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Then, play again but shut off the video audio and get students to do the same using the handout / transcript. Lots of fun!

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Paint Chip Essay Writing
I had been experiencing trouble with teaching essay writing for some reason this year. I had seen a video from “TeachingChannel” about using paint chips from the hardware store to teach suffixes, prefixes and root words. This got me to thinking about other uses for this free, colorful resource. I started brainstorming about ways to better illustrate creating and writing proper essays (i.e. persuasive, informative, compare/contrast). I found paint chip sheets with 4 coordinating colors per sheet. This was perfect for the 4 paragraph essay. On the first strip, I wrote an introductory sentence about a pre-selected topic interesting to my students. In the 2nd and 3rd strips I wrote an introductory sentence/phrase that ties in with the pre-selected topic. For the final and conclusive paragraph, I used a concluding transition sentence/phrase. The students choose a subject card and use the provided sentences/phrases for each of the 4 paragraphs to help them create a story. See the attached picture for an example.

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Ask students to brainstorm all the things / buildings that could be called “home”. Then show the video and see how many they got correct. Show again, pausing and review all the names for these things people all over the world call “home”. 

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1. Prepare a list of review vocabulary words.
2. Write each word on two small pieces of paper. That means writing the word twice, once on each paper.
3. Organize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words.
4. Divide the class into 2 teams. get them to make creative team names.
5. Distribute each list of words to both teams. every student on each team should have a paper. Both teams have the same words.
6. When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team. The students must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence using their word.

The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence.
This is always a hit with kids. For more advanced students, use tougher words.

1. Teacher takes the toilet paper roll and takes several squares of toilet paper, then hands the roll of toilet paper to a student. The teacher tells the student to take some, more than three.

2. After everybody in the class has some paper, we count the squares we have, then we have to tell that many things about ourselves, in English.

This activity works well with substitute teachers also.

The toilet paper is such an attention getter.

700 Classroom Activities [Paperback], D. Seymour (author), 156 pages, 2005, lists activities for grammar, vocabulary, functions and conversation topics.

Lessons from Good Language Learners (Cambridge Language Teaching Library), 2008, 336 pages.

ESL Teacher’s Activities Kit by Elizabeth Claire, 288 pages, 1998.

Recipes for Tired Teachers : Well-Seasoned Activities for the Esol Classroom [Paperback], 228 pages, 1984.

 More Recipes for Tired Teachers: Well-Seasoned Activities for the ESOL Classroom [Paperback].

English for a Successful Life in the USA: A workbook of advice for ESL students [Paperback], 216 pages, 2001.

Addison-Wesley ESL Activity Book, Level C [Import] [Paperback], 600 pages, 1991.
Addison-Wesley ESL Activity Book, Level E [Import] [Paperback], 600 pages, 1991.

1,000 Conversation Questions: Designed for Use in the ESL or EFL Classroom [Paperback] .

Conversation Inspirations: Over 2400 Conversation Topics [Paperback] , 114 pages, 2005.

1. I’ve prepared a free highly practical English teaching guide from Internet ESL/EFL teaching resources. 
The links I’ve selected contain highly useful materials for both teachers and learners of English and can serve as a free and valuable guide for them.
Maybe you know some other guides for learners and teachers of ESL/EFL. I also have links (a guide) for learners of English that you may be interested in as well.
At your request I can send you those links.

2. I’ve also gleaned some very helpful articles for both learners and teachers of ESL/EFL from extensive exploration on the Internet that you and many users of your site may be interested in. In particular I discovered and I am especially interested in articles on learning and teaching English grammar, on second language acquisition, on the role and impact of one’s native language when learning and using ESL/EFL, on the issue of translation in learning and practising ESL/EFL, on learning and practising various aspects of English, on development of four language skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing), on valuable ESL/EFL resources, tips and advice.

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You’ll find lots of great resources with ideas on using them. Instant downloads.