It’s the beginning of the new semester. Welcome to the English Writing Class.
SYLLABUS
Here is the syllabus for our English writing class.
LEARN MANY WORDS
Here is a quick learning exercise that will my students very important.
ESL writing
ESL Writing Prompt: Four Seasons Video
Young people today are visually stimulated, thanks to all of the devices which have transformed the world into one gigantic cybernetic community.
With that in mind, I wanted to post this video. It’s is so visually appealing.
I don’t have a writing lesson for this video right now. I will once the new semester starts.
I imagine, though, I would use this video in class as a writing prompt. Perhaps I would ask the students to focus on the details. Or, write a paragraph about the passage of time, change or nature itself.
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.
Learn English Writing: Getting Creative With Paragraphs
For the past week, the ESL students have learned how to write English paragraphs by reading statistical data. The English students then took those separate paragraphs and created a five paragraph essay. That was hard work.
Most students did a great job. All of the students showed me their writing is getting better.
Review of Student Writing
The purpose of the last ESL writing lesson was to write a five paragraph essay.