Monday December 14th, 2015

We welcomed back the new students and had a successful second day of class!

Agenda

• Review
• Listening Comprehension
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Looking Ahead
• Homework

Review

Discussed last week's lesson plan and homework. Reviewed today's lesson plan and objectives.

Listening Comprehension

"Party Time!"

Instructor outlined some basic conversation skills to utilize in a party setting where academic and social dimensions overlap. Students acted out a party scene using both social and academic language skills. Students pretended they attended a party with some friends and some people they did not know. They took a minute to discuss their plan with each other, and then acted out the scene in class. Students used more social dimensional language with their friends and their academic dimensional language with individuals they did not know. Class discussed the differences between each conversation settings to ensure language comprehension.

Speaking

Worked on vocabulary building, phrases, and articles with our class worksheets. Had class discussion after worksheets completed to help strengthen students speaking skills. 

Vocabulary Word List:

1. bridge 
2. breeze
3. notebook 
4. antenna 
5. cloudy 
6. tuition
7. tutoring
8. course
9. residence
10. percentage  

• Vocabulary Builder Part 1 Worksheet  and Vocabulary Worksheet #1
• Working on Grammar - Phrases Worksheet
• Working on Grammar - Mixed Articles Worksheet

Reading 


"ESPN Latest Sports News" and "Wu-Tang's $2 Million Album"

Students read articles out loud in class to strengthen their reading and speaking skills. 

Writing

"One Wish" 

Students assigned writing prompt to help strengthen their current writing skills. Students requested to include:

• 10 Complete sentences
• Correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, BME format
• 3 Vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)
• Prompt
• If you could make one wish to help others, what would it be and why? Write what wish you'd make and how it would help others. Be detailed. 

After students completed their writing, they shared their writing in class. 

Looking Ahead

Class discussed objectives for the next class and went over any questions the students had.

Homework

"Comic Words"

Students created a 6 celled comic strip, including 8 of their daily vocabulary words. Homework Objective: Strengthen spelling, comprehension, and visualization skills.