Antoniou Curriculum

ESL 1 2010-2011

Antoniou Curriculum

QUARTER 1

Week 1: September 8-10 (3 days)

Topic/Theme: At school, Identifying people, Greetings and Introductions, Expectations and Routines

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.1.2.Demonstrate comprehension of words that express basic personal needs (such as transportation, housing); personal likes and dislikes; personal information (such as age, address, family); and school-related information (such as teacher’s name, schedule, routines). (link to FL2), S.2.1.Demonstrate comprehension of everyday expressions used in interpersonal interactions (such as “Hi, how are you?,” “See you later”). (link to FL 2)

Content and Language Objectives: Outline classroom expectations and routines; Introduce selves and peers; Identify important parts of the school.

Grammar: Capitalization and periods, Verb To be: “I am…”, “She/He is …”, “I like…”, “I don’t like…”

Activities: Develop class rules through groupwork using poster paper; About me poster: name, favorite hobby, favorite subject, favorite sport and nationality; Alphabetizing project

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book

Products: Classroom rules on a poster; Descriptions of students in written form

Assessment: Informal assessment through observation of students and their language skills; Visions Diagnostic

Week 2: September 13-17

Topic/Theme: In the classroom; Classmates; Around the School

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.1.3.Demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary essential for grade-level content learning, using pictures, actions, and/or objects. (link to FL 7), R.2.5.Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English. (link to ELA 7.7)

Content and Language Objectives: Identify and spell classroom objects; Describe our classroom using “There is/are…”; Interview classmates and respond to question about their phone numbers; Tell time.

Grammar: Verb To be, classroom objects with articles: a, an, the, plurals (s, es, ies), “There is/are…”, “It is …(o’clock)”.

Activities: Crossword puzzle with numbers; Interview classmates for phone numbers; Tell time with a clock and open pairs

Materials: Oxford Picture Dictionary; Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book

Products: Create a list of classmates’ phone numbers through interviews; Description of classroom in written form

Assessments: Compilation of Visions quiz pulling questions from Units A-D

Week 3: September 20-24

Topic/Theme: A Day at School, In the School Office

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.1.1.Demonstrate comprehension of everyday words and phrases, using

pictures, actions, and/or objects. (link to FL 2), S.2.13. Describe people, places, and things, using some detail. (link to FL 3.4), R.1.1.Read and understand previously learned essential vocabulary words. (link to FL 2; ELA 7.4), R.2.2.Recognize that printed text has specific form and carries meaning. (link to ELA 7.1)

Content and Language Objectives: Give information in the school office, greet people, request help, days and months, dates, ordinal numbers.

Grammar: Nouns, Pronouns, simple present of be, possessive adjectives, capitalization and punctuation, short vowels a,e,i,o,u.

Activities: Make a class calendar, create an ideal schedule, write a journal entry about a family member.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book

Products: Class calendar, student schedules, journal entries

Assessment: Visions Unit 1 Chapter 1 Quiz

Week 4: September 27- October 1

Topic/Theme: Information Forms and Solving Word Problems

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.1.10. Express basic personal needs and information (such as health, food, clothing, weather, recreation) and school-related information, using spoken words and phrases. (link to FL 1; MELA-O, 2 vocabulary), S.2.13. Describe people, places, and things, using some detail. (link to FL 3.4), S.3.31. Ask and respond to questions to clarify information. S.1.12. Classify previously learned words by content themes or topics (such as Gr. 3–5 science plant structures: roots, leaves, stem, bark; Gr. 9–12 math patterns: iterative, linear, recursive; Gr. 6–8 history/social science geography terms: region, tropics, rain forest, tundra). (link to ELA 4.1)

Content and Language Objectives: Discuss information about you, convey emergency information, talk about math words and operations, read multi-syllable math words.

Grammar: Nouns, pronouns, simple present be, punctuation and capitalization, declarative and interrogative sentences, commas in dates and addresses.

Activities: Create word problems, fill in application forms for a library card (field trip to the library)

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book, Library card application forms.

Products: Student world problems, completed library card applications

Assessments: Visions Unit 1 Chapter 2 Quiz

Week 5: October 4-8

Topic/Theme: About My Family

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.2.2.Demonstrate comprehension of words, phrases, and sentences used in social interactions related to everyday topics (such as family, social, school). (link to FL 2.2), R.1.13. Apply knowledge of text structures to comprehend text., W.1.1.Plan ideas for writing in a way that makes sense for an identified purpose and audience. (link to ELA 23.2), W.1.2.Identify the structure and length that support the audience, purpose, and topic of a writing task., W.1.3.Write lists of words and phrases needed to accomplish an assigned writing task., W.4.1.Use knowledge of correct mechanics when editing. (link to ELA 5.14), W.4.3.Use knowledge of correct spelling when editing. (link to ELA 22.8), W.4.5.Use knowledge of correct sentence structure and usage when editing. (link to ELA 22.8)

Content and Language Objectives: Talk about family, describe people and pets using descriptive adjectives, use antonyms, the verb to have.

Grammar: Contractions and negatives with be, simple present tense, long vowels a,i,o,u, spelling of regular plurals.

Activities: Students make a family chart and create a class Family Book, create a synonym/antonym chart

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book, Any Small Goodness excerpt

Products: Family Book, synonym/antonym charts.

Assessment: Visions Unit 2 Chapter 1 Quiz

Week 6: October 12-15 (Columbus Day)

Topic/Theme: Two Family Poems, Classifying Animals

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.3.33. Retell events in a simple or familiar story using relevant words and phrases., S.3.38. Compare and contrast information orally., R.2.1.Demonstrate readiness for reading in English., W.2.1.Write an account based on personal experience that has a focus and supporting detail. (link to ELA 19.13)

Content and Language Objectives: Discuss family words, family members, poetry structure (rhyme, stanzas) identify the main idea and details, read aloud with intonation and expression.

Grammar: Regular plurals, irregular plurals, contractions and negatives with be, simple present tense.

Activities: Students write a poem, students write a descriptive paragraph, make an animal classification poster, organize rhyme cards.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book

Products: Poem and personal narrative.

Assessment: Visions Unit 2 Chapter 2 Quiz

Week 7: October 18-22

Topic/Theme: Midterm; After-school activities

Content and Language Objectives: Adverbs of frequency, tell time, times of the day, after-school activities.

Grammar: Simple past tense, time words, long e sound: ee, ea.

Activities: Students make an activities collage, identify after-school activities in the community.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book

Products: Collage.

Assessment: Visions Chapter 2 Unit Test with teacher supplements.

Week 8: October 25-29

Topic/Theme: After-school Activities

Benchmarks/Outcomes:S.2.13. Describe people, places, and things, using some detail. (link to FL 3.4), R.2.4.Read and understand high frequency and familiar words and phrases., W.2.2.Write directions, instructions, or explanations with multiple sentences that provide information in a logical order. (link to ELA 19.7). W.2.1.Write an account based on personal experience that has a focus and supporting detail. (link to ELA 19.13), W.2.14.Write a letter, using appropriate form and degree of formality for its intended audience. (link to ELA 19.18)

Content and Language Objectives: Talk about after-school activities, state likes and dislikes, ask and answer questions about activities, use adverbs of frequency, tell time, write a friendly letter.

Grammar: Simple past tense, time words, long e sound: ee, ea, simple past of verbs ending

in consonant +y.

Activities: Write a friendly letter, create an after-school activities schedule.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book, post-cards.

Products: Letter, schedule.

Assessment: Visions Unit 3 Chapter 1 Quiz

Week 9: November 1-5

Topic/Theme: Reading: Tomas Cleans the Car, The First Amendment

Benchmarks/Outcomes: R.3.1. 1. Identify main ideas or important information in a literary or an informational text. (link to FL 2.8, 2.12; ELA 8.2, 8.10), R.3.2. 2. Identify details that support main ideas in a literary or an informational text. (link to FL 2.8; ELA 18.18), R.3.3.Summarize information from a literary or informational text that is read. (link to ELA 8.18), W.2.2.Write directions, instructions, or explanations with multiple sentences that provide information in a logical order. (link to ELA 19.7) S.1.12. Classify previously learned words by content themes or topics (such as Gr. 3–5 science plant structures: roots, leaves, stem, bark; Gr. 9–12 math patterns: iterative, linear, recursive; Gr. 6–8 history/social science geography terms: region, tropics, rain forest, tundra). (link to ELA 4.1), S.3.31. Ask and respond to questions to clarify information. (FL 1.9),W.4.1.Use knowledge of correct mechanics when editing. (link to ELA 5.14), W.4.3.Use knowledge of correct spelling when editing. (link to ELA 22.8), W.4.5.Use knowledge of correct sentence structure and usage when editing. (link to ELA 22.8), W.5.5.Gather and analyze information using multiple media.

Content and Language Objectives: Talk about after-school jobs, understand synonyms, identify character, setting, plot, sequence, read expository text (title, heading, index, glossary), use the index to find information, summarize.

Grammar: Punctuation, quotation marks and commas, commas in a series.

Activities: Write a narrative, write an expository paragraph, make a freedom poster, role-play a story about a First Amendment freedom.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book.

Products: Narrative, expository paragraph, poster.

Assessment: Visions Unit 3 Chapter 2 Quiz.

Week 10: November 8-12 (Veterans’ Day)

Topic/Theme: House/Apartment

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.2.2.Demonstrate comprehension of words, phrases, and sentences used in social interactions related to everyday topics (such as family, social, school). (link to FL 2.2), R.1.13. Apply knowledge of text structures to comprehend text., W.1.1.Plan ideas for writing in a way that makes sense for an identified purpose and audience. (link to ELA 23.2), W.1.2.Identify the structure and length that support the audience, purpose, and topic of a writing task., W.1.3.Write lists of words and phrases needed to accomplish an assigned writing task., W.4.1.Use knowledge of correct mechanics when editing. (link to ELA 5.14), W.4.3.Use knowledge of correct spelling when editing. (link to ELA 22.8), W.4.5.Use knowledge of correct sentence structure and usage when editing. (link to ELA 22.8)

Content and Language Objectives: Talk about homes, ask and answer questions, rooms and furniture, compound words.

Grammar: There is/There are, articles a/an, yes/no questions and short answers, possessive nouns with an apostrophe.

Activities: Make a favorite room poster, describe a dream house.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book.

Products: Poster, dream house descriptive paragraph.

Assessment: Visions Unit 4 Chapter 1 Quiz.

QUARTER 2

Week 1: November 15-19

Topic/Theme: A House of My Own, Perimeter and Area

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.2.13. Describe people, places, and things, using some detail. (link to FL 3.4), S.1.12. Classify previously learned words by content themes or topics (such as Gr. 3–5 science plant structures: roots, leaves, stem, bark; Gr. 9–12 math patterns: iterative, linear, recursive; Gr. 6–8 history/social science geography terms: region, tropics, rain forest, tundra). (link to ELA 4.1), W.1.1.Plan ideas for writing in a way that makes sense for an identified purpose and audience. (link to ELA 23.2), W.1.2.Identify the structure and length that support the audience, purpose, and topic of a writing task., W.1.3.Write lists of words and phrases needed to accomplish an assigned writing task.

Content and Language Objectives: Use sensory details, identify multiple-meaning words in context, identify experiences, personal details and firs-person pronouns in personal narratives, make predictions, talk about measure, use math words, identify diagram, key words and data in math word problems.

Grammar: Compound words, spelling of homophones, abbreviations for measurements.

Activities: Write a personal narrative, write a math word problem, make a compound word wall chart, describe how you would change/fix a room in your house.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book.

Products: Wall chart, personal narrative, word problem.

Assessment: Visions Unit 4 Chapter 2 Quiz.

Week 2: November 22-24 (Thanksgiving Break)

Topic/Theme: Homes

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.3.38. Compare and contrast information orally, S.4.2. Plan, rehearse, and orally present information in a brief report using visual cues., W.2.2.Write directions, instructions, or explanations with multiple sentences that provide information in a logical order. (link to ELA 19.7)

Content and Language Objectives: Interview peers and parents, compare and contrast dream homes, orally present information.

Grammar: There is/There are, Yes/No Questions and short answers.

Activities: Interview family members and peers.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book.

Products: Poster and presentation

Assessment: Rubric for compare/contrast poster and presentation.

Week 3: November 29 – December 3

Topic/Theme: Midterm, Places in the community

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.3.28. Give one-step directions, R.1.13. Apply knowledge of text structures to comprehend text.

Content and Language Objectives: Identify places in the community, talk about transportation.

Grammar: Imperatives

Activities: Students make a community collage.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book.

Products: Collage.

Assessment: Visions Midterm

Week 4: December 6-10

Topic/Theme: Places in the community

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.3.28. Give one-step directions, R.1.13. Apply knowledge of text structures to comprehend text.

Content and Language Objectives: Identify places in the community, talk about transportation, give directions and advice, recognize signs, use prepositions of places, distinguish multiple-meaning words.

Grammar: Present continuous, digraphs: ch, ph, sh, th, wh, ng, capitalization for places and geographical names.

Activities: Make a brochure for your bus line, make a community wall map.

Materials: Visions Introduction, Visions Activity Book, Visions Grammar Book, maps of Boston and the MBTA

Products: Brochure, wall map

Assessment: Visions Unit 5 Chapter 1 Quiz

Week 5: December 13-17

Topic/Theme: East City Community News, Resources in the United States

Benchmarks/Outcomes: S.2.13. Describe people, places, and things, using some detail. (link to FL 3.4), W.2.2.Write directions, instructions, or explanations with multiple sentences that provide information in a logical order. (link to ELA 19.7), S.3.28. Give one-step directions, R.1.13. Apply knowledge of text structures to comprehend text.

Content and Language Objectives: Recognize features of newspapers, use word families, recognize fact and opinion, understand maps, learn words and symbols for resources, restate facts and details.

Grammar: Use wh- questions, capitalization and punctuation for titles of newspapers, books and articles.