Unit 1: Level Assessment and Phonics Review

I. Phonics Review
The Alphabet

Pronunciation: Blackalicious A-Z, lyrics, KK pronounciation

Alphabet Games

II. Reading 1: A Map (short a)

Vocabulary: van, Dan, map, gas, at, cap, can, tank, glad, bank

[More Short a videos: 1, 2]

III. Writing: “My Favorite Food”
Do they know what a complete sentence is or the parts of a paragraph? Since they are new, I am having them write right off the bat to asses their writing level. It will help me to know what sort of skills they already have mastered and those they need to improve on.

TOPIC SENTENCE: MAIN IDEA
DETAILS: SUPPORTS MAIN IDEA
CLOSING SENTENCE: RESTATES MAIN IDEA, SUMMARIZES THE PARAGRAPH

IV. Grammar: Parts of Speech

Nouns 名詞 (More Practice, Plural, Many/Much)

people	places	things
the teacher/s my mother John a doctor	the classroom the park England a department store	a pencil a car a cat a house

50 Most Common Nouns           EX:  I want to go to the department store.

++ Countable and Non Countable NOUNS:
Uncountable List
A few/ a Little

Verbs 動詞 (To Be, More Practice, Irregular )

I You We They

run eat write walk go play

(in the park.) (pizza.) (my homework.) (to my house.) (to school.) (with my friend.)

++ With He, She, and It, you have to add –s (or –es) to the verb:

He She It

runs eats writes walks goes plays

(in the park.) (pizza.) (my homework.) (to my house.) (to school.) (with my friend.)

Adjectives 形容詞 

EX: A bird -> A big red beautiful bird

My car -> My old, dirty car

This story -> This story is short and funny.

50 Most Common Adjectives

V. Reading 2: Mixed Gender Events Added 2020 Olympics

2020年夏季奧林匹克運動會

Vocabulary: Review Game

1. Mixed (adj.)
2.Gender (n.)
3.Archery (n.)
4.Sailing (n./v.)
5.Triathlon (n.)
6.Urban (adj.)
7.traditional (adj.)

8a. event: 項目, EX: The women's 200 metre event will be followed by the men's 100 metres. 女子200公尺賽跑之後是男子100公尺賽跑項目。

8b. event:事情，事件 

EX: This year's Olympic Games will be the biggest ever sporting event. 今年的奧林匹克運動會將是歷史上規模最大的體育盛事。

BMX freestyle

There will be more mixed-gender events [項目] at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They will be in archery, sailing, triathlon and other sports. There will be mixed relays [接力賽] in athletics [田徑運動] and swimming. A swimming champion said: "It's something that would make things a little bit more fun…[Mixed events] are great to watch."

There will also be more urban sports and more women in Tokyo. Not everyone wants urban sports, like skateboarding, 3-on-3 basketball, and BMX freestyle. These are to get more young people interested in the Games. There will be fewer athletes for traditional events like weightlifting and wrestling.

VI. Group Work: Role Play 角色扮演

Get into four groups. You believe your sport is the most fun. Present to the class why the other sports are not as interesting.

Role  A – The Marathon 馬拉松賽跑 You think the marathon is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): wrestling, skateboarding or swimming.

Role  B – Wrestling 摔跤運動 You think wrestling is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): the marathon, skateboarding or swimming.

Role  C – Skateboarding 滑板運動 You think skateboarding is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): wrestling, the marathon or swimming.

Role  D – Swimming 游泳 You think swimming is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why):  wrestling, skateboarding or the marathon.

Partner Work: How can we make the Olympics more interesting?我們如何使奧運更有趣?Complete this table with your partner.

	How?	Why?
Opening ceremony 開幕式
Stadiums 體育場
Medals 獎牌 ceremony
Athletics 田徑運動
Cycling 騎單車／腳踏車
Closing ceremony 閉幕儀式

VII. Assessment Test

Phonics for Middle School ESL

I regret not beginning my ESL students right away on reviewing phonics. I assumed they already had mastered the alphabet sounds in elementary school. Unfortunately, that's not the case, and having shady phonics really hurts their spelling and pronunciation.

I am starting to think about the new semester and new ESL 7th graders I'll be teaching. I want to use the first few classes reviewing phonics and assessing their levels so we can divide the class according to ability for effective learning. I want to try and use different teaching methods to assess the kids' learning styles, using visuals, sounds (music) and dancing (kinetic learners).

1. Use an alphabet chant

2. Have students write for sound: Say a short sentence that includes one or more words that include the target phonics feature(s). Ask students to listen carefully and then write what they heard. This activity trains students to listen for the individual sounds in words and represent them phonetically in their writing. You can also have students use websites like Listen A Minute and Learn English For Free.

3.Use poetry, jazz chants, songs: Check out my songs page.

4. Integrate phonics instruction with word study: Teach students how to identify word parts, break words down into syllables, and use word families. Use content-area words for this exercise that students are likely to find in their academic work.

5. Writing samples
One of the best ways to assess students’ phonics proficiency is through examination of first-draft writing samples.  Have students write for 3-5 minutes on a topic they are familiar with (favorite T.V. shows, favorite athlete, what clothes are in style).  When you examine student writing, look for misspellings of high frequency words and confusions in the spelling patterns (nation/nasion; its/it’s).  This will help you know which patterns students need to work on.  Collect first-draft writing samples monthly to examine student progress with spelling patterns. For writing assignment topics, see this website: 

6. Using Movement

Kinetic learners needs to move! Using brain breaks with movement is always fun.

 (This ABC dance is barely passable for 7th graders but I think I can get away with it the first few weeks.)

Resources:

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/phonics-instruction-middle-and-high-school-ells

https://www.amazon.com/Month-Month-Phonics-Upper-Grades/dp/0887244734/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259863746&sr=8-1

http://www.adlit.org/article/27875/

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/motivating-ell-student-readers

http://www.readinghorizons.com/reading-strategies/teaching/phonics-instruction/4-reasons-phonics-has-a-place-in-middle-school-and-high-school-classrooms

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30185435?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

http://www2.nefec.org/learn/teacher/secondary/pa/research/assessing5.htm

http://www.phonics-literacy.com/phonics-for-adults.html

http://www.thephonicspage.org/

http://www.abcfastphonics.com/index.html ++

http://www.thephonicspage.org/Phonics%20Lsns/phonicslsnslinks.html

http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/soup/ ++

http://www.mcedservices.com/phonics/phonics.html ++

Yellow Bear Weeks 4-6

1000 Words: At the Bird Park

Phonics: -ug "Bugs and Dogs"

-ug

bug

dug

hug

mug

rug

tug

I found most of the class need to review their vowels. Here is a nice vowel video/song to review all the vowels.

Reading: "Look at That!" A nice story reinforcing -at and -an words while teaching about using our imagination when we admire clouds.

"Can You Find It?"

Second Step: Not Getting What I want (via Little Red Hen Story) and the virtues of a good work ethic and initiative.