A literacy-focused textbook series utilizing Level 1 vocabulary—ideal as a supplementary resource for students developing emergent literacy skills.

This book features 10 simple picture-based stories designed for beginning English learners. With Lexile levels ranging from 100L to 500L, the stories cover everyday situations at home and school. Each story includes engaging illustrations, self-correcting comprehension exercises, and a conversation prompt to support language development.

This beginner-level picture book features nine short stories about people and places in Portland, Oregon, written within a Lexile range of 300–500. Each story is 150–250 words long and presented with 1–3 sentences per illustration for accessible reading. Stories include self-correcting comprehension questions and a speaking prompt to support language development.

This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning and intermediate students of ESOL. The grammar section includes a select set of YouTube videos, and the three original readers include short picture or chapter stories. Each lesson is accompanied by self-correcting exercises.

This book is a collection of handouts specifically designed for adult beginning English language learners. It introduces fundamental concepts of American culture, teaches essential survival English skills, and serves as a valuable supplement to any standard English language textbook used in the classroom.

A free website for low-level English learners to practice grammar, vocabulary, listening, and speaking through interactive games like hangman and spelling races. It’s engaging for all ages, and many activities can be downloaded as PDFs. This resource can also be used as additional practice for homework.

A comprehensive ESL resource offering quizzes, learning aids, and a variety of materials. The website features short movie clips followed by comprehension questions, along with reading passages, grammar exercises, and vocabulary practice. These brief and engaging activities make excellent warm-ups at the start of a lesson.

Online reseource of worksheets

This EFL site contains tutorials and quizzes for grammar, phrasal verbs, and vocabulary.

This site is dedicated to errors in usage and provides copious examples and explanations.

The Monster Book offers over 150 engaging activities designed to energize language classrooms. It provides teachers with simple, active methods to practice the four language skills while also incorporating grammar, vocabulary, critical thinking, and cultural elements.

This book features nine short stories about Oregon’s natural wonders, written for high-beginner to low-intermediate English learners (Lexile range: 500–600). Each story is approximately 225–250 words and includes an illustration, self-correcting comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and fully cited sources with links for further exploration.

This module provides comprehensive intermediate-level ESL materials, ideal for the first few weeks of a college semester. It covers fundamental sentence grammar, basic email etiquette, and key academic language skills—including reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and rhetorical analysis. Designed for a six-unit community college course, the module includes four chapters spanning approximately four weeks of instruction.

This module has materials to learn and practice all of the necessary language skills at the intermediate level.

In this ESL module, you will learn how to interview a classmate and write a profile, or short biography. The module includes reading and vocabulary activities, listening and speaking exercises, writing practice, and targeted grammar lessons.

This textbook supports learners in noticing, acquiring, and practicing English that is relevant to everyday life in their communities. It provides integrated practice in the four core language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—while also introducing key intercultural competencies to help learners navigate diverse social settings. In addition, it fosters the development of essential life and workplace skills. The textbook is designed for flexibility and can be used either as an interactive online resource or downloaded, printed, and used in a traditional classroom setting.

This thematic, integrated-skills textbook offers reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities centered around engaging topics such as psychology, U.S. history, and human development across the lifespan.

This text offers a multifaceted approach to language learning, grounded in principles of community, equity, and social engagement. It introduces strategies for building a collectivist learning environment and provides models for organizing essays. Learners explore short readings on activism and social justice, engage with reflective writing prompts, and complete projects that connect course content to their own communities. The text also includes multimedia resources—such as videos, articles, and podcasts—and uses a contrastive, multilingual approach to grammar instruction that supports effective writing.

This is an e-textbook for upper-intermediate to advanced learners (B2/C1) that combines language learning with global issues, focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Each unit features authentic texts, grammar and vocabulary review, and interactive tasks that promote communication about global and personal topics.

This lesson, part of a thematic unit in World History, explores Lascaux—a cave system in southwestern France celebrated for its extraordinary Paleolithic cave paintings.

This reading explores the social and political structures of Ancient Greece, focusing on Athens—the most influential city-state of the period. It highlights how city-states functioned as independent entities with their own governments, legal systems, and militaries. Compared to earlier civilizations like Mesopotamia, Athens represents a more advanced level of cultural and political organization. The reading also emphasizes the role of writing in record-keeping, governance, and the development of democracy.

This lesson focuses on the lasting impact of the Roman Empire, considered one of the most powerful and influential in history. Many aspects of modern life—such as the Latin alphabet, calendar, road systems, literature, government structures, and legal systems—are rooted in Roman innovations. The accompanying text is extensive and at times challenging; students will focus on selected sections, build vocabulary, identify main ideas, and practice paraphrasing complex sentences.

The Renaissance: The Human Being at the Center of the World

This unit explores the rise of the “city republic” or city-state as a cultural and economic powerhouse, led by merchants, traders, and bankers who form a new ruling class. It examines how innovation and competition drive geographic exploration, and how the invention of the printing press enables revolutionary ideas—such as those of a German monk—to challenge established authority. The unit also traces the role of rivers and waterways in facilitating the exchange of goods and ideas, highlighting both the achievements and the exploitation that shaped global history.

In this lesson, students learn about Louise Erdrich and read her poem “Advice to Myself #2: Resistance.” They analyze the language and literary choices to understand the poem’s theme, discuss its message in groups, and write about the message using specific lines as evidence.