ESL 2520 Handouts and Activities

· ESL 2520 Syllabus and Course Schedule

· From Paragraph to Essay Handout

· “How to Write Summaries” Handout

· Classification Essay Handout

· First Draft Essay Grading Form

· Second Draft Essay Grading Form

· Comparison-Contrast Essay Handout

· Decoding Writing Samples Handout

SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT 3 – DUE March 27

Summary Assignment 4 – Due April 17

EXTRA CREDIT!!!

· Verb Forms: Irregular forms of past tense and past participle

Writing Links:

· Proofreading Exercises

1. http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001517.shtml

2. Interactive Exercises at http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

· Writing Summaries

· An Example of a Summary

· Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing – What’s the difference?

· Paraphrasing – Saying it in your own words

Reading Links:

· Short Story Readings with Quizzes and Grammar exercises

· Anthropology Readings with Quizzes

· Readings about Famous Trials in the U.S.

Grammar Activity Links:

The following exercises on the web are excellent ways for you to work on your grammar.

TOEFL

Free Structure Sample Tests!!

· Overall Grammar – A great site with lots of practice for a variety of grammar points

· Angelfire.com – Tons of grammar links

· Different Grammar Tests from EnglishLearner.com

Noun Clauses

· Noun Clause Quizzes

· Noun Clause Quiz

· Noun Clause Quiz

· Noun Clause Quiz

· Noun Clause Explanation and Quizzes

· Changing quotations to indirect speech

· Page with tons more links for noun clauses

Adjective Clauses

· Explanation and Exercises

· Explanation and Quizzes

· Explanation and Exercises

· Explanation and Graded Quiz

· More Quizzes

Articles

· Charles Kelley’s Article Quiz

· Explanation and Self-graded exercise

· Explanation of Articles from Purdue University

Nouns

· Count vs. Non-count/mass nouns

Verbs

· Verb Tense Review

Prepositions

· Phrasal Verbs: Verb + Preposition combinations

Sentence Punctuation

· Punctuation rules and lessons from the Online Writing Lab (OWL)

General Clauses

· Wikipedia Explanation

· Independent vs. Dependent

Adverb Clauses

· Adverb Clauses of Time

· Adverb Clauses of Cause/Effect

· Adverb Clauses of Condition

· Adverb Clauses of Opposition/Argument

Fragments and Run-ons

· Lesson on writing correct sentences

· Sentence Fragments Quiz

Active vs. Passive Voice

· esl.about.com -- Explanation and Quizzes

· a4esl.org -- Active or Passive quiz

· Passive explanation and quizzes

· Passives with modals quiz

· Angelfire.com – Passive with Modals 1

· Angelfire.com - -Passive with Modals 2

· Angelfire.com – Passive or active quiz

· eflnet.com – Passive voice explanation with TOEFL-like test

Word Order

· angelfire.com – Adverbs of frequency 1

· angelfire.com – Adverbs of frequency 2

SPELLING PRACTICE

· http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=7

· http://www.englishclub.com/writing/spelling.htm

· http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/misspelled-words/index.htm

· http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelhomo.html

· http://www.studygs.net/spelling.htm

CITING SOURCES:

· APA Style

· MLA Style