the language.

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@chiara_bruzzano I love using lit with intermediate #ESL students! I would say:
1. You have to find a great story. It really has to be something that you're super enthusiastic about. It has to be worth the time and effort!
2. And of course, the language has to be accessible.

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@chiara_bruzzano You're welcome! Do you have any favorite stories you were thinking about?

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@textploitefl @chiara_bruzzano Looks cool! The cover photo made me laugh (in a good way). Did you create that yourselves?

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@PedroANoguera Powerful stuff - and in the vein of harvesting the wisdom of veteran teachers before they leave the profession, see the poignant "Être et avoir": https://t.co/0CJjqzfiZX

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@textploitefl @chiara_bruzzano Wow - love the title! And the concept of your blog.

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@chiara_bruzzano @ESL Self promo alert - I make my own materials too at https://t.co/KFmyFRtXoh, which combine vocab, grammar with adapted texts. Ex. I always wanted to read The Monkey's Paw, but the language is impossible for intermediates, so I adapted it. Main rule: have fun! DM for more ideas. 😀

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@chiara_bruzzano @ESL This is a great book for the job. It's accessible and the stories are awesome. It works well with #ELLs.

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Just started reading Seedfolks with my #ESL students. Time to pick up some lima beans for the classroom garden!

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If you want kids to love #literacy - LET THEM READ THINGS THEY LOVE! You can never be too old for a book, or the wrong gender. The books we love are the ones that make us readers, and choice is a right all readers should have.

#InternationalLiteracyDay

(Art: Quentin Blake)

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Is there a Halloween story you wish was adapted for #ESL students? Last year I adapted The Monkey's Paw, because it's a great story but the original language is inaccessible. I'm thinking about a new one for this year....