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Rob Whyte ESL speaking and writing class lessons, activities and worksheets for English students who want to learn and improve their English communication skills.

ESL Intermediate Conversation – Week 2

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This is week two of the conversation class. Here are some worksheets and activities for this week.

ESL CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES

  1. Let’s do this in class. No need to download this worksheet.
  2. Next, we will do a quick pair work exercise to describe differences. It’s a little easy but the key point is to speak with a high degree of precision.
  3. Here is a short vocabulary exercise based on the New General Service list we looked at last week.
  4. This short pair work activity helps students help final sounds.

Week 2 – Six Writing Traits Lesson

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This week will learn about and practice Six Writing Traits.

SIX WRITING TRAITS

It’s a framework to help teachers evaluate student writing. The framework has six variables:

IDEA: a clear message, the content. Good writing shows, it does not tell. Bits of information that are often overlooked. Stimulating, interesting, surprising content.

ORGANISATION: The structure of the writing. Is it compare and contrast, point by point analysis, chronological? The story unfolds with ease. There is a beginning and an end.

VOICE: We sense there is a person writing to us, not a template. There is feeling, humor, personality.

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