The most common mistake I see with the simple present tense, even among my more advanced students, is dropping the
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The most common mistake I see with the simple present tense, even among my more advanced students, is dropping the
Every year, the STAAR English 1 and English 2 exam is released and teachers face the same question:Where should we
You know when you tell students, โYou have five minutes left,โ and ten minutes later, theyโre still talking? Weโve all
As students begin to build strength with subject pronouns, they naturally expand into possessive adjectives. However, they often use them
When my good friend Diana, who teaches 9th-grade AP Human Geography, lamented about she had a student line a mile
If you teach beginner ESL, chances are the verb to be is one of the first grammar points you introduce.
How many times have you asked a student a question, and they look at you, shrug, and sayโฆ โI donโt
Picture this: Youโre introducing classroom objects to your new ESL students. You hold up a flash card, but instead of
Itโs the first day of school, and your newcomer ESL students meet you at the door, often with a nervous
If youโve ever stared at a group of ESL newcomers and wondered, โWhere do I even start?โ youโre not alone.
Do you have EB students who canโt get the advanced high composite score they need to possibly exit? Or maybe
How often do you leave a district-mandated professional development and think to yourself, โMan, I canโt wait to get back
