Giving Directions and Using Maps In this activity, students will help each other complete their maps. This is an information gap activity. Students have a map that is missing the names of stores. Before you do this activity, you must teach left, right, straight, next to, on the corner, between, on, leave, and go. You must also cut out the cars (see below) before attempting this activity. Directions: 1. Model the activity by […]
Category: World English Intro
Reading Practice: Jobs, Level 1
This is a reading adapted from Readworks.org that is a nice accompaniment to World English Intro, Unit 2: Jobs Around the World. This reading takes place ideally after students have been taught how to look up words in a dictionary. After students have done World English Intro, Unit 2, p. 16, students are given the reading handout and advised to look up the meaning of the words in the back (words 2-6). Then, students read […]
Homework Paragraph Packet (Unit Based)
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 7 is about activities and […]
World English Intro: Slides for Unit 10
These are slides I created for unit ten of World English Intro. The topic is health. The slides guide you through the unit and also have extra activities beyond the book that give students more interactive practice of the topics. To modify and add to these slides, simply click make a copy under the file tab. You can also download handouts by clicking on the second link. (If you teach at Woodland Community College, some of these […]
BE+ Adjective
This is an activity I created to practice using the BE verb with an adjective. It gets students up and moving and writing. Click here to read how to do this activity and download the handouts. World English Intro: Unit 1 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 […]
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 […]