Free ESL Worksheets, English Teaching Materials, ESL Lesson Plans Grammar and Punctuation | The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Anna's reflections and archive: Games Academy Island is a nice educational game developed by Cambridge ESOL. The main character is an alien who is on an island and has to go through quite a few challenges in order to graduate from the academy. The island consists of a few towns: noun town, pronoun town, etc and each town has 2-3 shops and/or buildings which the alien has to enter in order to complete his challenge and gain a high enough score to be allowed to get into the academy building. In each shop and building the alein is asked to complete 4 sentences or answer 4 questions: these are all multiple choice. The 4-question set is timed. There are also some scrolls with 2 questions in each. A fun game that I am sure all English Language learners will enjoy.
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To Teach Effective Writing, Model Effective Writing I strive to teach my high school students the value of criticism, especially when it comes to improving their writing. To do so, I model how criticism continues to help me become a better writer. Earlier this year, for example, I shared a draft of one of my education feature articles, which included detailed feedback from an editor at a prominent media company. I want my students to feel secure in the knowledge that nobody is beyond criticism (even their teacher), and that the bigger challenge is developing the good sense to acknowledge and successfully respond to feedback. Along those lines, I also offer the suggestions below about teaching writing: 1. To teach effective writing, we must be effective writers ourselves. 2. No matter what you teach, share your written work. 3. No matter what you teach, write in front of students. 4. Create workshop environments, with multiple stations focusing on different aspects of writing. 5. 6. How do you teach effective writing?
Collaborative Teaching: Are Two Teachers Better Than One? Reprinted from Essential Teacher, Volume 4, Issue 3,September 2007, Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) “The city is more crowded. We would need more signs and traffic lights,” said one student. "We would have to live in apartments,” said another. The class was brainstorming how living in the city compared with living in the country. In a collaborative or co-teaching setting, the ESL teacher “pushes into” the general education classroom to collaborate with the teacher. Co-teachers are using the same physical space. Over the past few years co-teaching has become more popular as low incidence school districts search for ways to best serve the needs of their English language learners. Compare the co-teaching experience that I had with Ms.P with that of another ESL teacher in New Jersey. Paulo is a “push in ESL teacher” in a large school district. This is collaborative teaching at its worse. Teach and write. ESL teachers, however, cite many concerns.
A song about the Kookaburra's call - English (2) - ABC Splash - Overview Have you heard a Kookaburra's call? Watch this clip and listen to the lyrics of the song performed by Don Spencer that captures in sounds and words the magical call of the kookaburra. 1 min 28 secs Source: Feathers, Fur and Fins | Learning area: English | Primary: Year 2 About this resource Acknowledgements Source: Feathers, Fur and Fins Date first broadcast: Cite this resource You can use this information to reference this item. Bibliographic details for 'A song about the Kookaburra's call': Feathers, Fur and Fins, ' A song about the Kookaburra's call', ABC Splash abcspla.sh/m/104386 11 June 2014 Copyright information Metadata © Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia Ltd 2012 (except where otherwise indicated).
ESL Teacher Resources, Job Boards, and Worksheets Syllabus bites: Types of sentences - Overview An understanding of the types and function of sentences is important in the development of language knowledge and usage. Familiarity with the terminology of the types of sentences will enable language knowledge to be applied in a variety of responding and composing activities. Explicit teaching about sentences should be embedded in the context of teaching of grammar to improve students’ understanding and language. When teaching about sentences, consider the following: What do my students know about sentence structure? An overview of outcomes and content descriptions related to sentences from the English K–10 syllabus can be found in the Syllabus links tab.