LibGuides: ESL: Grade 7-8: eBooks, Tools & Printable Activities

Available Tools

Talk to your school's LCI, resource teacher or ELL instructor for help finding books and resources that are ready for Kurzweil.

Talk to your school's LCI, resource teacher or ELL instructor get help putting the "Speak" feature on your Microsoft "Word" tool bar.

eBooks and resources

ESL BITS
English Language Learning : Listen & Read - ebooks

MyCapstoneLibrary - eBooks (K-8) This link opens in a new window
These K-Gr. 8 eBooks include math non-fiction and fictional stories for emergent readers, high-interest non-fiction, fiction, and social studies texts. Text, audio, highlighted words, clear illustrations are provided.
PowerKnowledge Earth & Space Science This link opens in a new window
Everything you need to know about earth systems, ecosystems, weather, space and more. Includes articles, videos, text-to-speech, interactive games and activities, resource lists and lesson plans.
PowerKnowledge Life Science This link opens in a new window
Everything you need to know about plants, animals, the food chain, the human body. life cycles and more. Includes text-to-speech, videos, interactive games, hands-on science projects and activities, resource lists, lesson plans and more to support budding researchers in the sciences
PowerKnowledge Physical Science This link opens in a new window
Everything you need to know about atoms & molecules, energy, matter, force and motion, the earth, temperature and more. Includes articles, videos, interactive games & activities, lesson plans and resource lists.
Core Concepts Biology This link opens in a new window
For students Gr. 6 +, this database contains interactive activities, timelines, and science experiments in the areas of animal systems, the human body/health & diseases, cell biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, microbes, plant structures, reproduction, scientist biographies, and planet Earth. Images, maps, video, audio, and teacher lesson plan resources are available.

Dictionaries

3000 Core English Vocabulary Words
Merriam-Webster Learners Dictionary

Lots of printable activities & resources

Rewordify.com
Simplify difficult English, for faster comprehension
FreeBookNotes.com
Find study guides and summaries from 20+ content providers
SparkNotes
When your books and teachers don't make sense, we do.
BINGO - custom - make your own! DLTK
Three different types of picture bingo cards that you can make: 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 picture bingo using pictures from a theme that you select or substitute vocabulary words that you provide.
Hello World - English
Hello World is a comprehensive ESL resource, offering a variety of games, exercises, interactive activities, and more.
Activities for ESL
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL) Translations from a wide variety of languages.
Resources @ ISL Collective
Free, printable ESL worksheets by teachers for teachers. (Registration required, but is free.)
ESL Kids
ESL stuff for kids including flashcards, worksheets, classroom games and children's song lyrics.
Dave's ESL Cafe
For ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World. Includes resources for bilingual educators.
ESL Kids Lab
ESL kids Lab:Provides English (ESL, EFL, ELT, ESOL) learning and teaching materials for young learners, preschool, beginners, elementary and more.
LanternFish - Boggles World ESL
LANTERNFISH contains printable teaching resources for language arts, TESOL, TEFL and ESL.
LINC Learning Objectives - LearnIT2Teach
"These online language learning activities are based on a series of classroom resource books and audio CDs that were funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (Ontario Region) and developed by Algonquin College. They are designed to assist newcomers learn English in the context of Canadian culture at the indicated Canadian Language Benchmark ranges." [quoted from website]

100s of uploaded NFB films; many are perfect for our ELLs. Under "explore all films", tick the "children's films" box under genre. Films are listed alphabetically. Choose a letter at the top of the field, to move through the alphabet.