Here is an exciting year-round collection of ready-to-use lessons and activities that connect people, places, and events of the past with the present-day English curriculum in a meaningful way. Included are over 800 practical and interesting learning activities that appeal to all learning styles and ability levels and are easily adapted to any program or text.
This resource give English teachers practical management techniques and 60 ready-to-use activity packets containing over 180 reproducible student activities for teaching reading and writing skills through a variety of classic, popular, and current literature. Each of these literature-based activity packets offers students the chance to learn language skills within the context of an entire story rather than in isolation, and is easily correlated with other subjects across the curriculum. Each also opens a new world of ideas and places to your students. For easy use, the "Kit" is printed in a big 8-1/2" x 11" format that folds flat for photocopying of the student activity sheets and is organized into two sections: Part I, Managing Your English Classes, identifies the elements of effective English classes and the role of the whole language teacher, and provides specific guidelines and tools for managing reading, writing, and evaluation. Part II, Ready-To-Use Activities, presents reproducible activity packets for 60 different novels, including 20 each for grades 7-8, grades 9-10, and grades 11-12. Here are just a few of the works featured at each level: Grades 7-8: "Call it Courage" by Armstrong Sperry ... "The Upstairs Room" by Johanna Reiss ... "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le GuinGrades 9-10: "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles... "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden "by Johanna Greenberg ... "Night "by Elie WieselGrades 11-12: "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne..."The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros..."Watership Down" by Richard AdamsEach literature packet includes a brief synopsis of the story, ideas and concepts for the teacher to highlight, areproducible writing assignment, reproducible questions for students to consider after reading, reproducible projects and activities relating to the novel and connections with other subject areas. You'll find these activity packets are completely flexible. They are suitable for whole-class, group, or individual learning. You may assign all of the questions or just some; you may form groups and assign each group a different project. You may even use them cooperatively with another content area teacher. In the author's words, "This resource provides you with an opportunity to teach English skills through exciting literature that covers various genres, themes, and cultures. You will be not only teaching the skills for effective reading and writing, but also helping your students to experience the world."
Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, What English Teachers Need to Know Volumes I, II, and III are companion textbooks organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English? In the Second Edition of Volume I, Murray and Christison return to this essential question and call attention to emerging trends and challenges affecting the contemporary classroom. Addressing new skills and strategies that EFL teachers require to meet the needs of their shifting student populations who are impacted by changing demographics, digital environments, and globalization, this book, which is grounded in current research, offers a strong emphasis on practical applications for classroom teaching. This updated and expanded Second Edition features: a new chapter on technology in TESOL new and updated classroom examples throughout discussions of how teachers can prepare for contemporary challenges, such as population mobility and globalization The comprehensive texts work for teachers across different contexts—where English is the dominant language, an official language, or a foreign language; for different levels—elementary/primary, secondary, university, or adult education; and for different learning purposes—general English, workplace English, English for academic purposes, or English for specific purposes.
Rainy summer days are no match for a little astronaut who builds the perfect rocket ship for an indoor space adventure to another galaxy, where the sky is his only limit! A stormy afternoon and an order from Mom to stay inside are no match for this little dreamer, who uses everyday household items—a rocket chair, a cardboard box, an old dish rag, and a super-duper imagination—to whip up a trip around the universe he won’t soon forget. My Rainy Day Rocket Ship is a high-spirited, engaging salute to the imagination of Black boys who use their beautiful minds to transform the mundane into the extraordinary, dream out loud, and boldly go where their sky is the only limit.
Over 175 fully illustrated, reproducible activities featuring U.S. holidays, customs and special events are provided to help ESL students at all levels develop a solid grasp of English vocabulary, reading, and language skills.
