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Ellen J.
Classroom teacher
Tarsus American COllege
Tarsus, Turkey

My Grades 8, 9, 10

My Subjects English Language Learning

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time 5-15 minutes

Great for Individual
Practice
Small group
Student-driven work

Great with ELL
Low literacy

How I Use It

I have used NewsELA to expose individual or small group ELLs to current events topics in areas of student interest. I am currently using the free version of NewsELA, however in the future I may consider purchasing the PRO feature.

My Take

The best feature of NewsELA are the different reading levels of the same articles. The site serves different students by offering a diverse range of topics at at least five different Lexile levels. Most articles I’ve viewed are excerpts of authentic news stories as I am finding articles and reviewing them with students I feel like I’m getting my daily news as well.

A repository of levelled current events articles.

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