Classroom Rules:
DEAR STUDENTS,
WELCOME TO MY CLASS!
These are THE GUIDELINES for you TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
1. BE RESPONSIBLE:
2. RESPECT OTHERS:
3. COOPERATE:
GRADING RULES:
I GRADE YOUR PAPERS OUT OF 100 POINTS/100%. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO MAKE UP WORK AND BRING YOUR PAPERS LATER, BUT YOU WILL LOSE POINTS. FOR EVERY MISSING WORK YOU WILL GET “0” POINTS.
Formative ( Everyday PARTICIPATION, CLASSWORK, and HOMEWORK) – 40%
Summative (TESTS and PROJECTS) – 40%
FINAL Exams – 20%
“A” GRADE – 90 -100%, EXCELLENT!!!
“B” GRADE – 80-89%, GOOD!!
“C” GRADE – 70 – 79%, OKAY!
“D” GRADE – 60 – 69%, PASSED:)
“F” GRADE – LESS THAN 60%, FAIL, NO CREDIT:(
Good luck!
Syllabus: English Language Development / ELD
(For Non-English Speakers and new-comers)
Books: INSIDE THE USA, FUNDAMENTALS, Edge A, Student’s Library
Inside the USA
Units 1 -10
Vocabulary and Topics: Getting to know each other, Greetings, School, Schedules, Countries, USA, Family, Time, Calendar, Numbers, Objects, Places, Colors, Sizes, Basic Action Verbs, Activities, Arts, Sports, Free Time (everyday activities, hobbies, likes/dislikes), Food, Money, Technology, Your Body, Feelings and Health, Seasons and Weather, Careers, and Holidays
Language Skills/Listening and Speaking: Phonics ( Learn letter-sound connections), Introductions, Making Friends, Give and Ask for information, Ask simple questions, Respond to yes/no questions, Understand who, when, where, what, why, and how questions, Commands to give and follow, Negatives, Name objects and places, Express needs, likes, and dislikes, Tell about something/Describe, Describe something/someone, Retell
Learn even more life skills: How to make and use graphic organizers, Sequence, Interview, Compare and Contrast, How to make a list, a short book, or a story, How to give directions, How to use technology, Research
Grammar: Noun-Verb agreement, Progressive and Simple Present, Past, and Future Tenses, 3rd person singular conjugation, verbs “to be”, “to have”, “to do”; Nouns (Singular and Plural, articles “a”, “the”, no article), Action Verbs, Modals, Regular and Irregular verbs and forms,Personal and Possessive Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions
Writing: letters, vocabulary words, simple sentences, a short paragraph about your-self, family, a friend, your school, your first day in the USA, your favorite food, season, place, how to do something,write a short paragraph, and a book about Celebrations
Reading comprehension: letters-sounds, vocabulary words, simple sentences, and Theme Books
Book 2: Fundamentals ( Beginning level)
(Beginners Level)
Units 1-3: All About Me, Wisdom of Ages, Global Village
Essential questions: Who am I? What makes us wise? What makes us the same and different?
Vocabulary focus: Word Categories, Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Parts, Suffixes, Prefixes
Language Function: Give and Ask for Information, Express Opinions, Describe, and Compare
Grammar: Complete Sentences vs. Fragments, Subject, Predicate, Object, Helping Verbs, Word Order
Reading Strategies: Visualize, Determine Importance
Writing: Poem, Advice Column, Description
Units 4-6: Survival, Fitting In, What Matters Most
Essential Questions: What does it take to survive? How important is it to fit in? What is the most important in life?
Vocabulary Focus: Building Words, Using a Dictionary, Context Clues, Figurative Language (Idioms and Similes
Language Function: Give and Carry out Commands, Describe an Experience and a Past Event, Express Intentions, Opinions, Ideas, and Feelings, Retell a Story, Engage in Discussion, Agree and Disagree
Grammar: Regular and Irregular Past Tense Verbs, Commands, Adverbs, Future Tense, Prepositions, Subject vs. Object, Pronouns, Sentence Types, Complete Sentence vs. Fragment, Phrase, and Clause, Complex Sentences
Reading Strategies: Plan and Monitor, Make Connections, Make Inferences
Writing: Writing Steps, Paragraph, Facts and Opinions, Personal Narrative
Books: Edge and Student’s Library (Intermediate Level, English 1)
Units 1-4: Think Again, Family Matters, True Self, Give and Take
Essential Questions: What Influences How You Act? How do Families Affect Us? Do We Find or Create Our True Selves? How Much Should People Help Each Other?
Genre Focus: Short Stories, Nonfiction (Character, Plot, Setting, Author’s Purpose, First-Person Point of View, Text Structures and Features
Focus Strategy: Plan and Monitor, Ask Questions, Make Inferences, Determine Importance
Grammar: Sentences vs. Fragments, Subjects and Verbs, Parts of Speech, Tenses
Writing: Personal Narrative, News Article, Short Story, Problem-Solution Essay
Units 5-7: Fair Play, Coming of Age, Making Impressions
Essential Questions: Do People Get What They Deserve? What Rights and Responsibilities Should Teens Have? What Do You Do To Make an Impression?
Genre Focus: Short Stories, Nonfiction, Drama, and Poetry (Theme, Persuasion)
Focus Strategy: Make Connections, Synthesize, Visualize
Grammar: Compound and Complex Sentences, Word Order, Adjectives, Adverbs, Indefinite Pronouns, Perfect Tense
Writing: Description of a process, Persuasive Essay, Literary Analysis
*You will have tests after each unit, weekly quizzes to check your progress, homework to memorize words, writing assignments, and projects to do. Exam will be at the end of each semester.
*MAP testing 3 times a year for 9 grade students, PSAT is for 9 and 10 grades
*ESL ACCESS WIDA Testing is in January
*Cultural Fair for school is in March
*International Week is in February in class
Syllabus: ESL Science (Elective) (Introduction into Integrated Science)
I Semester :
Biology
Biology and its tools, Scientific Method, Taxonomy
Plant Life
Humans and Other Animals
Genes
Health
December: Review for exam
* Tests after each unit, chapter checkups daily
Exam
Semester II
January: ACCESS Testing
Ecology:
The earth below (rocks and minerals)
Changing earth (volcanoes, soil, mountains)
Fossils and Natural Resources (Renewable and Non-renewable)
Weather
Environment
Pollution
Oceans and other Biomes
Astronomy:
Sky above (planets, stars)
Space travel
Physics and Chemistry:
Matter
Atoms and molecules
States of Matter
Energy Types
Heat
Mechanical energy
Electricity
Magnets
Light
Sound
Energy in the future, Conservation
Review, Exams
ENGLISH 1
(For LEP Advanced level FRESHMEN, Language Arts and Reading class)
Books: Edge (A), Student’s Library, Collections (Regular English class textbook)
Units 1-4: Think Again, Family Matters, True Self, Give and Take
Essential Questions: What Influences How You Act? How do Families Affect Us? Do We Find or Create Our True Selves? How Much Should People Help Each Other?
Genre Focus: Short Stories, Nonfiction (Character, Plot, Setting, Author’s Purpose, First-Person Point of View, Text Structures and Features
Focus Strategy: Plan and Monitor, Ask Questions, Make Inferences, Determine Importance
Grammar: Sentences vs. Fragments, Subjects and Verbs, Parts of Speech, Tenses
Writing: Personal Narrative, News Article, Short Story, Problem-Solution Essay
MAP Testing, Exam
ESL ACCESS/WIDA TESTING – January
Cultural Fair, International Week February-March
Units 5-7: Fair Play, Coming of Age, Making Impressions
Essential Questions: Do People Get What They Deserve? What Rights and Responsibilities Should Teens Have? What Do You Do To Make an Impression?
Genre Focus: Short Stories, Nonfiction, Drama, and Poetry (Theme, Persuasion)
Focus Strategy: Make Connections, Synthesize, Visualize
Grammar: Compound and Complex Sentences, Word Order, Adjectives, Adverbs, Indefinite Pronouns, Perfect Tense
Writing: Description of a process, Persuasive Essay, Literary Analysis
*Exams are at the end of each semester.
Tests are at the end of each chapter.
You’ll have daily checkups and homework (reading and writing).
MAP testing 3 times a year
Book : Collections
Units 1-6
Skills: Analyze and Evaluate (an Author’s Claim, Theme, Word Choice and Language, Purpose, Rhetoric, Point of View, Tone, Character, Motivation, Hero, Short Story Elements, Poetic Language, Irony), Cite text evidence to support; Determine a central idea, Presentations, Discussion, Close Reading, Develop Reading Fluency, Make Inferences, Use Context Clues, Interpret Figurative Language, Reasoning, Reflections, Debate, Summarize
Vocabulary Strategy: Patterns of words, Denotation vs. Connotation, Figurative Language, Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Pun
Grammar: Different Patters of Sentences, Multiple Meanings of the Words, Word Parts, Punctuation, Transition
Writing: Correct Sentences, Paragraph (Topic Sentence, Details, Conclusion), Writing Steps, Argumentative essay, Speech, Narrative, Letter, Analysis
Reading: A Quilt of a Country (Argument), I have a Dream (Speech), When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine (Short Story), Poetry, Myths, Diary, Romeo and Juliet (Drama/Tragedy), A Natural History of Love (Essay), Night (Memoir), Odyssey (Epic Poem)
English 2
(Language Arts and Literature for the 10th grade LEP students)
Books: World Literature, Composition Book, Collections
Unit 1, Chapters 1-2: Moments of Truth and Conflict
Focus Skills: Identify, recognize, define, and understand Literary Devices( setting, conflict, speaker, alliteration, narrator, rising action, point of view, mood, and irony)
Genre: myth, short story, autobiography, narrative, poem
Critical thinking skills: predict, summarize
Learn: new vocabulary/literary terms, idioms
Write: Personal Narrative, Short Story
Grammar: Sentence vs Fragment, Types of Sentences
Unit 2, Chapters 3-4: Challenges and Heroes
Genre: folktale, autobiography, novel, myth, epic
Understand Literary Devices and Terms: plot, motivation, theme, details, setting, effects of repetition, character traits, suspense, and climax
Write: script, predict the end of the story, who is a hero and why
Grammar/LA: Paragraph writing
Unit 3, Chapters 5-6: Good Deeds and Friendships
Genre: short story, poem, folktale, fable, memoir
Recognize: story-with-in-a-story, plot, symbolism, external conflict, foreshadowing, omniscient/limited point of view, theme, simile, climax, tone, details, concrete words, onomatopoeia
Write: a scene, comic strip, applying for a job, about a character in an admiring tone/change to a critical tone
Grammar/LA: Writing correct sentences, Agreement, Tenses
Unit 4, Chapters 7-8: Community and Courage
Genre: diary, novel, short story, folktale, poem, autobiography
Understand and recognize: character traits, dialogue, sensory details, clues, irony, speaker, plot, figurative language, tone, colloquial language, realism
Write: tell a story in a letter, interview, letter to the editor, compare and contrast
Grammar/LA: Writing an Essay, Steps of writing
2 Semester
Unit 5, Chapters 9-11: Animals and Nature, Family
Genre: poetry, short story
Understand Literary terms and how these devices work: free verse, imagery, form of a poem, dialogue, turning point, haiku, stanza, personification, comparison, idioms, alliteration, metaphor, simile, atmosphere
Learn how to analyze literature
Write: a poem, interview, article
Unit 6, Chapters 12-15: Imagine, Fantasy, Wishes, and Memories
Genre: epic, diary, memoir, fantasy, drama
Literary Devices and Terms to understand, identify in the text, and use during analysis: foreshadowing, external/internal conflicts, motivation, allegory, denotation, connotation, stage directions, theme/ main idea, details, symbolism, personification, point of view, mood
Write: Argumentative article/essay, reasoning and explanations
*Exams are at the end of each semester.
Tests are at the end of each chapter.
Be ready for daily checkups and homework (reading and writing)
MAP testing 3 times a year
ACCESS WIDA Testing -January
Cultural Fair, International Week February-March
Book : Collections
Units 1-6
Skills: Analyze and Evaluate (an Author’s Claim, Theme, Word Choice and Language, Purpose, Rhetoric, Point of View, Tone, Character, Motivation, Hero, Short Story Elements, Poetic Language, Irony), Cite text evidence to support; Determine a central idea, Presentations, Discussion, Close Reading, Develop Reading Fluency, Make Inferences, Use Context Clues, Interpret Figurative Language, Reasoning, Reflections, Debate, Summarize, Reserach
Vocabulary Strategy: Patterns of words, Denotation vs. Connotation, Figurative Language, Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Pun
Grammar: Different Patters of Sentences, Multiple Meanings of the Words, Word Parts, Punctuation, Transition
Writing: Correct Sentences, Paragraph (Topic Sentence, Details, Conclusion), Writing Steps, Argumentative essay, Speech, Narrative, Letter, Analysis
Genre: Essay, Speech, Short story, Poetry, Novel, Drama/Tragedy