Error Correction Telephone
November 30, 2018
Here’s another way you can structure error correction to liven up your class and put the fun in grammar....
Grammar
Grammar Baseball
November 1, 2018
Error correction activities are a useful way to help students learn to analyze language and fix common errors. Try grammar baseball to engage your class with this fun game format. ...
Common Errors: Examples and Handout
September 6, 2018
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...
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Writing, Grammar, and Punctuation Tie the Knot at RACE-2-WRITE
August 21, 2018
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...
Contextualized Verb Practice
May 18, 2018
Use this activity sequence to get your ESL students to practice different verb tenses in a fun and contextualized way. ...
Just-In-Time Syntax Booster
May 5, 2018
Add this just-in-time syntax routine to your class to help improve your students' English sentence structure. ...
Oral Fluency Assignment
March 21, 2018
Helping students recognize and correct error patterns in their own speech can be a challenge. This assignment helps students gain an awareness of their own speech patterns by transcribing their own speech...
Simple Past Tense Quick Reference Handout
February 17, 2018
The simple past is a commonly used verb tense in English. It's also a tense that English learners often struggle to form and use correctly. This handout is a great resource for learners to keep with...
Simple Past Tense Cloze Paragraphs
February 15, 2018
Help build verb knowledge with these three past tense cloze paragraphs. There are two paragraphs in simple past and one paragraph that requires both simple past and past progressive. ...
Simple Present Tense Tip Sheet
February 12, 2018
It's not always easy to find a condensed handout that explains the basics of a particular grammatical structure. I recently created this one for the simple present tense for my class. I'm planning...
Simple Present and Present Progressive Cloze Paragraphs
February 10, 2018
Verb tenses can be a challenge for students. This document contains clozes to help English learners practice the simple present, the present progressive, and then both tenses together. The three different...
English Verb Tenses and Aspects Handout
December 29, 2017
Verbs are very important, but they're also challenging for students. This handout breaks English verbs down by tense and aspect and then gives examples for each. ...
The Sunday Review is Back
September 24, 2017
If you are learning English, the Sunday Review is a resource that can help you with this process. After a summer break, the Sunday Review is back for the fall semester with a weekly list of sentences with...
Be + Adjective Walkabout Activity
July 20, 2017
As native or fluent speakers of English, we use the verb BE all the time, often without even taking note. Beginners, on the other hand, have difficulty with its uses and very irregular forms. I designed...
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. ...
Group Verb Tense Practice
May 15, 2017
Use these verb cards to form a simple yet engaging activity to have groups practice whatever verb tense you want them to work on. ...
Health Vocabulary Activities and Role Play
May 11, 2017
These vocabulary cards, talking charts, and slides will transform your lesson on illness and remedies into a dynamic and exciting interactive class. ...
How Much / How Many Bingo Activity Sequence
April 20, 2017
. For the bingo activity, students will walk around asking how much / many of each item other students have. The key is, they can't write down a person's name unless the other person has the...
Some and Any Grocery Shopping Activity
April 18, 2017
Use these food vocabulary cards and shopping lists to have your students participate in a fun and interactive grocery shopping activity to practice using some and any. ...
Likes and Dislikes
April 7, 2017
Use these likes and dislikes cards to get your adult ESL students talking. ...