ELI Websites

Free reading excepts on a variety of topics, organized by lexical level and accompanied by questions, discussions, and teacher activities. Probably best for Level 5 / Level 6 / advanced students

Free reading excepts on a variety of topics, organized by lexical level and accompanied by questions, discussions, and teacher activities. Probably best for Level 5 / Level 6 / advanced students

Simon's cat -- always wordless and usually funny videos for students to watch and describe in writing, speaking, etc.

Fun wordless cute video. Student could describe the video in writing / speaking or whatever other creative activities you can think of doing with it.

Cool collection of short videos that might fit well with Pathways curriculum. Accessible to Level 3(?) and up

Game based practice for vowel & consonant sounds using the IPA. Would need to know IPA in order to use. Good teacher training website as well if you need to learn the IPA. Free but if students register they can track their progress.

Lots of interactive reading / video activities with interactive exercises. Readings are leveled according to Common European Framework. Good computer lab resource. For addition reading selections, use this link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice

Short video (5 minutes) with study tips. Not necessarily new but I got some ideas about activities that have students "teach" the material. Level 5 & Level 6 students might be able to watch and understand. Would be a good session intro video / ideas to work into (I know, we tell these to our students 100 times and they don't listen...maybe if they see a video on it from someone else & then is teacher reinforced, it might stick better?)

Thanks Joy! Great website for beginning students -- all skills but free pronunciation practice for English specific problem areas

70 Practical Things Every Teacher Should Know Yup, totally. Including my personal favorite "how to wash their hands correctly". :-)

Hi, this Ted video is excellent and relates perfectly to the Pathways 4 Chapter 2 L/S part on Chernobyl. Monica

Different ways to create student groups to meet various needs.

Different ways to create student groups to meet various needs.

For native speakers but some fun games (go under language arts) to practice sentence structure, commas, parts of speech, etc. Probably best for Levels 4-6

Articles!

Nice, clear explanation. Thanks for sharing!

This goes both ways, top to bottom and bottom to top. I was initially thinking of the sting that class evaluations can often have but then expanded that to "why is the sting going down more often than up?". There should be a system in place that voices both ways; I grow as a teacher through student feedback (often with an "ouch!" factor; I should grow in admin through the same system. Thoughts about a feedback loop that would be safe and useful? You can slip an anonymous note under my door for now... :-)

Short list of usual approaches to add rigor (critical thinking) to all types of assignments

Some of these would have to be modified for ESL students and some are totally out there (I'm going to try #4, "if you're bored, tell me why" , but rephrased "Are you bored? Tell my why and what would make it more interesting" -- can't wait to see the answers)

There are a lot of graded stories here, started below first grade reading level (but for adults). Readings can be timed to increase fluency. Could be really good extra practice especially for lower level reading. Printable worksheets to check understanding

Other than the PD article, I thought the TED talk looked like it could be really interesting for the higher level students

Some different ideas in here about keeping students moving and engaged. A few I haven't tried but will for my fall oral communications class. Share feedback please if you try any of them!

Enjoy!