After learning and practicing superlatives in World English 2, Unit 4: The Body, students complete Part 1 of this assignment in class. Students write a message for a birthday or anniversary card using as many superlatives as possible. The instructor goes around the room and checks their sentences, giving them feedback on their use of superlatives. Students do Part 2 as homework, and submit an actual greeting card. You will get some really creative work! […]
Category: Grammar: General Ideas
Editing Writing Practice
This writing practice is for high-beginning/low-intermediate (ESL 235- level 3 integrated skills). I used examples from the students own writing (either a recent test or writing homework) that I would type up to use with students’ permission. They were already used to correction symbols (which are introduced at the start of the class with the first homework assignments). I usually go over the first example with the class together, reading sentence by sentence and stopping […]
Money Lesson Beginners “How much / How many “
During my practicum years ago I came up with the idea of printing out “play money” to deal with the grammar points “How much” and “How many.” In the lesson I begin by explaining what each bill is called: 1 dollar bill, 5 dollar bill, etc. Then I go into the different between “money” and “bills.” I hand out the money randomly to students. They count up their money and then I ask them individually […]
Present Perfect Indefinite Past
Unit 10 in Focus on Grammar 3 deals with “Have you ever_____?” and how to answer those questions. I created a fun activity that forces students to get out of their seats and communicate with each other. With this handout, students run around the room and try to find students who have done one of these activities before. For example, “Have you ever been to the Golden Gate Bridge?” If the student asked responds yes, […]
Verb Vocabulary Cards
These verb cards are great for creating activities to practice different verb structures. I used for units 5 and 7 of World English Intro to practice the simple present and present progressive. Click here to see more ideas for how to use these. Click to download Jessica JohnstonJessica Johnston is the ESL resource faculty at Woodland Community College. Before grad school, she taught EFL in Quito, Ecuador. She loves creating class material and […]