Teach English

Exercises, activities and worksheets to help teachers teach English to ESL students.

Week 6: ESL Writing Lessons

by

This is week six of the university semester. On Friday we will have our first quiz. Two weeks later, we will have the mid term exam.

REVIEW OF STUDENT WRITING

Here are a few comments on the student writing. The writing was good. It is getting better.

I thought the stories about the foolish man were generally good. That was a hard writing exercise because you had to make a story with the information that was collected from questions and answers.

Here are some general comments.

1. Please, remember to

Read more

Week 5: ESL Writing Lessons

by

This week the ESL students will continue to practice paragraph writing. This week we will change our focus a little and start writing summary paragraphs.

A Thought

Many things are happening here on the Korean peninsula. Not much good news, actually. The troubles between the two Koreas reminds me of a line from a famous book.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

ESL SUMMARY WRITING

A summary is a paragraph that includes the main ideas of another person’s speaking or writing. Usually, you don’t write about your ideas. You want to retell what the writer said but use different words. Writing a summary is a very good skill to have, especially for school and work. Bu

Read more