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Every Picture Tells a Story
Young scholars consider controversial photos of Elian Gonzalez and decide how they, as editors of the Times, might have displayed them. They choose, discuss, and write about other famous images from photojournalism to decide what makes the
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English Beginner Grammar Review # 2
Students review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review worksheets.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions
Students improve speaking confidence when using difficult question forms. This lesson focuses on helping students explain how to engage in this kind of social conversation. A worksheet imbedded in this plan provides practice.
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Introductory Lesson for Advanced Level Classes
Students participate in conversation exercises to introduce themselves and to review verb tenses. They interview each other and share conversations.
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Countable and Uncountable Nouns - Noun Quantifiers
Pupils solidify their knowledge of countable and uncountable nouns and their quantifiers. The lesson includes a number of overlooked or idiomatic expressions to help higher level students expand their knowledge.
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Grammar Lesson Plan Focus on Paired Conjunctions
Students engage in a lesson which is a straight forward, teacher centered, grammar lesson focusing on written and oral production of the target structure. After a lecture/demo, students work individually on an exercise imbedded in this...
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Using Reported Speech
Young scholars fine tune their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. They must practice a number of times before feeling comfortable using them in every day conversations.
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Subject and Object Questions
Students gain practice asking direct questions. They recognize the difference between subject and object questions. After a lecture/demo, students work in small groups and use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice.
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Speaking and Listening Lesson Based on Ordering Food in a Restaurant
Students practice the skill of ordering food in a restaurant. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs. Utilizing a worksheet imbedded in this plan, they gain practice in the skill of ordering food from a menu.
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation
Students improved pronunciation by focusing on the stress-time nature of spoken English.
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Then and Now
Students explain the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses when speaking about the past and present. They use a graphic organizer before speaking.
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Creating a New Society
Students must decide which laws be followed and how many freedoms be allowed in a new society they create. This lesson works well for students of most levels - except beginners - as the subject brings out many opinions.
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Talking About Pop Music and Musicians
Students focus on using a True or False game as a means of motivation to discuss their favorite types of music and musicians.
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ESL Vocabulary Lesson Plan - Opposites for Beginners
Students work on vocabulary lesson plans.
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Lesson Plan - ESL Vocabulary Lesson Plan - Opposites for Advanced Level Learners
Students in small groups work on opposites worksheet.
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Describing Vocabulary for Cinema, Movies, and Stars
Students name their favorite actors and actresses, and then use adjectives to describe them. They go through a list of actors and actresses and discuss the adjectives they used to decribe them. As an extension, they can write about a film.
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Building Character Adjectives Vocabulary
Students practice conversation skills while also focusing on improving their command of refined character description. They use a worksheet imbedded in this plan that has them select adjectives that describe their best friend.
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Vocabulary Charts
Students create their own vocabulary charts. They divide into groups and view an example of a vocabulary chart imbedded in this plan. Then, they create their own chart which is based on a particular subject area.
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More Harm Than Good?
Learners explore the controversial 'harm reduction' approach to drug use and debate the various sides to this approach.
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Writing a Letter to the Editor
Students examine the structure and elements of a letter to the editor. They identify letter elements, read and discuss newspaper letters, and write and submit a letter to a local newspaper.
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Writing a Letter to the Editor
Learners identify the main elements/structure of a letter to the editor. They brainstorm for thoughts and opinions on a specific topic and write a first draft of a letter to an editor of a newspaper. They give each other preliminary...
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Error Correction
Learners are given an example of a biography and they are to find the mistakes. They are to use proofreading marks to mark the errors.
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation
Students practice their pronunciation of words. They also practice stressing certain words and when to stress words in speech.
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation
Students practice pronunciation of their words and when to stress certain words when speaking. They practice with sentences given to them by the teacher.