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

Learn English Writing, 10

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Learn English Writing, 10

Here is the week’s plan to help my ESL students learn English writing skills.

  1. Rewrite second draft of compare and contrast story (coke video).
  2. Rewrite second draft of short story that shows the inquiry approach based on the blind-folded people sitting around a table.
  3. Learn about professional email standards.
  4. Write a business email.

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Learn English Speaking, 10

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Learn English Plan, Week 10

This is week 10 of the semester. Here is the plan to help students learn English conversation.

  1. Check Walk About progress.
  2. A simple speaking and grammar review exercise, this ESL conversation worksheet helps students review questions and answers with TOO MUCH and TOO MANY.
  3. From the textbook, Chapter 9 B and C
  4. Retell a scary story.
  5. This worksheet has a few public signs. Students read the signs, learn the vocabulary and explain the meaning of the signs.
  6. Complete a puzzle worksheet about family.
  7. Pair work – read the clues – a speaking, listening and thinking vocabulary exercise.
  8. Pair work speaking – hobby and sport verbs go, play, do.

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Politics, Week 10

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Politics, Week 10 Instructional Plan

This week

  1. check student presentation progress
  2. upcoming schedule
  3. chapter 8 Political Culture and the Media

For next week

  1. November 9 – student presentations (week 11)
  2. November 16 – Chapter 12 Government Systems and Regimes (week 12)
  3. November 23 –  Chapter 13 Political Executive and Leadership (week 13)
  4. November 30 – review (week 14)
  5. December 7 – reading week, no classes (week 15)
  6. December 14 – final exam

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#4 Teaching Writing: Words and Categories

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Teaching Writing – Thinking in Categories

This ESL activity helps students learn English writing by imaging and creating abstract categories as a tool for organizing information. Known as the Picture Word Inductive Model, this technique is used to help young learners with language development. I have adapted the process to make it suitable as an inquiry based writing exercise for ESL university students.

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