Wednesday, July 19, 2017

7th Grade ESL 2017-2018

First Class: Introductions and Class Rules
Level Assessment and Phonics Review
The Alphabet and Phonics Review
Reading 1: A Map (short a)
Vocabulary: van, Dan, map, gas, at, cap, can, tank, glad, bank
Writing: “My Favorite Food”
Write a paragraph with complete sentences!
Reading 2: Mixed Gender Events Added 2020 Olympics
Pronunciation: Blackalicious A-Z, lyrics

The ESL program is much bigger this year and instead of just me being the sole foreign teacher, two more of my colleagues are teaching. Many of the incoming 7th graders have such poor English, that the writing teachers came up with a list of grammar lessons they want the students to know by the time they reach their class in 9th grade.

My A classes will use reading excerpts from their magazines the school provides them (A+ English and ABC). My corresponding ppt is here. Its a fun opportunity for me to be more creative (grammar is no fun really) and teach the kids a bit of literature too. It's important to read stories to reinforce grammar.

Occasionally, I will begin a warm-up listening exercise using music. The following is our course outline. The larger font is what my class has completed.


                 ESL I Grammar Outline


Unit 1: Nouns
A. Qualities
  •  Lesson 1: Number (singular, plural)+ "The Everywhere Food Truck" (A+, October 2017)
B. Types
November Mid Term Testing
Autumn for ESL
Lesson 6: Parts of a Sentence and Subject-Verb Agreement
Christmas for ESL

Unit 3: Pronouns (Lesson 7)

Unit 4 Verbs:

  • Lesson 8: Present/Present Continuous
  • Lesson 9: Future Tense
  • Lesson 10: Simple Past (Regular and Irregular)

Chinese New Year Vacation
Unit 5: Modal Verbs
Unit 6: Adjectives
Unit 7: Adverbs
Unit 8: Conjunctions
Unit 9: Prepositions




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