Teaching Harry Potter: Writing Activities

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Literature opens the door to entirely new worlds, allowing students to experience life from different perspectives. Harry Potter offers so many creative and purposeful writing activities: descriptive writing, persuasive essays, scripts and newspaper articles, reports etc.

Below are 10 example writing activities based on Harry Potter. Each activity is designed to help students strengthen specific skills while sparking their imagination and enthusiasm for writing in English. Read more

Teaching Harry Potter: Chapter Books

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Key to working with chapter books as a class is ensuring that everyone keeps up with the reading. It sounds simple, but in practice, it’s not! However enthusiastic students might be, there’s always someone who hasn’t managed to do the homework or has missed a class. Read more

English Spelling

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English spelling is notoriously complex because it is influenced by multiple systems. Understanding these systems can help teachers explain spelling patterns and irregularities more effectively. Read more

EAP: Hedging

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What is hedging?

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Effective Use of Marking Symbols: A Two-Stage Solution

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As ESL/EFL teachers, providing constructive feedback is crucial for our students’ language development. One common, effective way to offer feedback is through the use of marking symbols. This not only pinpoints areas for improvement but also encourages learner autonomy and self-correction. Read more

Vocabulary Profiling 2

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Have a look at ‘Vocabulary Profiling 1‘ for reasons to profile vocabulary.

LexTutor is a little less user-friendly than VocabKitchen (you may not want students to try it themselves) but offers some additional features. Read more

Vocabulary Profiling 1

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How do you decide on the vocabulary to teach students?
 
Which vocabulary in a given text would you want students to learn and which items could you just gloss?

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