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Valadao - ESL Level 2 (Period AM)

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ESL Level 2 @ BESST Center // Mon, Wed, Thurs // 9am - 12pm

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Agenda: June 4-7

Monday, June 4 

Warm up –Take out your computer and start with Typing Club

Song: Pink - Try (Lyrics) 

CASAS Reading Test 

Wednesday, June 6

Warm up - Please find the errors and correct the following sentences:  

  1. Has you ever been to Mexico?  
  2. Yes, I have been to Mexico last month.  
  3. Has Carol yet cleaned her room?  
  4. No, she hasn't cleaned her room already.  

Videos - Present Perfect:
  - Already, Yet, Still in English  
  - Still yet and already explained  

Review Homework –More Grammar Practice 51 

Grammar: Red Azar 89-90
   - Exercise 9: Have you ever?
   - Exercise 8: work in tables 

Thursday, June 7

Warm up: Work with your classmates to finish these sentences.  Choose 1 to write on the board.   

  1. At school, students should  ___________________.  
  2. At home, children shouldn't ____________________. 
  3. At the airport, a traveler has to  _____________________. 
  4. At work, you mustn't  _______________. 

Grammar: Must/Have to/Should 

  Red Azar B 
   - 387 – Chart 13-3: Must, Have to, Should 
   - 388 – Exercise 11, 389 – Exercise 12  

  Side by Side: 
   - Fun Zone: Talk about Hearing @ Doctor 
   - Page 114: Pronunciation of Must/Mustn't 
   - Page 111: Conversation: "They must lose some weight" 

Homework Due Monday, June 11: 
   - Read Side by Side 114C 
   - More GrammarPractice 1, page 51 – Must vs Have to 

 

Agenda: May 30-31

Wednesday, May 31 

Learning Objectives 

Warm up - Answer each question with a complete sentence:  

  1. Have you eaten breakfast this morning?  
  2. Did you eat breakfast yesterday?  
  3. Have you had coffee this morning?  
  4. Did you have coffee yesterday?  

Review Homework – More Grammar Practice 47, Exercise 1 

Song: U2-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Lyrics) 

Peer Review – Writing a Letter to Your Teacher 

Homework:  

  • More Grammar Practice 47 Exercise 2 
  • Final Draft – Letter to Teacher 

 

Thursday, May 31 

Warm up - Answer each question with a complete sentence:  

  1. Have you ever flown in a helicopter?  
  2. Has your family ever gone camping?   
  3. How long have you lived in California?  
  4. How much money have you spent eating out this week?  (at restaurants) 

Review Homework: More Grammar Practice 47 Exercise 2 

Computer:  

  1. Sign into your Office 365 Email 
  2. You can open a new window and practice typing club (or click the link in your email) while you wait for everyone to sign in. 
  3. How to write an email – PowerPoint  
  4. Use your letter to write an email to your teacher.  

Homework Due Mon, June 4: More Grammar Practice 50, 51 

Agenda: May 21-24

 Monday, May 21 

Warm-up: Answer each question with a complete sentence:  

  • Where did you live when you were 18 years old?  
  • When you were 5 years old, could you swim?   
  • What are the other students doing right now? 
  • What are you going to do after class?  

Bill Withers Lean On Me with lyrics 

Review Homework: Grammar worksheet 

Life Skills,
- SbS 102B- Housing Ads and Floor Plans 
- SbS 104B – Letter Writing 

Homework Due Thursday: Letter to Teacher  

Wednesday, May 23 

Warm up - Please find the errors and correct the following sentences: 

  1. I exercising at 10am every day.  
  2. My daughter was sleeping right now. 
  3. Please turn down the music! I couldn't study.  
  4. He should takes his passport when he travels to another country.  

Summer/Fall Re- enrollment forms, Student Updates 

True News Stories: Page 26 – A Little Traveler 

Homework Due Thursday: First draft: Letter to Teacher  

Thursday, May 24 

Learning Objectives 

  • Improve typing skills 
  • Learn form and use of present perfect 

Warm up: Typing Club 

Computers:
- Open email, go to hbas.edu,
- hbas.edu - General Info - Staff Pages - Briana Valadao
- Subscribe to teacher website!  

Grammar: Introduce Present Perfect 

  • Please look at these questions and think of how you would answer them:  
    • When did you come to the US? I came to the US 10 years ago.  I came to the US in 2008. 
    • How long have you been in the US? I have been here for 10 years. I have been here since 2008. 
  • Present Perfect Tense is used for:  
    • An action that happened at an unspecific time before now.  
    • An action/state/condition that started in the past and continues to the present. 
    • A life experience that happened or did not happen- often with unfinished time words like yet, already, just, never, ever.  
  • Video: Present Perfect Tense vs. Past Simple: Tom’s Story (A comical story of Tom, the ESL student - Video) 
  • Azar Black 85-86- Charts 4-2, 4-3 

Homework Due Wednesday, May 30:
 - Final Draft: Letter to Teacher 
 - More Grammar Practice: Present Perfect 47 – Exercise 1 

Agenda: May 14-17

Monday, May 14 

Warm-up: Answer each question with a short answer:  
 - Are you speaking?  
 - Did he speak?  
 - Was he speaking?   

Dictation and Reading Comp: Side by Side 100 

Prep for promotion test:  

  • Speaking: For the speaking test, I will ask you questions, you need to answer in a complete sentence with a subject and verb. 
  • Writing: 5 sentences about.... A paragraph is a group of sentences about a topic. Write 5 sentences about your favorite place to visit. Example: 
    •  My favorite place to visit is Hawaii. The weather is always nice. I love going to the beach. My husband and I go swimming in the ocean. Sometimes we see turtles and sharks.  

Wednesday, May 16 

Warm up - Please find the errors and correct the following sentences: 

  1. We don't have class for Tuesdays. 
  2. The beach is a great place to go on the summer.  
  3. Class ends in 12:00pm. 
  4. I got a Mother's Day present at my mom.   

Song:  "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Lyrics) ❤ MARVIN GAYE ❤ TAMMI TERRELL 

Promotion Test 

Thursday, May 17 

Learning Objectives: 
 - Improve typing skills 
 - Reading and Comprehension 

Warm up:  Side by Side 102: Grammar Focus Review 

Computer:
 - Check Email
 - Typing Club 

Test Make-ups: Promotion Test / EL Civics / CASAS

Life Skills: Side by Side 102B - Housing Ads
 - Abbreviations activity
 - Answer Questions 

Homework Due Monday, May 21: Grammar Worksheet A & B 

Learn More: Present Perfect Verb Tense