Show, don’t tell: Practice Exercise

Show, don't tell: Practice Exercise
The goal of this descriptive writing technique is to provide descriptions that allow readers to infer emotions, situations, or character traits without explicitly stating them. Follow this link to understand this technique in detail: Show, don’t tell ← ESLMOJO Click on this sentence to read sample responses from students. Show-Dont-Tell-Practice-ExerciseDownload

Descriptive letter/email -part 1

Descriptive letter/email -part 1
Letter or email writing requires friendly register, therefore, it is important that students are taught the difference between formal and informal register before introducing letter writing. These series of presentations explain, in great detail, the step-by-step process teachers could follow in developing students descriptive language capacity and then move onto explaining the format and asking… ...

Letter Writing – The Helpline

Letter Writing - The Helpline
By Ahmed Nasir, English Teacher, Bileddhoo School, Maldives. Letter-writing-the-helplineDownload… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership Levels Already a member? Log in here

49 Fantastic “Feeling Words”

49 Fantastic
1. abandoned: forsaken by owner or inhabitants 2. amazed : filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise 3. amused: pleasantly occupied 4. anxious: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety 5. apathetic : showing little or no emotion 6. ashamed : feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse 7. astonished: filled with the… ...

Students’ Letter Presentations

Students' Letter Presentations
Contributed by Ahmed Nasir, English Teacher, Bileddhoo School, Maldives. Thanks a bunch Nasir for sharing. Readers, please note that these are students’ original work and contain few spelling and register errors.  Thank you very much for your contributions!         … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership ...

Descriptive Sentences Collection

Descriptive Sentences Collection
Salaam everyone! Here’s what I promised! A comprehensive list of descriptive sentences written by All of my grade 10 students. Minor changes have been made in some sentences. Hope you find this collection really useful when you teach descriptive letter writing. If you have something to share, please let us know. We would love to… ...