Category: California Community Colleges

18

Jan'19

Schema Jigsaw Grid

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.

09

Dec'18

CATESOL Conference Reflections: Part I

Jessica Aggrey

The annual CATESOL conference is a professional development event for ESL educators in California and Nevada. I attended this weekend and will summarize some tidbits I learned about critical thinking and also vocabulary strategies.

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.

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.

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.

14

Jun'18

Learning is Confusion Figured Out

Jessica Aggrey

How can we design ESL curriculum that is relevant and engaging to students? Check out this post for some ideas.

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.

10

Apr'18

ESL Open House and Orientation

Jessica Aggrey

Do you coordinate an ESL program? You may consider hosting an ESL open house and orientation to boost enrollment and support your new students. Check out these ideas from an event we host at my school.

18

Mar'18