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Success with ELLs: Writing in the ESL Classroom--Confessions of a Guilty Teacher
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DelliCarpini, Margo, Ed.; Adams, Susan R. – English Journal, 2009
When the author first started teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) students, she was incredibly naive about the second language acquisition process. One of the first moves she made was to look at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) goals, and she began to think about the purposes and situations in which her…
Descriptors: Poetry, High School Students, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Into the (Textual) West
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Gannon, Susanne – English in Australia, 2009
A critical/creative paradigm in contemporary English carries with it an imperative that students should be given opportunities for deep engagement with texts relevant to what matters in their everyday lives. In this paper, I argue that the materiality of everyday life includes the physical and geographic places where we live. When students live in…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Opportunities, Pragmatics, Second Languages
The English Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Techniques & Materials for Grades 7-12. 2nd Edition
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Brandvik, Mary Lou; McKnight, Katherine S. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques. The book includes 175 easy-to-understand strategies, lessons, checklists, and forms for effective classroom management and over…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Writing Assignments, Educational Technology, Substitute Teachers
Five-Minute Activities: A Resource Book of Short Activities.
Ur, Penny; Wright, Andrew – 1992
This book provides about 130 short, easily-prepared activities to supplement the longer teaching procedures that make up the main body of an English course. Suitable for elementary to advanced levels, the activities presented in the book can serve as a quick warm-up for the students, an idea for a brief vocabulary review, a light filler to provide…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Graduation before Graduation: Social Involvement and English.
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Garrison, Roger – English Journal, 1990
Presents an approach used in high school English classes to connect students with the world outside high school. Encourages students to take risks by selecting a project topic, choosing and inviting a guest speaker, preparing for the visit, reading and writing on related topics, and doing a follow-up project. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, English Instruction, High Schools
[Qualities and Strengths of Rural Schools.]
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deRosa, Richard J., Ed. – Journal of the Assembly of Rural Teachers of English (ARTE), 1992
This journal contains the following articles pertaining to English instruction in rural schools: (1) "Different, To Be Sure" (Nathan James Weate) compares rural and urban students and finds rural students to have strong family cohesiveness, strong moral values, and diversified interests; (2) "An Elevating Experience" (Dorothy Trusock) describes a…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Learning Activities