Suggestions for Using the Conversational Resources
Adapt the sheets to your own classroom's needs. For example, you may wish to skip certain questions or to focus in-depth on one particular question.
Have students use the questions to write short journal responses.
Have students develop new vocabulary lists, and ask students to incorporate the vocabulary as they talk through questions with their partner(s)/groups. Develop a class vocabulary web.
Have students learn the concept of key words: ask students to circle the five most important words on the sheet. Survey the class and find out which words most students thought were important.
Have students adapt responses to certain questions by putting them into different formats: haikus, cinquains, short free-verse, etc.
Have students write their own dialogues (instead of any dialogues already given in the sheets, or over and above the existing dialogues).
Have students visit www.eslsheets.com and post responses on the Guest Book!