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CNN Student News. All My NY Times Posts For English Language Learners – Linked With Descriptions. I’ve been writing posts for The New York Times Learning Network for three years on teaching English Language Learners, and that adds-up to a lot of posts!

All My NY Times Posts For English Language Learners – Linked With Descriptions

Many include online student interactives and all include multiple teaching ideas. I thought readers would find it helpful if I put links to them all together, along with short descriptions. And, as I post new ones, I’ll add them here, too… Here’s one on El Chapo’s escape from prison. Students have to determine correct punctuation in a reading passage and then write if they believe he actually used a tunnel to escape. Exploring Pluto and traveling in space is the topic of this student interactive for ELLs at The New York Times.

Ideas for E.L.L.s | Immigration is the title of a student interactive at The New York Times. Wildfires In The West is the first in a new weekly series of ELL student interactives I’m creating for The New York Times. Ideas for E.L.L.s | Celebrating the End of the School Year is the topic of this post. Wonderful Free Templates to Create Newspapers for your Class. Earlier this year we wrote about web tools teachers can use to for their classrooms.

Wonderful Free Templates to Create Newspapers for your Class

This post turned We have selected for you today a host of awesome templates for your Power Point presentations. These are basically newspaper templates provided by Newspaper.net for free. If you want to create a newspaper for your class, you can do it through one of these templates. The procedure is very easy. Just download the template you are going to use, and once downloaded open the file and start customizing it the way you want. 1- Newspaper Template for Word Download it HERE 2- Free Illustrator Newspaper Template Download it HERE 3- Adobe Illustrator Newspaper Template Download it HERE.

Scholastic News. Time For Kids. Kids Washington Post. News For Your Classroom. SNN - Student News Net. How to Write a News Article (with Downloadable Sample Articles) Edit Article Four Parts:Sample ArticlesPlanning Your ArticleWriting Your News ArticleProofing Your ArticleCommunity Q&A Writing a news article is different from writing other articles or informational pieces, because news articles present information in a specific way.

How to Write a News Article (with Downloadable Sample Articles)

It's important to be able to convey all the important information in a limited word count and giving the best information to your targeted audience. Knowing how to write a news article can help you expand a journalism career, exercise your writing skills and convey information clearly and concisely. Steps Part 1. How to Write Letters to the Editor. Steps Part 1 Preparing to Write Your Letter <img alt="Image titled Write Letters to the Editor Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Decide on the topic and paper.

How to Write Letters to the Editor

Your letter to the editor can be a response to a number of things. Most likely, it will be a response to a specific article, but your letter could also be a response to an event or issue in your community. <img alt="Image titled Write Letters to the Editor Step 5" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">5Write your letter within two to three days of the article. Part 2. Listen to News. News For Your Classroom. Student News. The Learning Network - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com.

One-minute World News. Behind the News. PBS LearningMedia. Editable old newspaper template. Views 393,984 Filed under Educational , english, history, newspaper, school, sepia We have just added to our popular editable PowerPoint newspapers with this Old Times newspaper design.

Editable old newspaper template

With these you can create your own news headlines, articles and insert your own pictures. This spoof newspaper template could have many uses, including college and school projects and fun cards to send news to your friends and family. You could make a nice news magazine using the template or create an old-style “Wanted” poster with reward. If you liked this PowerPoint Template we would appreciate you liking it on FaceBook or Tweeting it. 24 January 2011 Template number 00567 Filed under Educational , english , history , newspaper , school , sepia You can browse all of our PowerPoint templates or select them by category or colour or by tag. Farmer - How to Effectively Use News Articles in the EFL Classroom. The Internet TESL Journal James Andrew Farmerjamesandrewfarmer [at] gmail.com News articles can be an invaluable resource for teaching intermediate and advanced students.

Farmer - How to Effectively Use News Articles in the EFL Classroom

However, teaching a news lesson isn’t as simple as cutting an article from a newspaper and taking it to the classroom. This article proposes a structured approach to teaching news articles in the EFL classroom. Some example activities are also suggested. Introduction. The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator - Create your own fun newspaper. World News for Children - BBC Podcast. Behind the News. Breaking News English Lessons: Easy English News. English news and easy articles for students of English.

Read, listen & learn a littleEnglish. One-minute World News. English news and easy articles for students of English. Breaking News English Lessons: Easy English News. Using the news. Breaking News English Lessons: ESL Plans Teaching Current Events. Breaking News English Lessons: ESL Plans Teaching Current Events. English news and easy articles for students of English.