Syllabus

12:30-12:45 – Complete Registration and //Word by Word// Needs Assessment (Pictorial Version and Checklist Version) 12:45-1:30 – “The Artists” 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 - “A Strange New World” 2:00-2:30 - “Draw Your Name”
 * WEEK 1 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-12:45 – Complete Registration and “Name that Person” 12:45-1:30 – Review pronunciation of vocabulary in //Oxford Picture Dictionary//, p34 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – TESTING; // Word by Word Testing Program // : Who are They? ; // Word by Word // Family Concentration Cards
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-12:45 – Complete Registration and //Word by Word// Needs Assessment; “Basket-Case Teacher” 12:40-1:30 – “Life Map;” Needs Assessment results 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – TESTING; introduce nouns (person, place, thing or idea) and verbs (action or state of being); // Word by Word // Unit 1 Grammar Worksheet ; // Excellent English // (pp 7-8) ; // Fundamentals of English Grammar // (pp 4-5) HW: Bring different kinds of medicine boxes/bottles (__without the medicine inside__)
 * // Friday //**

12:30-1:00 – Present and decorate journals; create Biography Poems ( dictionaries available ) 1:00-1:30 – Review “The Body” (//OPD//, pp 104-107); //OPD: Low Beginning//, p 104 - 105 ; Listening Exercise (CD2, Track 12, p 278) ; //OPD: Low Intermediate//, p 104-105; 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Listening Assessment: //Listening Interactive 2// (p 1, Track 1); Writing Assessment: “Cloze Exercise #1”, Reading & Pronunciation Assessment: //Take-Me-Home// books for each student
 * WEEK 2 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-1:00 – The Body spelling bee 1:00-1:30 – Review “Symptoms and Injuries” (//OPD//, p 110); “Chain Game: You Think That’s Bad?!” 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Introduce Learning Logs (written in journals notebooks) Today we did: (Circle Reading, Writing, Grammar, Listening, Speaking) I liked. I want more practice.
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-12:45 – Journal: Write a recent medical incident that happened. Consider the following questions: 12:45-1:30 – Writing Focus: Paragraph Organization in English (topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence); model paragraph based on Journal entry 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:15 – Rewrite Journal entries using the paragraph organization format 2:15-2:30 – Introduce Language Log (//II-14//) HW: Learning Logs (//Part II: Activity Packets// II-14)
 * // Friday //**
 * 1) What happened?
 * 2) What were some of the symptoms?
 * 3) Did you go to the hospital?
 * 4) How did you make it better?

12:30-1:00 – Create Biography Poems ( dictionaries available ) 1:00-1:15 – //OPD//: Medical Care, p118; “Grammar Point: future tense with //will// + verb” 1:15-1:30 – “I am… I have…” practice ; // OPD Low Intermediate Workbook //, p 118 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – // OPD //, pp 2-4: partner introductions using the verbs //to be// and //to have// (focus on pronunciation and clarity) ; “ Beginner Reading Passage” (Health Unit: Section 10) 2:00-2:30 – Filling out forms: “Adult Medical History Form”
 * WEEK 3 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-12:45 – “Adult Medical History Form” review 12:45-1:00 – “Draw Your Name” activity 1:00-1:30 – // OPD //, pp 2-4: partner introductions using the verbs //to be// and //to have// (focus on pronunciation and clarity) ; // Stand Out Basic Grammar Challenge // , p 49 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Making Appointments Scripts: “Appointment Conversations” (//Stand Out Basic//, Unit 6: Worksheet 9, Worksheet 2) ; write own “Making Appointments” scripts with partner (half over the phone, half at the reception desk)
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-1:00 – Practice “Making Appointments” scripts 1:00-1:30 – Videotape scripts 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:15 – Videotape scripts 2:15-2:30 – Learning Logs
 * // Friday //**


 * WEEK 4 **

12:30-1:00 – ESL Journals (remind in paragraph form with topic sentence)- “Pledge of Allegiance” reflections ; how do you feeling about the ESL class so far? Why are you feeling this way? 1:00-1:15 – Review “Medical Emergencies” and “First Aid” (//OPD//, pp116-117); “Think about it. Disuss” (bottom of p117) 1:15-1:30 – Tic Tac Vocabulary: Medical Emergencies and First Aid 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – Guess the Illness (magazine activity) 12:30-1:00 – Categories Game (4 groups: Family, Rooms, Seasons, Countries & Cities) 1:00-1:30 – “Hospital” (//OPD//, 120-121); // OPD: Low Beginning //, pp120-121 ; // OPD: Low Intermediate // , pp 120, 247 ; CD 2, Tracks 29-31, & 33 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – “Who Am I?” (//Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, p 244 #1, #2, #7) 2:00-2:15 – “What’s the Story?” (//Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, p 244 #9) 2:15-2:30 – Online virtual tours
 * // Monday //**
 * // Wednesday //**
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 * // Friday //** – No class


 * WEEK 5 **
 * // Monday //** – No class

12:30-1:00 – Recipe Card Mix-Up 1:00-1:15 – K-W-L-H(ow do I know this?) Job Skills 1:15-1:30 – The Workplace (//OPD//, 164-165); 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 - //OPD: Low Beginning//, pp164-165 (CD 2, Track 50); //OPD: Low//, 164-165 (CD 3, Track 20) 2:00-2:30 – Vocabulary Self-Selection Activity Worksheet
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-12:45 – Picture Dictation activity (Ikea catalog) 12:45-1:00 – //OPD: Low Beginning//, p290 (CD 2, Track 50); //OPD: Low//, p298 (CD 3, Track 20) 1:00-1:30 – //OPD//: Occupations (pp 166-169) 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – //Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, Who Am I? activity (p287) 2:00-2:15 – ESL Journals – write about your job experiences 2:15-2:30 – Learning Logs
 * // Friday //**

12:30-1:00 – “Kuzumi Game” (occupations) 1:00-1:15 – Decide which occupations require no education, an Associate’s degree, a Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s degree, or a Ph.D. 1:15-1:30 – //Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, Who Am I? (p 287) 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – //Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, Ask me a Question! (//Word by Word: Teacher’s// Guide, p 287, #4) 2:00-2:15 – Audio //OPD//: CD 3,Tracks 2-5 and CD 3, Tracks 21-24 HW: Bring help wanted ads from newspapers or online
 * WEEK 6 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-1:00 – Categories: Occupations (//Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, p 289, #12) 1:00-1:15 – Job Skills and Office Skills (//OPD//, pp 170-171) 1:15-1:30 – Audio //OPD//: CD 3, Tracks 6-7 and CD 3, Tracks 25-26 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – Introduce object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them) HW: Bring help wanted ads from newspapers or online
 * // Wednesday //**


 * // Friday //** – No class

12:30-1:00 – Categories: Job Skills (//Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, p 191, #4) 1:00-1:30 – Personal Pronouns: Subject, Object, Possessive 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – “Who is it?” (//Word by Word: Teacher’s Guide//, p 191, #10) 2:00-2:10 – Write down three ways you can search for jobs? 2:10-2:30 – “Job Search” (//OPD//, p173)
 * WEEK 7 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-12:45 – “Following Instructions” 12:45-1:00 – “Interview Skills” (//OPD//, p174) 1:00-1:30 - “ASVAB Top 10 Employee Skills” 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – Resume Review 2:00-2:30 – W-4 Form Online Listening: ([])
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-12:45 – Mumblers 12:45-1:30 – Resume Writing 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:15 – “Beginner Resume Building” (youtube) 2:15-2:30 – ESL Journal: Write about your first job experience in a paragraph. Where did you work? What did you do? Did you like it? Why or why not?
 * // Friday //**


 * WEEK 8 – // CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW STORM // **


 * WEEK 9 **
 * // Monday //**// – Cancelled due to snow storm //


 * // Wednesday //**// – Cancelled due to illness //


 * // Friday //**// – Closed for Veterans’ Day //

12:30-1:00 – Brainstorm Race 1:00-1:30 – “Common Interview Questions” review 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Answer “Common Interview Questions”
 * WEEK 10 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-12:45 – Zoom: //Curious George at the Beach// 12:45-1:30 – “Classic Job Interview Questions” (youtube video) 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Mock Interviews
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-1:00 – Photo Scavenger Hunt 1:00-1:30 – Finish up mock interviews 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – Community Institutions: The Bank (//OPD//, p132); show actual items (passbook, check book, check, checking account #, ATM card, bank statement) 2:00-2:15 – ESL Journal 2:15-2:30 – Learning Logs
 * // Friday //**

12:30-1:00 – Candy Confessions 1:00-2:30 – Thanksgiving Celebration
 * WEEK 11 **
 * // Monday //**


 * // Wednesday – Thanksgiving Break //**


 * // Friday – Thanksgiving Break //**


 * WEEK 12 **
 * // Monday - closed //**


 * // Wednesday –closed //**

12:30-1:15 – ABCs of Me 1:15-1:30 – Interview Questions student conferencing 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Prepare for mock interviews
 * // Friday //**

12:30-1:30 – ABCs of Me (for those students who were absent) OR Storyteller 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – Interview Questions student conferencing and prepare for mock interviews
 * WEEK 13 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-12:45 – Recipe Card Mix-Up 12:45-1:30 – Job Interview preparation 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – Mock job interviews 2:00-2:30 – Evaluations
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-12:45 – Name as many community institutions as you can think of (A112) 12:45-1:30 – Review post office match game (//Word by Word//, p82, A111) 1:00-1:30 – Review bank and introduce finances (//Word by Word//, pp80-81) 1:30-2:00 – Review the library and other community institutions (//Word by Word//, pp83-84) 2:00-2:15 – Community Institutions Match Game (A113)
 * // Friday //**

12:30-1:00 – Ice-breaker 1:00-1:30 – “Class Story Using Language Experience Approach (//Listening and Speaking Activities for Adult ESL Learners//, LC3) 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – “It Happened Last Week” (LC4) -- “I went to a conference last week. My director and facilitator were also there.” 2:00-2:30 – Pair-and-Share “It Happened Last Week”
 * WEEK 13 **
 * // Monday //**

12:30-12:45 – “The Picnic” 12:45-1:30 – “Using Context for Reading Literacy” 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:30 – “Using Context for Reading Literacy” //Courant// articles
 * // Wednesday //**

12:30-12:45 – “Post-It Notes Game” 12:45-1:30 – “Helping Students Write a Creative Story” 1:30-1:40 – BREAK 1:40-2:00 – ESL Journal 2:00-2:30 – Learning Log
 * // Friday //**