Writing Unit

· Writing Storm– Adapted with permission from Writing Storms, Kenneth Beare

· Word Cycle

· Writing Circle

· Ideas for Using Scrambled Sentences – Adapted from Ideas for Using Scrambled Sentences, Karen M. Cintron

· Scrambled Sentences – Computer terminology

· Sentence Match – Adapted from Sentence Match: Tense Review, Karen M. Cintron

· Passive Voice Race Game – Adapted from A Passive Voice Race Game, Karen M. Cintron

III. Writing Essays

· Writer’s Workshop Lesson 1-4 - Adapted with permission from Young Learners’ Writing Workshop 1-4 Kenneth Beare

Topic Sentences and Content Points - (Adapted from A Peer Review Activity for Essay Organization, Bob Gibson; an article originally published in The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. II, No. 3, March 1996. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Gibson-PeerReview.html

Adapted with permission.

· Writing Narrative Paragraphs - Adapted with permission from Writing Narrative Paragraphs Kenneth Beare

· Using Descriptive Verbs – Adapted with permission from Expanding Descriptive Verb Use, Kenneth Beare

· Reading-Writing Lesson Plan Using Dickens – Adapted with permission from Reading - Writing Lesson Plan Using Dickens' "Bleak House", Kenneth Beare

IV. Writing Project: Student Surveys – Adapted from Writing Project: Student Surveys, Karen M. Cintron

V. Resume Writing

· Job Skills: The Expert Game – Adapted from The Expert Game, Karen M. Cintron and Susan Diodati, 1999

· Careers: Career Collage - Adapted from Career Collages and Project-Based Learning Frankie Sumners and Debra Robertson, 1998)

Reading Unit

The Multiple Choice Challenge - Adapted from Motivating Large Reading Classes, Louise Heal, Sugiyama Women’s University, 1998, permission pending.

Constructing Multiple Choice Test Items

This URL: http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/eddev/evaluation/mcq/mctests.html
HTML Author: Christina Ballantyne Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia; Used with permission.

Multiple Choice Practise Test (on-line)

The California State University http://www.etstechnologies.com/cust1/csuindex.html

The Missing Word Quiz – Adapted with permission from The Missing Word Quiz, Kenneth Beare

Levels of Questioning – Adapted from material developed by Phil McBurney, McLeod Adult Learning Centre

A Fun Reading Comprehension Exercise – Adapted with permission from A Fun Reading Comprehension Activity, Mehmet Ali Akgün; an article originally published in The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. III, No. 10, October 1997

http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Akgun-ReadingComp.html

Ordering Texts – Adapted from Ordering Texts, Karen M. Cintron

A/B Stories – Adapted from A/B Stories, Karen M. Cintron

Using Contextual Clues – Adapted with permission from Reading – Using Context, Kenneth Beare.

A Standard Reading Exercise – Adapted from How to Read Nonfictional English Texts Faster and More Effectively, A 'Standard Reading Exercise' for ESL-Students , Helmut Stiefenhöfer, Oberstufenkolleg and er Universitaet Bielefeld; Adapted with permission from an article originally published in The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. II, No. 6, June 1996.

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Stiefenhoefer-FastReading.html

MacLean’s Lesson – Adapted from Newsweek Lesson, Karen M. Cintron

Newspaper Article Jigsaw – Adapted from Making Jigsaw Activities Using Newspaper Articles, David Dycus, Department of the Study of Contemporary Society, Aichi Shukutoku University, 9 Katahira, Nagakute Nagakute-ho, Aichi-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan 480-11; Adapted with permission from an article originally published in The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, February 1996.

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Dycus-Jigsaw.html

Summarizing Ideas: 4 Activities – Adapted from Schools of California, http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

Meta-Cognition Unit

Graphic Organizers – Adapted from The Graphic Organizer http://graphic.org/

Metacognitive Journals - Schools of California http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

Character Map – Adapted from Schools of California http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

Communication / Social Skills Unit

Conversation Circle: Asking for More Information - Adapted with permission from ESL for Health Professionals: A Resource for Integrating Medical Terminology with Language Skill Development, by Monica Wiest, for Adult Language Training Branch, Manitoba Labour & Immigration, 1999

Interruptions: Prevention & Politeness - Adapted from ESL for Health Professionals: A Resource for Integrating Medical Terminology with Language Skill Development, by Monica Wiest, for Adult Language Training Branch, Manitoba Labour & Immigration, 1999

Involving Everyone - Adapted from ESL for Health Professionals: A Resource for Integrating Medical Terminology with Language Skill Development, by Monica Wiest, for Adult Language Training Branch, Manitoba Labour & Immigration, 1999

Discussion – Endless News - Adapted from ESL for Health Professionals: A Resource for Integrating Medical Terminology with Language Skill Development, by Monica Wiest, for Adult Language Training Branch, Manitoba Labour & Immigration, 1999

Presentation - Adapted from ESL for Health Professionals: A Resource for Integrating Medical Terminology with Language Skill Development, by Monica Wiest, for Adult Language Training Branch, Manitoba Labour & Immigration, 1999

Teaching Conversation Skills – Tips and Strategies – Adapted with permission from Conversational Skills – Tips and Strategies and Conversation Lessons, Kenneth Beare

Ideas for Using Conversation Cards – Adapted from Ideas for Using Conversation Card Sets, Karen M. Cintron

Controversy Cards – Adapted with permission from http://www.handsonenglish.com/curr/July98.html

First World Obligations – Adapted with permission from First World Obligation: Class Debate, Kenneth Beare

Multi-Nationals – Adapted with permission from Conversation Lesson: Multinationals – Help or Hindrance, Kenneth Beare

Why Do We Do What We Do? - Adapted with permission from Conversation Lesson: Why Do People Do What They Do? Kenneth Beare

Grand Conversation - Adapted from Schools of California http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm