technology
future tens
e
plans & predictions
complaints
movies
intercultural communication
teaching esl with movies
describing communities, neighborhoods & places
Pre-Intermediate
ESL lessons/activties for giving directions
Indirect questions activity
Ask and provide directions and instructions.
Identify and explain common problems and solutions.
Giving directions lesson
Teaching directions to ESL students with
jazz chants
CanTeach - Dramatic Play Centre Ideas
CanTeach - I Need Some Help
Neighborhood
cuisenaire rods in the esl
classroom
Cards /making
comparisons
Carpool
Scavenger Hunt
House roleplays lessons for ESL teachers
Housemates and Renting Apartment Roleplays
Roommate survey (PDF
)
ESL Lesson Plan:Identify various means of locating housing
ESL Lesson Plans for reporting and explaining the need for household repairs
and making a consumer complaint
Housing lessons for ESL students: Interpret classified ads and other resources to locate housing.
Describe information regarding rental agreements/ contracts, renter/landlord rights and responsibilities
Realtor role-play
Housing Complaints Dialogue
Apartment hunting
ESL lesson
Buying a house
conversation cues
Getting an apartment lesson with vocab
Housing project
roleplay
ESL lessons for teachers & students: describing communities, neighborhoods & places
Speaking/discussion questions for talking about neighborhoods
Writing ideas for describing places
Asking about places: describing places
Lifestyle crossword (PDF)
Name that city - the cost of living: practice making comparisons
Describing places & buildings: short model reading and exercise(word)
ESL Teaching Tip: The Perfect Evening
Readings:Childhood Places We Remember
Teaching ideas for describing places
Vandalism/graffiti worksheets
ESL vocabulary & lessons including
vocabulary for describing communities, neighborhoods & places
Describing communities, vocabulary, types of houses- ESL exercises and worksheets (24 page PDF)
Describing Places :vocabulary, sentence patterns & dialogue
Describing places: model paragraph, vocabulary
Describing places (esl) lesson including vocabulary and questions
Community & local environment surveys
and questionnaires
Questionnaire to find out what local people think about the environment in their local area (see
worksheet 4)
Community survey about a local park
Park & public spaces survey worksheet : very cool
(1 page PDF)
Example neighborhood survey
Resident in neighborhood survey
Community survey (incl. ranking exercise)(PDF)
Home security true/false quiz
Describing a home/house lessons &
vocabulary
Objects in the home that are considered special
Family treasue interview worksheet
"How Homes Meet Wants and Needs"
brainstorm chart
Describing a house lesson
House vocabulary (PDF)
Home features cheklist (PDF)
ESL Furniture Vocab lesson
Conversation questions about homes
Around The House: Homeowners lesson
and vocabulary (PDF): landlords & tennants(PDF)
Lessons for city/country comparisons
Lesson to identify differences between urban and rural life incl. worksheet
City Life: Write 'city' and 'country' on the board and ask students what they prefer and why....icl. worksheet
Teaching contrast (but,however although) using the theme of cities
Where would you prefer to live – in the city or in the countryside? BBC lesson (PDF)
Household/home safety checklists
Home safety checklist:room by room(html &PDF) Surrey
Kitchen safety checklist
Home safety checklist (long) (PDF)
Mr Fixit Home Safety Checklist short
Short home safety checklist general
