Below you will find a brief description of the ESL courses offered at Sacred Heart and some of the important information regarding each course.
ESL AO/BO
- Focus on a variety of reading strategies
- Short writing tasks
- such as paragraph writing and sentence structure
- Real life scenarios
ESL CO
- Short novels such as “Everyday Hero”, “The Breadwinner”, or “Bridge to Terabithia”
- Longer writing tasks, extended paragraphs such as descriptive, narrative, or recount paragraphs
- More independent reading opportunities
ESL DO
- Class novel study: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Literature circle opportunities for class discussion
- Analysis with reference to elements of fiction
- Literary Essays
- Small group novel study:
- Collections of small writing tasks to demonstrate reading comprehension as well as writing skills
- Consistent Oral presentations to become comfortable with speaking in front of peers.
- Exposure to William Shakespeare - Macbeth
- Oral communication tasks: Role Play and read aloud to demonstrate speaking skills
- Avenues 3 Grammar
ESL EO
- Class novel study to understand personal narratives - Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens
- Collection of written journal entries to practice writing skills
- Class novel study - Animal Farm
- Exposure to William Shakespeare - Hamlet
- Oral communication tasks: Role Play and read aloud to demonstrate speaking skills
- Reading, Writing, Oral communication focus to prepare for Academic English stream