Author Archives: saradavila

New Worksheets Coming Next Week!

I’ve been quite busy which has cut into my time to create new posts, however I am slowly swimming out from under a sea of great ideas and read to start posting again. Check back next week for new worksheets for you EFL/ESL classroom! Have something special you’d like to see? Send me a message [...]

Jeju Chapter KOTESOL Presentation with Free Books

Planning on being on Jeju island this weekend? I am. Come and see me, I”ll be presenting on creative thinking techniques and giving away free books. You can listen in about it here:   For more information: Jeju “Creative Thinking Techniques for the English Language Classroom” Workshop By Webeditor Jeju on March 6, 2013 – [...]

About China Mingle Information Gap

This is a mingle information gap suitable for beginner ESL/EFL learners who are also exploring information about other countries. This information gap activity is designed to be done as a mingle, where each student has the answer to one question. Students look around trying to find out the correct answer. This worksheet includes simple lesson [...]

Soccer Game Board

In my quest to uncover hidden gems on my website, I also found this soccer game board. This board was designed for use with different question and answer types cards. Clue cards and the soccer cards here would be great. You could also have students design their own trivia cards for use with the game. [...]

Watch Out Game Board

This has to be one of my favorite game boards, ever, and I just realized I had not shared it on my site. It’s been hiding out in the file directory preventing the world from having it. So here you go, world, Watch Out, for the Watch Out game board. This game board works great [...]

Report Writing with Sources Amazon Rainforest Model Text

I’m still working to create these model text analysis worksheet designed for EFL/ESL students who are also working on developing writing skills. This process lesson looks at a short report style writing that uses information from sources. In the report learners can explore how information from sources can be organized to present information about a [...]

Research Essay with Model Text Analysis Birthday Candles

Here is another model text analysis worksheet designed for EFL/ESL students who are also working on developing writing skills. This process lesson looks at a short research based essay that presents information in a historical timeline perspective. In the essay learners begin to look at how to present information about changes in specific items over [...]

Pop Culture Hero Model Text Essay Writing

I’m still working on providing writing worksheets that will help students structure an essay or short writing piece using model text analysis to help examine and understanding the required elements for a complete writing. This process lesson looks at a short non-fiction essay about a current pop culture hero or icon. This could easily build [...]

Write a Movie Review with Model Text and Procedure

I just finished a great teacher training in the city of Daegu with some really great teachers. One in particular, Jerry Park, put together a really nice lesson using an authentic model text to teach learners how to write a movie review of their own. This lesson has a great, natural, context, is relevant to [...]

Narrative Writing Lesson Plan for Intermediate Learners

This lesson plan with model texts is designed to help learners plan for and write the ending for a story based on writing prompt. This lesson begins with a board splash and uses reading process steps to analyze a model text to determine how language is used to make writing more interesting for learners. This [...]

Holiday Present Descriptive Writing

Happy Holidays everyone. To help you through the holidays and the end of the year planning, here is a writing worksheet designed to help learners organize for a descriptive writing paragraph. The topic is holiday oriented. EFL/ESL learners are prompted to think about the types of holiday presents they have recieved and then to choose [...]

Creative Writing Worksheets with Bubble Organizer and Scaffolding

These are creative writing prompts with an organizer for beginner or intermediate EFL/ESL learner, or any learner who is working on improving writing. The worksheets are constructed with some basic word prompts to assist with spelling and provide additional scaffolding. The worksheets are structured to follow basic process writing with a think, brainstorm and organize, [...]

Creative Writing Holiday Story with Bubble Organize

This is a creative writing holiday prompt organizer for beginner or intermediate EFL/ESL learner, or any learner who is working on improving writing. The worksheet is constructed with some basic word prompts to assist with spelling and provide additional scaffolding. The worksheet is structured to follow basic process writing with a think, brainstorm and organize, [...]

My Holiday Webbing Bubble Writing

Here is a webbing bubble organizer for brainstorming ideas related to a topic before writing. This writing worksheet is prepared for writing and organizing ideas about a previous holiday vacation trip. Students begin by brainstorming ideas and using the webbing to organize. This is followed by writing a paragraph using the details from the organizers. [...]

Describe Room List Organizer Writing Activity

Here is an list style organizer for writing a descriptive paragraph about the the room of a student. The list is used as a brainstorming tool and a pre-writing task to help EFL/ESL learners organize their ideas. This list helps learner think about what they need to write about in the room and adjectives and [...]

Idea Square My Family Writing

Here is an idea square organizer for writing on the topic of my family. The idea square is used as a brainstorming tool as a pre-writing task to help EFL/ESL learners organize their ideas. To use the writing square have students think about the family members that are presented in each corner. Ask students to [...]

General Writing Bubble Organizer

Here is a bubble organizer for brainstorming ideas related to a topic before writing. This is a general organizer that can be used with any topic introduced by the teacher. This is a perfect writing organizers for any learner who is interested in writing, include EFL/ESL learners at a number of levels. This organizer would [...]

KOTESOL International Conference

I’ll be in Seoul for the next two days for the International Conference. I’ll be presenting today and tomorrow. On Saturday you can catch me at 2:30 in B161 for a presentation on Creative Thinking Techniques. Tomorrow I’ll be presenting with EnglishCentral and participating in a panel discussion on video in the classroom. I hope [...]

Daegu September 1st Chapter Meeting

For this one day event I will be giving away 20 copies of the collected worksheets and lesson plans I’ve developed that utilize the creative thinking techniques. You can download them all here: http://saradavila.com/front/materials/creative-thinking-techniques-and-lesson-plans/   Daegu-Gyeongbuk KOTESOL E-Bulletin ~ Sept 2012 September Workshop Program Speaker: Sara Davila Topic: Using Creative Thinking Techniques to Improve Communication Date: [...]

Birthday Candles Reading Comprehension

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet details the history of the birthday candle from ancient Greece to modern times. It provides details about how cakes came to be covered with candles. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses a graphic organizer [...]