ELT365 · Day 164 — Writing a Gist Question
Idea — A strong gist question has one correct answer that requires the whole text — not a detail pulled from the first line. Example —…
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Professional English · Lesson 08 — Report Writing — Structure Before Style
A professional report follows a fixed structure regardless of topic: summary → background → findings → recommendations → conclusion. Examples Executive summary (one page, written last)…
ReadELT365 · Day 270 — Planning for Mixed-Ability Groups
Idea Mixed-ability planning means building in choice: an extension task for faster finishers, a support scaffold for those who need it. One plan, two pathways. Example…
ReadELT365 · D175 — Integrating reading with other skills
Idea — Reading rarely happens in isolation outside the classroom. Integrating it with speaking, writing, or listening creates richer, more authentic tasks. Example — Students read…
ReadELT365 · Day 209 — Collaborative Writing: Group Tasks That Work
Idea — Collaborative writing tasks require genuine interdependence — each writer has a role (planner, drafter, editor) that the group needs. When any learner can write…
ReadELT365 · Day 207 — Summary Writing: Selection and Compression
Idea — Summary writing requires selecting main ideas and compressing them — cutting examples, repetition, and hedging. It is a separate skill from both reading comprehension…
ReadELT365 · Day 206 — Opinion Essays: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Formula
Idea — The five-paragraph essay formula produces predictable, weak writing at B2+. Teaching learners to argue — claim, evidence, concession, rebuttal — produces stronger thinking and…
ReadELT365 · Day 205 — Narrative Writing: Past Tenses in Context
Idea — Narrative writing requires coordinating past simple (sequence), past continuous (background), and past perfect (earlier events). Teaching these forms through narrative gives context isolated exercises…
ReadELT365 · Day 203 — Personal and Informal Writing: Register Markers
Idea — Informal register in writing shows through contractions, ellipsis, discourse markers (“anyway,” “so”), and first-person directness. Teaching register means comparing formal and informal versions of…
ReadELT365 · Day 202 — Academic Writing at B2+: Hedging Language
Idea — Academic writing requires hedging — language that marks claims as tentative rather than absolute: “suggests,” “appears to,” “it is possible that.” Over-claiming is a…
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