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Essay Writing

Essay Writing

» Creative Writing Prompts
This is a helpful resource to teach essay writing. I used this presentation to guide my students on how to write an essay. In this case, it is an argumentative essay, but the structure is always t ...
12 Views 35,153 Pre-IntInt
Best Tips for Public Speaking for ESL Students

Best Tips for Public Speaking for ESL Students

Suzanne Bhagan
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One of the main challenges that face ESL and EFL students is public speaking in a foreign language. This worksheet gives ESL and EFL students important tips for public speaking. It also provides c ...
11 Views 35,189 ElemPre-IntInt
Writing an Email about Healthy Lifestyle

Writing an Email about Healthy Lifestyle

BusyTeacher Contributor
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This worksheet has information adapted from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/. It requires students to fill up the parts of the food pyramid and extract information from the pictures to write a 50 wor ...
3 Views 40,248 Int
Anatomy of an Advertisement

Anatomy of an Advertisement

Romaenglish
This worksheet teaches students how to use descriptive and persuasive language to make a compelling advertisement. This was originally designed for Chinese University students and so the examples ...
17 Views 44,986 Pre-IntIntAdv
Be a Superhero!

Be a Superhero!

T. Miller
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Need an engaging, exciting guided writing prompt? Try the "Be a Superhero" guided prompt. If you work with students with idea formulation, organization, paragraph parsing, or writing persistence ...
6 Views 18,963 ElemPre-IntInt
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How to Write a Paragraph

How to Write a Paragraph

Benjamin Chapman
» Creative Writing Prompts
The "paragraph hamburger" is a writing organizer that visually outlines the key components of a paragraph. Topic sentence, detail sentences, and a closing sentence are the main elements of a good ...
7 Views 33,321 BegElem
Summer Is Here

Summer Is Here

Monica
» Creative Writing Prompts
With this activity I believe students will have the opportunity to work in groups and find as many words as they can to describe summer. Once they are done looking for all the words they will fac ...
6 Views 10,154 Pre-IntInt
Writing a Conclusion - Komodo Dragons

Writing a Conclusion - Komodo Dragons

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Writing a conclusion is an important part of any piece of writing. It is a summary of the main text and leaves the reader with the basic information in the piece. Students are asked to read throug ...
10 Views 15,934 Elem
Writing a Conclusion - Wolves

Writing a Conclusion - Wolves

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Writing a conclusion is an important part of any piece of writing. It is a summary of the main text and leaves the reader with the basic information in the piece. Students are asked to read throug ...
9 Views 15,907 Elem
Writing a Conclusion - Manatees

Writing a Conclusion - Manatees

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Writing a conclusion is an important part of any piece of writing. It is a summary of the main text and leaves the reader with the basic information in the piece. Students are asked to read throug ...
5 Views 9,666 Elem
Writing a Conclusion - Green Sea Turtles

Writing a Conclusion - Green Sea Turtles

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Writing a conclusion is an important part of any piece of writing. It is a summary of the main text and leaves the reader with the basic information in the piece. Students are asked to read throug ...
7 Views 13,878 Elem
Writing a Conclusion - Gibbons

Writing a Conclusion - Gibbons

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Writing a conclusion is an important part of any piece of writing. It is a summary of the main text and leaves the reader with the basic information in the piece. Students are asked to read throug ...
4 Views 8,289 Elem
Writing a Conclusion - Polar Bears

Writing a Conclusion - Polar Bears

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Writing a conclusion is an important part of any piece of writing. It is a summary of the main text and leaves the reader with the basic information in the piece. Students are asked to read throug ...
7 Views 24,578 Elem
Biography - Famous Author

Biography - Famous Author

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This handy report form is good for practicing research activities. Students are asked to choose a famous author and fill in the report form. The are asked to answer a few questions and write a sho ...
7 Views 18,113 Elem
Writing a Non-Fiction Summary

Writing a Non-Fiction Summary

» Creative Writing Prompts
This worksheet is a step-by-step guide that explains the process of writing a non-fiction summary for ESL students. Students have expressed to me that teachers often assign tasks that require summ ...
5 Views 21,598 IntAdvExam
Rory's Story Cubes Vocabulary - Actions

Rory's Story Cubes Vocabulary - Actions

» Creative Writing Prompts
This might be a useful worksheet for story writing and speaking exercises with different past tenses. All you need is the blue set (Actions) from Rory's Story Cubes. Introduce the vocabulary, ...
17 Views 24,990 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat)

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The Chinese Year of the Rat is the first in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chines ...
3 Views 9,466 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox)

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The Chinese Year of the Ox is the second in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chines ...
3 Views 7,097 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)

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The Chinese Year of the Tiger is the third in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 9,257 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit)

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The Chinese Year of the Rabbit is the fourth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Ch ...
3 Views 6,178 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon)

Creative Writing Prompts,
The Chinese Year of the Dragon is the fifth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chi ...
3 Views 6,424 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake)

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The Chinese Year of the Snake is the sixth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 5,109 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse)

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The Chinese Year of the Horse is the seventh in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Ch ...
3 Views 6,345 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Goat)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Goat)

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The Chinese Year of the Goat is the eighth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chin ...
3 Views 5,713 Elem
Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey)

Creative Writing Exercise - Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey)

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The Chinese Year of the Monkey is the ninth in the 12 year cycle. Students are asked to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This activity could help lead into a Chi ...
3 Views 5,420 Elem

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