I HATE ENGLISH By Ellen Levine: READING LESSONS & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

This is perfect for your ESL classroom or to welcome new students to a pre-existing class. The story of Mei Mei will make your students understand what it feels like to be new to a class and new to a country.

I Hate English by Ellen Levine is a poignant and humorous story about a young girl named Mei Mei who struggles with learning English as a second language. This teacher's guide provides reading lessons and extension activities that can help students develop language skills and cultural understanding.

Any child starting a new school (especially from another country) will connect to this story.

This 32- page ready-to-use ELA resources and activities unit should be used with the book, I Hate English by Ellen Levine, where Mei Mei and her family move to New York from Hong Kong, and she finds it difficult to learn the alien sounds of English.

Unit includes:

. character traits and comparisons

. graphic organizers

. comprehension questions

. retelling/story mapping

. writing prompts/assessments

. Social studies extensions on Hong Kong/Chinatown as well as cooking ideas

. Bulletin board ideas