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Save The Food! A Food Waste Prevention Teacher's Guide This resource provides five lesson plans and resources about preventing food waste. Wasted food costs money and harms the environment. This course explains basic concepts of food waste prevention and provides easy tips for students to follow. The content was adapted from the EPA’s “Food: Too Good to Waste” tool kit.The course was developed by Audrey Seligman, MPH, with assistance and consultation from George Schooley, M.A. TESOL. Funding for the course was provided by the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Board.

Language study can be divided into four parts: reading, speaking, listening, and writing. Where reasonable, we try to make use of and develop all four of these skills. Through practice, students can become well rounded and increasingly proficient at expressing themselves in English and more generally in their lives. In this book, we focus on critical thinking and clean writing.The last four chapters are a short introduction to philosophy, and they can be a significant leap in difficulty compared with prior chapters.

This book is designed as an English for Academic Purposes class for ESL high school students living in Japan, with a focus on critical thinking and writing. However, there's nothing specific about Japan in the book, and it could be used in other countries just as easily.

A good way to learn to do science in English is to do science in English. When students are doing things, they are engaged, and that is when learning occurs. This book has three parts: biology, physics, and earth science. I have tried to select topics that don't require any specific background knowledge. The pieces are independent. Take whatever looks best for you and forget about the rest.

This book was written for a tenth grade English for Academic Purposes class in Japan. However, there is nothing country-specific in the book. It could reasonably be used in a quarter or trimester.

To complete the course ECUR 415.3: Current Issues in EAL, students are required to submit a final paper that reflects their growing knowledge about English as an Additional Language (EAL). EAL is the term used in Saskatchewan to describe students who speak languages other than English and require adequate levels of English to be successful with the school curriculum.

Most students enrolled in the online course ECUR 415 are practicing teachers who are working toward a Post-Degree Certificate in EAL Education (PDCEAL), while continuing to live and work in various locations both within and outside of the province. The certificate program, offered through the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, is recognized by provincial education authorities as being equivalent to one full year of post-degree study. As such, the certificate equips teachers with the knowledge and expertise to be considered teacher-specialists of EAL Education. The course ECUR 415 also attracts some pre-service teachers who are pursuing a Bachelor of Education degree and have an interest in EAL Education.

Your English Detective is a website that offers adapted Sherlock Holmes stories at the B1 Common European Framework of Reference level. Each story is about 10-15 pages and could be used as extensive reading. In addition, there are Sherlock-inspired lessons and ideas for the ESL classroom, including fanfiction writing prompts.

This is a collection of short reading exercises that utilize high frequency academic vocabulary in context. They can be used with adult students of English as a Second Language with intermediate-advanced reading proficiency or in a supplemental reading course/reading skills course at the community college level. Questions provide practice with lexical inference, topic and main idea identification, identification of different text types and text structures, and other key reading skills. (This is a work in progress - please check back for additional reading exercises and updates!)

This lesson focuses on reducing subject relative clauses as well as shortening relative pronouns. An example of reducing a subject relative clause might be removing “who is” from the sentence, “the man who is standing over there.” In that exampleRelative pronouns include that, which, who, whom, what, and whose.An example might be “He doesn’t like the shirt that I bought.”In defining relative clauses, when the relative pronoun (that) is the object of the clause (I bought)we can drop the relative pronoun.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

When should “Should We Ban It?” be used?“Should We Ban It?” is a speaking lesson plan download aimed at adult and adolescent students with upper-intermediate proficiency levels and above. It is perfect for both individuals and groups, helping promote fluency in speaking and spark healthy discussion about individual and societal value changes over time. Keep in mind that the content of this lesson is controversial — we advise you to review the entire lesson before teaching. This lesson is inappropriate for young learners.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Is your student referring to one object, person or thing, or multiple objects, people or things? This lesson on singular and plural regular nouns helps identify quantity — whether someone is referring to one or many.The lesson suits beginner-level students and can be taught to children, teenagers and adults.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

A short introduction to the concept of social bookmarking, using Delicious as the example.

An introduction to Social Media via a story about a small town with many flavors of ice cream.

When should you teach the Some and Any lesson?The lesson suits CEFR A2 (WIDA: Emerging) students and can be taught to children, teenagers, and adults. Some recommended prerequisites to this lesson are the use of a/an, singular/plural regular nouns, and countable and uncountable nouns.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

When should you teach the Somebody, Something lesson?The lesson suits CEFR B1 (WIDA: Developing) students and can be taught to children, teenagers, and adults. Some recommended prerequisites to this lesson are the use of some and any, and the use of anybody and nobody.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Facebook and Social MediaThis lesson plan on the topic of social media is designed for higher-level students. When teaching this lesson, encourage students to think, share, and debate using the images and questions provided.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This advanced lesson plan introduces vocabulary related to pollution, poverty and other issues found in urban settings. It provides plenty of thought-provoking questions to get your students talking and engaged with the material.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This material has been used for several years with Intermediate to high Intermediate level students in the Chemeketa Community College ESOL program. It has been sourced and designed in response to feedback from and the changing needs of this community. The students take Listening and Speaking classes twice a week. Each class is an hour and a half twice a week, for a total of six hours’ contact time.

A large part of the course is based on a project based learning approach; at this level, using critical thinking skills, collaboration, and presentation skills enables students to develop and practice skills while seeing tangible results boosts confidence and provides a sense of community. Active learning is also a key component. Students have a voice in the themes, topics, and activities assigned and since all have a wealth of experience in many areas, the presentations and projects are engaging and relevant. Much of the success of projects is based on an expectation that students will work on them outside of class time, and homework
assignments are a regular part of the course.

I’ve designed this course as a set of modules which can be used separately or in conjunction with one another; please feel free to select what works for your class and leave the rest. This course is an Open Education Resource and is under an Open License, which means the material is free, can be copied, shared with others, and adapted. I ask that any instructor who used the material attributes it, but users are free to adapt or build on it to create new material for educational purposes. All material within this resource is open source.

This is one of my favorite reading lessons because I can use it with business students, adults, and kids -- it’s a hit with all of them. Students will have the opportunity to read, speak and learn about the history of a search engine most of us use every day.You can access 150+ more free lessons like this with a free Off2Class account!