You didn’t sign up to build an ESL curriculum from scratch.
But here you are pulling from five different websites, modifying grade-level assignments at 9 PM, and somehow trying to meet your newcomers, your intermediates, and your advanced students all in one class period.
The ESL Teacher Membership was built for exactly this. Ready-to-use, leveled resources, from your bell ringer to your small group table for middle and high school ESL.
Sound familiar?
You have newcomers who do not know the alphabet sitting next to students who are two years away from graduation. Your district handed you a roster and called it a curriculum. You are the only ESL teacher on campus and there is no one down the hall to ask.
So you do what ESL teachers do. You find everything yourself. You modify, you adapt, you build from scratch. You stay late. You bring it home. And on Sunday night, you do it all over again.
Nobody told you the job would look like this.
Not sure if the ESL Teacher Membership is worth it? Watch this first.
Imagine if you…
You opened Monday already knowing exactly what every level is doing
Your newcomers had something made for just for them not modified or not watered down
You stopped second-guessing whether your lessons were actually hitting the standards
You had a plan for the whole week before you left on Friday
And you actually made it to your kid's game on Friday night
“Tennessee switched to ELPA this year so I was on the search for prep material for my intermediate/high students. Monica has a great variety of products that address all 4 domains for an EL student. They are challenging, grade-level appropriate and right in line with ELPA. She has saved this new EL teacher so much time.”
Your students need differentiated instruction every single day. That doesn’t mean you have to build it every single night. The ESL Teacher Membership handles the planning so you can show up for your students and still have something left over at the end of the day.
Here is what you get every single month.
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Bell Ringer Slides
Quick daily warm-ups for spiral review. Grab one, any day — no prep, no sequencing, just five minutes of English practice to start class.
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Skill Builders (Print + Digital)
Ready-to-use activities in print and Google Slides leveled for newcomers, intermediates, and advanced students. Perfect for small groups, warm-ups, sub plans, or independent practice. No modifying required.
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Test Prep Passages + Writing Practice
Standardized test-style reading passages with multiple choice questions, extended writing prompts, and a graphic organizer, all leveled. Built to help your students practice the skills they will actually be tested on.
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Monthly Seasonal Mini Bundle
Three ready-to-use classroom activities every month tied to seasonal themes and holidays. Open it, print it, use it.
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Differentiated ESL Stations
Ten station activities every month covering all four domains — reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Every station includes leveled directions so your newcomers, intermediates, and advanced students are all working at the right level at the same time.
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Monthly Overview + Objectives
A digital Month-at-a-Glance and leveled objectives so you know exactly what to teach and when before the month starts.
This is what changes.
Before
You are searching TPT at 9 PM trying to find something that works for three different levels.
Your newcomers are sitting through a lesson that was not made for them.
Sub days are a whole separate project.
You are modifying the same worksheet three different ways because nothing comes leveled.
You spend Sunday night planning. Monday morning you are already behind.
You have no plan for what happens at your small group table. Or you may want to start small group instruction and don’t know how.
You don’t know how or what your class is doing while you’re working with a small group.
After
You log in, download the month, and you are done.
They have their own leveled directions and their own entry point.
You already have something print-and-go ready to go.
Beginning, intermediate, and advanced directions are already built in.
The month is mapped out before it starts.
Your Mini Lesson and Teacher Table plans are already paired and leveled, so small group time is targeted, not improvised.
You have a targeted plan for your small group instruction as well as work stations where the rest of the class is engaged and learning at their level.
✅This is for you if:
It's 9 PM and you're still toggling between three TPT tabs trying to make one lesson work for a newcomer and a kid who's two years from graduating
Your sub folder is a panic-Google-Drive-search, not a folder
You've asked ChatGPT to differentiate the same worksheet three different ways this week and you're still the one checking whether any of it's actually right for each level
You pull a small group and have no idea what the rest of the room is actually going to do while you're at that table
You're the only ESL teacher on your campus, and "figuring it out" is a full second job that’s weighing you down.
🚫This is not for you if:
You already have a full year of leveled ESL lessons and stations ready to go
You teach elementary or college ESL
Differentiating for mixed proficiency levels is already working well for you every week
You don’t need support with test prep, extended writing prompts, or speaking and writing scaffolds
You already have a plan for what to do at your small group table, work stations, mini lessons, and homework.
Take a Look Inside the Membership
See exactly what's waiting for you when you log in, the portal, the monthly folders, and all the activities.
Teachers Who Were Done Figuring It Out Alone
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Andrea Ohman
Last school year, I found myself struggling to meet the needs of all my high school English learners. I teach four periods that include a mix of 9th to 12th graders at various proficiency levels, from newcomers to level 3. It was challenging to plan lessons that truly reached everyone. Too often, some students ended up doing 'busy work' while I tried to support others who needed more help. Out of desperation, I decided to invest in the ESL Teacher Membership out of my own pocket. That's when everything changed. I started using the monthly materials to create choice boards, following the structure Monica provides: beginning, intermediate, and advanced. This simple shift completely transformed my classroom. Every student had meaningful tasks at their level, and I no longer felt like I was constantly juggling or leaving anyone behind. The amount of time it saved me was incredible. I finally felt like I could breathe and focus on teaching, not just managing.
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Hana Prashkter
I started with ESL Teacher Membership in 2024. I have used it with my grades 6-8 students and found it quite helpful in several ways. It has lessened my planning time since the topics are relevant for the students. The units contain academic vocabulary appropriate for all 3 proficiency levels. The speaking activities have been helpful because all the students can participate since there are 3 levels of questions. I use the speaking activities after the reading, writing and vocabulary activities. I also used the ETC reading as quick assessments for the students. Monica is very helpful and responds quickly if you have questions. I use the topics and activities after showing a video related to the topics and have students complete a project after each topics. For my 40 minutes class, each daily set of slides takes more than one class period. This curriculum has definitely made my Middle School teaching life easier and I am so appreciative that Monica has created it.
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Blanca Villagomez
Last year was my first year as an ELL high school teacher. I found myself buying a lot of great resources from the same TPT page. When I found out about the ESL teacher membership, I was quick to join! The reading leveled passages and the projects are my two favorite activities, every month is a new theme. Thank you for making my first year easier!
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Sherry Washington
I love the resources you are creating for our ESL community. Although my background is in Science, this is my second year in ESL, and I wasn't sure where to start. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Brandy Adamy
In classes where I have various leveled students I am able to differentiate quickly and easily.
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Alisa Bozich
I used the weather skill builders as sub plans for my students during our WIDA ACCESS testing. This assured that my students were still working on language development even in the times when they were with substitute teachers.
Hi, I’m Monica.
When I started teaching ESL at a charter school, I was handed a roster and nothing else. No curriculum. No leveled materials. No one to ask. I spent my evenings building lessons from scratch for multiple proficiency levels and I still was not sure it was enough.
That’s why I built the ESL Teacher Membership. It’s the resource I was desperate for back then and the one I wish someone had handed me on day one.
I’ve been teaching ESL for nearly 20 years.
I know what your classroom actually looks like.
And I know you didn’t get into this work to spend your nights on TPT.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes! Just reach out to me at info@monica-lopez.com and we'll get the PO process started. If you need an invoice or estimate first, let me know and I'll send that right over. If your district is interested in a district-wide license instead of individual teacher memberships, ask me about that too.
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Every month you get Bell Ringer Slides, Mini Lessons, monthly Small Group Lessons, Skill Builders in print and Google Slides, leveled reading passages with multiple choice questions and extended writing prompts, graphic organizers, differentiated station activities covering all four domains, a seasonal mini bundle of ready-to-use activities, a Month-at-a-Glance with leveled objectives, and live monthly trainings. Everything is differentiated for newcomers, intermediates, and advanced students, and the moment you join, you get access to the entire year, not just the current month.
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Once you join, you get instant access to the membership portal, where everything is organized by month: bell ringers, mini lessons, skill builders, stations, reading passages, trainings, and all other resources. Each month has its own Google folder, so you can open what you need and download or make your own copy of any activity. You'll have access to the full year's library right away, and new content is still added each month, so the portal keeps growing throughout the year.
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No difference in what you get. Both give you full access to the entire year's library the moment you join, plus everything added throughout the year. The only difference is price: paying annually saves you $50 compared to paying monthly.
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Yes. These assessments all measure the same four language domains — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — and every resource in the membership is built around those domains and English language proficiency standards. So no matter which test your state uses, the materials are designed to build the skills your students are actually being assessed on.
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Yes. Every activity includes leveled directions and support for newcomers, intermediate, and advanced ESL students so you don’t have to modify a thing.
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Yes. You'll get access to a private Facebook group where you can connect with other secondary ESL teachers navigating the same things you are, plus live monthly trainings and a growing library of training videos you can go back to anytime you need support on a specific topic.
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No. This membership is specifically for middle and high school ESL teachers who serve grades 6–12.
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Yes, you can cancel anytime. Your access continues through the end of your current billing period, and after that, you'll keep any materials you've already downloaded to your own Google Drive or computer.
Not sure how to make it work financially?
There are two ways to get access.
For individual teachers: Join the ESL Teacher Membership for monthly access to Skill Builders, differentiated reading passages with writing prompts, stations, and seasonal resources. Everything you need, delivered fresh every month. Choose monthly at $25 a month or save with the annual option at $250 a year. Or ask about district purchase orders.
For districts and schools: The 30-week Skill Builders bundle is available via purchase order. Email info@monica-lopez.com to discuss licensing and pricing for your school or campus.
Monthly
$25/month
Full access to the entire year's library from day one
Bell Ringer Slides
Mini Lessons
Monthly Small Group Lessons
Skill Builders (Print + Digital)
Leveled Reading Passages + Writing Prompts
Differentiated Stations (all 4 domains)
Seasonal Mini Bundle
Live Monthly Trainings
Cancel anytime
Annual — Save $50
$250/year
Full access to the entire year's library from day one
Bell Ringer Slides
Mini Lessons
Monthly Small Group Lessons
Skill Builders (Print + Digital)
Leveled Reading Passages + Writing Prompts
Differentiated Stations (all 4 domains)
Seasonal Mini Bundle
Live Monthly Trainings
Lock in your rate for 12 months
Your newcomers need something made for them. Your intermediates need a challenge. Your advanced students need to keep moving. And you need a plan that accounts for all of it before Monday morning. That is exactly what is waiting for you inside.