This is an in front of the class presentation. Students will have a handout with specific questions to answer. They simply have to fill in the blanks with answers to such questions as what country they are from. When a student has finished presenting the class and I ask followup questions. Everyone seems to enjoy learning more about their classmates. Grading is up to 10 points maximum. I am looking for fluency, range of vocabulary, […]
Oral Presentation Telling a Story
This is an in-front-of-the class presentation. Students will tell a personal story from their past using the simple past (and at least one past continuous). It can be about a happy experience, a sad day, or something funny that happened in their life. Handout: » Oral Presentation Telling a Story in the Past Tense « More details and all instructions are included on the handout, as well as a simple feedback form I give […]
Interviewing An American # 1
»INTERVIEWING AN AMERICAN # 1 « (click on this for the handout) This homework will make students get out into the community to interview two Americans about their favorite vacation spot. They have to take notes, and write down the information on a form, which they will turn in. They are also graded on their participation in groups when they share the information on one of their interviews. Finally, each group picks the student with […]
Icebreaker Song “I’m Glad to Meet You”
This is one of my all time favorite ways to break the ice with new students, especially at lower levels. I picked this up from an old ESL songbook years ago, but can’t recall the name. The song is to the very familiar tune “La Cucaracha”! Even if singing isn’t your forte, just starting the first line, everyone will immediately join in. If you have a lot of Mexican students, have them sing the real […]
World Village
This is an intermediate /advanced listening & discussion activity that has students imagine the world as a village of 100 people. What would this world look like? All the activities and instructions are on the two page handout. The first page is the handout for the students and the second has instructions and follow up assignments for the teacher. Here are links to the 2 page handout: » WORLD VILLAGE « and the […]
World English 2 Unit 5 Speaking Assignment
This is a Speaking Assignment, including a rubric, that ties in with the reading in World English 2 Unit 5’s reading about challenges. The students had a week to prepare their presentations. Even though the students only speak for one minute, it does take some time for the students to come to the front and do their presentation, so plan on about 3-5 minutes for each student presentation. >>Speaking Assignment #2<<
World English 2 Unit 2 Speaking Assignment
This is a Speaking Assignment, including a rubric, that ties in with the reading in World English Unit 2’s reading about Annie Griffiths. The students had a week to find a picture to share and prepare their presentations. Even though the students only speak for one minute, it does take some time for the students to come to the front, find their photograph, and do their presentation, so plan on about 5 minutes for each […]
World English 2 Unit 5 Writing Assignment
This is the writing assignment I used with World English 2 Unit 5. It took most students about 45 minutes to complete in class, including planning. There is a section to order supporting sentences to make a paragraph first, and then students write their own paragraphs using the simple past to tell a narrative about a personal experience that was “interesting, funny, unusual, surprising, or unlucky”. >>Writing Unit #5<<
World English 2 Unit 2 Writing Assignment
This is the writing assignment I used with World English 2 for a writing assignment. It took most students about 40 minutes to complete this assignment, including a planning stage. The assignment begins with an example paragraph that asks students to identify things the writer “has and has not done,” and then students write their own paragraphs using the present perfect about things they have and have not done yet in their lives. >>Writing Unit […]
World English 2 Unit 1 Writing Assignment and Teacher’s Example
This is the in-class writing assignment I used with Unit 1 of World English 2. I found it took most students around 40 minutes to complete this paragraph, including a planning stage. I also have attached an example writing that I personally wrote for the students as an example. Students write about their favorite food after looking at the example paragraph that I wrote. The emphasis is on using description and simple present tense. >Writing […]