English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson plans & ideas for teachers: eslflow index & home page Vocabulary, Vocabulary Games - www.localhost/vocabulary Creative Writing 1) Writing Traditional Stories from a Different Point of View 2) Design a New Room for the Chocolate Factory 3) Godzilla This idea is based on the Godzilla introduction found here Read the introduction to the children (you might need to photocopy it so that the children can refer to it during their writing) and ask them to continue the story. 4) Missing Person The following activity is great fun, and usually produces great results, but must be used with caution. Choose a name for a missing person (e.g. Ask the children where "Paul" is. Finally, say that as Paul is missing, we will have to make some missing person posters, explaining who Paul is (with a picture so others can identify him!) A missing person poster template can be found in PDF format here 5) Supermoo's New Adventures 6) Recipes for Dreams 7) Dr. This activity is based on the Dr. Read through some of the books in the series. The children should write their own Dr. 8) Class Mascot Activity 9) When I am famous... 13) Using Objects
ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English | ELL/ELT SECTION 1: Movie Clips Learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The exercises below use movie clips to help you to better understand spoken English. Here's what you do: Click on the video you want to watch below.Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.Check your answers. The Great Gatsby Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook Away We Go Bolt Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Chronicle The Avengers Adventureland The Royal Tenenbaums NOTE: All of these videos are protected by copyright.
The best place online to learn English for free Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten List of Contents (click on topic name for more links) Special section contributed by Mrs. Abilene McCutcheon's 7th Grade Art and Crafts Class at W.B. Goodwin Community Center in North Charleston, South Carolina Family Fun: Make your own Cereal Box SandalsMy Coupons: Garden Basics for Kids National Geographic: Garden activities for young childrenBedroom Furniture Spot: Wood Crafts for Children Scholastic Teachers: Have fun creating drama in both darkness and light Ohio State University Extension: Recycled Craft Ideas Excellent Arts and Crafts Resource from the Appleton Area School District, WisconsinThe Story of Stuff Project: The Story of Bottled WaterEnchanted Learning Software: Learning to make a box guitar General Resources and Activities A day in the life of a Preschool teacher--by Leslie McCollom Absolutely Green--facts about St. Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :) Butterfly Coloring Pages Dr. Early Literacy Advisor Mrs.
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ESL Activities A good choice of ESL activities can turn an average class into a good one, and a good class into a great one. Here is a list of articles - each one full of useful EFL activities, each one focussing on a different area of teaching English. Below the list of links are brief introductions to each area: listening, speaking etc... More pages of ESL activities are constantly added, and categorized according to the type of language points you want to teach. Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up to date on the latest articles. ESL Activities for ESL Listening ESL Listening is one of the keys to successful language learning. By listening a lot, your students will learn pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. Any skill is best practiced by doing it, and listening is no exception. The lower the level of the students, the shorter the chunks of language they listen to should be. The most basic esl activity for listening, is listen and repeat. ESL Speaking Activities ESL Activities for Reading
Teacher Tips at The Virtual Vine Information on this page provided for classroom use only; not for publication. thevirtualvine.com 2003 Teacher Tips Liquid Soap: My very favorite tip is probably one that I picked up last summer. Paint: My second favorite is adding a squirt of liquid soap to each paint container before the students begin painting. Extending Paint: (Submitted by Kay) Not only does the adding of liquid soap to paint help the cleanup, but the adding of some liquid starch seems to extend the paint's smoothness and often all I have to do is add some water when the paint runs out instead of adding more paint. Paint Pans: I use left-over Lean Cuisine or Weight Watcher frozen entree pans to distribute paint to my students for painting. New! No-spill paint trays: Plastic pet food bowls with a wide base at the bottom are great for student to us as paint trays because they will not tip over. Sentence Strip Storage: Clip sets of sentence strips together on one end using paper clamps. *Poems *Songs *Math *Art *Snacks
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