ESL writing activities

Writing Class TTP

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Last class, the ESL students reviewed nominalization as a paraphrase writing skill. This ESL writing worksheet has suggested answers for the review question questions. You will also find suggested answers for the synonym questions.

ESL WRITING SPONGE ACTIVITIES

Control is an important skill when learning to write with style. These two short writing exercises help English students learn how to control their writing with guided practice.

Writing Activity #1

  1. Sentence one must appeal to the senses.
  2. Sentence two must use three adjectives.

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ESL English Writing Lessons: Week 13 (part 2)

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In this lesson my ESL students will learn a few specific English writing skills.

REWRITE A PASSAGE

In this exercise, my ESL students will read a short story. The story does not have enough information. It is incomplete. This is typical of many student writers. The basic material is there but it needs more examples and details to be a really good  piece of writing.

Here is what we will do.

  1. Read the short story.
  2. Read the prewriting notes.

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English Writing Lessons: Week 11

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This week my ESL students will continue to practice writing summaries. Last week, the students listened to a Steve Jobs video and then wrote a summary. They also wrote a summary about a short story about snow.

ESL Writing Lesson

Here is the writing assignment.

  1. Watch this video.
  2. Write a one paragraph summary about the story.

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