Students will make connections between their personal experiences and a work of art and use visual analysis to describe a portrait.

Students will "read" a visual image very much like they would read words in a story.

Students will spend more time looking at details and write an imagined interview with a sitter.

Students will apply what they have learned about portraits in a formal writing exercise.

Created for Washtenaw Community College's low intermediate ESL students, this OER writing textbook covers writing sentences, summaries, opinions, and narratives, as well as improving spelling and grammar.

Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel "Maus". The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.

A good way to learn to do math in English is to do math in English. The topics and materials should be accessible but engaging. This gives us incentive to make tangents into gambling, game theory, computers, art, and any other fields where we see connections. Interdisciplinary applied mathematics can be found within these pages.

This book was written for high school students in Japan studying English for Applied Purposes, so that they could potentially take math classes when studying abroad in the future. However, nothing in the book depends on the country.

This paper makes recommendations for developing mathematics instruction for English Language Learners (ELLs) aligned with the Common Core State Standards. The recommendations can guide teachers, curriculum developers, and teacher educators as they develop their own ways of supporting mathematical reasoning and sense-making for ELLs.Some instructional recommendations discussed in the paper include: Focus on ELL students' mathematical reasoning, not the correctness of their mathematical language use. Shift to a focus on mathematical discourse practices; move away from simplified views of language. Support ELL students as they engage in complex mathematical language. Use ELL students' language and experiences as resources. Provide professional development to enhance teachers' awareness of ways to support ELs as they develop both language and mathematical knowledge.

Ability – Can and couldThis lesson plan is a great introduction to modal verbs. It is designed for beginner students and focuses on the use of can and can’t to discuss ability, possibility, and permissions. Throughout this lesson, students can practice both the positive and negative forms of can and could. In addition, students will study common questions and short answer prompts used in spoken English.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Advisability – ShouldAlso designed for pre-intermediate ESL students, this lesson plan guides teachers and students through the use of the modal verbs should and shouldn’t for suggestions, duties, responsibilities and/or expectations. Students will also practise forming questions and speak using should to express expectations. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Expectations – Be Supposed toIn this lesson designed for intermediate-level learners, students are taught ways to use be supposed to so that they can communicate expectations. In addition, students will practice using be supposed to in the present and past tenses.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Necessity – Must and have toDesigned for pre-intermediate students, this lesson plan introduces the concept of necessity using must and have to. It also features gap-fill exercises and activities that allow students to express opinions in English. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Probability – May, might, and couldThis lesson plan is great for beginner students and introduces them to the concepts of possibility and probability. Your students can practice speaking, reading, and listening while using may,  might, and could in positive and negative forms. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Requests – Would, could, can, may and mightThis lesson plan focuses on using the subject I to ask for permission and make requests. As well, it covers using you as the subject to make polite requests. It also outlines formal and informal ways to use these specific modal verbs. This is a great lesson plan for you to use with pre-intermediate students and as a review for intermediate students. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Suggestions – Let’s, why don’t, shallThis lesson plan discusses different forms to make suggestions in English. It contains useful phrases and activities for intermediate-level students to improve their speaking, writing, and reading skills. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This lesson is designed to enhance learning on the topic of Mount Rushmore

Creepy crawlers, hoppers, and fliers are the focus of this lesson in which students chorally read poems about insects and use the Internet to locate facts about their assigned insects.