ESL exercises that are writing Activities, Worksheets, and Ideas!
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Beginner Writing Lessons
Sample Essay: “My Hobby” – Introductory sample essay that students can reference later when writing their very own essays
Sentence Pattern: start/stop– that is verb+ing adding “ing” to verbs after “start/stop/quit/begin”
Grammar: Past Tense – Simple introduction to past tense verbs
Error Correction Worksheet – Correct the errors in this sample “My Hobby” essay
Assignment: “My Hobby” – Use the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 1 to write an essay titled “My Hobby”
Sample Essay: “A Funny Story” – Introductory sample essay that students can reference later when writing their essays that are own
Past Tense Error Correction Worksheet – post on past tense; rewrite the paragraph and correct the last tense errors
Indention and Quotations – Teaches students to indent new paragraphs and use quotation marks correctly
Indentions and Quotations: Error Correction Worksheet – Identify and correct the mistakes when you look at the paragraph
Writing Assignment: “A Funny Story” – Students utilize the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 2 to write an essay titled “A Funny Story”
Sample Essay: “My Favorite Place” – Introductory sample essay that students can reference later when writing their own essays
Sentence Pattern: Although / Even though – Introduction to “although” and “even though”, with sample sentences and practice exercises
Sentence Pattern: not…at all introduction that is the sentence pattern “(not)…at all”, with sample sentences and practice exercises
Error Correction Worksheet – Identify and correct the mistakes into the paragraph
Writing Assignment: “My Favorite Place” – Students utilize the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 3 to create an essay titled “My Favorite Place”
Intermediate/Advanced Writing Lessons
Writing a Formal Paragraph
Introduction to Similes and Metaphors – Using similes and metaphors to write interesting topic sentences
Similes and Metaphors Review – Practice people that are describing things using similes and metaphors
Topic Sentences (Review) – Practice writing topic sentences
The Body of a Paragraph (Introduction) – Introduction to the body of a paragraph in addition to information that will therein be contained
The human body of a Paragraph (Review) – Practice thinking about information to utilize when you look at the physical body of a paragraph
Concluding Sentences (Introduction) – Introduction to sentences that are concluding their function in a paragraph
Concluding Sentences (Review) – Practice writing concluding sentences
Punctuation and Conjunctions
Sentence Fragments and Complete Sentences – Introduction to sentence fragments and an assessment exercise to apply identifying them
Run-on Sentences – Worksheet to rehearse correcting run-on sentences
Comma Splices and Conjunctions – Worksheet to rehearse using conjunctions correctly to repair comma splices
Commas and Conjunctions (“and”) – Explanation of simple tips to correctly use commas using the conjunction “and”
Semi-colons – Introduction to this piece that is often baffling of, with an assessment exercise
Transitions and Connectors
Listing Things in Order – practice items that are listing events in an effort using words like “First”, “Next”, “After that”, “Finally”, etc.
In addition / Additionally / Moreover / Furthermore / Plus / …as well – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with several sample sentences
In addition / Additionally / Moreover / Furthermore / Plus / …as well Review that is– worksheet practice writing sentences with one of these transitions
However / Nevertheless / Still / Despite that / Nonetheless / Even so introduction that is these widely used transitions, with several sample sentences
However / Nevertheless / Still / Despite that / Nonetheless / Even so– Review worksheet to apply writing sentences by using these transitions
Therefore / Consequently / As a result / Thus / For this Reason – Introduction to those widely used transitions, with several sample sentences
Therefore / Consequently / As a result / Thus / For this Reason – Review worksheet to practice sentences that are writing these transitions
Post on these Transitions and Connectors – Review worksheet to practice using all the transition words above
More Transitions and Connectors
Although / Even though – Introduction to these widely used transitions, with several sample sentences and review exercises
Though – Introduction to” that is“though it’s various uses in a sentence
Despite / In spite of – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with sample sentences
Despite / In spite of – Review worksheet to apply writing sentences with these words
Despite vs. Although – Explanation of simple tips to make use of these transition that is similar, with several sample sentences
Despite vs. Although – Review worksheet to rehearse using “despite” and that is“although
Because vs. Because of – Explanation of simple tips to use these similar transition words correctly, with several sample sentences
Because vs. Although – Explanation associated with the difference between these two words, with several examples and a review exercise
Because of vs. Despite – Worksheet to rehearse making use of these transitions, that have nearly opposite meanings
Aside from – Introduction for this commonly used transition, with several sample sentences
Regardless of / No matter – Review worksheet to apply using these transitions correctly, including an explanation of “embedded questions”.
Review of Above Transitions and Connectors – Fill into the blanks with an appropriate transition word to complete the essay