Learn English Writing, 10

Learn English Writing, 10

Here is the week’s plan to help my ESL students learn English writing skills.

  1. Rewrite second draft of compare and contrast story (coke video).
  2. Rewrite second draft of short story that shows the inquiry approach based on the blind-folded people sitting around a table.
  3. Learn about professional email standards.
  4. Write a business email.

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Learn English Writing, 9

Learn English Writing, 9

Here is the plan this week to help my ESL students learn English writing skills.

  1. Discuss midterm exam answers and scores.
  2. Complete a compare and contrast analysis with abstract categories first and details second.
  3. Learn how to write an email message.
  4. Complete a data analysis writing exercise using the inquiry approach (i.e. question, evidence, rules, conclusion).
  5. Combine 2 and 3 – real life business writing exercise.

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#7 Teach English Writing – Basic Paragraph Organization

Teach English Writing – Basic Paragraph Organization

Main Idea

Ideal for high beginner (and above) students, this writing lesson teaches English students paragraph organization. In order to present the lesson in a meaningful way, students will choose two things that will be compared in a paragraph with a topic sentence, proof and a conclusion.

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