teach English writing

Sophomore English Writing: Week 6

October 3, 2016 by eslwriter

Learn English Writing

Review

Last week:

started writing assignment #5
reviewed the study notes for quiz #1
made a schedule for quiz #1
continued rewriting the first four assignments
wrote answers for two logic puzzles

Basic Writing: Week 5

September 27, 2016September 25, 2016 by eslwriter

Learn English Writing

Review

Last week, we did this:

learned about complex sentences
wrote a story about a UFO (key point use complex sentences)
continued with feedback and rewriting old stories

Teach English Writing Skills: Mini Saga

September 6, 2016 by eslwriter

Write Short Stories

Writing Skills: idea, organisation, sentence fluency, cohesion

Teachers sometimes need a short activity to fill a time gap, but don’t want a time waster. Here’s a good choice. It helps ESL students learn and practice a combination of English writing skills in one compact, easy to explain activity.

Basic Writing: Week 2

September 8, 2016September 3, 2016 by eslwriter

Learn English Writing

Review

Last week, we did this:

looked at the syllabus
learned about 6+1 writing traits – our class learning goal
looked at examples of creative first sentence
completed an exercise to practice creating ideas quickly and writing first sentence with picture prompts
learned how your personal experience can improve writing voice and with a horse picture
before and after writing exercise