Cycle Two

One thing I'm pretty convinced of, is that this topic will definitely trigger a reaction from your students. Explore the world of smells, especially bad ones, while developping all three competencies. This LES was created for grade 4 and grade 5 multilevel classes. 

Don't you just love working with books on Epic! It's one of my favorite website ever. These activities were created to use with "Draw your own dessert", an interactive book on Epic. All tasks are differentiated for Grade 2-3 classes. Video are integrated to engage students in interaction on each of the four themes.  

In this C3 writing task, students will have the flexibility to choose one of the three writing tasks. A model text is also provided for them. Teachers could also decide to use one of the texts to model the task and then offer two choices for the actual final task.

In this reinvestment task, students will read about different animals from the pet shop as well as different potential adopters. Students will have to match each animal to its new master and write blog entries for the pet shop's blog about successful adoption stories.  

In this oral interaction task, students will discuss the creation of different poutines by experimenting with the types of gravy, cheese, fries and other extra ingredients. Later, they will have to agree on the 6 final ingredients to include in their teams's ultimate poutine. 

Finding engaging ways to teach some classroom functional language and vocabulary to students can be challenging. With this quick chain game, students will have to do the action written on their card when the right moment comes. They’ll have to pay attention to what’s going on in the classroom. Different versions of the cards are offered to suit groups of 20 to 26 students. 

It is unavoidable! The ESL classroom will be very different as of May 11th. But for those of you who will teach ESL with all the measures in place, I hope this document helps you find a couple ideas to use in the classroom. You will find essential elements to be learning from the Progression of Learning for each level as well as ideas to continue leading activities for all three competencies.  

What food from around the world would you be willing to taste? This LES is based on a series of videos entitled American Kids Try Food From Around the World. In this LES students will design their own candy, play Roll-a-Dinner and write about their perfect breakfast. Your students will enjoy watching other kids react, with gusto or profound revulsion, to different food in the suggested videos. 

Virtual reality is a great way to make students travel around the globe. Why not use technology to make them discover our own awesome country. Guide them through a visit of the Green Gables, an outside view of the CN Tower or a tour of a traditional sugar shack. Take them to the Police Museum, observe skiers in Lake Louise and visit a school in Nunavut. 

Here's a captivating and engaging C2 task for elementary students. Through this learning and evaluation situation, students will develop vocabulary related to colors, sizes and body parts. They will also learn functional language to identify and describe basic characteristics. After exploring the text, students will have to draw and write about the hidden monster. All three competencies can be evaluated. 

In this LES, students will learn about different species of parrots. They will come to understand that parrots very often outlive their owners. Therefore, pet parrots often need to be rehomed. Students will be guided through the note taking process while reading about three parrots; Bingo, Rocky and Skittles. And finally, as a reinvestment task, the will create an adoption form for a parrot looking for a forever family.​ 

During the learning and evaluation situation, students will become experts on one of the following subjects; Cleopatra or the T-Rex. By working with their expert group, they will inspect the differences between real and false information. Students will demonstrate understanding of texts by answering questions. In the end, as a writing task, students will have to come up with real and false statements on a given topic. 

Same engaging activity but without the expensive box. This activity is done in teams of four instead of being a whole group activity.. Inspired by the "Escape the Room", the concept has been used in schools all over the world to foster cooperative learning. It is an interesting context for our ESL learners to engage in authentic interaction situations while developing functional language and vocabulary. The Case of the Video Game Controller was inspired by a short film. Will your students be able to help Benjamin's mom escape? 

Breakout EDU activities are definitely a new trend in education. Inspired by the "Escape the Room" puzzle and adventure games, the concept has been used in schools all over the world to foster cooperative learning. It is an interesting context for our ESL learners to engage in authentic interaction situations while developing functional language and vocabulary. The Case of the Video Game Controller was inspired by a short film. Will your students be able to help Benjamin's mom escape?

Being flexible in the classroom is fundamental. Not only does it provide a better learning experience for students, but it allows for differentiated instruction. These writing tasks have been created to share the same learning outcomes and  to be evaluated with the same criteria. Students could chose a first writing task as a formative evaluation on which teachers would give feedback. Then, students would select a second task among the three choices in order to be evaluated. 

Learning stations became very popular in the grade 6 intensive classes. Not only does it engage students in tasks in which they interact orally, collaborate and develop their vocabulary, but it also empowers the teacher to meet students individually. Therefore, we came up with learning stations for second cycle students about body parts, clothing and accessories and it focuses on the oral interaction between students. 

At my board, learning stations became very popular in the grade 6 intensive classes. Not only does it engage students in tasks in which they interact orally, collaborate and develop their vocabulary, but it also empowers the teacher to meet students individually. Therefore, we came up with two sets of learning stations for second cycle students. This set is about vintage and not so vintage circuses and includes activities related to all competencies.