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For those of you that have native Spanish-speaking ESL students in your classroom, here is a book recommendation that will really help a lot: NTC's Dictionary of Spanish Cognates Thematically Organized (Nash 1990). You can find it here. Freeman and Freeman (2004) state, "One way that etchers can help student develop both content-specific and general academic vocabulary is through the student of cognates" (p. 210). Studying cognates, particularly thematically, is really helpful in developing your student's academic vocabulary. I hope you'll check it out!

Resources for Teaching Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb agreement is an area of particular difficulty for ESL students, largely due to English's complex verb system and the differences in "rules" among languages. Here are some resources to help you plan.

Activities:
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/subject-verb-agreement-game/
http://www.ehow.com/info_8397360_activities-teaching-subjectverb-agreement.html

Anchor charts:
http://www.pintrest.com/search/pins/?q=subject%20verb%20agreement%20anchor%20chart&rs=ac&len=12

Resources for Teaching Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and adverbs can be an area of difficulty for ESL students. Many of their first languages may have very different rules for adjectives and adverbs and their placement. Here are some resources that will help as you teach this topic.

Activities:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adjectives-1052928

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adjectives-Task-Cards-422358

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adverbs-243163

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ProductAdverbs-Adjectives-FREEBIE-524197

Video:

http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/adjectivesandadverbs/preview.weml

Rethinking Spelling

Here is an interesting article that will probably make you rethink the way you were taught/teach spelling. The article also includes some tips on how to help your students become better spellers. Enjoy!

More 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.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDIEs4wEdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh62KQ7mujA

Activities:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/281404676688124932/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/88594327642304913/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/64809682110049469/

Resources for Teaching Capital Letters

There are many times that we use capital letters in English, and this list of "rules" can be overwhelming for an ESL student, particularly if their native language has very different rules on capitalization. For example, in Spanish, the days of the week and months of the year are not capitalized, nor is the pronoun for "I". With this background, you can see that it would be difficult for a native Spanish speaker to correctly use capitalization rules. Here are some resources to help you as you lesson plan.

Activities:

http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/lesson-plan/capital-and-lowercase-activities-for-kids/?bp-jr-topic=capital-and-lowercase

Lesson Plans:

http://www.slideshare.net/Latrice23/letter-lesson-plan

https://roythezebra.com/reading-games-lesson-plans/lesson-plan-capital-letter.html

YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kshfSh7TJNw

Resources for Teaching Comma Usage

Proper comma usage can be a difficult concept to master even for native English speakers. Here are some resources to help you lesson plan.

Videos:

http://www.brainpopjr.com/search/?keyword=commas

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v-dDmWWuqO7DY

Lesson Plan Ideas:

http://www.eds-resources.comedcommas.htm

http://www.myenglishteacher.net/usingcommas.html

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

Resources for Teaching Sentence Structure

Syntax, or sentence structure, is something that can vary greatly from language to language. It is important for your ESL students to understand English syntax. Here are some resources to assist you.

Videos from YouTube:
To help teachers explain sentence structure:
http://youtu.be/VPyo8-Pr55Q

http://youtu.be/9EXL6M6eGyo

This one lets kids get up and move around: http:/youtu.be/Ra-nmxEhP2M

Websites: The following offer lesson plans, activities, and printables
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/sentences.html

http://www.time4writing.com/uncategorized/sentence-structure-worksheets/

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/grammar/menu.html

http://www.eslbase.com/resources/sentence-reduction