Lesson and Notes

Lessons and notes from an ESL teacher.

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

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March & April Professional Development Webinars, Conferences, & Resources

March & April Professional Development Webinars, Conferences, & Resources for Educators

The strategies we reach out to our students have changed rapidly in recent weeks. Fortunately, educators are here for their students and each other. In the upcoming weeks, there some free online professional development opportunities to share and strengthen our connections with others. I’ve listed available webinars for ESL and Literacy educators in K-12 and Higher Education, as well as some…

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Yes, I Assign a Website Building Project for ESL students

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  …and it’s also a group project lesson (insert your favorite collective groaning gif here).

Well, I just finished my summer semester classes, and the final group project for my ESL Speech/Listening course is to build a website on a topic. When I first started using this project 10 years ago, the topic was to create an English learning resource site. I liked…

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Verbs followed by Gerunds and Infinitives

My Grammar students are working on gerunds and infinitives this week, so I decided to make them a handout as a reference for which verbs to use. I’ve also been playing around with Canva, and I created a fancy version.

For a review on Gerunds and Infinitives, click here for the overview presentation.

Click below for the downloadable PDF plain and graphic versions of the Verbs Followed by Gerunds.

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Overview of Gerunds and Infinitives

Overview of Gerunds and Infinitives

Gerunds and infinitives presentation

Confused about gerunds vs. infinitives and how to use them correctly in English? This presentation gives a basic overview of the functions of gerunds, infinitives, and their uses.  Go through the presentation and take notes to learn or review this topic in English grammar. Feel free to leave a comment to ask a question.

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Upcoming Online Professional Development: July & August

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Looking for inspiration and opportunities to collaborate and learn with other educators this summer? Here is some free online professional development conferences available in July & August 2018. Click on the links below for the conference websites and more information about each event.

June 2018

July 20th – E…

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Pronouncing the Ending "S" Sounds of Plural Nouns - Free Worksheet

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  A challenge for many English Language Learners is the pronunciation of ending sounds. For the next couple of weeks, we’ll be working pronunciation of ending -S and -ED sounds in English. In this lesson, we will practice the ending -S pronunciation with plural nouns, but we also add “-S” to the end of words for other reasons.

We use the S-endingsounds in English for four reasons:

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Instant Poster Session Lesson Activity

This week, my main lesson activity in my classes was what I call “Instant Poster Sessions.” Ok, the posters are not actually “instant,” but the students have to create them in less than an hour. The general idea is for groups to summarize, organize, and create a poster of a small part of a larger reading. Students practice communication and thinking skills, so I try to incorporate this activity…

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Upcoming Online Professional Development

There’s a lot of online professional development happening this week.

June 2018

June 21st and 22nd- LINCS Webinar: Hyperlinking Your Lessons with HyperDocs Participants will learn the basics of HyperDocs to help get themselves started using this freely available and frequently used technology in their own classrooms and programs.

June 23rd – VirtuEL 2018 A free, online conference for teachers of English Learners

June 24th 2-5 pm CT-  GlobalEd Day at #ISTE18 Live Stream at https://www.facebook.com/globaledcon/

June 25th – KQED Teach Summer Bootcamp: Using Media as Core Text Learn how to effectively employ multiple media formats as texts to teach core content along with a supportive community of fellow educators and experts from June 25th to July 1st.

June 28th 7-8pm – Webinar: Putting the Pizzazz Back in EAP This is a webinar from the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Department at The New School – presented by MA TESOL alum Jennifer Jones. How can we take the best of ESL and ramp it up for our EAP (English for Academic Purposes) learners? This webinar will explore practical techniques to provide a more engaging curriculum for EAP learners by adapting existing curricular materials and integrating further opportunities to personalize and interact with program content in meaningful ways.

August 2018

August 7th & 8th – EdmodoCon 2018  EdmodoCon is the leading virtual PD conference, bringing together educators from all over the globe for two inspiring days of stories and strategies from the best in the education community.

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Mark Your Calendars - Upcoming Online Professional Development

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Upcoming Online Professional Development Conferences and Webinars

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June 23rd – VirtuEL 2018 A free, online conference for teachers of English Learners

June 25th – KQED Teach Summer Bootcamp: Using Media as Core Text Learn how to effectively employ multiple media formats as texts to teach core content along with a supportive community of fellow educators and experts from June 25th to July…

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ESL Summer Activities

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  Summer is here! This season is a great time to introduce English Language Learners to various summertime activities, lessons, and vocabulary.  Below are some ideas you can use with your student this season.

Summer Vocabulary

Vocabulary building is an important step in the language development process for ESL and English language students. By using digital…

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Hello! My name is Cami and this is the tumblr version my teaching blog lessonsandnotes.com . Currently, I’m an adjunct professor of English for Academic Purposes with 12+ years as an ESL teacher/tutor. My academic background includes completing my Bachelor’s degree in Special Education and my Master’s Degree in TESOL.

I’ll be sharing some of my lessons, plans, projects, and ideas on Lessons & Notes. I’m probably not coming up with anything completely new or innovative, but I hope you can find something helpful or useful for you and your students. If you are an English language student, the ideas and activities are here for you, too!

Feel free to ask me any questions, share ideas, or  make suggestions.