I created a new final for ESOL/ESL 530. The new writing exam uses a short article. The directions, article, and rubric are posted below. The article is lower than the level expectations, but the focus is for students to implement an article. This skill doesn’t occur or is taught until level 4. >>>Final Directions<<< >>>Article<<< >>>Rubric<<< Dglenn
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Level 2 Practice Writing Handouts for Final w/ photos
Here are 2 handouts with writing prompts for Level 2 with photos and vocabulary to help them get started. Students can work alone or in pairs to practice writing a short composition describing the scene in the photo in past tense (simple past and an occasional past continuous). After they have had enough time to write down their ideas, work full class to: Elicit from students the composition, guiding them to create an introduction, a […]
Wheel of Learning
I got this idea from my daughter’s second grade classroom. At a certain time everyday, the students get into “stations” where they do different activities for 15 – 20 minutes before they change to the next “station.” The students seemed to really enjoy the diversity and the fast pace of these activities. In this example, there are four stations – pronunciation, vocabulary, summarization, and reading. You can use any category, but I found these to […]
Support Teams
A warm welcome and authentic engagement builds trust, community and capacity! Support Teams and low stakes team practice are some main elements of acceleration. As teachers, we need to help create trust and unity. It is our by our lead that students feel safe and know how and when to let their guard down and lower their effective filter enough so input becomes fluency. Authentic and early engagement, like writing a letter to students before […]
Revisiting World English Intro
I recently noticed that a few videos from the World English Intro could be used at higher levels for discussion. During my level 3 course I have students read, “What is Ellis Island?” Students encounter a chapter on child labor. I have them watch a video from World English Intro and ask them whether this situation is right or wrong? This video could also be used in a video talking about cultural differences and problems […]
Reading Vocabulary Log
I created a new vocabulary log where students would write down their words they didn’t understand while reading and make an education guess. They will later define the word after reading the chapter or page. Students discuss vocabulary and I usually use the most frequent vocabulary on a test. >>>Vocabulary Log<<< Dglenn
Invitations Gap Activity
Students are taught ways to accept invitations, create preinvitations, create invitations, and decline invitations. After these methods are taught, students will perform this activity. The invitations gap activity has various scheduled events in which students are attempting to invite each other to fill up their schedules. Directions: Pass out the schedules. Advise students if they have an event on their schedule, they must invite other students to their event. Model an example with a student. […]
Level 1 Writing about Pictures (Verbal to Writing)
Recently, I have developed a new strategy for level 1 students to write about a picture. The students are asked to separate their ideas into two paragraphs. The first paragraph is a description of the people in the picture (who is it, where are they from, what do they do for a living). The second paragraph is about what is happening in the picture at the moment. The attachments below have additional questions for students […]
Spelling Word Bingo
In some classes I like to include spelling words, and have a spelling bee at the end of the semester. I choose words from the most common lists (everyday for beg-int classes, and academic for int-adv classes) or based on key words from class texts. One way to help students review vocabulary in a new way is to have bingo. I have them fill out the blank cards with words from their lists and then […]
Practice Final (High-Int Writing)
This is a Practice Final I’m using in ESL 268/568: High Intermediate Writing. It’s my first semester teaching the class, so I’m not sure how it will go. Most of the semester we’ve been working from Q Skills 3: Reading and Writing, but I wanted to use a reading and prompt more based on composition classes. Laura TalleyESL and English Instructor at Yuba College and Butte College <<https://lctalley.wordpress.com/>>