Sometimes ESL students need some motivation to keep learning English. Teachers also need a touchstone which they can use to focus the students’ attention.
This graph (which describes mindset ideas by Carol Dweck)
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Exercises, activities and worksheets to help teachers teach English to ESL students.
Quick ESL Writing Lesson: Using THE
This is a quick writing lesson that helps ESL students learn how to use the definite article in their writing.
First, here are five troublesome areas of writing where ESL students have some trouble using THE properly. These five areas come from the Bedford handbook.
WHEN TO USE THE IN WRITING
PART A Some simple rules.
1. The noun was already mentioned in a previous sentence.
She is a carrying a bag. The bag is yellow.
2. The clause that comes after the noun restricts the noun’s identity.
Please pass me the book on the TV.
Short ESL Writing Assignment
Here is a short and effective ESL writing exercise. It helps students learn to develop an acute awareness of the vocabulary choices they make while writing. I found exercise on a website called The English Teacher.
ESL WRITING EXERCISE
Objective: ESL students write a six sentence paragraph. They cannot repeat a word, including contractions and articles.
Rules: The paragraph must make sense and demonstrate standard principles of a well structured paragraph (i.e. topic and unity). It should not be a simple collection of unrelated sentences.
ESL Writing Lessons: Final Exam Review
FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Part 1: What did we do?
In our class, we have practiced six main kinds of writing:
- Clear, organized paragraphs
- A main idea with a thesis sentence and supporting sentences
- Summaries
- Descriptions of a place with details that talk about the senses
- Paragraphs that compare and contrast two things
- Email structure