Mrs. ono-Karimi

ELD / ALD

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Email: ono-karimie@mdusd.org

  • Phone: (925) 672-5444 x 5559 (Please leave a message.)

  • Texts: (925) 338-7251


CLASS SCHEDULE / GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODES

  • Period 1: English 7

  • Period 2: ELD/ALD / Google Classroom 5cdjwoh Tues. & Fri.

  • Period 3: English 7

  • Period 4: ELD / ALD Google Classroom a3bl5we Tues. & Fri.

  • Period 5: English 7

  • Period 6: English 7

  • Period 7: English 7

SYLLABUS

  • This class is designed to improve students' English language skills.

  • Speaking - Participate in class discussion, coral reading, and presentation.

  • Reading - Read short passage together and analyze the text.

  • Writing - Learn how to write paragraphs and essays.

  • Assignments - Complete daily assignments by the following day. Late work is accepted by 9 pm Sunday.

Grades - Each assignments have the appropriate point value.

Weekly Assignments

Wk of 5/24

*Finish reading "Where Cultures Meet"

* Review of parts of speech and sentence structure

* CAASPP make up on Wednesday

Wk of 5/17

  • CAASPP ELA and math on Mon, Tues, Thurs, & Fri.

  • Read "Where Cultures Meet"

  • Vocabulary practice #2

Wk of 5/10

  • Oral drill (questions with is /are & prepositional phrases)

  • History textbook article "Where Cultures Meet"

  • Make a slide panel for Open House on May 19.

Wk of 5/3

  • Oral drill

  • New article

  • ELPAC makeup, speaking test

Wk of 4/26

  • ELPAC reading, listening, writing tests administered by Mr. Rosecrans.

  • "Cultural Clash" historical article

  • Comprehension questions on the article.

Wk of 4/19

  • ELPAC speaking test by Zoom appointment

  • Historical article - "Cultural Clash"

  • ELPAC listening/reading/writing tests' schedule 6th grade 4/27, 7th 4/28, 8th 4/29

Wk of 4/12

  • ELPAC speaking test by appointment

  • ELPAC writing practice

Wk of 3/29

  • Oral Practice

  • Finish working on "Encounter"

  • ELPAC - Writing test practice

Wk of 3/22

  • Oral Practice - WH questions

  • New reading, a historical fiction, "Encounter"

  • ELPAC practice - writing

Wk of 3/15

  • Oral Practice

  • ELPAC practice - writing test

  • Reading

  • Vocabulary

  • Grammar lesson

Wk of 3/8

  • Oral practice

  • ELPAC practice - reading test (cont'd)

  • "My Two Left Foot" read and discuss

  • Vocabulary / grammar (indefinite pronouns)

Wk of 3/1

  • Oral practice

  • ELPAC Practice - reading test

  • Reading new article

Wk of 2/22

  • Oral practice

  • Start ELPAC practice

Wk of 2/16(Tues.)

  • Finish reading "The Beat Goes On"

  • Possessive adjectives

  • Finish iReady Diagnostic tests for reading and math - last day 2/17

Wk of 2/8

  • Finish the article "The Beat Goes On"

  • Start ELPAC practice problems

  • Finish iReady Diagnostic #2 if not finished

Wk of 2/1

  • Will start iReady Diagnostic #2 on Weds.

  • Start reading "The Beat Goes On"

  • New vocabulary

  • Comprehension questions

  • Grammar Possessive adjectives

Wk of 1/25

  • Finish reading "The Human Machine

  • Comprehension questions

  • Review of the vocabulary

Wk of 1/19

  • Word roots

  • Context clues

  • New article, "The Human Machine"

Wk of 1/11

  • Oral practice with sentence patterns.

  • "Brothers in Hope" close reading

  • Adverbs

Wk of 1/5 (1st Wk of 3rd Quarter)

  • Writing practice - How to write a personal narrative

  • Oral Practice

  • Inside - New article

Wk of 12/14

  • Conjunctions

  • New article

  • Basic grammar quiz

Wk of 12/7

  • A poem "Seaweed"

  • Pronoun practice & quiz

  • Library - Holiday Story "Origami Crane" by Ms. Dinicola

Wk of 11/30

  • Uncountable nouns

  • Adjectives

  • New vocabulary

  • Start a new story "The Lotus Seed"

Wk of 11/16

  • Finish reading the new story "A Contest of Riddles"

  • Helping verbs, would/should, need to, & Let's

  • Command

Wk of 11/9

  • New story - "A Contest of Riddles" an African tale

  • Helping verbs "must"

Wk of 11/02

  • Continue reading "Rachel the Clever"

  • Comprehension questions

  • Grammar Assignment

  • Writing Assignment

Wk of 10/26

Start a new story, "Rachel the Clever."

Vocabulary Study

Grammar Concept

Wk of 10/19

Wk of 10/12

Continue "The Challenge"

Oral Practice

Writing - "---'d rather---"

Writing - Subject pronouns

Wk of 10/5

New story "The Challenge"

Oral Practice - Future tense

Writing - Future negative and questions

Weekly Work: Wk of 9/28

Review of the new short fiction "Lafff"

Future tense review

Brain POP ELL placement test

Weekly Work: Week of 9/21

  • pronunciation

  • reading - New article introduced - "Lafff"

  • Future tense

  • Review Quiz

WEEKLY WORK : Week of 9/14

  • New article

  • Comprehension questions

  • Grammar

WEEKLY WORK : Week of 9/7

  • New Vocabulary

  • Grammar - Verb with "s," nouns with "s"

WEEKLY WORK: Week of 8/31

  • Review the scientific article "Crittercam" from last week.

  • Start a new listening practice with another science article.

  • Grammar lessons

WEEKLY WORK: Week of 8/24

  • Finish reading the scientific article "Crittercam" - Listening

  • Class discussion on the article

  • Practice on action verbs and linking verbs

WEEKLY WORK - Week of 8/17

  • Write about yourself. Include your school name, grade, your age, you family, your hobby. If you can, you can add more information about yourself.

  • Nouns - 1) Give examples of nouns. 2) Write five sentences and underline the nouns in your sentence.