Hour 1 Monday-Tuesday
Make a plan (5)
Book Report #2. Read a new book and write a 2-page report. The due date is the last class of week 12. (10%)
Spring Conversation, Week 11
ESL speaking
Adult Speaking, Week 10
Hour 1
Pair work (15)
This pair work activity is about making comparisons.
Spring Conversation, Week 9
The midterm exams are over. Now it’s time to prepare for the finals.
Adult Speaking, Week 7
Hour 1
Pair Work Discussion (20)
Purpose: practice making arguments using the sentence pattern we studied in class.
Read the question and give a short answer with the sentence pattern (i.e. claim, because, premises). Then provide details and examples.
Do you agree with your partners’ answers?
Spring Conversation, Week 6
Hours 1 and 2
Mon-Tues – Critical Thinking
You will learn and use 2 concepts:
- correlation
- cause and effect (causation)
- hypothesis sentence pattern
Click here to get the lesson material for 2 hour class.
Adult Speaking, Week 4
Hour 1
Pair Work Quick Discussion (15)
Part A Have you ever … (cook, try, made) …
- grilled pork chops
- spicy cold noodles
- pork and rice soup
- soybean stew
- barbecued beef small intestines
Adult Speaking, Week 2
ESL Adult Class
Hour 1
Welcome back to the adult class. It’s week 2.
Is that a picture of a wolf? No, it isn’t. Here is the wolf video.
Adult Speaking, Week 1
Hour 1
5 x 5 Warm Up (20)
5 x 5 Grid – meet classmates
Syllabus and Resources (10)
Class plan
Online Resources
- read for free Project Gutenburg
Pair Work Q&A (20)
ESL conversation questions to practice English speaking (25 min)
Hour 2
Pair Work Vocabulary (15)
Pair work vocabulary. Learn the words for everyday objects. (15)
Do boxes A-1 and A-2.
Sound and Sort (15)
This is a sorting puzzle that requires students to discover how 30 words can be divided into three groups based on sounds. Then they must put the words into the correct groups.
Here is List A of words for the activity.
Hour 3
Vocabulary text (45)
Hour 4
Activity: Odd One Out (15)
Explain the game and rules. Be sure to notice use language that is logical, precise and accurate. Feel free to be creative.
Play the game in pairs.
What’s the difference? (10)
Look at the pairs of words on this worksheet.
The words look similar but there are significant differences.
Explain differences.