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Nya ögon på egna texten · Mia Smith. Jo, jag skulle gärna vilja ge alla mina elever individuell återkoppling på deras texter.

Nya ögon på egna texten · Mia Smith

Gärna varje vecka, för allihop. Men det finns inte en chans att hinna det med den arbetsbelastning vi har idag. Och med den lärarbrist som redan blivit tydlig kan vi inse att vi inte kommer få någon rimligare arbetsbelastning. Därför måste vi tänka annorlunda. Korta texter är också texter Självklart behöver eleverna träna på att skriva långt, men ibland räcker det faktiskt med något kort. Feedback på gruppnivå Om jag läser texter från en klass ser jag oftast samma sak hos flera elever. The Discovery. The Discovery The Discovery Question time!

The Discovery

What school trip were the children supposed to be on, do you think? Teach English Writing: Videos. Write Story Summaries Writing Skills: idea, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, organisation Short videos with interesting plots make great prompts for an ESL writing class.

Teach English Writing: Videos

Here are 5 videos which can help students learn English writing skills. What makes a good video prompt? TeachingEnglish. Cambridge English Write & Improve. Writing an essay - Presentaciones de Google. How to give feedback on a text. On Friday, you will get an essay from someone in another class.

How to give feedback on a text

You are going to give feedback. To be able to do that, please watch the film. Then take a look at the phrases below the film. Those phrases can help you giving the feedback. 1. Watch the film 2. (LGR 11, Kunskapskrav för A år 9: För att förtydliga och variera sin kommunikation kan eleven bearbeta och göra välgrundade förbättringar av egna framställningar) Two Stars and a Wish STARSVariation and vocabulary Your language is varied.

Clarity and coherence Your text has good flow. Adaption Your writing is well adapted to your theme. Grammar and spelling Good sentence structure and descriptions. WISHES Variation and vocabulary You could vary your vocabulary more. Clarity and coherence Your text could have better flow. Standard Grade Bitesize English - Newspaper report : Revision. Need more writing ideas for this year? Bookmark this blog series. Check out the six blog posts filled with teaching ideas and resources—written by teachers—in our Teaching Young Writers blog series.

Need more writing ideas for this year? Bookmark this blog series.

We partnered with WeAreTeachers to bring this quick-to-read, inspiring series to life. As you lesson plan and gather ideas for the year, you'll find • 5 peer conferencing strategies for revising and editing. • 10 grammar lessons to fix some mistakes that drive us crazy. • 25 anchor charts for teaching writing and more! Need more support with writing instruction? Strategies for Writers, Zaner-Bloser's proven-effective writing and grammar program, teaches students to use the six traits of writing within the writing process. Storytelling Prompts for Kids - Tell Me A Story. Visual_Story_Prompts.pptx. Skrivmall saga. Hur skriver man en sagal?

Skrivmall saga

Titta på skrivmallen nedan. Storybird - Artful Storytelling. Trading Cards. ReadWriteThink’s Trading Cards app allows kids and teens a unique way to share their understanding of various topics, to build study aids for school, or to create their own fictional world of characters.

Trading Cards

Create trading cards for any number of categories, including: Fictional personReal personFictional placeReal placeObjectEventVocabulary word Each category has specific guiding questions for creating a dynamic, information-rich trading card. Summarizing skills are critical as they drill down to the most important information to fit on the card. In addition, they become aware of writing for an audience because they can share their cards with others.

Part of the appeal of trading cards is being able to sort them into collections. Homepage - ReadWriteThink. 20 End of the Year Reflection Questions. 20 End of the Year Reflection Questions. Celebrating the End of the School Year. Photo School calendars are different across the nation, so while classes may be in session for another two months where you teach, in another district, it’s time for prom, awards season and commencement.

Celebrating the End of the School Year

Below are some ideas for reflecting on the school year that can be adapted to wherever you are in the semester, and for students of any age and with any level of English proficiency. Since this is the final post in our English-Language Learner series for this school year, we also invite you to tell us, below, if you’d like to see “Ideas for E.L.L.’s” return next year. Learn a New English Phrase Every Day. Describing photos (comparing, contrasting and speculating) You are going to practise language for; Describing photosComparing and contrasting photos (discussing similarities and differences)Speculating on what might be happeningReacting to photos (giving opinions) Discuss Look at the presentation.

Describing photos (comparing, contrasting and speculating)

Follow the instructions and talk about some of the photos Write The language used here for comparing and contrasting / speculating is also useful for writing discussion / argument essays. Plan: Introduction - describe the situation / topic to be discussedCompare / contrast ideas (for and against / advantages and disadvantages)Speculate on solutions to problems raised by the questionConclusion - give an opinion Which pairs or groups of photos in the presentation could be used to demonstrate ideas for argument writing topics about education, technology, food, family, work, leisure, health, advertising etc? More Practice on May / Might / Could / Must / Can't.

A+ Papers. Skills.