ESL: English as a Second Language

Students create a narrated PowerPoint with images (clip art) and sentences they have written about their goals and dreams for the future, using future verb tenses.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

In this activity, students will use Microsoft Word's Readability Statistics and synonyms to find more sophisticated vocabulary and thus improve their writing.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

Use the quizzes and exercises on this Web site for student practice of grammar and vocabulary. Use the example quiz "Right Now, Every Day, or Tomorrow?" when reviewing simple present v. present continuous vs. simple future.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

Use the Web site's interactive listening activities and reading quizzes when teaching about medicine labels. The Example Web Site (above) will help students learn about over-the-counter medicine labels in particular, with two follow-up quizzes. This is one of the four parts of this page of activities on medicine labels (see also Prescriptions, Warning Labels, and Side Effects).

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High

This is a team activity in which students use a digital camera* to record a series of steps in a process (fixing a car, going to the doctor, preparing a dish/meal, etc.) in order to create a labeled picture sequence (storyboard) for use in other language learning activities. See the PDF file (above) for the complete lesson plan.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High