ESL Curriculum for Middle & High School Differentiated Year-Long Activities

Looking for a yearlong differentiated ESL curriculum that actually works for mixed language levels? This 30-unit ESL Skill Builder Curriculum was designed for middle and high school English language learners and includes everything you need to support Newcomer, Intermediate, and Advanced ELLs all year long.

Each unit includes 5 leveled ESL mini unit with 5 activities each, focused on reading, writing, speaking, vocabulary, and grammar. With built-in scaffolds, sentence frames, visual supports, and engaging themes, this curriculum is perfect for teachers who want to save time and reach every learner—without spending hours creating resources from scratch.

✅ What’s Included:

• 30 full ESL units (over 750 leveled activities!)

• 3 language proficiency levels for every topic:

  • Newcomer

  • Intermediate

  • Advanced

• Covers key skills:

  • Reading comprehension

  • Academic vocabulary

  • Writing development

  • Speaking practice

  • Contextual grammar

  • Figurative language (intermediate/advanced)

✨ Each Unit Includes:

• 5 print-and-go activities (PDF)

• Leveled reading passages

• Writing prompts

• Speaking slides

• Grammar task

• Visual vocabulary support

• Answer keys

• Digital + printable format options

• Organized Google Drive folder access

• Clickable planning index for easy navigation

✨ Designed for:

• Middle & High School ESL/ELL classrooms

• Newcomers and long-term ELLs

• ESL warm-ups, stations, sub plans, test prep, and small group

• Teachers supporting TELPAS, WIDA, or language development goals as well as academic goals

Covers 9 Months of Instruction:

This curriculum includes 30 complete ESL units, which can be used at a pace of 2–3 units per month to cover the full school year. The themes include seasonal units (Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, etc.), as well as science and social studies connections, fiction texts, grammar reinforcement, and more.

✨ Why Teachers Love It:

• ✅ No-prep, print & digital

• ✅ Differentiated for all levels

• ✅ Easy to implement

• ✅ Aligned with language development standards

• ✅ Supports reading, writing, grammar, speaking and more—every week

✨ How You’ll Access Your Curriculum

Once you purchase, you’ll receive a PDF download with a clickable link to a Google Sheet. Inside the sheet, you’ll find organized links to each unit’s Google Drive folder. Everything is clearly labeled and easy to access—no searching or digging required! Any updates to the files will be made there. No need to re-download any of the documents from TPT.

Are You a Member?

If you’ve purchased—or plan to purchase—the ESL Teacher Membership, this yearlong curriculum is already included as part of your membership benefits (dripped monthly). Please do not purchase this bundle separately if you're a member.

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