Category: Advanced Composition

22

Mar'19

Close Reading Rounds

Purpose: Post-reading debrief Time: approximately 50 minutes Level: adaptable to multiple levels. I used it in an advanced class one …

13

Feb'19

Close Reading Knowledge Building

Jessica Aggrey

All of our students bring with them unique thoughts, ideas, and perspectives. When we give them opportunities to share, together they can grow their understanding of a topic. Check out this idea for a deep reading activity that can be used in both lower and more advanced levels alike.

18

Jan'19

Schema Jigsaw Grid

Jessica Aggrey

Set students up to be successful with a challenging reading with this pre-reading activity. They’ll get some great speaking practice in the process.

30

Nov'18

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Error Correction Telephone

Jessica Aggrey

Here’s another way you can structure error correction to liven up your class and put the fun in grammar.

21

Nov'18

Quote Search Posters

Jessica Aggrey

Use this post-reading poster activity to help students dig into readings and prepare for a synthesis essay.

19

Nov'18

Close Reading Folders

Jessica Aggrey

Get your students to work together to unpack and better understand key passages from a text you’re working on in class with this close reading group activity.

09

Sep'18

A Lesson on Topic Sentences

Jessica Aggrey

If you teach a class where writing is a focus, then you’ll most likely be covering topic sentences at some point. This post has a slide presentation that can help you introduce and your students learn all about writing clear topic sentences.

06

Sep'18

Common Errors: Examples and Handout

Jessica Aggrey

Learning to self-correct is an important skill language learners must develop. Check out this list of common errors I’ve been collecting. Share it with your students to help them review the mistakes they make the most.

21

Aug'18

Writing, Grammar, and Punctuation Tie the Knot at RACE-2-WRITE

Jacinto Gardea

Have you been looking for a great way to help your students practice writing? Learn about the game Race-2-Write that will get your students writing while at the same time helping them become more aware of grammar with its awesome color-coding function.

10

Aug'18

Collaborative Knowledge Base with Google Sheets

Jessica Aggrey

Yesterday at my college’s convocation, we did a group discussion activity that had us using Google Sheets as a place …

13

Jul'18

Annotating Together: An Activity for Building Reading Strategies

Jessica Aggrey

Do you have students who are hesitant to write on a text? Use this classroom activity to help emphasize the importance of annotating while reading and help students build a repertoire of annotation strategies.

20

Jun'18

Language and Identity Unit

Jessica Aggrey

This unit is based around the theme of Language and Identity. There are two readings that are the basis of the essay at the end of the unit.

19

Jun'18

A Dinner Party: Creative Analysis Activity

Jessica Aggrey

Help your students build analysis of multiple sources with this engaging activity that uses art to help students draw connections between multiple readings.

15

Jun'18

The Accelerated Instructional Cycle

Jessica Aggrey

The accelerated instructional cycle is a way to approach an integrated reading and writing course to help students gain a deep understanding of texts and work to write complex and rich writing assignments.

12

Jun'18

5 Collaborative Class Routines

Jessica Aggrey

Are you looking for some engaging ways to get your ESL students to work collaboratively? Check out these five ways to get students working and talking together.

22

May'18