A weekly resource of lessons and activities used to supplement my own students' classroom work within the Victorian ESL Frameworks Certificates 1, 2 and 3. Others are most welcome to participate.
MONDAY CLASS check yourGmail for Dale's invitation for you to edit Assess Booklet 4 T4
You received this workbook in Google Docs / Type straight into the Workbook / Complete the tables / No need to save or send to me / I will correct at the same time from my desk
In Google Docs ---> File ---> Download ---> PDF ...if you want to keep a copy for yourself
MONDAY MORNING
Task 1 : Finish your Writing Draft 1
MONDAY AFTERNOON
ZOOM CLASS 11 pm to 2 pm
Mini-lessons to review drafts before you do Final Copy on Tuesday
Grammar Review 2020 (1)
Past, Present, Present Perfect, Passive, Future, Modals, Imperatives, etc.
Focus: Present, Past, Present Perfect
TUESDAY
Time for a chat!
TUESDAY CLASS - Check Gmail
Morning
Do your Final Copy VU22604.4
Afternoon
Mini-workbook / Listening text
What are you looking forward to? What are you excited about?
Grammar Review 2020 (2)
Present, Past, Present Perfect, Passive, Future, Modals, Imperatives, etc.
Focus: Future
WEDNESDAY
ZOOM CLASS 2
10.30 am to 12 pm
WEDNESDAY ZOOM (10.30 am - 12 pm)
Check your Gmail for the Zoom invitation Morning Zoom
What are you looking forward to? What are you excited about?
Afternoon and homework
Grammar Review 2020 (3)
Past, Present, Present Perfect, Passive, Future, Modals, Imperatives, etc.
MONDAY CLASS check yourGmail for Dale's invitation for you to edit Assess Booklet 3 T4
You received this workbook in Google Docs / Type straight into the Workbook / Complete the tables / No need to save or send to me / I will correct at the same time from my desk
In Google Docs ---> File ---> Download ---> PDF ...if you want to keep a copy for yourself
MONDAY MORNING
Task 1 : Tasty Treats
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Looking a Model Text : Geelong
ZOOM CLASS 11 pm to 2 pm
Zoom class this term between 1 - 2 pm.
TUESDAY
Time for a chat!
TUESDAY CLASS - Check Gmail
Morning
Model Writing Text Workbook - Adapt the text to your chosen town or city - Plan & First Draft (VU22604.4)
Afternoon
Keep working on your Plan and First Draft - Dale will correct throughout the day - by the end of the day you will have some corrections and suggestions for writing your FINAL COPY (Assessment VU22604.4)
WEDNESDAY
ZOOM CLASS 2
10.30 am to 12 pm
WEDNESDAY ZOOM (10.30 am - 12 pm)
Check your Gmail for the Zoom invitation Morning Zoom - Review your Plans and Drafts (VU22604.4)
Work with your partner to complete the Activities and prepare for some fun activities in Zoom
WCEC STUDENTS ONLY
MONDAY
ZOOM CLASS 1
1 pm to 2 pm
MONDAY CLASS check yourGmail for Dale's invitation for you to edit Wkbk 6 T4 with your partner
You received this workbook in Google Docs / Type straight into the Workbook / Complete the tables / No need to save or send to me / I will correct at the same time from my desk
In Google Docs ---> File ---> Download ---> PDF ...if you want to keep a copy for yourself
MONDAY MORNING
Activity 1: Where can I buy black sesame ice cream? Extra Activity 1: Your favourite ice cream
MONDAY AFTERNOON
ZOOM CLASS 11 pm to 2 pm
Zoom class this term between 1 - 2 pm. Let's look at Activity 1 from the workbook.
TUESDAY
Time for a chat!
Mini-lessons (group 1)
TUESDAY CLASS - Check Gmail
Morning
Activity 2:Finding a Job
Work with your partner to answer questions
Afternoon
Extra Activity 2 : Finding job Ads
Find a job using Seek
Extra Activity 3 : Grammar - Used to +verb
Teacher catch up:
I will phone you or contact you though Google Meet inside Gmail
Individual mini-lessons with Dale (group 1)
WEDNESDAY
ZOOM CLASS 2
10.30 am to 12 pm
mini-lessons (group 2)
FRIDAY
WEDNESDAY ZOOM (10.30 am - 12 pm)
Check your Gmail for the Zoom invitation Morning Zoom
Jobs and information texts
Afternoon and homework
Continue with Extra Activity 3 and follow up work from our Zoom Class Friday Workbook Review Video
I will send you the link to the Workbook Review Video so you can correct all of your Activity 1 and Activity 2 answers and review your work
*How do you read the graph? What does it show? What does the blank dot represent? What does the blue dot represent? What does the broken line between the two dots show?
*What is this student's best subjects?
*What are "work habits"?
*Explain the "ratings"
Discuss the other sections in the report.
What happens to the report when the student brings it home?
Is the reporting system the same in 2015 as it was in 2013? Is it different at your child's school?
Listening: A Parent / Teacher InterviewA mother speaks to a teacher about her son's progress and behavior. (esl-lounge.com)
This week we are using the same structure, similar vocabulary and expressions to prepare a short speech for the Duke Street Annual General Meeting in September.
The theme: My Experience as an EAL student at Duke St
Modify these notes we created as a class to write your first draft. Bring the draft to class for me to look at. You will write as many drafts as is necessary to create a perfect speech for the AGM ;-)
VU21468; Read and write a straightforward instructional and informational texts Issues : Family / Sexism / Racism / Ageism
We will be completing this unit in the coming Semester. We are focusing on informational texts related to ...
SELF PACED LEARNING VU21323 Develop and document a learning plan
You might be interested in considering one of the BBC courses to follow in Term 4. I noticed many of you chose reading and grammar projects for your self paced learning projects in Term 2 and 3. Maybe something to do with pronunciation (link above) might be useful? Or else something more general? It is, of course, up to you what you chose to do - as long as it fits with your own needs in the learning plan.
This is a collection of writing by all of the students in the ESL Level 2 class with stories about "A Great Day Out", "Endangered Animals" , "My Suburb - Past, Present and Future" and much more!
Watch the video above. It was made on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
What is the animal in the video? Where does it live? What does it eat? What else do you know about it?
Exercise 1: Locating informtion & Organizing Ideas :
Read about another animal at the same website. Read the facts, watch the video, look at the map, print a collector's card, send a friend an e-card
Exercise 4 : Information text (2)
What do you know about this creature?
What is its name? How would you describe it? Where does it live? Describe its habitat? What do you think it eats? What else should we know about it?
Can you write a paragraph about the Tasmanian Tiger using the CATEGORIES above as well as CONJUNCTIONS (but / and / however / although, etc) to join your sentences.
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
Find out about endangered animals, why they are endangered and what we can do by watching this presentation:
1) Download the ESL Endangered Animals book above.
2) Use the questions / categories we studied to help you write short sentences about one of the animals in the form.
Today in class (level 2) we watched this silent film. Where is it filmed? Who are the characters? What happens : how does it start? what happens in the middle of the film? how does it end? Does the film have a message, meaning or lesson to teach us? Did you enjoy it or didn't you like it - why?
Exercise 1 : Ask yourself these questions as you watch the film again. Can you answer the questions?
We have been studying Passive and Active voice in our lessons recently. When do we mostly use passive? What is more important - the subject of the action or the object of the action?
We have been studying Myki for a few weeks now. Most of us think Myki is okay but on our Myki excursion this week we had some problems. The Myki Machines on Sunshine Station were broken! The touch on / touch off pads were vandalized! How can we use Myki if the machines to do not work well? At Flinders Street Station we had to explain the problems to the staff - they were not very happy :-(
Australia became a country in 1901. The colonies became states. This was called Federation. The first policy of the new Federal government was to make sure that "non-white" people did not come to Australia. This was called "The White Australia Policy."
Why do you think Australians in those times did not like non-white people?
What is racism? What is prejudice?
Can you think of other examples of racism?
Was there racism in the country you came from?
Watch the video above.
Now try this dictation (and find out more about the White Australia Policy) ...
Access 2 : Information Texts : Report on a Country
Use the New Zealand story from class to help you. Collect information (location, size, population, languages spoken, cities, attractions, climate, other interesting facts) about one of the following countries:
VU22604 E.4 - Final Copy
