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301. Remind: Sending Notifications to Students by Device (mobile app)

Activity Description

Remind: Safe Classroom Communications (from Remind101) is a safe, easy to use communication tool helping you connect instantly with your students. It is great as a reminder of assignments, tests, or holidays. Students receive the message as a text, e-mail or smartphone notification. You can send messages, photos, files or voice clips directly to their phones. You can see who has viewed the content via the app. The app provides a way to track your communication with the students and allows for both one-way messages and two-way conversations.

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

All Levels
302. Road to Grammar: Adjectives

Activity Description

Road to Grammar
Source: Road to Grammar Homepage (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

After teaching participial adjectives, a teacher could review or do a formative assessment in class using Quiz #3 "Adjectives with -ed and -ing." The exercise could also be assigned for additional individual practice in a lab or outside of class. If students need to review, they can select "Notes" for an explanation of the grammar point. There are 26 questions total for Quiz #3.

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels
303. Sentence Structure Writing Practice: Scrambled Sentences in the Simple Present

Activity Description

In this activity, students are provided with the scrambled words of a sentence. They must put the words in the correct order, conjugate the verbs correctly, begin the sentence with a capital letter, and end it with proper punctuation.

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Beginning High, Intermediate Low
304. Simple English Wikipedia: Information about California

Activity Description

Use this version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which uses basic English vocabulary and shorter sentences, to search for articles you can use for supplemental reading in class or have students use the site to gather information for assignments, such as writing reports, oral presentations, and projects.

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
305. Skype: Authentic Language Practice

Activity Description

In this activity, students communicate with a sister class for authentic language practice.

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels
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OTAN activities are funded by contract CN220124 from the Adult Education Office, in the Career & College Transition Division, California Department of Education, with funds provided through Federal P.L., 105-220, Section 223. However, OTAN content does not necessarily reflect the position of that department or the U.S. Department of Education.