ESL Writing Lesson: Paraphrase and Vocabulary

This ESL writing lesson is has two sections. First, the students will finish the first paraphrase writing worksheets which we started last week. That exercise used synonyms to paraphrase sentences.

While working on the first few questions of that worksheet, I noticed the students had a hard time. At that time, I noticed the students struggled with the questions because they did not have enough vocabulary.

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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

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Teaching English: Inspiring Teachers

It doesn’t seem to happen often these days. Great teachers getting recognition.

Here is an article about great teachers who have been recognized for their achievements, and their different approaches to teaching.

You can read the article here. Below are some highlights from the story published by AsiaOne News.

Mr Quek, 31, said his fusion of philosophy and English works – even in classes for academically weaker students.

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