ESL Writing Lesson: Prompts, Problems and Paragraphs

This ESL lesson helps students learn English writing with four different composition tasks.

Editing

Here is a short editing exercise which helps focus on the basic elements of writing: spelling, grammar and punctuation. Click here for the editing exercise worksheet: ESL editing worksheet.

Guided Writing Exercise

This guided writing exercise helps ESL students focus on subject verb agreements, a common writing problem for English students. The guided writing worksheet is here: guided writing.

Sequence Writing

A writing exercise helps students write fluid paragraphs by focusing on the sequence of events. This writing lesson uses a video prompt, which is great for a classroom because it is less than two minutes long. The video prompt is here: ESL writing lesson video prompt.

Vocabulary Worksheet

Sometimes a writing class needs a change of pace. That is why I like to use these worksheets. They build vocabulary, help with pronunciation and activate cognition with challenging, sometimes easy, general knowledge questions designed for ESL students. Try this worksheet: words and book worksheet.