tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43110458122233008932024-03-12T17:15:10.976-07:00Cultivating Learning: Activities for all SeasonsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-81266804879036710392016-12-21T17:27:00.002-08:002016-12-21T17:27:19.353-08:00The Potluck!At the end of the calendar year or the end of the school year, we often enjoy celebrating with a potluck with our classes. This is a great time for building the sense of community within our centre as we all get to share our favourite dishes with each other.<br />
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Not only is a potluck a great time to try some delicious new recipes, it's also a great time for practising English!<br />
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1. Present a short description of your dish including the main ingredients or why it is a special dish for you. This includes a lot of vocabulary, presentation format, and allows you to share your own experiences!<br />
2. Make small-talk with a friend about the food on the table or about your favourite dish. This year, before the potluck, we talked about sources of local news - radio, TV, websites. I encouraged them to try to find one news item a week and to take the time to understand it. That way learners will have something to talk about with old and new friends.<br />
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1. Read and follow a recipe or two as a class! The class can create a dish or a series of dishes to share with the larger group. This builds on reading and understanding the genre and format. It also builds on the concept that reading has meaning. <br />
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Also, look <a href="http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVjQV_1FY23MAEwInnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTE0Mmlhb2NmBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM5BHZ0aWQDRkZVSTNDMV8xBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1481797525/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hplct.org%2fassets%2fuploads%2ffiles%2fActivities-Potluck.pdf/RK=0/RS=D..gFplKKOPTecZh21OtmWPYy8M-" target="_blank">here </a>for a teacher's guide to<b> </b><u><b>Potluck</b></u> published by <a href="http://grassrootsbooks.net/">http://grassrootsbooks.net</a>. The link to the book is here: <a href="http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca/potluck.html">http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca/potluck.html</a><br />
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1. Write out the recipe for your dish. Recipes could be added to a class or site cook book. Students could also take photos to include in the cookbook. This can build on sequencing skills, using the imperative verb tense, format, and genre. It can also build on the concept that print is permanent and consistent each time you look at it. <br />
2. Make a food label for the table so that people know what it is. This can be very important for individuals with food allergies or restrictions. This builds on the concept of the importance of labelling and reading labels for restrictions or allergies.<br />
3. Write invitation cards (or an email) for the potluck celebration. These can be for students, teachers, or administration. This also builds on understanding genre, format, and numeracy skills.<br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-38630178736859655322015-12-15T19:46:00.000-08:002015-12-15T19:46:07.560-08:00Apple Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Apple season is one of my favourite seasons. There are so many learning activities that we can do with our learners with the theme of apples in mind.</div>
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1. Go to an apple farm to pick apples. This could involve trip planning by the learners, reading a farm map, and practising numeracy skills by weighing apples and calculating the prices.</div>
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2. Apple taste test. Bring in a few apples of several different varieties, and conduct a taste test with all the learners. Each learner can sample a slice or two of different varieties of apples paying attention to apple qualities such as the sweetness, tartness, and crispness. The class could then vote on their favourite by doing a survey and completing a tally chart. Learners could make graphs that display the class' preference for the "best" apple.</div>
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3. Make apple sauce with the class. Learners can peel, core, and chop the apples. Learners can take turns stirring the apples until the apples break down into the sauce. This could be another taste test and surveying opportunity by making different apple sauce recipes. You could add a pinch of cinnamon or a spoonful of sugar. My vote would certainly go to plain, unseasoned, and unsweetened apple sauce made from MacIntosh apples.<br />
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4. And of course, apple season would not be complete without drinking apple cider. See <a href="http://cultivatinglearning.blogspot.com/2014/09/beautiful-things-apple-cider-and.html" target="_blank">Beautiful Things - Apple Cider and Pumpkin Pie</a> for an activity on describing apple cider with the five senses.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-23081229529217904692014-10-10T16:59:00.001-07:002014-10-10T16:59:42.742-07:00ESL WeekESL Week is a time to acknowledge dedicated ESL professionals and the hard work of ESL learners within our communities. There are endless ways to celebrate the work, energy, and dedication of all the stakeholders involved in adult ESL education.<br />
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Some ideas are:<br />
- enter ESL Week contests (usually entries are submitted in early summer)<br />
- host a writing contest at your school<br />
- host an open house at your school and include cultural displays, international cooking, and activities<br />
- host a potluck with your students<br />
- invite and support students to do group presentations about experiences learning English <br />
- share international recipes and publish a small cookbook (or publish on a class blog)<br />
- invite coordinators to present teachers with a small token of appreciation (e.g., a card with a small treat)<br />
- have students write thank you cards to coordinators and other staff<br />
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Check out TESL Ontario's web page: <a href="http://www.teslontario.net/esl-week">http://www.teslontario.net/esl-week</a><br />
See the winning entries for this year's creativity contest. Get inspired to celebrate!<br />
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What are you doing to celebrate ESL Week with your classes? Post your ideas here!<br />
<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-58780280408104576982014-10-10T16:38:00.000-07:002014-10-10T16:38:50.940-07:00TESL Ontario - I'm Presenting!It is that time of year again - ESL Week! TESL Ontario is hosting its annual conference from October 16-18, and I am presenting with two excellent teachers and good friends<br />
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My workshop is called<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><b>Multilevel Group Activities for Holidays and Special Occasions</b><br />
The description is as follows:<i>This
interactive workshop will provide participants with creative activities
to teach and celebrate Canadian holidays while incorporating language
outcomes. Presenters will share their experiences of combining classes
from Literacy to CLB 4 to mark special days and holidays. Participants
will take part in adaptable sample activities that are low budget, low
prep and can be used across the levels.</i><br />
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Hope to see you there!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-88769036655774402522014-09-27T18:04:00.000-07:002015-12-15T19:45:03.977-08:00Beautiful Things - Apple Cider and Pumpkin Pie<div style="text-align: center;">
Apple season! My favourite time of year!</div>
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Seasonal foods may be new to some of the learners in your classes. </div>
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Build in cultural experiences by bringing in culinary favourites for this time of year.</div>
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Be sure to ask about allergies, and be aware of dietary restrictions around lard as it is often in pie crusts.</div>
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Use the five senses to describe pumpkin pie and apple cider.</div>
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<i>Literacy Considerations</i><br />
1. Change activities often. Do this kind of activity 20 minutes before break time to break up the day.<br />
2. Begin with speaking. Have students orally describe and discuss words with a partner or a small group.<br />
3. View learning as a social activity. Have learners enjoy the food and drink with a partner or small group.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-87430520660608651492014-07-13T11:10:00.000-07:002014-07-13T11:10:24.812-07:00Outdoor Things to Do in the SummerWhen schools are out in the summer, individuals and families often seek fun things to do. Outdoor activities may differ in different parts of the world. What do boys and girls usually do in the summer? What do adults do? One idea is to make a big class list and check off who has done what, and who will do what.<br />
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This Hamilton Conservation Authority Facebook link has a list of some ideas: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonConservation/photos/a.111847857651.118338.7446247651/10152650367427652/?type=1&theater" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonConservation/photos/a.111847857651.118338.7446247651/10152650367427652/?type=1&theater </a>.<br />
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If you are teaching during the summer, you could try out some of these activities in school or on a field trip. You could tally up who has done the most things.<br />
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I have done 33 things on this list. How about you?<br />
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Themes: Canadian Culture, Leisure, Health and Safety<br />
Grammar: Imperatives, cardinal and ordinal numbers, go / try + gerund<br />
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Reminder: Start with oral language first. This kind of language development could also be really fun if incorporating TPR (Total Physical Response).<br />
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Have fun!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-17514539959246210492014-05-27T07:21:00.000-07:002014-05-27T07:21:28.212-07:00"Eat your Weedies!"Edible weeds in your neighbourhood? Why not learn about them!<br />
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With a teacher <b>experienced </b>in identifying edible weeds, several activities are possible across the levels.<br />
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A good resource book like this one can be helpful. You could use it for your own information or adapt it for higher level learners.<br />
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1. Talk about learners' own experiences foraging for and growing food. Do TPR to connect actions and vocabulary. See this link for some ideas for Phase I learners on using TPR and song for learning new vocabulary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJuOR9jTpV4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJuOR9jTpV4</a><br />
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2. Talk about foraging in Canada - do people do it? Where? Why? What times of year?<br />
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3. Collect some edible leaves and flowers and have your students take photos of them, or trace / draw them.<br />
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4. Compare shapes, sizes and colours of leaves and flowers.<br />
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5. Take your class on a walk around the block to pick your own salad. Follow or make a map while you are at it!<br />
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6. Sample all the edibles and describe the taste, texture, and smell.<br />
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7. Have a local guest speaker come to class and talk about edible weeds.<br />
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8. Read a flyer (adapted as necessary) about a course on this topic: <a href="http://haltonenvironment.net/?tribe_events=eat-your-weedies-2">http://haltonenvironment.net/?tribe_events=eat-your-weedies-2</a><br />
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9. Find and follow some recipes using edible weeds. Write your own recipe.<br />
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10. Read and discuss issues around excessive foraging / harvesting (adapted as necessary): <a href="http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4034957-foraging-is-fine-but-not-on-rbg-property/">http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4034957-foraging-is-fine-but-not-on-rbg-property/</a><br />
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Some recipes are here: <a href="http://the3foragers.blogspot.ca/2014/04/garlic-mustard-recipe-roundup.html">http://the3foragers.blogspot.ca/2014/04/garlic-mustard-recipe-roundup.html</a></div>
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Here is a link to the book and a bit of the background of the song within it.<br />
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As a class, we talked about how life changes and we are often in the process of growth / new beginnings and loss. Deep ideas for Mother's Day.<br />
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It was interesting, though, to learn that different countries celebrate Mother's Day on different days (e.g., March 8, March 21). Not many of my learner's celebrated Father's Day in their previous countries. This makes for some interesting class discussion!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-74878228824961325222014-03-31T19:39:00.001-07:002014-05-26T18:07:51.071-07:00Winter SaladWinter time can be a difficult time to find good quality and cheap fresh fruits and vegetables. In my class a few weeks ago, we had some visitors from a local "eat healthy" group demonstrate how to make a delicious salad with us. They brought all the ingredients, and we provided the bowls, forks, and appetites :)<br />
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For most guest speakers that come into my classes, I encourage them to use simplified language and make the presentation very visual and experiential. Following this recipe was a great opportunity to build on these learning styles. We adapted the recipe based on what ingredients we had. This concept was a bit freeing for my learners and they began brainstorming ideas to make the recipe their own.<br />
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Follow-up: Our community offers a "Good Food Box". This contains many fresh fruits and vegetables at a very low cost. It support local farmers and businesses. Practise reading the program flyer for details about dates, costs, items, and pick-up or delivery locations. Once the food box comes in, talk about the food and share other recipes.<br />
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thematic sequence to cover. However, we can adjust this, extend it, and skip
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were Travel and Transportation and Family, and if something else was important,
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For the classroom activities dotmocracy,
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asked students to brainstorm what we do in class and other activities they
would like to do. I gave each student the same number of stickers as items listed. I asked them to
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From this, my students have essentially designed the curriculum for the next two months. I look at the most important items and our time-line and see what we can cover. We will do it again in two months. If something was missed and is very important, the students have the opportunity to express it and vote on it again. Also, students can see how many of their peers share their same opinion, needs and wants. Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-28919308083633808872013-12-30T08:22:00.001-08:002013-12-30T08:33:19.966-08:00Winter WishesThe end of the year celebration at school usually includes all students at all levels. The teachers tap into their creativity to meet the needs of the learners. This year, our students ranged from Literacy Foundation to CLB 6. To start off our morning, we designed an activity that included some student collaboration, speaking, fine motor skills, following instructions, and writing.<br />
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We started by having students put together a puzzle.<br />
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I designed the puzzle in Word, saved it in Adobe, and printed it as a poster. I enlarged it to about 375%, so it printed off into sixteen squares. The images I chose were not distinct enough, and we decided to add colours. Students used the colours to determine how the lines matched up. I gave them some clues such as that the puzzle was 4 x 4 squares. I also put up squares six and seven to get them started. Students of all levels participated in this.</div>
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This puzzle had the question for our next activity. First, each student expressed their own answers. Some students required a sentence starter, and others said a few sentences.</div>
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Then, we moved on to writing our sentences and decorating some winter-themed images.</div>
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Teachers and higher level students assisted lower level writers by writing down the learners' sentences or words. Students then copied their message onto the paper.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-89745509284838367792013-10-14T17:40:00.002-07:002013-10-14T17:40:21.671-07:00On-going project: Binder OrganizationFor many of my students, binder organization is a big challenge, or quite low on the priority list. I have promised myself that this will be the year that I incorporate binder organization into the daily lesson plan. And actually be consistent with it!<br />
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Some things I have observed about student binders and binder organization:<br />
1. Some students have no binder at all.<br />
2. Binders are often a place to place papers, but generally not securely within the rings.<br />
3. Some binders are organized from back to front, not front to back.<br />
4. Some students do not like to carry binders back and forth from school because of the size. (There were three binders left in my class over the summer vacation!)<br />
5. Most papers are not dated.<br />
6. Separating papers from the morning class and afternoon class is challening.<br />
7. It takes some students a long time to find their homework.<br />
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My plan:<br />
After a month or so in school, students will have a sense of what being in my class is like - routines, style, approaches, and types of papers I give out. Students will brainstorm and decide upon categories for binder division so that they are in control of it and remember how to organize it. Students write on the labels, and organize all the papers according to section and date.<br />
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Headings chosen by the class.</div>
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1. Binder Organization - organize it together and maintain it together<br />
2. Respect learners' knowledge and experiences in having them list and decide on the categories as a group.<br />
3. Provide learning strategy instruction. Now that the binders are labelled, teach them how to use this system. This can help them in class and at home.<br />
4. Play a game. Once the binders are organized and the papers are all dated, have a scanning game. For example, find the grammar handout from September 27. Find the citizenship paper from October 10. <br />
<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-37765792151009267662013-10-13T07:39:00.000-07:002013-10-13T07:41:05.688-07:00TESL Ontario: I'm Presenting!I am getting very excited to have the opportunity to do two workshops at the up-coming TESL Ontario Conference. My workshops are on Thursday, October 24. I will be doing one on my own, and another with two of my colleagues.<br />
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Here is the link to the conference brochure: <a href="http://www.teslontario.net/uploads/conference/conf2013/Brochure%20100713%20Reduced%20Viewing.pdf">http://www.teslontario.net/uploads/conference/conf2013/Brochure%20100713%20Reduced%20Viewing.pdf</a> <br />
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My first independent workshop is called <b>LINCs to Literacy</b> (code TPM)<span style="font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The description is as follows: <i>Do you have literacy
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">My second group workshop is </span></span><b>Multilevel Group Activities for Holidays and Special Occasions</b> (code TQP). The description is as follows:<i>This interactive workshop will provide participants with creative activities to teach and celebrate Canadian holidays while incorporating language outcomes.Presenters will share their experiences of combining classes from Literacy to CLB 5 to mark special days and holidays. Participants will take part in adaptable sample activities that are low budget, low prep and can be used across the levels.</i>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-64502653196445318672013-09-10T18:48:00.001-07:002013-09-10T18:49:02.253-07:00A blog by any other name...... would still be my blog.<br />
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As I mentioned in my interview on the ESL Literacy Network's blog, I wanted to keep myself open to adapting my blog any way I see fit to maintain the on-going and changing vision I have of it. As time passes, I meet new students and occasionally get transferred into other classes. Based on where I am now, what I want to do with my learners and my blog for the upcoming year, I have decided to take the word "Projects" out of my title. I have done a few projects with my learners, but many of the features in this blog are not true projects. To read about projects in ESL check out this site: <a href="http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/projbase.html">http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/projbase.html</a>. To be more reflective of what I am showing you here, I have changed the word "Projects" to "Activities" in my title.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-78504156271310644162013-09-03T11:35:00.000-07:002013-09-03T11:35:34.938-07:00TESL Ontario ESL Week Contest - Blog Runner Up WinnerMy blog has won a runner up prize in the TESL Ontario ESL Week Contest, 2013. I am very excited to have been acknowledged by my peers. Thank you very much!<br />
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Click here to see the grand prize winners and other runner up winners: <a href="http://www.teslontario.net/esl-week-contest-winners-instructors-activities-0" target="_blank">http://www.teslontario.net/esl-week-contest-winners-instructors-activities-0 </a>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-31850700797836124622013-06-29T18:42:00.002-07:002013-06-29T18:42:41.934-07:00Pioneer Food PreservationMy class recently completed a unit on pioneer life. This unit included several readings, watching a film about Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Trail, going on a field trip to a pioneer village, and reading the graded Penguin reader of<i> Anne of Green Gables</i>.<br />
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Connecting the unit to horticulturally-related activities and topics was quite easy if you consider food and its preservation.<br />
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The following reading was challenging for my CLB 3, and 4 students among whom almost 40% have literacy needs. However, through a variety of activities, students can learn new vocabulary, practice and develop reading skills, and work collaboratively to share their own experiences. I have noted some activities and strategies that could be done with this reading.<br />
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1. <i>Activate background knowledge and build vocabulary</i><br />
What are students' experiences with preserving food? When? Where? What? How? Who worked together to preserve it? Students can orally describe their own experiences.<br />
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2. <i>Teach vocabulary</i><br />
Select key vocabulary from the passage. In the reading below, I selected the words "pickled, salted, smoked, dried". Students will likely be able to relate some of the above experiences to these new words. The teacher could create a chart on the board and make a list of students' foods.<br />
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1. <i>Scan for vocabulary</i><br />
To build scanning skills, students could use a coloured marker or pencil to underline or highlight the new vocabulary (e.g. "pickled, salted, smoked, dried").<br />
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2.<i> Identify new vocabulary</i><br />
It is important for students to be able to locate words that they do not understand. One strategy is for students to read quietly and underline or circle any new words for them. From this point, different options are possible for vocabulary development. Students could use dictionaries, guess the meaning based on the context, or ask a classmate or teacher.<i> </i><br />
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To practice pronunciation, word stress, and rhythm, students can read the story aloud to a classmate or the whole class. <i> </i><br />
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1. <i>Review Vocabulary and Build Categorization Skills</i><br />
Students could use a chart like the one that follows to review the key vocabulary, scan the text for details, and use a chart. This chart reinforces the one used at the beginning of the lesson that was based on student experience. <i> </i>These two charts could be compared and contrasted. <br />
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2.<i>Write About Their Own Expereiences</i><br />
Students could select one food that they preserved and describe it in a few sentences or a paragraph (depending on student level). Students could also write down a recipe for preserving their selected food. <br />
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3. <i>Hands-on Practice</i><br />
Connecting to the above activity, the students could do a demonstration of their selected recipe, or the teacher could lead a lesson on following recipes. For example, the class could simply make strawberry freezer jam or pickled yellow beans. <i> </i><br />
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This kind of activity could be photographed for an LEA activity that could incorporate sequencing photos, writing a narrative and making a book or poster.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-73403951277245210442013-06-19T18:47:00.000-07:002013-06-19T18:47:07.874-07:00Bread and ButterLittle House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables.<br />
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I have observed a trend in my friends, and my on-line friends, to try to go back to a simpler time. Grow your own food, use cloth diapers, make bread from scratch. I admit that I enjoy being caught up in this trend as well.<br />
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At school, we just completed a unit on pioneer life. We studied this in preparation for a field trip to a local pioneer village.<br />
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As a follow up to the trip, we made two recipes: handmade butter and Irish soda bread.<br />
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If you use these two recipes, make the butter first. That way you can use the buttermilk and the butter in the bread recipe.<br />
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<u>The Butter </u><br />
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Students enjoyed making the butter, and noting three different steps of turning whipping cream into butter. First, it
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The first step, if you are not using buttermilk, is to mix milk and vinegar. I asked the students to predict what would happen. Some ideas were that they would bubble, separate, and have no change.<br />
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Other activities: Start the unit with a KWL chart, read short stories about different aspects of pioneer life, read Penguin Reader level 3 of Anne of Green Gables using the great activities provided in the book to build a variety of reading strategies, and go on a field trip to pioneer village.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-46581814355626102922013-06-08T11:05:00.001-07:002013-06-08T11:05:43.199-07:00Blog FeatureMy blog was featured on the ESL Literacy Network's blog!<br />
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Fresh scents, and many shades of green. </div>
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1. Sequence cards of the life cycle of an animal / insect / amphibian / plant. (I used <a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sequencingcards/">http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sequencingcards/</a>)<br />
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1. Students can write questions about their handout for their peers to answer.<br />
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This unit includes the following key <u><b>approaches and strategies</b></u> for Literacy learners:<br />
work collaboratively, plan time to complete the project within the deadline, ask for help when needed, use technology, use pictures and format to understand text, follow directions, identify the main idea and supporting details of a text, plan a presentation, and copy information.<br />
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soft, flat, squishy, smooth</div>
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Concentration and creativity joined hands this Earth Day as students tried their hand at painting trees inspired by the late Emily Carr. My peer, B.B., guided the learners through Emily Carr images and noted how the painted lines showed movement. She found the idea for this project here: <a href="http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/emilycarr.shtml">http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/emilycarr.shtml</a>.</div>
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The learners did 'air writing' of the movement, just tracing the shapes and lines in the air. Then the students got to it.</div>
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It was interesting to see how people from different areas of world painted different styles of trees. The 'tree' in their mind was certainly not from the same corpus as Emily Carr's! What beautiful designs!</div>
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Amazingly, at our local art gallery an Emily Carr exhibit was showing at this time. This show was also featured in the local newspaper. A few teachers and a few students ventured out after school hours (during the free hours at the gallery) to visit the exhibit and experience Carr's art work in a new environment. </div>
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Two of my colleagues, B.B. and A.B., entered this project into the TESL Ontario ESL Week Contest and won first place in the Photo/Collage Category! Here is a link to their outstanding work: <a href="http://www.teslontario.net/sites/default/files/webform/eslweek_instructors/Immigrant%20Women%27s%20Centre.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.teslontario.net/sites/default/files/webform/eslweek_instructors/Immigrant%20Women%27s%20Centre.jpg </a></div>
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Best of the Reader: Aboriginal People (graded stories of adults): <a href="http://www.bestofthereader.ca/Ebooks/Canada%27s_Aboriginal_People.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bestofthereader.ca/Ebooks/Canada%27s_Aboriginal_People.pdf </a></div>
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Heritage Minutes:<a href="https://www.historica-dominion.ca/content/heritage-minutes/emily-carr" target="_blank"> https://www.historica-dominion.ca/content/heritage-minutes/emily-carr </a></div>
Vancouver Art Gallery Educational Resources (may need to be adapted): <a href="http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/emily_carr/en/index.php">http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/emily_carr/en/index.php </a> </div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183517496715385728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311045812223300893.post-33843800068570261002012-12-30T09:04:00.000-08:002013-04-25T16:39:58.550-07:00Cranberry Sauce<br />
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Although this is a seasonal dish, I had never made cranberry sauce in my life before. And, neither had my students. For most of them, they had not seen or tasted a cranberry before. We made this sauce from a recipe from the LINC 4 Activities: <a href="http://www.moresettlement.org/LINC1-4/LINC4/LINC_4_Classroom_Activities.pdf">http://www.moresettlement.org/LINC1-4/LINC4/LINC_4_Classroom_Activities.pdf</a> page 477 Cranberries, A North American Superfruit. </div>
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To sample the sauce, I brought in some halal cheese (no rennet or pepsin) and some crackers. </div>
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As we went through all the steps in the recipe, we described everything using the five senses. This included sampling a raw cranberry and a teaspoon full of pure maple syrup. Yum, yum! This builds concrete experience with the foods that many Canadians take for granted. It was also quite lovely to have this time out of the regular classroom and just to chat while each step was being completed. I will certainly try to do some more recipes in my class in the future. </div>
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Outcomes: reads and understands short instructions, read and understand formatted texts, measure ingredients accurately, give simple descriptions of simple objects</div>
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