Sophomore ESL Writing, Week 13

Learn English Writing

This is week 13 of the semester. The end of nigh. This week, the students will complete several tasks to test and improve their English witting skills.

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Teaching Warrants with a Murder Mystery

Teach English Writing and Arguments

Teaching ESL students how to write logical arguments  supported by warrants is a slow but worthwhile exercise. Once ESL students learn how to write these arguments, their text becomes clear and persuasive.

This mini lesson writing lesson incorporates several skills into one activity. The lesson centres on a murder scene.

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Sophomore ESL Writing, Week 11

Learn English Writing

Last week there were many holidays and missed classes because of the university festival. This week, the 11th of the semester, we will continue with our ESL writing exercises.

The three writing assignments we are working on (two old ones plus a new one this week) give students a chance to practice a simple but important framework to find and analyze arguments and warrants.

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Learn English Speaking, Basic: Week 11

This is week. There are five week left in the semester. Here is the plan for this week

  1. Monday: Complete the Walk About Activity – fluency and listening
  2. Food and cooking vocabulary puzzle worksheet – vocabulary, puzzles and word games
  3. Textbook: 6b – 6c.
  4. Wednesday: Home burglar story (pair work, handouts)
  5. Cooking spaghetti video – food and cooking terms
  6. Textbook 7a and 7b