Name: Your Community: Using Transitions to Organize your Ideas
Author: Jordan V.

Preview the Course

Grade 9-12

19m

6 Lessons 19:33

1. Use transition words to organize your ideas 0:54
2. Kinds of transition words: 1. numerical: first, second, third, fourth, etc. 4:33
3. Adding additional information to the same idea: also, in addition/in addition to this, furthermore, moreover 2:16
4. Signaling contrast: however, but (basic) 1:38
5. Signaling contrast: in contrast, on the other hand (advanced) 1:57
6. Summary of the Session 8:15

About the course

"Dive into three categories of transitions that you can use to organize your ideas and make them easier to understand. Learn skills crucial to clear, effective communication, helping you get your ideas and opinions across in any scenario!

Get to know someone new with these community-focused icebreaker questions and answers."

Project

Talking About your Community Icebreaker

Course overview

Use transition words to organize your ideas

Students will learn overview/introduction of the purpose of transition words.

Kinds of transition words: 1. numerical: first, second, third, fourth, etc.

Introduce these transition words, practice + listen/repeat

Adding additional information to the same idea: also, in addition/in addition to this, furthermore, moreover

Introduce these transition words, practice + listen/repeat

Signaling contrast: however, but (basic)

Introduce these transition words, practice + listen/repeat

Signaling contrast: in contrast, on the other hand (advanced)

Introduce these transition words, practice + listen/repeat

Summary of the Session

Review of each course Introduction to icebreaker project-- let's practice and put it all together

Tags:

Conversations
English
ESL
Language
Transitions
Vocabulary

Recommended Materials

notebook and pen

Instructor

Jordan V.

Adjunct Professor and ESL Instructor

Jordan has been teaching English as a Second Language for over ten years and has taught students from over 60 countries around the world. She loves teaching English and uses creative activities and everyday examples to help students communicate both effectively and accurately. Jordan's warmth, patience, and individualized approach with students creates a positive learning environment that motivates them to succeed. When tutoring, Jordan carefully integrates students' interests and goals into her lessons so that each session is unique and targeted. She believes that a good teacher can change students' lives and dedicates herself to helping students achieve their full potential. Jordan has helped students achieve a variety of goals, including going to college or graduate school, improving

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