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From http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk

Ideas for strengthening English skills over the summer
by Larry Ferlazzo
July 8, 2014

As I’ve done in the past, … I have created a virtual classrooms at a number of sites where students can easily enroll and do online activities. They will receive “extra credit” for doing so — either from me (since many will have me as a teacher again next year) or from their new teachers (who have agreed to give them extra credit).

Most of the sites are specifically for English Language Learners but, this year, I’ve also expanded to a few more advanced sites that would be more appropriate for many advanced ELLs and mainstream ninth-graders who are entering tenth-grade. In addition, a few other teachers of other mainstream classes invited their students to participate, as well. One great thing about most of these sites is that once the classrooms are set-up, it doesn’t really make any difference if 3 or 100 enroll.

Read on for Mr. Ferlazzo’s description of different online learning sites that your students can also use: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/larry-ferlazzo/larry-ferlazzo-ideas-strengthening-english-skills-over-summer