A terrific short video that can be used to anchor a lesson plan for an ESL conversation or writing class.
ESL writing exercises
English Writing Lessons: Week 12
Last week, our ESL writing class focused on summary writing. We also did an exercise where the students had to combine two different summaries into one story.
COMPARISON WRITING
The purpose of this exercise was to find a common theme between the two video stories. It was an exercise to describe how two things are the same. In the class I never used the word COMPARE. I wanted you to figure that out for yourself. Most of you did that very well.
Most students found at least one common theme, which might be related to freedom, death, challenge. One person thought the theme was reaching, another
ESL Writing Lesson: Creative Writing
A short time ago, an ESL student asked me an interesting question. She asked, “How can I get creative ideas?”
This writing lesson is one answer to that question. This ESL writing activity helps English students learn a process to produce creative ideas.
ESL Creative Writing Activity
This is a three-part writing exercise. By the end of this writing activity, you should have one or two well written
ESL Writing Lesson: Summary and Next Assignments
The ESL students have been learning and practicing writing for about eight weeks. Let’s take a look at the things we have studied so far.
- write a summary
- editing a story
- paragraph structure (topic sentences, reasons, evidence, details, and conclusion)
- antecedents in a composition