Category Archives: "ESL Writing Activities"

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“Read My Lips” is a great game for practicing sentences, speaking and writing. It’s simple and can be used with all grammar points and vocabulary. This activity is great for revision and is always enjoyed by students.
Activity Time: 10 mins +
Materials required: paper and pencil.
Skills practiced: Speaking and writing.
Level: Young learners + Method  1.  Each student needs paper and a pen to write.  2.  One student comes to the front of the class and mouths a sentence to the other students. The other students must write down what they think the student said.  3. Try this activity in groups and pairs.  Enjoy this activity? Find more games and ideas here.

Read My Lips

Can’t see the video? Click here “Read My Lips” is a great game for practicing sentences, speaking and writing. It’s simple and can be used with all grammar points and vocabulary. This activity is great for revision and is always enjoyed by students. Activity Time: 10 mins + Materials required: paper and pencil. Skills practiced: Speaking and […]

ESL Comic Strips

Can’t see the video? Click here “ESL Comic Strips” is a great way to get young learners writing in a way thats meaningful to them. This activity can be a fun and creative way to produce English in the classroom.  Activity Time: 10 mins + Materials required: Comic strips for each student.  Skills practiced: Vocabulary, writing and spelling.  Level: Young […]

5 ESL Writing Activities For Children

This post will look at 5 ESL writing activities for children. These activities are great for  developing writing skills with young learners in the ESL classroom.   Trace Develop motor skills with very young learners with tracing activities. Children trace shapes, letters or words from picture prompts on their partners hand’s or back. The children take turns […]