ESL+D+AM

=Welcome to ESL D at Newtonbrook Secondary School! =

==Visit this page often to view and download important course material and information. Course material is attached to the calendar below and corresponds with the date it was covered in class. Due dates are noted in red , special events are in blue  and homework assignments that will be checked are in purple . ==

=**FEBRUARY 2014 **=

First day of semester 2 3-2-1 Student Profiles Brainstorm Expectations || Human Bingo Class Contract Letters - make sure you hand in your response by the end of class ! || **4** Reading Diagnostic || **5** Course Outlines - remember to bring your course outline signed by you and your parents tomorrow !
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Introduce DEAR Assignment (Independent Reading) and sign up for interviews.

Library visit - tour of the library and sign out a book to read. Remember to bring it to class every Wednesday and Friday ! || **6** Attitude - a definition (handout)

"A Good Attitude" - poem and discussion

Attitude vocabulary list || **7** Perseverance - Michael Jordan quote (handout)

"The Little Bird in Chains" - poem read in class and discussed (handout)

I Am Poem assignment distributed and explained - due next Friday at the start of class !

Homework Assignment: Interview someone who isolder than you, in English. Ask them about their life and to describe their attitude: 1) What was the hardest thing that ever happened to them? 2) How did their attitude help them to overcome it? 3) What advice do they have for young people about having a good attitude? Complete this over the weekend and be prepared to share the results of your interview with the class on Monday! || Photo Day Semester 1 Reports Out  Share results of interview from the weekend  Work on I Am Poem in class - this is your only class time to work on this assignment! || **11** Information about the literacy test Metaphor and Imagery - board note "The Window" - short story and questions. This will be taken up on Thursday so make sure you finish it before then ! || **12** Work Period on the following tasks: 1) Finish "The Window" from yesterday 2) "I Am A Rock" poem and questions 3) Parts of Speech Review worksheets Each of these will be taken up tomorow, so make sure you finish them all in class or at home tonight ! || **13** Take-up "The Window", "I Am a Rock" and Parts of Speech Review Worksheet.
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Read "Sammy Sosa" article and respond to questions 1, 2, and 3 on the worksheet below. This will be taken up in class tomorrow, so make sure you finish it for homework if it wasn't finished in class !

Return Letters and Reading Diagnostic || **14** I Am Poem due! Remember to hand in template and rough draft with good copy!

Review Paragraph Writing and introduce Sammy Sosa Paragraph (see question sheet from yesterday for paragraph instructions) || Family Day - No Class || **18** Discuss Sammy Sosa questions from Thursday Work period on Sammy Sosa paragraph in the computer lab || **19** Early Dismissal
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Work period on Sammy Sosa paragraph in the computer lab || **20** How to write a summary - board note

"The Search for a Perfect Body" - read the article and complete the worksheet below. Finish this for homework if you haven't finished in class - it will be checked and taken up tomorrow ! I Am Poems returned || **21** Sammy Sosa Paragraph Due! Check and take-up "The Search for a Perfect Body" Read "A Career in Changing Lives" by Ty Pennington and complete the worksheet. This worksheet will be collected on Monday, so complete it for homework if it is not finished ! || Worksheet on Ty Pennington's article "A Career in Changing Lives" due! Introduce Attitude Assignment and work on this in the computer lab. Posters and paragraphs are due on Monday, March 3. Presentations begin on March 3 as well ! || **25** Early Dismissal Work on the Attitude Assignment in the computer lab || **26** OSSLT Practice Test - write in the Cafe || **27** Work on the Attitude Assignment in the computer lab || **28** Announce Reading Comprehension Test - Wednesday, March 5 ! Prepare for test by completing the practice test distributed today as well reviewing your returned Ty Pennington summary and Sammy Sosa paragraph.
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Reading Comprehension Practice Test - complete in class and for homework. This will be checked and taken up on Tuesday, March 4 ! ||

=**MARCH 2014 **= Attitude Assignment Due - hand in two paragraphs and poster, and present your poster to the class!
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Attitude Assignment Presentations

Work on Reading Comprehension Practice Test. Complete for homework if you are not finished yet - this will be checked and taken up tomorrow ! || **4** Early Dismissal

Check and take-up Reading Comprehension Practice Test || **5** Reading Comprehension Test || **6** Interim Reports Out

Read articles about Rick Hansen and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and respond to questions. This was taken up in class. || **7** PA Day - No Class || March Break - No Class || **11** March Break - No Class || **12** March Break - No Class || **13** March Break - No Class || **14** March Break - No Class || Introduce newspaper articles - handout and board note
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"Ontario adds $3 million to student nutrition programs" - newspaper article to read and analyze. This was taken up in class.

Return attitude assignments || **18** Practice brainstorming for writing a newspaper article with "Country Pigs Stop City Traffic" (handouts)

Return and take-up practice literacy tests || **19** Literacy Test Preparation Package - handout. If you do not finish this in class today, make sure you complete it for homework as it will be checked and taken up tomorrow ! || **20** Check and take-up Literacy Test Preparation Package from yesterday.

Introduce Newspaper Assignment and work on planning it. || **21** Late Start Work period on newspaper article in the computer lab || Work on newspaper article assignment in the computer lab || **25** Newspaper Article Due! Early Dismissal "Toronto countdown crosswalks have led to increase in pedestrian collisions, study finds" - newspaper article to read and analyze. This will be taken up tomorrow, so make sure you complete it for homework if you didn't finish it in class! || **26** Take-up newspaper article analysis from yesterday.
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Grammar review - verb tenses. If you don't finish this in class, make sure you finish it for homework because it will be taken up on Friday!

Return newspaper articles - make sure you review my comments before OSSLT tomorrow!

Make sure you get a good night sleep and eat a FULL breakfast before the Literacy Test tomorrow! || **27** OSSLT - No Class || **28** Introduction to Short Story Literary Elements

Return Reading Comprehension Test and take-up answers || Introduce Short Story Journal - complete this before you read each of our short stories this week. Stay on track because it's due on Friday!
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Read "Flowers and Freckle Cream" by Elizabeth Ellis and respond to the questions. Complete this for homework if you don't finish in class, it will be checked and discussed tomorrow! ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

=**APRIL 2014 **= Check and take-up "Flowers and Freckle Cream" from yesterday
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Read "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and work on the questions. This will be checked and taken-up tomorrow, so finish this for homework if you didn't finish it in class ! || **2** Check and take-up "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" from yesterday

Read "Thank-You, Ma'am" and work on the questions. This will be checked and taken-up tomorrow, so finish this for homework if you didn't finish it in class !

Updated marks distributed || **3** Parent-Teacher Interviews Period C and D classes in the morning - no ESL class today || **4** Short Story Journal Due! Late Start Check "Thank-You Ma'am" - this will be taken up on Monday because it wasn't completed for homework. Make sure you show this to me on Monday if you haven't already ! Introduce Short Story Paragraph - work on outline in class. || Take-up "Thank-You, Ma'am"
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Work on Short Story Paragraph in the computer lab || **8** Work on Short Story Paragraph in the computer lab || **9** Short Story Paragraph Due!

Read "Alexander Graham Bell" handout as a class and work on the questions. This will be checked and taken up tomorrow, so complete for homework if you didn't finish it in class. || **10** Early Dismissal

Check and take-up "Alexander Graham Bell" questions.

Introduce our class novel, The Hydrofoil Mystery by Eric Walters. Distribute vocabulary handout, chapter questions, and literature circles assignment.

Sign up for literature circles. || **11** Read chapter 1 of The Hydrofoil Mystery together, and complete all of the chapter questions.

Read chapter 2 of The Hydrofoil Mystery independently and complete questions 2, 4-8, 10.

Complete all of these chapter questions for homework if you didn't finish it in class today. They will be checked and taken up on Monday! || Term 2 Begins
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Check and take-up questions from //The Hydrofoil Mystery// chapters 1 and 2

Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 3 and do questions 1, 3, and 6. These will be checked and taken up in class on Thursday, so make sure you are up to date for then if you didn't finish in class !

Begin wroking on your literature circle if you finish early

Return short story paragraphs and midterm report card marks || **15** Read //The Hydrofoil Mystery// chapter 4 and respond to questions 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9. T hese will be checked and taken up in class on Thursday, so make sure you are up to date for then if you didn't finish in class !

Continue working on your literature circle if you finish early. || **16** Read //The Hydrofoil Mystery// chapter 5 and respond to questions 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10. T hese will be checked and taken up in class tomorrow, so make sure you are up to date for then if you didn't finish in class !

Continue working on your literature circle if you finish early. Remember to bring all of your materials to class tomorrow in order to be ready to participate in our first literature circle! || **17** Check and take-up responses to questions from chapters 3, 4, and 5 of //The Hydrofoil Mystery//.

//The Hydrofoil Mystery// Literature Circle #1. Make sure you've read chapters 1-5 and are ready to share your role with your group!

Important announcements about due dates: - There will be a //Hydrofoil// comprehension test on Tuesday, May 6. Keep up to date with readings, questions, and literature circles in order to prepare. - Literature Circle worksheets will be collected on Wednesday, May 7. Make sure everything is complete as you go to avoid lots of work at the start of May!

Return DEAR Interview Rubrics from your first DEAR interview (for practice) and discuss how to improve for your next interview

Over the weekend, read chapters 6, 7, and 8 of //The Hydrofoil Mystery// and respond to the following questions. They will be checked and taken up at the start of class on Tuesday ! Chapter 6 - #1-5 Chapter 7 - #1, 3, 4, 5, 6 Chapter 8 - #1, 2, 3 || **18** Good Friday - no class || Easter Monday - no class || **22** Check and take-up questions for //Hydrofoil// chapters 6, 7, and 8
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Read chapter 9 of //Hydrofoil// aloud and complete questions 1 and 2. Read chapter 10 independently and complete questions 2 and 3. If this was not finished in class, complete for homework tonight - it will be checked and taken up tomorrow ! || **23** //The Hydrofoil Mystery// Literature Circle #2. Make sure you've read chapters 6-10 and are ready to share your role with your group!

Check and take-up questions for //Hydrofoil// chapters 9 and 10 || **24** Mid-Term Reports Distributed in Period A

Read chapter 11 of //Hydrofoil// together and complete questions 1, 2, and the writing prompt.

Read chapter 12 of //Hydrofoil// independently and complete questions 1, 3, and 4.

Make sure chapter questions are complete for class tomorrow if you haven't finished in class, because they will be checked and taken up ! || **25** Check and take-up questions for //Hydrofoil// chapters 11 and 12

Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 13 aloud, and respond to questions 2-6. If you did not finish this in class, make sure it is completed for homework as it will be checked and taken up on Monday ! || Check and take-up questions for //Hydrofoil// chapter 13.
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Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 14 aloud and do question 2 and the writing prompt.

Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 15 independently and do questions 1, 3, 4 and 5.

These questions will be checked and taken up tomorrow, so make sure you complete them for homework if you didn't finish in class! || **29** //The Hydrofoil Mystery// Literature Circle #3. Make sure you've read chapters 11-15 and are ready to share your role with your group!

Early Dismissal

Check and take-up questions for //Hydrofoil// chapters 14 and 15 || **30** Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 16 independently and respond to questions 1, 4, 5, 6.

These questions will be checked and taken up tomorrow, so make sure you complete them for homework if you didn't finish in class! ||  ||   || =**MAY 2014 **= Check and take-up answers to questions from //Hydrofoil// chapter 16
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Review format for //Hydrofoil// test next Tuesday, and expectations for Literature Circle package due next Wednesday

Read part of //Hydrofoil// chapter 17 aloud, and the rest of it independently. Complete questions 1, 4, 5, 6 for this chapter.

Read chapter 18 of //Hydrofoil// independently and complete questions 2, 3, 4, 5.

These questions will be checked and taken up tomorrow, so make sure you complete them for homework if you didn't finish in class! || **2** Check and take-up answers to questions from //Hydrofoil// chapters 17 and 18.

Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 19 aloud and complete questions 2, 3, 4.

Read //Hydrofoil// chapter 20 independently and complete questions 2, 3, 4. These questions will be checked and taken up on Monday, so make sure you complete them for homework if you didn't finish in class! || //The Hydrofoil Mystery// Literature Circle #4. Make sure you've read chapters 16-20 and are ready to share your role with your group!
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Check and take-up Chapters 19 and 20 questions from //Hydrofoil//.

Review expectations for tomorrow's test and literature circles package due Wednesday. Work on reviewing for your test independently or on preparing your literature circles package when you finish your discussion. || **6** //Hydrofoil// Test || **7** Literature Circles Package due

Parts of a Comic Book - introduction to this medium in preparation for your assignment.

Introduce //Hydrofoil// comic strip epilogue assignment

Work on storyboard for //Hydrofoil// comic strip epilogue assignment || **8** Early Dismissal

Work period - //Hydrofoil// comic strip epilogue assignment storyboard || **9** //Hydrofoil// comic strip epilogue assignment storyboard due at the end of class if you want feedback before working on your good copy.

Distribute Island Field Trip Forms - return by next Friday.

Work period - //Hydrofoil// comic strip epilogue assignment storyboard || Return Hydrofoil comic book epilogue storyboards that were handed in on Friday
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Return and take-up //Hydrofoil// Tests

Introduction to Bitstrips

Work on //Hydrofoil// epilogue comic assignment in the computer lab using Bitstrips || **13** Work on //Hydrofoil// epilogue comic assignment in the computer lab using Bitstrips || **14** Sophie Millman concert in the cafeteria || **15** //Hydrofoil// epilogue comic strip assignment due! Hand in storyboard at the start of class and good copy online through Bitstrips before class starts!

Prom

//Hydrofoil// epilogue comic strip assignment presentations begin

Return //Hydrofoil// Literature Circles and updated mars || **16** Toronto Island Field Trip Forms Due! //Hydrofoil// epilogue comic strip assignment presentations conclude || Victoria Day - no class || **20** Begin watching //Stand by Me// || **21** Finish watching //Stand by Me// || **22** Toronto Island Field Trip - bring $4.50 and your student ID for the ferry fare, as well as return TTC fare. Bring a lunch (there's nowhere to buy one!) and sunscreen, water, a hat, and anything else you want to use on the Island for the day (ex. frisbee, beach ball, blanket, etc.). __**Remember to meet in the foyer at 8:45am sharp!**__ || **23** Dismissal at 12:15
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Reflections from yesterday's field trip

DEAR

Comics Returned || Late Start
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Introduce Culminating Activity || **27** Early Dismissal

Scarlet and Grey Day - Special Scedule

Grammar Review || **28** Select topics for Culminating Activity

Research Skills Presentation in the Library in preparation for Culminating Activity || **29** Arts Night

Exam Schedules Distributed

Research Period in the Library for Culminating Activity

Return DEAR Interview rubrics and distribute updated marks. These are your term marks and reflect everything that will be done for the course except the culminating and exam. || **30** Research Period in the Library for Culminating Activity ||

=**JUNE 2014 **=

Research Period in the Library for Culminating Activity || **3**
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Athletic Banquet

Research Period in the Library for Culminating Activity || **4** Work Period in the computer lab on Presentations || **5** Work Period in the computer lab on Presentations. Begin rehearsing your presentation if you complete it in time. || **6** Moratorium

Work Period in the computer lab on Presentations. Begin rehearsing your presentation if you complete it in time. || Culminating Research notes due and presentations begin. Everyone must be ready to present today!
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Moratorium || **10** Culminating Presentations Continue

Moratorium || **11**

Culminating Presentations Conclude

Moratorium

Work Period on Culminating Reflections in the computer lab. || **12**

Culminating Reflections due! In-Class Exams during Period B

Begin exam review - Distribute practice exam and work on Part A. || **13** In-Class Exams during Period A

Discuss how to complete Part B of the exam

Work on the practice exam. We will take up Part A on Monday, so make sure it's complete for then! || In-Class Exams during Period D
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Take-up Part A of Practice Exam

Work on Part B of Practice Exam

Return Culminating Activities and Updated Marks || **17** In-Class Exams during Period C || **18** ESL D Exam - 9:00-10:30am in Room 228

Exams || **19** Exams || **20** Exams || Exams || **24** Exams || **25** Exam Review Day - 1/2 day schedule || **26** PA Day - No School || **27** PA Day - No School || Summer Vacation! ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
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