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MakeBeliefsComix.com has launched a new ESOL teacher resource section to help students who are learning English or improving their literacy skills. (See http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ESOL/)

The new ESOL features from the free online comic strip generator include:

•    Publication of a free e-book, ‘’Something to Write About: Writing Prompts for English Language Learners and Literacy Students.’’ (Download at http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/eBooks/)
•    FILL-ins – short, quick fun writing prompts for students to complete. (See http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ESOL/ESOL-Fill-Ins/)
•    Printables that encourage writing and conversation. (See http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ESOL/ESOL-Printables/)
•    Comic Strip Starters – comic templates to quick-start students’ creating comic strips and which also serve as conversation starters. Print and distribute them among two-person teams. (See http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ESOL/ESOL-Comix-Strip-Starters/)
•    Class activities to help English language learners express themselves. These include making paper memory quilts in which students draw quilt panels and talk about their memories; creating autobiographical comic strips; teaching students how to interview one another to learn about one another’s lives. (See http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ESOL/ESOL-Classroom-Activities/)
•    Lesson plans written by ESOL professionals and demonstration videos for using comics in the classroom. (See http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ESOL/ESOL-Videos-Lesson-Plans/)

Zimmerman, B. MakeBeliefsComix.com Launches New ESOL Section for Educators. NYSTESOL-L listserv (nystesol-l@yahoogroups.com, 26 May 2015).