1. “I cannot teach you anything; I can only make you think.”
--Socrates

2. Tanya Zamudio

3. To every complex problem, there is a simple solution,
and it is usually wrong.

4. Two Major ESOL Guidelines
If you do not understand, ask until you do. DO NOT just nod your head or say “yes.”
Speak only English during class unless other instructions are given.

5. Classroom Activities That Have Worked for Me
Personal Dictionaries
Vocabulary Squares
Word Wall and Word Strips
Sentence Strips
Conversation Cards
Character Notebooks
Picture of the Week
Book of the Month
Storybook Box Project
Zines

6. Personal Dictionaries
5 unfamiliar words
Vocabulary Lists – Every Two Weeks
Student Created Sentences
Picture and Sentence Strips Activities

7. Four Square Vocabulary Grid
Model the process for students. If you use the word addition, their four-square might look like this.
Word
Addition
Makes me think of….
Counting all my friends.
Meaning
Adding, Getting a sum, totaling something
Opposite
Subtraction

9. Word Wall and Word Strips
Working
Permenant

10. Sentence Strips and Conversation Cards
Missing Vocabulary Word
Base Verb – Students must conjugate
Topic of conversation – must use vocabulary words – write down the sentences when a word is used

11. Character Notebooks Point or View Express and Create
Personal Journal Topics
Add Illustrations and Collages

12. Picture of the Week Stages of Writing
Types of Writing – Narrative, Descriptive, Informative, and Persuasive
Error Log
Rubric

13. Book of the Month Author’s Purpose Theme Climax and Conflict
Write and best answer wins
The Sneetches, The Zax, Oh, the Places You Will Go, Thunder Cake, Whoever You Are

14. Storybook Box Project Literary Terms and Elements
Physical Representations
Oral Presentation

15. Zines Personal Magazine 30 Days of Poetry Memoirs Short Stories
Genres of Writing

16. Useful Websites http://www.armoredpenguin.com
Academic Word List
Vocabulary and Puzzle Sites
Reading

17. Useful Websites Grammar Sites
Writing

18. Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence.

19. Tanya Zamudio zamudiot@berkeley.k12.sc.us
ESOL Teacher at Sedgefield Middle School
Berkeley County School District