ESL Insider: January 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Resources for Teaching Pronouns

English uses many pronouns--singular and plural, masculine and feminine. This can be a difficult concept to understand for an ESL student, particularly if their native language has different rules or not as many pronouns options. Here are some resources to help you as you lesson plan.

Videos:

http://www.brainpopesl.com/level1/unit1/lesson1/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZADSyQZlvCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v-mfGEJJ9g1tl

Lesson Plans:

http://www.readwords.org/lessons/gradek-1-2/pronoun-reference/lesson-1

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarreview/a/Learning-Pronouns.htm

http:/betterlesson.com/lesson/30983/pronouns

http://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2103184-first-grade-activities-that-teach-pronouns/

Resources for Teaching Fragments

Fragments are an issue you will probably encounter in the writing of all of your students. It is important that your ESL students learn to identify a fragment and know how to correct it. Here are some resources to help you.

YouTube Videos:

The basics of a fragment and how to correct them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dfmg6EsaRs

A song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUvzjlniUY

For use with high school students: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Wcr4Wgf7U

Lesson Plans:

http://www.stickyball.net/writing.html?id=517

http://faculty.ccp.edu/dept/viewpoints/s01v2n3/strips.htm

http:/records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/grammar/fragments.htm

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/sentence-fragments-lesson-plans.html