Why spend hours clicking through the over 1,000 sites that are dedicated to High School English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson Plans? You waste valuable time perusing sites that don’t relate to your subject matter, whose material is sketchy at best, and where you cannot find a single resource to help you. Here we have listed some of the popular English as a Second Language lesson plan websites and offered detailed descriptions of what you will find. We have also ranked each site based upon the quality, quantity and usefulness of its High School ESL / ElL lesson plans and activities. Best of all, each of these sites has been checked out and ranked by a certified and experienced teacher!
Ranking System
3 Site offers multiple relevant lessons/activities and is well organized.
2 Site offers some good information, but is not well organized or the area covered is very narrow.
1 Site offers only a few lessons/activities or has limited information, but is worth listing.
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL / ELL) LESSON PLAN WEB RESOURCES
ESL Wonderland http://www.eslwonderland.com
Brought to you by Kent Trickel, this page has been created with the ESL or EFL student and teacher in mind. It contains various High School ESL lesson plans and activities thas well as many links to ESL resources on the Internet.
Rank: 3
Rong-Chang Li’s ESL Site http://www.rong-chang.com/
A site containing High School ESL / ELL lesson plans and activities in writing, listening, reading, grammar, and others.
Rank: 3
Hands on English http://www.handsonenglish.com/currentevents.html
Current events activities appropriate for adults and high school students learning English as a second language. Teachers are given permission to print, copy and use the activities in their classrooms. Updated monthly.
Rank: 3
EverythingESL http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons
Contains clear HIgh School ESL, ELL, EFL lesson plans on a variety of topics including seasonal, holidays, counting, animals, and more. Valuable teaching tips throughout.
Rank: 3
ESL Lounge http://www.esl-lounge.com/
Offers free High School ESL, ELL, EFL lesson plans. Fully printable worksheets for all your teaching needs. Song lyrics, reading comprehension, ESL articls, and guides to English grammar. Pronunciation materials and free/printable ESL, ELL board games too.
Rank: 3
Karin’s ESL PartyLand http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm
Provides teachers with lessons and printable materials to use in class and students with over 50 interactive quizzes, and 15 discussion forums.
Rank: 2
Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom http://iteslj.org/questions/
A series of questions about various topics designed to introduce and sustain conversations in the ESL, ELL classroom.
Rank: 2
Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/
A grammar review by Robin Simmons. The site contains explanations, handouts for students and teachers, and interactive exercises.
Rank: 1
