Very cool! The layout is fresh, neat and easy to navigate.
The only downside is that none of the avatars look like me! : )
-Heather
Free ESL Lesson Plans & Resources
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- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: New website for sharing ESL worksheets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4210
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:35 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: classroom activities
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29271
Free ESL Lesson Plans & Games
Hey! Like some of the others I've also started putting my lesson plans on the web. I train primary and secondary English teachers in Pakistan, and I started posting lessons at the request of my students. Many of them were only 'in my head' for a long time, but now I've got a lot of games, lesson pla...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:21 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: HELP! I'm starting to teach pronunciation, but I'm a newbie!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19475
Teaching Pronunciation
I do something similar to eslweb. If the students are advanced speakers I'll start with IPA. Day 1- IPA Consonants 1 Day 2 - IPA Consonants 2 (focus on the ones they have trouble with) Day 3 - IPA Vowels During all three days I'll basic homework in transcription, focusing on sounds that my students ...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:15 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Looking for a Good Superlative Warmer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10668
Teaching Comparatives & Superlatives
There's two activities I like to use that can be used at any different point in the lesson. If I want to incorporate some reading I'll do the following lesson: Super Kids Time: 20-30 minutes Targets : Read, understand and speak using superlatives Materials: Printouts of these passages for each stude...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:04 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: List of great web activities & games
- Replies: 70
- Views: 173698
Free ESL Lesson Plans & Games
Hey! I train teachers in Pakistan, and I've just indexed a bunch of my lesson plans and games that I use as examples in the training sessions. There are integrated lessons and games as well as lessons for grammar, speaking, writing, vocabulary, teacher training and more. Free ESL and English Lesson ...
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:53 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: class activities
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7106
The Dating Game - Great for Teens!
Looking for a fun speaking activity to practice introductions, asking and answering questions, and discussing hobbies? I have used this spin off of "The Dating Game" in a number of different settings and it is always a hit with students. Preparation: 1) At home print out the four different sets of c...
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:50 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Tips for Planning Successful ESL Speaking Activities
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7417
Tips for Planning Successful ESL Speaking Activities
Here's some tips that I've found useful in planning speaking activities. Fluency vs. Accuracy Before you design a speaking activity, you need to first decide if your goal is accuracy or fluency. Accuracy activities focus on producing correct language. These are usually part of the study phase of a l...
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:47 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: English Camp Ideas
- Replies: 10
- Views: 104904
ESL Lesson Plan & Game: Greetings and Introduction
I love using this lesson plan for the first class of any level, grade 6 to adult. Time : 30 minutes Targets : Alphabetical order, introductions, verb "to be" in person tense Most students will come into the course already knowing alphabetical order. Give the following example. Then ask students to p...
- Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:42 am
- Forum: Material Writing
- Topic: classroom materials
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8412
- Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:53 am
- Forum: Material Writing
- Topic: What is the effective way to revise students' composition?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13097
Assessment and Editing of Student Writing
Generally for any piece of written work, I plan and teach a "writing unit" that covers certain writing skills. This may include something like: - how to make a good beginning - finding and correcting run-ons and fragments - how to revise your own work For each unit I put emphasis on the skills taugh...
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:39 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Activities for those 'too cool' advanced teenagers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 33523
Blogging
Thanks Eric! Blogging is such a great way for teachers to share ideas, and to keep students up to date on what's happening the class. My students loved sending the link to their restaurant reviews to friends and family.
http://mrscarreiro.blogspot.com
http://mrscarreiro.blogspot.com
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:36 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: New Ideas to Teach Writing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3309
Creative Writing Ideas
Thanks for the link! I've recently been working on some lesson plans for teaching writing, feel free to check out some of these materials. Teaching Creative Writing: Basics http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/857275/how_to_teach_creative_writing_.html?cat=4 Teaching Description: Preparing Stude...
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:32 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Activities for those 'too cool' advanced teenagers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 33523
Review Writing
Product reviews are a great idea! I did restaurant reviews with my middle schoolers this year and it went over really well. We did it as a descriptive writing unit and added in a grammar section on adjectives. I'm sure you could do the same kind of unit with products. Lesson Plan: Preparing Students...
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:06 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Activities for those 'too cool' advanced teenagers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 33523
Need for better superheroes
I agree, it seems ridiculous that Batman's skin tight clothing is okay while Wonder Woman's attire would drive my class bonkers. Yesterday we had a monsoon rainstorm and hundreds of men were outside shirtless in the pouring rain, wearing only wet and virtually transparent shalwar pants. Women certai...
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:59 am
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Assessment of Creative Writing
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4299
Assessment of Creative Writing
If you end up with a bunch of papers on your desk and think, "Ugh! How will I grade these now?" then I can relate with you! When I first started teaching middle school, I found assessment of Creative Writing to be a headache. Especially when for their first assignment 30% of my students gave plagiar...