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Rob Whyte is a university teacher, teacher trainer and writer.

Quick Writing Ideas

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ESL students and teachers sometimes need a quick, simple idea to start a writing project. Not a big essay. But a small prompt to get writing into action.

Here are three great ideas. I found them on a website. Here is the link. The site has lots of good writing ideas.

Writing Prompt 1. Visualization

Think about a place.  Maybe your favorite room. Living, kitchen, bathroom, workshop. Describe the room in great detail. The size, shape, color. The things in the room. What’s on the wall? What’s under the bed? What does it smell like?

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ESL Video Lesson: Howl

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Here is an ESL video lesson that uses animation to build vocabulary and fluency skills. It’s a four-part ESL activity.

The video is called Howl. It was made by students who graduated from Bezalel academy of Art and Design in Israel.

Howl from Natalie Bettelheim on Vimeo.

Howl from Natalie Bettelheim on Vimeo.

1. Key Vocabulary