ELL English

Mrs. Westerbeck, ELL English Teacher and Librarian, jwesterbeck@nsd.org

Calendar

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Week of May 4-8

Open your googledoc "Assignment May 4-8 Week" and fill in the blanks.

Join the class zoom to hear more about the new grading system before you fill in your assignment, OR EMAIL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Week of May 10-14: Finish missing work

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Week of May 18 - 22: Open learnilit.com and do the 3 Grammar Slam activities there. Work carefully and slowly.

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Have an ABSENT for a week of online learning?

Make up for it by working on the assignment listed (all assignments are in your English google folder or are iLit online assignments)

March 30-April 2 (before Spring Break): The “Writing” assignment (first half)
April 13 - 17: The “Writing” assignment (second half)
April 20 - 24: The 5 images and websites under in the 2020 Country/Group doc
April 27 - May 1: The Country/Group Slide
May 4 - 8: The “Assignment May 4-8 Week”
May 11 - 15: Finish missing work week. (do the Class Celebration survey)
May 18 - 22: iLit - 3 Grammar Slams
May 26 - 29: Most Important Things to Me
June 1 - 5: Speaking: Show and Tell
June 8 - 12: Class Celebration
June 15 - 19: Finish anything you need to, conference about next year's schedule.

- Read or do Country/Group googledoc and noodletool fixing;

Print 100% perfect noodletools and take the Source citation quiz on there

- Add correct source citations to Fact Section of your googledoc;

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9/5 and 9/6 - Welcome Back. Look at schedules (look for placement problems), Do white Start of the Year packet of questions

9/6 - Picture day

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9/9 Monday - Finish the white Start of the Year packet and conference with teacher. Can start folder decoration with extra time.

9/10 Tuesday - In Library Lab (Power of words and images - clip ). Then log in to English class on your google drive. Do the VISUAL ME assignment.

9/11 Wednesday period 2 block OR 9/12 Thursday period 1 block - Set up notebooks. Do first Journal entry in notebook. 1/2 page or whole page - I Wish... More Chat time with teacher.

9/13 Friday - (Meet in Library Lab) Set up folders - find image and quote for your folder. Print out. Or if you want it in color, come stand next to me and we can print it together. Then do "Top 10 Best Things About Me" assignment (in google drive, 1 sentence each and an image for each).

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9/16 Monday - Complete sentence practice. Connecting 2 sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions.

9/17 Tuesday - Library Lab. Finish "Top 10 Best Things About Me" in google drive. Make pictures smaller, and print (no more than 4 pages long). Color? Have me print for you.

Open "My Favorites" assignment by clicking here and fill it in.

Fill in the "Open House" sheet and chat with teacher.

9/18 Wednesday block per 2., 9/19 Thursday - block period 1 - Library Lab

Prep schedule and folder for Open House parents/guardians who are coming.

Be sure "My Favorites" (above) is done and submitted.

Start the ISSUES WE WANT TO RESEARCH AND SOLVE project. (Discussion - vocabulary notes etc. Topic Selection or assigned?)

See short video on false info online Discuss information websites

9/20 Friday - Library Lab.

p.1 See short video on false info online Discuss information websites

p.2 - Open your folder quote/image and print it (or if it's in color, have me print it)

p.2 Finish Discussion/notes about information websites

Then find 2-6 reliable, high quality information websites on your topic. Paste links into google doc in your English Folder.

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9/23 Monday - Library Lab - Do Reading Survey (online).

** If you don't have 10/10 points on this assignment in studentvue, do "My Favorites" assignment by clicking here and fill it ALL in.

In your google folder, open high quality information websites. Then be sure to get 2 excellent websites. newsela.com - code MG4F4E

Open the best link you found (I will chat with you or mark the ones I want you to use). In your google drive, fill in the KEY FACTS section of the High Quality Information Website google doc.

9/24 Tuesday - Fill in a "What I want in a book" 3x5 card. Continue by reading the best link you found (I will chat with you or mark the ones I want you to use). In your google drive, fill in the KEY FACTS section of the High Quality Information Website google doc for your 2nd article!

9/25 Wednesday OR 9/26 Thursday - If you haven't yet - Fill in a "What I want in a book" 3x5 card.

Noodletools day - For the 2 articles you wrote KEY FACTS from - add them both to Noodletools.

Show Noodletools to teacher.

Continue by reading the best link you found (I will chat with you or mark the ones I want you to use). In your google drive, fill in the KEY FACTS section of the High Quality Information Website google doc for your 2nd article!

** Tech outage - Friday or Tuesday or later - Tech Prep + pick books to read **

9/27 Friday - Noodletools and 2 good article notes scored (I'll walk around and help you fix before I score them)

- If you haven't yet - Fill in a "What I want in a book" 3x5 card.

JOIN Noodletools to teacher - I'LL SHOW YOU HOW.

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9/30 Monday - Types of Introductions - highlight/notes on handout.

10/1 Tuesday - Your High Quality Information page in google drive is all done? 2 articles are in noodletools? and you joined Westerbeck class in noodletools?

Then write your Introduction paragraph (at the bottom of your High Quality Info google page)

10/2 Wednesday or 10/3 Thursday -

Noodletools fixing time. Then do (internal citations) for your 2 sources. Teacher checks off on the sheet "Using Noodletools..."

Complete items above listed as Tuesday! Write your Introduction Paragraph

10/4 Friday - Catch up day

all parts of High Quality Info google doc done: copied parts are "quoted" and there is a (source) at the end of each fact/idea. The periods are way at the end after the "quote" and (source).
Noodletools are both perfect
Yellow sheet "Using Noodletools" is fully complete and initialed by me
Introduction paragraph is written at the bottom of the "High Quality Info" google doc
Done with all those? Proofread yours and a neighbor's Introduction paragraphs.

And re-read all your facts, selecting the best 2-3. And select the best 2 solution ideas. (You can highlight the facts and ideas you chose in light green)

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10/7 Monday - Look at Parts of Essays. Especially the Body Paragraphs.

10/8 Tuesday - Work for 30 minutes, then Visits from assistant principal to go over rules- 8-8:15 Mismas, 8:50-9:05 Rainwater.

OLD WORK ** do first:

** Done with - Noodletools? and Gold page - noodletools (sources) initialed?

** High Quality Information page? all (sources) on there? no red left?

** Introduction Paragraph totally done?

1. re-read all your FACTS selecting the best 2-3. And select the best 2 solution IDEAS. (Highlight the facts and ideas you chose in light green)

2. Write your 1st body paragraph (under the introduction paragraph in your High Quality Information google doc.). Use the VISUAL OF BODY PARAGRAPHS page and the Parts of a Research Essay too if needed.

10/9 Wednesday or 10/10 Thursday - Done with Body Paragraph 1?

Do Body Paragraph 2 (solution IDEAS)

10/11 Friday - Body Paragraphs 1+ 2 due.

Write Conclusion Paragraph if time

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10/14 Monday - Write Conclusion Paragraph. Edit the essay rough draft - should be logical, correct sentences with all 4 paragraphs there.

10/15 Tuesday - Print Noodletools Works Cited.

Proofread and correct problems in your paper and a classmates if time.

Print out finished essay double spaced.

(Talk about Earthquake drill Thursday and PSAT Wednesday)

10/16 Wesnesday - PSAT day, only 4th period class

10/17 - Thursday and 10/18 Friday - Book Selection + Tech Prep/Orientation

Print Noodletools Works Cited.

Proofread and correct problems in your paper.

Print out finished essay double spaced.

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10/21 Monday - Do Orientation Tech Prep, finish Essays and getting 2 books on cart

10/22 Tuesday - move back to 807 :) Do October Check in sheet. Start teacher conferences. (Students finish essays)

10/23 Wednesday or 10/24 Thursday - Folder organization - staple the essay support materials. Reading time, continue conferences, Notebook/Comp Book organization - then Free-write in notebook or Finish Essay.

** Stay at Viking Time to finish Essay (or other missing assignments)

10/24 Friday - Reading time, get logged in to iLit - do questions and look in library for good to read books.

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10/28 Monday - Free-write in notebook or Finish Essay. Start iLit baseline measurement p.2

10/29 Tuesday - Reading time. Continue iLit baseline measurement

10/30 Wednesday/10/31 Thursday - Halloween! Reading time. Continue iLit baseline measurement. Continue teacher conferences. Free-write in notebook or Finish Essay.

** Stay at Viking Time to finish Essay (or other missing assignments)

10/24 Friday - Continue/Finish iLit baseline measurement (Do Essay, Read or Free-write if done). Continue teacher conferences.

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11/4 Monday - Read OR finish iLit baseline measurement. Open the Notebook part of iLit. Do a Journal Entry about the book you are reading (or any topic you like better). Save it and Show it to me for points. Finish your Free Write in your class notebook!

11/5 Tuesday - Get the - Select a Book page- from your folder and Grab your book or 2 IF you LIKE THEM. We will all go to the library and find NEW BOOKS and/or have Reading time or finish the essay time.

11/6 Wednesday/11/7 Thursday - Continue iLit Beginning test if you are not done! Continue teacher conferences. Finish all 3 writing assignments - Journal in iLit, 1st journal entry - 1 page I wish. Second journal entry - freewrite (can do what you learned about your research topic (vaping, climate change, etc.), or tell a story, or tell about something you know a lot about (like soccer or ??) .

Start iLit Interactive Reader if time.

** Stay at Viking Time to finish Essay (and other missing assignments)

11/8 Friday - Do Interactive Reader. Then open iLit Library and look for minimum 2 and up to 5 books to read later (mark as "reserve" or "read this book")

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Monday 11/11 - No school Veteran's Day

Tuesday 11/12 - Finish Interactive Reader. Then open iLit Library and look for minimum 2 and up to 5 books to read later (mark as "reserved" or "read this book")

Wednesday 11/13 or Thursday 11/14 - Interactive Reader re-done? 2-5 books in iLit library?

** Stay at Viking Time to finish Essay (and other missing assignments) **

Friday 11/15 - Free-write in notebook - 1 page - (write "Things I'm Thankful for or Wish for")

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Monday 11/18 - In iLit library, open a book you may want to read. Learn how and show - select language for translation, add a note, check a definition of a word. See the picture definition of a word. Plug in the headphones! Have the program read you the paragraph in English or in your translated/ selected language.

Tuesday 11/19 - Reading / late work... (Things I'm Thankful For journal/Essay finishing time. Check-off library skills if not already done.)

Finish and have checked off 1 page Journal "Things I'm Thankful for or Wish for" and show teacher the 2-5 books in the iLit library you marked as "reserve" or "read this book" and do the Library skills check-off.

Wednesday 11/20 or 11/21 Thursday - Catch up time/Reading.

Friday 11/21 - Do "What Do You Like?" survey online. Silent Reading (or catch up work if needed).

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11/25 Monday - Do Complete Sentence Practice review yellow sheet.

11/26 Tuesday - iLit reading time (read in a book you like). Start Lesson 2.1

11/27 Wednesday - p.2 Which movie? survey Celebration day (and make-up work if you have missing assignments)

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12/2 Monday - iLit Lesson 2.1 continued. iLit assignment - Related Words. Read in Library book.

12/3 Tuesday - Read in library book.

Do a card - either a Read this Book because 1.2.3. OR do a Don't Read this Book because 1.2.3

iLit Lesson 2.2 (Vocabulary)

12/4 Wednesday or 12/5 Thursday - Surprise - finish film

12/6 Friday - Library visit to get new books to read.

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12/9 Monday - Interactive reader Unit 2

12/10 Tuesday - Hour of Code in Library Lab

12/11 Wednesday or 12/12 Thursday - Do per.1 Survey. Read in library book. Finish Interactive Reader in iLit (you can then do all missing work, read in the iLit library or do Hour of Code.)

12/13 Friday - Continue iLit lesson 2.2 (p.1 finish Vocabulary) Read the story about her Birth Mom

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12/16 Monday - Read in Library book. Continue iLit lesson 2.2 with iLit assignment Pros and Cons of digital life (8 complete sentences)

12/17 Tuesday - Read in library book (or do missing work). Do iLit Spelling assignment.

12/18 Wednesday or 12/19 Thursday - End of semester check-in. iLit plan a paragraph and write a paragraph.

12/20 Friday - Class celebration

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1/6 Monday - Do January Plan (handout) to check on grades/what your plan is for last 3 weeks of Semester in classes.

Do anything in iLit not yet completed (all done? Do other missing assignments or Read).

1/7 Tuesday - Do any missing work (for me 1st, then other classes.) If done, Read library book.

1/8 Wednesday or 1/9 Thursday - Read in library book (or do make-up work for me or other teachers)

Do iLit assignment - Word Reading 1.

Stay at Viking Time to do Missing Assignments.

1/10 Friday - Reading time (or do missing assignments).

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1/13 Monday - SNOW DAY

1/14 Tuesday - SNOW DAY

1/15 Wednesday - SNOW DAY

1/16 Thursday - 2 hours late day - Do Grade Update and Read or do late work.

1/17 Friday - Read or late work 20 minutes; Grade Updates checked.

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1/21 Tuesday - pull up semester 2 schedule. Reading or missing work.

1/22 Wednesday or 1/23 Thursday - pull up semester 2 schedule. Reading or missing work.

1/24 Friday - Register for World Language Competency Test if needed!

Be sure all iLit is done, plus missing work in any class. Final check of Sem 2 schedules and grades. Make plans for classes with F that can be saved with deals with teachers (50% and above usually)

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1/28 Tuesday - (assembly schedule so short classes). In class writing assignment: Went well/not so good/Goals for semester 2...

Final check of Sem 2 schedules and grades. Make plans for classes with F that can be saved with deals with teachers (50% and above usually)

1/29 Wednesday or 1/30 Thursday -

Reading time, conference about Sem 1/Sem 2.

iLit Lesson 2.3 (Vocabulary, Whole Group)

1/31 Friday - Start in class (snack and Journal pickup).

Set up Sem 2 journals (post-it): First entry-

(1 page) Tell a story - a time you learned an important lesson. Can be a happy or a bad ending. Last paragraph is telling what lesson you learned.

In Library, get new books, and work on the journal or Read. Renew calculators!!

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2/3 Monday - Renew calculators!!

Start discussing classes for next year! Write Journal - (1 page) Tell a story - a time you learned an important lesson. Can be a happy or a bad ending. Last paragraph is telling what lesson you learned. (Done early? write an extra story or Read)

2/4 Tuesday - Read (or Write journal if not done)

2/5 Wednesday and 2/6 Thursday - Write your journal - Tell a Story. Do Schedule conference with me. Read if time...

2/6 Friday - READ (unless you need to finish your Journal). Journal scored (full page - Tell a Story). Conference about Schedule.

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Monday 2/10 - start entering course requests in the computer - Student Vue. (Read or Story checked if extra time)

Tuesday 2/11 - COUNSELOR REGISTRATION VISITS per 1. Per 1+ 2 Read or Story writing.

Wednesday 2/12 or Thursday 2/13

((in studentvue, type in course requests IF you didn't already do that!))

Preparing for Sem. 2 Research Project page.

Read (in your book).

iLit lesson 2.3 continued (yellow page - order the sentences)

Friday 2/14 (Valentines candy and brownies)

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Monday 2/24 - Open googledoc I sent you - 2020 Country/Group Project and do section 1 (copying) and section 2 - find 2 really good websites on your topic. Paste links into the google doc.

Tuesday 2/25 - Show 2 websites to teacher; Get Proquest source added to Section 2 of googledoc

Wednesday 2/26 or Thursday 2/27

Show teacher good websites; And copy and paste 5 BEST most interesting FACTS into the google doc - Country/Group Project; Check StudentVue; Find images if extra time

Friday 2/28 - Build Noodletools for all websites you used for facts; Correct 5 facts with teacher; with extra time Find images; Read

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Monday 3/2 - Read; Fix 5 facts with teacher, fix noodletools

Wednesday 3/4 - Period 2 who were present did

-Practice ELPA test

logged in to school email
went to my teacher website (on IHS teacher websites page)
Logged in to iLit
Talked about the expectations of online learning - to follow rules, to be appropriate, to be dressed in acceptable school appropriate clothing for zoom and conferences, to be using acceptable language and behavior in all online interactions with teacher and other students

Thursday 3/5 - no school. I sent 2 emails home. 1 with a GOOGLE SURVEY (click here to do it)

and another email explaining how we are going to do English class - copied below.

"If you have me, Mrs. Westerbeck, for English, I will be using email to communicate to you what class activities we are doing.

We do not know the schedule yet of when each teacher at IHS is "doing" class. I expect that schedule to be out before Monday morning.

We are expecting to have English class twice a week. On those days it will not matter when you log in to check your email as I do not plan to use Zoom or other time-sensitive, group methods. I will explain in the email what activities we are doing that day. They will probably be a google doc, a google form, Noodletools, or something online in the iLit program. I will list on my school website what we did each day and remind you to check email to see specifics.

It would be great if you use the extra time to get caught up with any missing assignments in all of your classes. Let me know what you are struggling with, and I will see about getting you some support and help (Wednesdays are probably going to be support days).

Let me know what questions you have"

Friday 3/6 - Please email or contact me if you are having trouble opening your school email and doing the google survey.

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Monday 3/8 - Period 1 - Look in your school email. Open the link to the google form and do what it says. TA's just send me an email on class days to count for your attendance. Link to the email content and a link to the google form of class activities

Tuesday 3/9 - Period 2 and 6- Look in your school email and read this message. Open the CORRECT link to the google form and do what it says. TA's just send me an email on class days to count for your attendance.

Wednesday 3/10 - office hours to get help. You can email or contact any teachers or Para-educators you need help from. Period 2 needs to respond to my google form so I can count you for attendance.

Thursday 3/11 period 1 - Open email link. Finish the sections of the ELPA practice test. Turn in google form. TA's just send me an email on class days to count for your attendance.

Friday - 3/12 - Period 2, 6 Open email link. Finish any sections of the ELPA test. Turn in google form. Rest of class period is reading time. TA's just send me an email on class days to count for your attendance. FYI - Northshore is "pausing" our online school model. So you should use the week to catch up with late and missing work. Ask your teachers tomorrow what you should complete in the week off.

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3/16 Monday - Northshore is "pausing" our online school model. So you should use the week to catch up with late and missing work. Ask your teachers tomorrow what you should complete in the week off.

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Monday 3/30 - Period 1, 2, 3 - Look in your school email (or on google classroom if your period 1-3 teachers do that instead). Get help from teachers and paras from 1:40-2:30

Tuesday 3/31 - Get HELP and ask questions of your teachers and paras. They are online and ready to help you 9-10:30 and 1-2:30

Wednesday 4/1 - Periods 4 & 5 - Look in your school email (or on google classroom if your period 4-5 teachers do that instead). Seniors and students doing apex - work 1- 1:40 with your teachers if you have questions or need help

Thursday 4/2 - Get HELP and ask questions of your teachers and paras. They are online and ready to help you 9-10:30 and 1-2:30

Friday 4/3 - Periods 6 & 7 - Look in your school email (or on google classroom if your period 6-7 teachers do that instead). Seniors and students doing apex - work 1- 1:40 with your teachers if you have questions or need help. ALL - Get help from teachers and paras from 1:40-2:30

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Week of 4/13 - 4/17 - Let’s spend the first few minutes of class talking together on Zoom.

Then the next half an hour is for working on the Writing Assignment to answer some questions - you can do it in your google doc (I sent it to your class google folder). Or if that’s not going to work since you aren’t on a computer - you can answer each of the questions in an email reply.

Open your email and your google English folder

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Week of April 20-24

Let’s spend the first few minutes of class talking together on Zoom.

Then the next half an hour is for finishing the Writing Assignment in your google doc (in English class google folder). Finish/Fix "2020 Country/Group Project" sections 1-3 and 5 in your google English folder. Do the "Country/Group Slide" in your google English folder.

Open your email and your google English folder

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Week of April 27- May 1

Let’s spend the first few minutes of class talking together on Zoom.

Open your email and your google English folder

Later:

Share about stories with lessons. What children's tales do you remember that had lessons. Read the original Little Red Riding Hood if time. Analyze _______ in Little Red Riding Hood. First in class discussion. Then in pairs/3s. Then write a paragraph in the pattern.

Paragraph Pattern. Discuss and finish the analysis of Little Red Riding Hood paragraph.

Write in paragraphs.

1. What are your strengths as a student? What subjects do you like?

2. What are your challenges as a student? Explain why you dislike certain classes.

3. What are your goals for yourself for next year in school?

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