In this lesson, students learn how to distinguish fact from opinion. They learn about source, context, and hyperbole. This lesson includes vocabulary practice, comprehension tasks, and assessment.

Distinguishing Fact from Opinion

Students learn and practice the second conditional through writing and speaking activities. They also learn the difference between _hope_ and _wish_. This lesson includes a mixed review of the first and second conditional.

Second Conditional

In this lesson, students read two stories that use the second conditional in context. They answer comprehension questions and complete sentences about themselves using the second conditional.

Second Conditional Stories

In this lesson, students learn how to use the second conditional to ask about hypothetical situations. They practice forming second conditional questions and responses through various oral and written tasks.

What Would You Do?

In this lesson, students read a brief history of the game of chess. They review vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and discuss the importance of hobbies and pastimes. 

Chess

In this lesson, students learn about the different types of conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, and subordinating) and how they’re used to join sentence elements. They also learn how to punctuate sentences with conjunctions. 

This lesson can easily be divided into three parts (to cover one type of conjunction at a time) or completed all at once for a comparison of conjunction types.

Conjunctions

In this lesson, students read three stories that use connectors in context. They answer comprehension questions and practice completing sentences using connectors.

Connector Stories

The mid-course assessment for Ellii Up T assesses students on targets and themes from the first half of Ellii Up T, including distinguishing fact from opinion, second conditional, and conjunctions.

Ellii Up T: Mid-Course Assessment

In this lesson, students learn tips for expressing their opinions. Students view a sample opinion paragraph and practice writing their own paragraphs.

How to Write an Opinion

Some animal rights groups think captivity is cruel and unnecessary. Others think zoos are educational. How did we learn so much about the T. rex without observing it in person?

Zoos

What are some pros and cons to allowing this?

New Jersey Zoo Lets People Watch Vets at Work

Your ideal roommate changes throughout your life. Can a best friend make an ideal roommate? Students discuss the hardest parts about sharing living quarters.

Roommates

Students read about holiday stress as a source for family feuds. They discuss their own family triggers and do a role-play in small groups.

Family Feuds

In this lesson, students learn the two main uses of an apostrophe. They also learn some of the most common errors writers make with apostrophes. Students learn to spot and correct errors. Includes a writing and editing challenge.

How to Use an Apostrophe

The final assessment for Ellii Up T assesses students on writing an opinion piece, reading comprehension, high-intermediate vocabulary, and using an apostrophe.

Ellii Up T: Final Assessment 

High-intermediate students explore hypothetical thinking and opinion-based communication. This course introduces the second conditional and conjunctions while helping learners distinguish fact from opinion and connect ideas clearly.