Another brilliant short lesson from Film English
Film English Ali’s story
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Personality Adjectives
Brilliant and fun activities for exploring personality adjectives.
keeping a vocabulary notebook
This article from heads up English reinforces the importance of building and revisiting language.
New York Times Learning Network
While not entirely devoted to things EAL, this site has great ideas for lessons, writing prompts, discussions and more.
Using pictures in class
More great ideas from this website – for all areas but I especially like them for speaking.
On the same page
Found this in my news feed today. Some great ideas for reflection as well as many other activities. Also an interesting lesson on “The lost Thing” by Shaun Tan.
EAL in the Mainstream
Simple, easy strategies for all students in all classes.
verb tenses
10 minutes to kill? Want to check on your verbs? Try some of the activities and lessons here.
Knowing how to use a text book
Nice article here on navigating the finer points of a text!
Student writing journals
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Great way to get students writing – thinking about their thinking as well as asking questions.
