ESL Writing Activities
Review
Last week:
- introduce summary writing
- writing assignment #1: summary of the main idea in the video Howl
- writing assignment #2: one paragraph summary of the story about shipping containers
Basic Writing: Week 10
learn to write english
Learn to Write English: Summaries
Teach Writing Skills in English
Knowing how to write a summary is one of the most important skills an ESL student can learn in English class. Writing a summary well means students are able to understand the text, find the main idea and filter out the unnecessary information. Summary writing involves many critical thinking skills like analyzing, evaluating and organizing.
This online lesson helps ESL students improve writing and thinking skills with two practice exercises.