Discussion Game

The Escape Room: Class Version

September 28, 2019

Get your students thinking about the benefits of struggle and mistakes with this engaging activity. It's great for first week community building that will get your students working together, solving...

Acceleration / Activity Ideas / Classroom Ideas / Discussion Game

Gamify Discussion Time

April 20, 2019

For many students, participating in class discussion can be scary and overwhelming. However, I have found that by using sentence frames in a competitive way, students can feel more excited and confident...

Acceleration / Community Building / Discussion / Discussion Game / Graphic Organizers / Icebreaker / Lessons and Handouts

The True/False Grid

August 1, 2018

Check out this True/False grid community building activity. It's a great way to help the class get to know you in a fun and competitive way. It also gets them talking, so that's an added bonus....

Acceleration / Advanced Composition / California Community Colleges / Discussion Game / Lessons and Handouts / Student Packets

Language and Identity Unit

June 20, 2018

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. ...

Activity Ideas / Classroom Ideas / Discussion / Discussion Game / simple past tense / Uncategorized / Verbs

Fantastical Stories: Past Tense Fun

March 2, 2018

"How can grammatical knowledge be transferred to oral fluency?" I don't have all the answers, but this past tense activity will certainly get students chatting....

Conversation Class / Discussion / Discussion Game / Group Activity / Lessons and Handouts / Slides / Teacher Tips

Conversation Class: Travel and Survival Slides

February 22, 2018

These ESL conversation class lesson plans (including beautifully designed slides and handouts) on travel and survival are sure to get your adult ESL learners engaged and learning. ...

Discussion / Discussion Game / Icebreaker / Lessons and Handouts / Picture Bank / Vocabulary

Which One – Ask and Switch

September 19, 2017

This activity consists of 20 pages, each with four pictures of a particular category. On the top is written a question using which. For example, "Which hat do you like best?" This handout is...

Discussion Game / Grammar / Lessons and Handouts

Going to ESL Bingo Activity

May 20, 2017

Have some fun in class with these vocabulary cards and bingo game to practice using going to to express future plans. ...