Become a Better Writing Teacher
Here is a teaching resource packed full of lessons that focus your students’ learning on four essential writing skills.
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ESL Writing STUFF
Helping English instructors teach better, plan faster and work smarter.
Eight English Writing Activities
Looking for fresh English writing ideas?
What is the purpose of teaching writing? Write a five paragraph essay? Pshaw. Write an error-free persuasive essay? Puh-lease.
The goal, I believe, is to help ESL students become independent writers.
Teaching Writing: Analyze and Contrast
TEACHING WRITING: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Are squares A and B the same colour?
This optical illusion is a good symbol for this English writing lesson. Sometimes, we have to learn to see what is not obvious through critical thinking.
PURPOSE OF WRITING ACTIVITY
This English writing exercise helps ESL students learn and practice multiple skills including comparisons, contrasts, analysis and abstractions.
Students will watch a short soft drink commercial which describes aspects of life in two generations and then complete a comparative analysis.
Teaching English
Teaching English & Thinking
Teaching English just got a little easier with three ebooks from ESL Publications. These low-prep, high-interest logic puzzles, word games and trivia challenges help ESL students learn vocabulary and general knowledge while improving listening, speaking and critical thinking skills at the same time.
1. 160 Logic Puzzles and Word Games
Every good teacher has a stable of back pocket activities to fill unexpected gaps. They are called sponge activities. These 30 worksheets with 160 logic puzzles and word games are awesome sponge activities – time savers, not time fillers – because they frame language learning as a puzzle, challenge.