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Writing Activities

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 … Read More ....

A good game for large classes and for reviewing vocabulary lessons.

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. … Read More ....

EFL Classroom 2.0 , our sister site, has posted a nice series of articles called: Featured Resources.

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

This video is super for teenagers especially. A Life InBTween.   Animation that has a lot of really “toally” “completely” fascinating language. 

Show the video with or without subtitles. Resources here.  Divide up into the four parts and use for … Read More ....

This is a cool game to play with students or on your own. It helps develop language awareness – a great skill for a developing language learner. You’ll need to use flash in your browser or download and play with … Read More ....

Everyone loves movies!

This is a great idea and a great way to have a very light but powerful lesson.

1.   Write some names of movies on the board.    Then give students 4 hints about one movie.  See if they … Read More ....

This is an excellent video to study places in a house.

As the video plays, you can have students note the places in the house.  Check by replaying.  Ask the students how the place has changed, what was happening in … Read More ....

If you have a screen and projector – using video in class brings amazing power – the power of context, into your teaching. The classroom no longer has 4 walls!  Here is one quick idea.

For example. Use the video  … Read More ....

Overview:

A simple but fun quick-fire game to liven up a class or as a reward in the final segment of a language lesson.  A student comes to the front of the class, the students choose a topic (for example, … Read More ....

Different students volunteer to be asked questions. They must avoid saying the words “YES” or “NO” for a given period of time e.g. 1-2 minutes.

This is done by using expressions like: “I do”, “I am”, “that’s true”, “that isn’t … Read More ....