ESL Lesson Plan

Do You Have A Dominant Impression?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:02:37 -0500

A dominant impression is another way of saying topic sentence in the context of writing. I define topic sentence as the...

Banned Books?

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:41:58 -0500

Every country has banned some books at one time or another. Twitter is censoring Tweets on a nation by nation basis. What should we...

Favorite Words?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:57:25 -0500

We all use words continually as we speak or write. It can be a useful exercise to...

The Free Dictionary.com

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:14:51 -0500

There are piles of resources all over the internet. The real problem is...

Least Favorite Grammar Rules

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:26:24 -0500

Do you have a grammar rule you don't like? I don't mean a rule that truly makes sense or has a logical explanation...

Happy Dragon Year To You

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:17:40 -0500

Every year has its own personality. Like each one of us...

Out With The Old And In With The New

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:10:11 -0500

Welcome to 2012!

I don't know about you, I usually feel pretty worn out after the holidays. The New Year's celebrations are usually the end of the season of one of my least favorite things...

Good-Bye 2011

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:30:17 -0500

For most of the world (except those who follow the Chinese calendar) we are coming to the end of 2011 and...

Word Of The Year?

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:14:45 -0500

Every year about this time, various groups think and talk about the words that have emerged or gained new meaning in the year just ending. In a previous post...

A Few More Final Traits Of A Master Teacher

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:11:50 -0500

I just attended an faculty inservice on using iPads in the classroom. I love technology, and it is easy to be dazzled by a device as transparent, intuitive and easy to use as the iPad, but, as cool as iPads are, and yes, I'd love to have one, there's just nothing like the...

A Few More Traits Of A Master Teacher

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:21:21 -0500

There are many aspects of being a better than average teacher. I always like going to various teacher training events, but there's nothing like...

More Traits Of A Master Teacher

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:35:22 -0500

In my previous blog, I explored a few aspects of a good teacher. There are several more that I have observed, in fact here are...

What Makes A Good Teacher?

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:17:27 -0500

What makes a good teacher?

It's hard to define, but those who hire teachers need to know what they are looking for - and I'm sure we all know or have experienced...

In Bad Taste - Disgusted

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:41:22 -0500

Words change meaning over time and we might read a word in a classic piece of literature, Shakespeare for example, and find that...

Something, Anything, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:58:21 -0500

Something, anything, somebody, anybody, nobody; How do I keep these strange indefinite collective nouns straight?

As much as I love English, these words seem to be the hardest to learn - and certainly...