I have found writing in steps leading up to the picture works well. This activity promotes students to use their imagination to create a story of the past. Directions: 1. I ask students to write about what they did before the went to class. I give an example on the board about what I did. I also present the PowerPoint with the initial questions. 2. Check examples and help with creativity. 3. Brainstorm with the […]
Category: World English 1
Unit 2 Review World English 1
I created a quick-review for students to run through to see if they remember unit 2 grammar. This slide show goes over prepositions of time, adverbs of frequency, and possessive adjectives. Directions: Go over on the board prepositions of time, adverbs of frequency in the book, and possessive adjectives. Run the powerpoint. Have students shout out the answer. >>>Unt 2 Review<<< Dglenn
Reading Homework – beginning
This is a handout based on a reading from World English 1 second edition, pg.74-75 “The Cradle of the Inca Empire”. I was using it as homework in a high-beginning integrated skills course, earlier in the semester. I took it out of the book to better encourage students to write on the reading, and added tasks to the reading based on what students had been learning (emphatic adjectives and past tense). I wanted them to practice annotating […]
World English 1 Paragraph Packet
This is a homework packet with prompts for each unit. Paragraphs are due at the end of each unit. These topics are related to the chapter. Students in my class were assigned to do this in addition to other assignments. I believe that having them practice writing at home improves their writing in the class. It could also be a springboard for in-class discussion for common student errors. Example: Unit 2 is about holidays and […]
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 […]
45 Great Portraits
I recently created this resource to add to our ESL resource bank at Woodland Community College. Check out my blog post on it to learn more. You can get ideas about ways to use this. Please, leave comments below telling about ways that you use these. I think the possibilities are endless. Click here to download 30 portraits Click here to download 15 more portraits Jessica JohnstonJessica Johnston is the ESL resource faculty at Woodland […]