Write an Analysis
Writing Skills: idea, organisation, analysis, analogies
Is life a journey, or something else?
This guided writing activity helps ESL students tackle that question with a simple framework to develop a thoughtful answer.
teach English writing exercises
Basic Writing: Week 3
Learn English Writing
Review
Last week, we did this:
- learned about noun modifiers to write better sentences that give lots of information with fewer words
- wrote a creative story based on a picture prompt to improve idea focus, paragraphs, organisation and word choice
- wrote a mini saga to improve paragraph, organisation, sentence fluency and idea focus
- learned about a website to improve listening skills
Teach English Writing Skills: A Nifty Lesson About Articles
Writing with Articles
Articles are tricky. Those small, pesky words – a, an the – cause students learning English a good deal of uncertainty. Here’s a three-part lesson with loads of activities to help students learn and practice the proper usage of articles.
Sophomore English Writing: Week 2
Learn English Writing
Review
Last week, we did this:
- syllabus
- 6+1 writing traits – our class learning goal
- looked at some examples of interesting first sentence from books
- first sentence writing activity with picture prompts
- how to use experience to improve voice and the quality of writing
- before and after writing exercise