This activity is very effective when students are working on writing a thesis for a Term Paper or Essay. It also helps students explore other parts of their paper and other discplines. It is one of my favorite actvities to use because it helps students think deeply about any subject.

Middle school is a conflict-ridden stage, particularly for our emerging bilingual students, who are normally known as ELLs. Not only do they have to overcome numerous problems of linguistic and cultural adaptation, but they also have to face challenges such as family or economic instability and moves, often cross-border. Indeed, it is not uncommon to meet Hispanic students: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Salvadorans, etc. who travel to their countries of origin, or to the countries of origin of their parents for seasons, sometimes even to stay and live there, despite having been born in the United States and having lived here all their schooling until that moment. It is also quite common to see students who migrate with their families to the United States when they are already 11 or 12 years old and who, as we mentioned, not only have to learn the language, but adapt to a new life, culture and traditions.In this lesson plan we propose to use these personal experiences to introduce basic conversational vocabulary. It is designed for both dual immersion programs and English development classes.

This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety of genres. Students will explore the communicative power of performances with attention to the ways performers, media, cultural settings, and audiences interact. The representation of cultural difference is considered and how it is altered through processes of globalization. Performances are viewed live when possible, but the course also relies on video, audio, and online materials as necessary. There are no prerequisites for this course and it is taught in English.

The goal of this lesson is to learn what a daily routine is, using new vocabulary related to the topic, and then express it in writing. For this, it is necessary to stimulate listening, reading and writing comprehension in students from seventh grade, through audios,   paragraph reading and writing short sentences about the daily routine of the students.

Persuasive Writing at Oregon State University

Short Description:
Arguments are all around us. Everywhere we look, someone is trying to get our attention, change our minds, or sell us something. Learning about how persuasion works will make you a more thoughtful and skeptical consumer of all that content, so that you can come to your own conclusions and recognize the underlying assumptions that inform those attempts to persuade you. This book is about analyzing others' arguments and crafting your own. The rhetorical choices that you make as a writer–from evidence to structure to tone–impact how your audience will receive your ideas. Using those tools effectively will help your voice be heard. Data dashboard

Word Count: 96049

ISBN: 978-1-955101-34-9

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These resources will allow you to investigate the key themes of Dickens's novels alongside original source material from the British Library. Literary manuscripts, newspapers, letters, workhouse menus and many more fascinating collection items will help students open up the social, cultural and political context in which Dickens was writing. This website includes performances by Simon Callow and discussions by Professor of English, John Mullan, filmed at the Charles Dickens Museum, London.

Interactive worksheet to practice the different parts of the systems involved in the Nutrition process. This worksheet can be used as an assignment after previously teaching the concepts through a presentation like the one suggested: https://view.genial.ly/5e7ca1377ef4b40d8d18d808/presentation-human-body-explanation

This resource was created by Megan Andersen in collaboration with Crystal Hurt as part of the 2019-20 ESU-NDE Digital Age Pedagogy Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Lesson Plans promoting both content area and digital age skills. This Lesson Plan is designed for 10th Grade English Language Arts.  

Three levels of interactive grammar and reading activities for beginning and intermediate students of ESOL

Short Description:
This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning students of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). The grammar section includes a select set of YouTube videos, and the three original readers include short picture or chapter stories. Each lesson is accompanied by self-correcting exercises.

Long Description:
This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning students of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). The grammar section includes a select set of YouTube videos, and the three original readers include short picture or chapter stories. Each lesson is accompanied by self-correcting exercises.

Word Count: 6284

ISBN: 978-1-63635-024-0

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 Driving my English correctly to drive my carSummary:This is a lesson intended for learners having low conversational English skills as well as low reading and writing skills. In this lesson, the learners will review known vocabulary as well as learn new one using it with a correct grammatical structure. They will practice reading and writing. The learners will learn how to read, write and speak in order to communicate with others using correctly la grammar functions; All this will be taught in a real world-problem context.Educational useCurriculum /instruction College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Alignment • Level: Adult Education • Grade Level: B • Subject: English/Language Arts • Strand: Reading and Writing LanguageEnglish Learning goals:The purpose of this lesson is for learners to be able to:·         Learn the correct use of present tense in verbal communication·         Read and write correctly personal information·         Understand basic driving instructional information. Keywords  Designers for learningAdult educationDriving licensePresent tenseDriving directionsEnglish lesson to drive a car  Time required for the lesson45  to 60 minutes Prior knowledgeBasic English vocabulary to introduce oneselfAbility to understand mains ideas in short conversationAbility to read and write basic English vocabulary to introduce oneself Required resourcesWorksheetsIllustrationsDriving guide Lesson author & LicenseLesson author: Zulema RamirezLicense: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license Context summary Learning a new language is certainly a challenge, mostly if we cannot attend to school regularly, As a consequence, being forced to communicate, we learn words and phrases informally, not knowing how to put them together effectively to express our ideas into this new language. In this lesson, we are going to walk the learners through the correct lexical and grammatical use of her/his prior knowledge in  the present tense and at the same time we are going to integrate new content related to a short - term goal: Obtaining a driver license. Targeted skills Presence tenseDriving vocabularyAsking and giving directions formal phrasesDescribe family members. Learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:1 Give personal information using grammatically correct professional English.2. Read and write driving directions.3. Ask directions using formal English phrases4. Follow directions given by the driving instructor  Relevant for learning Adult learners planning to complete a professional instruction need to master the required English skills level. This lesson will be focused on the use of the  present tense, having as subject daily activities and driving instructions. This lesson will allow the learner to refresh previous lexical knowledge and to learn the correct grammatical use of present tense. The learner will also practice writing and reading. This practice gives the learner the opportunity to improve his/her English skills. Warm up The teacher will provide the learners an application form to fill out. When filling in the form the learners will be induced to bring out tacit knowledge, like reading personal information questions, writing her/his address. The form could also include  personal development questions in order to prompt  the learners to give the teacher more information  about their daily activities as well as her English level. Once this activity is done, the teacher will use the form’s questions to prompt the learners to introduce herself/himself. IntroductionThe teacher explains the course of the instruction for this lesson Presentation/modeling/demonstration The teacher will introduce herself / himself using new vocabulary in order to complete grammatically correct longer sentences Using a map of the city, the teacher will show the learn a location to explain her way to school.  Here the teacher could use driving directions giving detail on how to get to school form the location she/ he chooses. .The teacher could explain succinctly why having a driver license is important her. The teacher could present all these information in a worksheet form. It could be used to underline verbs in present tense so the learners could have it as a reference for their own presentation. Application After finishing the demonstration phase, the teacher will ask question utilizing the application form filled out previously and the teacher’s demonstration in order to let the learners practice. In this way the learner will be exercising reading while combining known and new vocabulary to use it in present tense properly.Integration  In this phase the learner is going to reproduce a real world situation like giving/ asking personal information, asking address,  identifying driving directions, writing down driving directions. During the activities the learners will integrate all aspects studied in this lesson using formal English.                     

Composing expository and argumentative essays for specific audiences. Emphasis on the processes of writing, reading and critical thinking. Introduction to research and documentation.

Composing expository and argumentative essays for specific audiences. Emphasis on the processes of writing, reading and critical thinking. Introduction to research and documentation.Course Content:Essay contentOrganization and structurePurpose and audienceLanguageGrammar and punctuationResearchLearning Outcomes: Write thesis statements. (1)Select content and details. (1)Use organizational strategies. (2)Apply reasoned development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)Use persuasive reasoning. (3)Select and apply voice. (3)Apply sentence structure strategies. (4)Incorporate purposeful, varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)Locate and evaluate information. (6)Analyze and interpret information. (6)Integrate and document information. (6)Required Assessment:A minimum of 4,500 words of student writing with 2,700 of this formal writing, reviewed by the instructor.Required Assessment:A minimum of 4,500 words of student writing with 2,700 of this formal writing, reviewed by the instructor

Composing expository and argumentative essays for specific audiences. Emphasis on the processes of writing, reading and critical thinking. Introduction to research and documentation.Course Content:Essay contentOrganization and structurePurpose and audienceLanguageGrammar and punctuationResearchLearning Outcomes: Write thesis statements. (1)Select content and details. (1)Use organizational strategies. (2)Apply reasoned development strategies reflecting knowledge about a topic. (2)Use persuasive reasoning. (3)Select and apply voice. (3)Apply sentence structure strategies. (4)Incorporate purposeful, varied and appropriate vocabulary. (4)Apply conventions of standard written English. (5)Locate and evaluate information. (6)Analyze and interpret information. (6)Integrate and document information. (6)Required Assessment:A minimum of 4,500 words of student writing with 2,700 of this formal writing, reviewed by the instructor.Required Assessment:A minimum of 4,500 words of student writing with 2,700 of this formal writing, reviewed by the instructor

This is an entry-level, ENG 101 college course designed to be taught online over eight weeks. It includes an evaluation (for a movie); a rhetorical analysis (of a song); an annotated bibliography; and an extended argumentative research paper. It is a no-cost course correlated to an open-source textbook, following OER standards and guidelines. In addition to material for the listed three papers, it also includes lessons, prerecorded videos, and discussion board topics to create a thorough and comprehensive curricula.

This course is the second part of the year-long sequence of college composition.  This class is part of your general education and is required for transfer.  You will continue to learn to write essays this semester, but our focus will shift from persuasive writing to analytical writing and research.  We will use literary texts primarily as the basis for that analysis.  I also focus on texts that are related to health occupations in this course.

Extensive critical reading and writing about texts. Emphasis on fluency in critical writing. Includes research skills and writing a critical, documented essay.

Continues development of skills and concepts taught in ENG 101. Emphasizes research and critical reading and writing.

Study of important works concerning theories of invention, arrangement, style, and delivery. Includes development of the written voice to enhance all aspects of communication to carry out work and persuasion. Also includes the application of rhetorical theories to a variety of material, print, and digital forms of communication.

Course InformationCourse Description: ENG 220. Introduction to Language and Culture (3).  Introduction to the study of language with a particular focus on American Englishes, including the history of American English. Focus is on cultural influence on language across the US and how the use of language is associated with power. Study of the basic building blocks of language. Study of variations of language across cultures and contexts, including contemporary and historical spoken, written, and digital registers and genres of American English. Examination of the effects of technology, culture, and context on language. Textbook & Course MaterialsRequired TextOur text for this course is the FREE, OER text More Than Words. You may access this text by clicking the Textbook tab in the course navigation. You may order a printed version of the text Links to an external site., but please keep in mind that you will need the digital version to access digital interactive content, such as videos.All other materials will be provided for you free of charge within the course via  open links to internet sources and sources available via the YC Library.