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
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Comparative Adjectives
I really enjoy teaching how to use comparative adjectives with students. The rules are simple and students have fun with this presentation. I run the presentation and have all the students examine the list of adjectives. I provide a few answers and try to get students to guess the rules. After a while they figure out that 1 syllable you add er and 2+ syllables you write more/less. I provide example sentences about classes (Professor […]
Listening – Gerunds
This is a listening exercise – fill in the blanks with the gerunds you hear. The exercise uses the song “That’s Important to Me” by Joey and Rory who sing about the values and related norms important to them. This activity follows a reading entitled “The Influence of Culture” in Chapter 2, The Power of the Group in Academic Encounters 3, Reading/Writing 2nd ed. by Jessica Williams, Kristine Brown and Susan Hood. It extends the […]
Adjectives, Gerunds, Infinitives Board Game: Identifying Parts of Speech
This activity takes place as a review after students have learned adjectives, infinitives and gerunds. Cut up the parts of speech cards. You will need a game board for each small group and enough dice for each group to use one. Students get into small groups with the cards face-down and a player piece on “Start” (I have them use a tiny piece of paper with their initials on it). A player rolls the die, […]
Infinitive of Purpose
>>WCC INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE VISUALS<< (edit as necessary, the pictures moved a little in posting this!) >>WCC INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE<< This is an activity I use to introduce the Infinitive of Purpose, i.e. “I went to the ocean to relax“. The first attachment is visual, with pictures to elicit a story about a WCC student who is taking ESL classes to improve her English. She also wants to take a computer class […]
Grammar Fun with Poetry/Songs
When we are in a “dull” grammar lesson, I try to add some excitement though the arts, poetry, or music. I usually start the lesson off very slowly, then introduce a song or poem. I find that this prompts the students to be more engaged (as they know the alternative is a grammar worksheet). This is a format for a poem that I have used in my intermediate/advanced classes. I have students write their own […]
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 […]