ESL writing activities

Last week, my students wrote a paragraph. The purpose of that writing assignment was to read a proverb and express an opinion (agree or disagree) based on some personal experience.

Most students did a great job. Here are a

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FRIDAY’S WRITING CLASS

Let’s take a minute to summarize some of the main writing tasks we have finished so far in our class. We have reviewed and practiced:

1. sentences with THAT/WHICH and appositives (see below);
2. one paragraph writing style (thesis sentence, three different kinds of supporting sentences and conclusion);
3. many editing exercises;
4. run on and choppy sentences;
5. the difference between SO and BECAUSE;
6. the difference between LIKE and LOOK LIKE;
7. some summary writing (we need more practice here);
8. some basic grammar items like apostrophes and articles;

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Here is a review of the answers for quiz number 1. My ESL students should review this material carefully if they want to do well on the mid term exam, which is coming next week.

Part 1 Fix the Mistakes

Last weekend, we WENT camping in the mountains. ON Saturday, I WENT hiking and my husband and MY two sons WENT fishing. They love to fish at the lake. They stayed there FOR three hours

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