Lesson Planning

This website is a resource center for teaching and learning about American English and American culture developed by the Office of English Language Programs in Washington, D.C. All programs are implemented by Regional English Language Officers (RELOs) at American Embassies or Consulates.

American English Resources YouTube Site (https://www.youtube.com/user/StateAmericanEnglish)

American English Resources Sing Out Loud Wordplay (https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/sing-out-loud-word-play)

I highly recommend exploring this blog. It has invaluable insight into what a First Year teacher may want to consider, there are free lesson plans, and other activities to ensure you are successful! But let’s be honest, we all need to probably reread this information throughout our careers. Enjoy the process!

Learning English is VOA’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide.

Read the news from multiple perspectives. See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources. Visitors to this web site are allowed to read five free articles on a daily basis before they have to subscribe. Take advantage of the five free articles and continue to think critically when engaging with the news.

I have referred, used, and engaged with the information contained within this web site to develop informative and visually engaging presentations related to Artificial Intelligence. The overwhelming positive feedback from my students regarding these topics has motivated me to continue investigating innovative approaches to disseminating this information.

The sole purpose of this site is to help students improve their listening and reading comprehension of the English language. ‘BITS English Language Learning’ is completely non-profit; it sells nothing, advertises nothing, and asks for nothing. “BITS” is an online-only site. 

A phenomenal and comprehensive list of ESL related conversational topics that include hyperlinks for associated questions that are designed too illicit conversation between ESL students.

Thousands of short stories that are constantly being replenished by new submissions from authors around the world. On the left side of the web site page, all of the short stories are categorized by genre.

ESL Brains website has a sufficient amount of comprehensive scaffolded ESL lesson plans to keep your class busy for a while. They also have lessons you can buy for a nominal price.

Instead of picture writing prompts, try video writing prompts to engage with your students.

We all need more reading in our classrooms, and this website provides articles that are scaffolded by “reading levels”.

Free ESL lesson plans focused on boosting students’ fluency and confidence when speaking for intermediate and advanced learners of English. Each lesson plan includes conversation, vocabulary, reading, listening, and writing activities.

Peruse the many options to support your students quest to master grammar and meet them wherever their skill level may be. There are a vast array of activities to choose from with an emphasis on editing!

If you need editing skills practice and want to use hard copies; this is the web site for you!

Boston University provides a few idea for ESL lesson planning and supporting materials. It is a small sampling, but the information provided was thorough and well prepared.

The activities in this web site are not just writing tasks but include speaking, reading, and listening activities. It is a great resource for any ESL teacher.

One of the best ways to learn English is by watching videos. Students can improve their listening skills, vocabulary, and learn a lot of interesting facts. For teachers, it is a great resource for making the class more dynamic and interesting. All of the Ted Talk lessons use short videos, which is ideal for the classroom and also for self-studying students.

Another “FREE” blog based web site delivering ESL lesson plans, activities, and worksheets.

This blog based web site contains a variety of ESL based lesson plans along with supporting materials.

The web site has both free and paid lesson plans, worksheets, games, and activities for the ESL classroom.

Open Learn University, the home of free learning from The Open University. Are you looking for a new topic to explore, or wanting to dig deeper into something you’ve already discovered? Whether it’s a 60-second animated video or a 24-hour course you are after, you will find it on Open Learn for free.

The lesson plans and curriculum ideas are geared towards traditional ELA classes. However, they can be modified/scaffolded for an ESL class.

FREE classroom materials (worksheets, lesson plans) and tips for the ESL/ELD teacher needing a little or a lot of support.

ISL Collective is an online community of ESL teachers who self-publish English language lessons for free! I highly recommend this web site for all teachers to access scaffolded ESL resources.

Hundreds of quality worksheets and resources for the ESL or ELA teacher on the go or needing lesson plan support. The “indexing” of the information is easy to navigate and connect to whatever subject matter you are teaching.

English Club is phenomenal resource for grammar related ESL instruction. The web site provides a comprehensive overview of subject matter as well as detailed scaffolded instruction.

Preply is a free resource containing pronunciation exercises for beginner and intermediate ESL students. In addition, there are corresponding worksheets that can easily be downloaded for classroom usage.

Download FREE ESL PowerPoint lessons and use them in class today. These PowerPoint lessons are great to use in lessons teaching English to English language learners. You’ll find vocabulary PowerPoints, grammar PowerPoints, seasonal grammar points, phonics PowerPoints, and more presentations covering the topics that ESL students typically study.

The purpose of this site is to help students learn language that are used in everyday conversation. Reading newspapers and textbooks can be helpful for academic English, but many students often spend their time reading information that is very difficult and might not be used in day-to-day conversations. Daily ESL is designed to help students become familiar with common vocabulary and expressions they can use all the time in many situations. Students do not need to have an account.

One more website containing worksheets for ESL and varied other academic subjects. Most are free, and there is a paid component for those desiring greater access.

ESL conversations about money and finances is designed as a singular lesson or can be broken up into parts using their supporting videos, open ended questions, and vocabulary.

Free materials that are designed to help learners practice and improve their English speaking skills while discussing various aspects related to money such as budgeting, saving, investing, and managing finances. The post includes helpful resources to aid in the language learning process. By using these materials, ESL learners can develop their communication skills and gain confidence in using English to talk about money matters in real-life situations.

What I appreciate about this web site is the accessibility for all ESL levels to have ready made sentence frames they can use to immediately engage in high-level conversations.

Ask the majority of ESL students if they understand cryptocurrency, most will mention Bitcoin. However, this is not enough in fast paced technological world, so I have been focused on equipping my ELL students with lesson plans that explain and build vocabulary related to AI, cryptocurrency, computers, and cutting edge technology.

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