The Internet TESL Journal gives you access to hundreds of articles from 1995 to 2010. There are lesson plan ideas, teaching techniques, and activities.
For example, one lesson idea called "A Fun Reading Comprehension Activity" gave me the idea of copying a text that the students have previously read and eliminating words from the text to have students use context clues to generate the missing words, or as a longer extension the missing ending.
Another lesson, "Intonation - It Does Matter" gave me the idea to use role play for teaching how intonation and tone can make a difference in the meaning of words. This can be used as part of a morning meeting activity demonstrating how your tone can convey meaning to your classmates or as a reading lesson having students read actual dialogue from fiction books.
Finally. a lesson called "Using Expectations to Improve Learning" provided me with a good reminder that students who are new to our country might have very different social customs, schoolwork expectations or homework expectations than you have in your classroom. It is necessary to clearly state your expectations and provide the support necessary for your ELL students to achieve the levels of performance that you expect from all of your students.
For example, one lesson idea called "A Fun Reading Comprehension Activity" gave me the idea of copying a text that the students have previously read and eliminating words from the text to have students use context clues to generate the missing words, or as a longer extension the missing ending.
Another lesson, "Intonation - It Does Matter" gave me the idea to use role play for teaching how intonation and tone can make a difference in the meaning of words. This can be used as part of a morning meeting activity demonstrating how your tone can convey meaning to your classmates or as a reading lesson having students read actual dialogue from fiction books.
Finally. a lesson called "Using Expectations to Improve Learning" provided me with a good reminder that students who are new to our country might have very different social customs, schoolwork expectations or homework expectations than you have in your classroom. It is necessary to clearly state your expectations and provide the support necessary for your ELL students to achieve the levels of performance that you expect from all of your students.