This document contains handouts from an ESOL curriculum. The handouts cover topics such as WH questions, feelings vocabulary, practicing WH questions about people's names, locations, actions. They provide exercises for students to practice answering WH questions about pictures, stories, and themselves. The handouts aim to help English language learners improve their English communication skills.

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Handout A
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: ________________
WH Questions Chart
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
person
people
thing, idea,
event or
action
place time reason manner,
way
Write more examples for each WH question.
1. Who is he?
2. What is this?
3. Where are you?
4. When is class?
5. Why is he scared?
6. How can we learn English?

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Feelings Vocabulary Handout B
How do you feel?
I feel ___________________.
proud angry
greedy
excited
sleepy
happy
thirsty hungry
relaxed hurt
confused sad
loving
worried

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Handout C
Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________
How does he feel?
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6.
7.
1. How does he feel - sleepy or happy?
He feels ___________________________.
2. How does he feel - hungry or thirsty?
He feels ___________________________.
3. How does he feel - confused or sleepy?
He feels ___________________________.
4. How does he feel - angry or proud?
He feels ___________________________.
5. How does he feel - worried or relaxed?
He feels ___________________________.
6. How does he feel - loving or angry?
He feels ___________________________.
7. How does he feel - greedy or relaxed?
____________________________________.

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8. How does he feel - confused or happy?
_____________________________________.
9. How does he feel - hungry or sleepy?
_____________________________________.
10. How does he feel - sad or thirsty?
____________________________________.
11. How does he feel - angry or hungry?
__________________________________.
12. How does he feel - hurt or sleepy?
_____________________________________.
13. How does he feel - proud or worried?
____________________________________.
14. How does he feel - greedy or excited?

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Handout D
Name: ______________________________ Date: __________________
Your Feelings
Practice speaking.
A. How do you feel?
B. I feel __________________.
A. Why?
B. I feel __________________ because _____________________
_____________________________________________________.
A. Oh. I understand.
Practice writing.
How do you feel? Why?
1. I feel _________________ because ______________________
____________________________________________________________.
2. I feel _________________ because ______________________
____________________________________________________________.
3. I feel _________________ because ________________________
____________________________________________________________.
4. I feel _________________ because ______________________
____________________________________________________________.

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Handout E
What is your name? _______________________ What is the date? _______
Answer the WH questions – Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
1.
Who is he? _________________________________
What is he doing? ____________________________
2.
Where are they? ____________________________
What are they doing? _________________________
3.
Who are they? _______________________________
Where are they going? __________________________
4.
What is he doing? _____________________________
Why is he doing this? ___________________________
5.
Where are they? ______________________________
What are they doing? __________________________
6.
Where is he? ________________________________
What is he doing? _____________________________
7.
Where they going? ____________________________
When do they go? _____________________________
8.
What is he doing? _____________________________
When does he do this? _________________________

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9.
Where are they? ______________________________
How do they feel? _____________________________
10.
Where is he? ________________________________
What is he doing? _____________________________
11.
Where are they? ______________________________
Why are they there? __________________________
12.
Who are they? _____________________________
How do they feel? __________________________
13.
Where are they? ______________________________
What are they doing? __________________________
14.
Who is he? _________________________________
Why is he important? __________________________
15.
Where is the dog? _____________________________
When will he get the bone? _______________________
16.
Who is she? ____________________________________
What is she doing? _______________________________

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Handout F
WH Questions About Students
1. Who are the people in these pictures?
2. Where are they?
3. When do they go there?
4. What are they doing?
5. Why are they doing this?
6. How do they feel? Why?
Handout G

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Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________
WH Questions About Your Class
1. Who is in your class?
2. When does your class meet?
3. Where does your class meet?
4. Why do the students come to your class?
5. What topic does your class like to study?
6. How do you feel about your class? Why?

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Handout H
“Freedom from Want” by Norman Rockwell

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Handout I
“Freedom from Want” by Norman Rockwell
Name: __________________________________________ Date: __________________
WH Questions
1. Who do you see in this picture?
2. What do you see in this picture?
3. Where are these people?
4. What are they doing?
5. Why are they doing this?
6. When are they doing this?
7. How do the people feel? Why?
8. How do you feel about the picture? Why?
Handout J

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Coming to the USA
My name is Julio Rodriquez. I am from El Salvador. I came to the
United States 8 years ago. I like this country because it is clean. I like
the order. I like the schools for my children. I like the jobs too. I
feel happy here because I have a better life. I am not hungry. I feel
sad too because I don’t see my mother and father. They live in El
Salvador. I want to study English so I can communicate with the people
here. I want friends. I want a better job too. English will help me find
my dreams.
WH Questions about the Writer
1. Who is he?
2. Where is he from?
3. When did he come to the United States?
4. What does he like about the United States?
5. How does he feel about living in the United States? Why?
6. Why does he study English?

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Handout K
Questions and Answers to cut up for group practice
1. Who are you?
My name is Kim Lee.
I am a student.
I am a secretary.
2. Where are you from?
I am from Soul, Korea.
3. When did you come to the United States?
I came to the USA fifteen years ago when I was twenty years old.
4. What do you like about the United States?
I like the USA because I have a lot of opportunities here.
I like the people of this country.
I like the freedom that we enjoy.
5. How do you feel about living in the United States? Why?
I love living here because the USA is now my home.
I am proud that I came here because I made a good life for my family.
Sometimes I worry about the economy because we might have problems.
6. Why do you study English?
I study English because I want to improve my life.
I need to communicate with my neighbors so I can make friends.

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Handout L
Name: ________________________ Date: _________________
WH Questions About YOU
1. Who are you?
2. Where are you from?
3. When did you come to the United States?
4. What do you like about the United States?
5. How do you feel about living in the United States? Why?
6. Why do you study English?

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Handout M
Clearly print your name:
Class Level: Teacher/Location
Final Draft
“I give PWCS full rights to as well as permission to publish and distribute my
written composition.” (Please submit 200 words or less)
Signature: ________________________________ Date: ______________
Title:

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Handout N
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: ___________
Student Lesson Evaluation
How do you feel about this writing lesson? Circle one. Why do you feel that way?
I feel good about it.
yes so-so no
I feel relaxed and OK.
yes so-so no
I feel confused.
yes so-so no
I feel sleepy and bored.
yes so-so no
I feel worried.
yes so-so no
I feel angry.
yes so-so no
I feel excited.
yes so-so no
I feel sad.
yes so-so no