| Intermediate ESOL |
Objectives |
| By the end of this course the student should be fluent in spoken English and have acquired the social language necessary to be comfortartable in most situations. He or she should be able to write a short essay with good organization and be able to read nontechnical material. The student should understand most of what is said in conversation. |
curriculum |
Reading emphasizes fiction, history, and poetry, and ecology. Grammar is more complex, using compound and complex sentences in various tenses. Units are approximately two weeks long and include a story, an analysis of that story, a summary of that story, a grammar workbook unit, and other workbook material that may include grammar, vocabulary development, character development, maps and charts, or a research topic.
Textbook: High Point B and two workbooks
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Units in the second semester: |
Feb: The Great Migration & Follow the Drinking Gourd:
The movement north from the South in 1916 and a song to show slaves to the underground railroad. Writing comparisons, phrases and clauses, apparent message and hidden agenda
The House on Mango Street:
A story about wanting a better life---Imagery, symbolism, inference, theme, simile, descriptive writing
March: The Mother Who Lost Her Daughter:
Mythology, drama and stage directions, plot analysis, writing a myth
Sleeping Giants: The Big Blast:
Volcanoes: Mt. St. Helens. Science reading; reading charts and maps, relating cause and effects, writing a news report, greek and latin roots and prefixes.
April: Anne Frank:
History and biography, point of view, sequence, present perfect, W.W.II, propaganda poster, diaries, historical writing
Saving the Pererine Falcon
science reading, ecology--how to, past perfect
Everglades: River of Life
science reading and poetry; metaphors, rhyme scheme, meter, propaganda, climate zones & habitat; evaluate the poems
May: The Circuit:
short story about migrant workers: cause and effect, future perfect, logical order; rewriting a story in logical order
The Clever Wife
Chinese folktale; characters and setting; writing a review; writing to persuade
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