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The Main Construction Differences between Informal and Formal English
Explanations and examples of the nine main differences between informal and formal English.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 13
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Tongue Twisters
A collection of 45 tongue twisters on a one-page handout plus several charts showing which sounds or sound contrasts are particularly troublesome for speakers of different languages. Often the problem for our ELL students is that English has sounds that don�t exist in the students� native language, so a list is included in this file of those Englis...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 61
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Definition Chart Game
An important skill that ESL students need to acquire that is related to vocabulary is the ability to define words. In fact, they need to be much better at this than native speakers of a language since ESL students will more often find themselves in a situation where they don�t know a word they need to use. If your students can explain their probl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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Graphic Organizers to Help Students Summarize
Many people have trouble summarizing succinctly. Story hands and story maps can help solve this problem. I�ve included blanks of these graphic organizers that students can fill in, and I�ve also filled out one of each of the organizers for the story "The Three Little Pigs." These organizers can also be used as quick quizzes on stories that your stu...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 23
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Blank Story Board with Lord of the Flies Example
To help students learn to pull the most important events out of story or prepare to write their own stories, story boards are quite useful. Here is a blank story board and a completed example for the book The Lord of the Flies. On the example, I limited my drawings to stick figures so the students see this is something they are capable of.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 81
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Ideas for Giving Game Instructions to Beginners
How do you get beginners to do or understand anything? You must mime and draw and emote. But most teachers, especially new teachers, talk a lot, and too often all that the students hear is a very frustrating, "Blah, blah, blah." Here�s an example of how to get very low beginners to understand the vocabulary term "game" and actually play a game--Pic...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type: article
Downloads: 23
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How-To Speech Ideas, Requirements, and Models
It is appropriate to teach some public speaking skills to ESL students in addition to conversation practice. The easiest first speech is a how-to speech since it is usually relatively short and uses visual aids that help keep the speaker focused and give the audience something to stare at besides the speaker. In this file there are a list of many...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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Subject/Verb Agreement Checkers
Grammar meets checkers. The students can only jump opponents� checkers if there is subject/verb agreement between the pieces involved in the jump. For example, a checker with "he" on it can jump a checker with "writes" on it, but not a checker with "write" on it. Students will have to pay close attention to any s�s they see.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 25
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Five Pronoun Rules, Pronoun Exercises, and a Pronoun Auction
There are many rules related to pronoun usage in English. I�ve simplified the most common rules into one basic rule with four exceptions and come up with an auction activity to cement these rules into memories. The basic pronoun rule covers 90 of all pronoun usage. Exceptions, in general, drive students crazy. But tell the students that they sh...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 5
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Intonation Practice
A handout to walk students through making recordings that help them understand how stress and emotion can change the meaning of a sentence.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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