LAB ACTIVITIES FOR LEVEL ONE & TWO SPELLING
ESL 118 & 128
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TEXTBOOKS
1000 Instant Words
Mastering Spelling Level A (118)
Mastering Spelling Level B (128)
ESL Spelling Words Lists
COMPUTER-ASSISTED spelling/vocabulary activities:
Spelling City website
www.spellingcity.com
Level 1 & 2
All word lists from textbooks are provided here with interactive games
All-Star Interactive vocabulary games
Level 1 & 2
American Heritage Dictionary
Level 1 – 5
American Accent- Listening/Speaking
Level 1 – 5
Workbook with audio also available
Level 1 - 2
Fundamentals of English Grammar (Azar)
Level 2
Focus on Grammar Basic reading activities
Level 1
Focus on Grammar 2 reading activities
Level 2
Grammar Express Basic 1 reading activities
Level 1
Heinle Picture Dictionary Interactive CD-rom
Level 1 & 2
With Beginning & Intermed workbook and CDs
Longman Dictionary of American English
All levels
Longman English Interactive
Level 1 & 2
Rosetta Stone for English Level 1 & 2
Level 1 – 2
Skillsbank 5 –Spelling topics
Level 2 – 5
NEW! Tell Me More -
All levels
Explore other online spelling websites through google search, etc.
VIDEOS
DVD: English Grammar: spelling & capitalization
Connect with English, tape 1 and 2
Crossroads Café, tape 1 and 2
Understanding, Reading, Writing in English Series
2 videos per level, with workbooks
TV Tutor, 1 tape with workbook
Effective Study Skills, 1 video and workbook
KETC “Life & Times” Series
13 videos with worksheets and vocabulary
Level 1- 3
Level 1 – 2
Level 1 – 2
Level 1 – 5
Level 1
Level 2 – 5
Level 1 – 2
If you want to learn English, it really helps to READ MORE!
Our ESL Reading Café features fun Cambridge Readers for all levels. Each book is on a CD
or tape so you can read and listen together. The complete titles list is available in the Lab. We
have new CD players and headphones for a better listening experience too. Come check it out!
The complete reading list is available in the lab or on our website.
We suggest for Level 1
Penguin Active Reading Level 1, Little Women with computer interactive exercises & audio
Modern Dramas 1: Solomon the Superintendent with audio CD
Novel Scenes: City Dreams, In a Tight Spot with audio and teacher’s guide
Penguin Readers without audio:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Big Bag Mistake, David Beckham, Daniel
Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Jennifer Lopez, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Pele, Tom Cruise
We suggest for Level 2, 3, 4 :
Penguin Readers without audio: Apollo 13, The Amazon Rain Forest, Audrey Hepburn,
American Life, Extreme Sports, The Last of the Mohicans, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns,
Pirates of the Caribbean, Simply Suspense, White Fang
Modern Dramas 2 Lucy and the Piano Player with audio
Novel Scenes: In a Tight Spot, Holding the Bag with audio & teacher’s guide
Penguin Active Reading Level 3: The Incredible Journey , or Titanic
Level 4: Secret Codes all with computer interactive activities & audio
We also suggest:
Modern Dramas 2 Lucy and the Piano Player with audio
Modern Dramas 3 Victor’s Secret, Modern Dramas 4, Ramona’s Adventure with audio
Novel Scenes: Holding the Bag, Novel Scenes: Rooms with a View , audio & teacher’s guide
Penguin Readers without audio: Level 2: Apollo 13, The Amazon Rain Forest, Audrey Hepburn,
American Life, Extreme Sports, The Last of the Mohicans, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns,
Pirates of the Caribbean, Simply Suspense, White Fang;
Level 3: Martin Luther King, The No. 1 Ladie’s Detective Agency, New York, The Interpreter,
Princess Diana, The Road Ahead (Bill Gates);
Level 4: 1984, Cinderella Man, Gladiator, Inventions that Changed the World, Love Actually,
The Mosquito Coast
OTHER BOOKS ON CD/TAPE-
Books available by request No copies allowed
FULL NOVELS
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Level 2
James & the Giant Peach (Also with DVD)
Level 2
Level 3-5
A Parcel of Patterns, Walsh
Tuck Everlasting, Babbit
A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle
The Outsiders, Hinton
A Wind in the Door, L’Engle
Lord of the Flies, Golding
ADAPTED SHORT STORIES
Level 2 – 3
Jamestown Classic Series
Edgar Allan Poe:
The Gold Bug, The Tell-Tale Heart,
The Pit and the Pendulum,
The Masque of the Red Death
O. Henry
Gift of the Magi, Alias Jimmy Valentine,
Ransom of Red Chief, The Last Leaf
ONLINE ACTIVITES: Just a few…
www.esl-gold.net
www.spelling.hemscott.net
www.owl.english.perdue.edu/handouts/grammar
Use www.google.com and search for topics such as vocabulary or spelling.