Ten Creative Writing Activities During the Fall, a couple teachers asked me to tackle a list of creative writing assignments. It's taken me a while, but here they are. While they are all phrased for creative writing assignments here, many of them could be revised to work for other kinds of essays. The Show & Tell assignment and the Scavenger Hunt assignment, for example, could easily become descriptive essays. The Childhood Place short story could be revised to be a personal narrative. [Show & Tell] Children in elementary school look forward to show & tell days eagerly. Commonly Used American Idioms - LinkEngPark Home » Series » Watch&Learn » L2: Commonly Used American Idioms American Idioms is a great video series with English subtitles for English learners. All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you, but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you’ll be able to use these idioms in your conversations. American Idioms: Like A Rolling Stone Get Your Act Together Easy As Falling Off A Log Heart to Heart Deep SixAre You a Buff About Something? Listen to ESL Podcasts and AudioBooks with Transcript Listen to ESL Podcasts with NotesLearn English from TeachersPractise Your English Online Choose Meaningful Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate or Advanced Series Source: YouTube More Series for You: L1: BBC The Flatmates L2: VOA American Stories L1: Big City Small World with transcript videos L3: Skins (TV-Series) with English Subtitles Documentary Films with English Subtitles Leave a Reply (required)
Creative Writing Lesson Plans *This page contains the complete lesson plans for a thirteen week course in creative writing which I taught for Lane Community College for 22 years, most recently spring quarter, 2002. The longer units in this lesson plan are designed to develop specific skills in a certain order during the class. The shorter units can occur in a different order in the class than given here, according to the teacher's experience and preferences. Some of these units are presented in more or less detail on individual pages on this website. When you view the students' writing samples, please use the -back button- on your browser to return to your place in these lesson plans. Writing 241 7/15/02 * Work on reading skills so that students can present their writings in the best manner. Haikus are underestimated in their challenge and value as a writing assignment. Excellent sample haikus may be found in 'A Net of Fireflies' by Harold Tran Stewart. To read samples of student writing click here: Haikus Return to top.
L1: Listen to English - ESL British Podcasts - LinkEngPark Home » Series » Listening Series » Listen&Read » L&R Series » L1: Listen to English – ESL British Podcasts Listen to English – ESL British Podcasts help you to improve your English vocabulary and pronunciation and your listening skills. They are quite short (5 or 6 minutes) and delivered in clearly spoken English. Many of them are linked to grammar and vocabulary notes, or to exercises or quizes. Listen to English – ESL British Podcasts Dogs must be carried on the escalatorMid-life CrisisThe King under the Car ParkSchool dinnersDull and BoringTitanicEngland’s Newest Tourist AttractionGoing to the DogsLord Lucan cannot copeSinging in the rainScott of the AntarcticThe New PandasThe Scariest Day of the YearGreyfriars BobbySwimming in the River ThamesI Go Without my BreakfastGood manners, bad mannersSpotting TigersDomesdayThe GrauniadA Nice Cup of TeaThe launchHow many of us are there? Choose Meaningful Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate or Advanced Series More Series for You:
Free Documentary TV - Free Documentaries, Watch Documentaries Online VOA Daily World News Transcript Videos Week 31, 2015 - LinkEngPark VOA Daily World News: July 27, 2015 From Washington, this is VOA news. I’m Michael Lipin reporting from Washington. U.S. Mr. Earlier in the day, he ended a landmark visit to Kenya with a speech to thousands of students at a stadium outside the capital. VOA White House correspondent Aru Pande has more from Nairobi. I’m sorry we don’t have, seem to have that report, but we will try to get it for you next hour. We’re staying with Mr. On Tuesday, the U.S. president is expected to visit the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa before flying back to Washington. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has acknowledged that his military has given up some regions of the country as it battles insurgents. In a speech broadcast live on state television on Sunday, President Assad said “We must define the important regions that the armed forces hold onto so that they don’t allow the collapse of the rest of the Syrian areas.” Mr. You are listening to VOA news. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
BBC Languages – Free online lessons to learn and study with Short Stories ESL Podcast - LinkEngPark British Council Short Stories ESL Podcast: a collection of stories and poems written by famous writers like Shakespeare and Wordsworth as well as stories by our resident writer, Chris Rose. They are suitable for learners from Intermediate to Advanced level. Listen to them on your computer, or download them to your mp3 player or smartphone. Scarlett Scarlett is twelve years old and is trying to understand the world around her. A Serious Case My friend is afraid of spiders. The comeback Fausto Ruiz got off the boat at the port of the city where he had been born fifty years ago, and to which he had not returned for twenty years. The Skier Afel was twelve years old when he saw them. The Christmas the Lights Went Out Five people, whose lives interrelate, live the build-up to Christmas in different ways in different places. Mr Smith’s new nose It is the 22nd century and the world is very different. Beginner’s Luck The Interesting Most Boring Man in the World Nikos was an ordinary man. Three jokes
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