Thanksgiving ESL Vocabulary & Reading | Spanish to English | High School
Help high school English learners talk, read, and write about fall and Thanksgiving with confidence. Every page is in English, with short Spanish directions and translations so newcomers can work independently while the goal stays English.
VOCABULARY
- Bilingual glossary: 24 words, phrasal verbs, and idioms with part of speech, English definition, example sentence, and Spanish translation
- 24 cut-apart bilingual vocabulary cards
- Word Match (12 definitions) and Phrasal Verbs & Idioms match (pitch in, catch up, look forward to, fit in, break the ice, count your blessings, the more, the merrier) with a write-your-own task
- A Season of Thanks cloze paragraph with word bank
SENTENCES
- 6 sentence frames for gratitude, traditions, comparing, and looking forward
- Sentence combining with but, so, although, while, and because
- 6 sentence scrambles from the story
READING
- The Extra Chair: an original 540-word story about a newcomer student's first Thanksgiving, with a Spanish glossary box
- 10 comprehension questions (literal, inference, vocabulary in context, theme) and a summary task
SPEAKING AND WRITING
- 6 discussion prompts with academic sentence starters
- Opinion paragraph: prompt, planning organizer, final-draft page, and 4-point rubric
TEACHER PAGES: teacher guide with language objectives, a 5-day plan, a Spanish student overview, and complete answer keys.
INTERACTIVE SLIDES (13, POWERPOINT / GOOGLE SLIDES): drag words to definitions, drag idioms to meanings, type-in cloze, drag-and-drop sentence scrambles, type-in sentence frames, reading questions, and an opinion planner. Directions on each slide include Spanish.
LOW PREP: print and go, or assign the slides in Google Classroom. Delivered as one zip (PDF + PowerPoint). Single-classroom license. Translations are written for classroom support; they are not certified translations.
Designed by a classroom teacher and instructional coach. Illustrations are created with AI tools; all content is written and reviewed for standards alignment and classroom use.
