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CURRICULUM OPTIONS
[Available as of 11/01/2022]
Learnaling
Learnaling provides:
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Interactive Lessons
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Roughly aligned with CEFR guidelines, Cambridge YLE exams and TOEFL Primary Exams
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Level 1 Beginner [learn alphabet letters/sounds, simple words, songs and phrases, ages 4-8] 22 lessons
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Level 2 Pre A1 [Students ages 5-12 who already know alphabet sounds and can read simple words] In 16 lessons, students will learn basic vocabulary, grammar for simple sentences, songs and speaking phrases.
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Level 3 A1 [Students ages 5-12 who can already read and speak in simple sentences] In 21 lessons, students will learn to speak with grammatical sentences in different present tenses. At the end of Level 3, students could take the Cambridge Starters exam.
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Level 4 A1[Students ages 6-12 who can read/speak in full sentences and use present tenses correctly] In 17 lessons, students will learn more vocabulary, past tense grammar and speak in detail. Students could prepare for Cambridge Movers exam.
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Level 5 [Students ages 7-12 who can read/speak in detail and use past tense correctly] In 24 lessons, students will learn to speak using a wider variety of tenses and sentence structures, and read texts fluently. Students could take TOEFL Primary Step 1 exam and start to prepare for Cambridge Flyers or KET/A2 Key exams.
Crystal Clear ESL
CRYSTAL CLEAR ESL provides:
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Trial placement classes
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Built-in assessments
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Homework available at some levels/units
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[Level 1 (phonics), level 2, 3, 4]. There are 12 units in each curriculum level. Each unit contains 6 content lessons, a review lesson and a unit assessment.
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Level 1 [phonics only] 250+ lessons
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Levels 2-7 are thematic
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Level 2 [Units 1-12: Who Am I?, School, Colors, Family, Friends, Food & Drink, Feelings, Neighborhood, Weather & Seasons, Farm Animals, Wild Animals, Travel]
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Level 3 [Units 1-6: Days 7 Months, Clothing, Body, Senses, Celebrations & Holidays, Animal Bodies]
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Level 4 [Units 1-6: Our Earth, Travel, Hobbies, Jobs, My Town/City, My Culture ]
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Level 5 [Units 1-4: My Friends, My Family, Stranger Danger, Health & Fitness]
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Speak Like a Native course [for B1+ students, PET exam preparation, 20 lessons]
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There is also a Business English curriculum with 50 lessons.
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There is also an IELTS Made Simple curriculum with 22 lessons. [at additional cost].
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SUPER ENGLISH ESL
SUPER ENGLISH FOR ESL provides:
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Maximizes student output
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Downloadable Homework available
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Downloadable Previews available
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Level 1 [coming soon]
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Level 2 [coming soon]
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Level 3 [20 units with 4 lessons and 1 assessment. Develops students reading, vocabulary, grammar, speaking skills]
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Unit 1 Days of the Week
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Unit 2 Clothes
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Unit 3 My Body
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Level 4 [coming soon]
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Level 5 [Teaches vocabulary for daily life, grammar and speaking]
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Unit 1 Pets
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Unit 2 Sports
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Unit 3
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Unit 4 Safety
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Unit 5 Farming
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Unit 6 Inventions
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Level 6 [Improve vocabulary, reading comprehension and grammar]
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Unit 1 Space
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Unit 2 Myths
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There is also a Business English curriculum with 50 lessons.
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There is also an IELTS Made Simple curriculum with 22 lessons. [at additional cost].
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Flip the Classroom
Flip the Classroom provides:
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Maximizes student output
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Downloadable Homework and flashcards available
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Preview links available
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Level 1 [coming soon]
Level 2 [5 Units with 10 lessons including 2 assessments]
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Welcome to Class
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Back to School
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Let's Go Home
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Let's Have Fun
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All About Food
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Level 3 [7 units with 10-11 lessons and 2 assessments. Develops students reading, vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills]
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Unit 1 All About Time
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Unit 2 All About Clothes
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Unit 3 All About Me
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Unit 4 All About Animals
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Unit 5 All About Animal Classes
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Unit 6 All About Our Senses
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Unit 7 All About CelebrationLevel 4 [4 units with 12 lessons including 2 assessments]
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Unit 1 Welcome to Earth
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Unit 2 Wild Animals
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Unit 3 China
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Unit 4 Are We There Yet?Level 5 [4 units with 10-11 lessons including 2 assessments; teaches vocabulary for daily life, grammar and speaking]
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Unit 1 Forever Friends & Staying in Touch
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Unit 2 Health and Exercise
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Unit 3 Safety First
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Unit 4 All About Insects
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Kid-Inspired Classroom
Kid-Inspired Classroom
Contact Teacher Kara for English or Chinese Parent Information for the following classes
Beginners 1
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Grades K-1
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All 4 Domains
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Survival English
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Alphabet
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Short Vowel CVC
Beginners 2​
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Grades K-2
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All 4 Domains
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Survival English
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Short Vowel CVC
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Consonant Blends
Beginners 3​
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Grades K-2
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All 4 Domains
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Survival English
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Long Vowel Blends and Diagraphs
Beginners 4
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Grades K-2
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All 4 Domains
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Be-Verbs with nouns & Adjectives
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Phonics Review
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Low Intermediate 1
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Grades 1-4
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All 4 Domains
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Main Idea, Wh-questions, Structure & Message, etc.
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Present Simple & Continuous tenses
Low Intermediate 2
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Grades 2-4
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All 4 Domains
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Main Idea, Wh-questions, Structure & Message, etc.
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Past Simple, Count/Non-count, Irregular Verbs
Low Intermediate 3
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Grades 2-5
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All 4 Domains
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Main Idea, Wh-questions, Structure & Message, etc.
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Past Continuous, Present Perfect & Irregular Verbs
Intermediate 1
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Grades 3-6
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All 4 Domains
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Character Profile, Compare/Contrast etc.
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Conjunctions
Intermediate 2​
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Grades 4-7
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All 4 Domains
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Story Structure, Inference, etc.
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Comparisons, Superlatives, Phrasal Verbs, Gerunds, Infinitives
Intermediate 3
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Grades 4-7
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Themes: Weather, Detective Work, etc.
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Cause/Effect, Explaining etc.
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Conditionals & Deductions
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Essay Writing
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Projects
Intermediate 4
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Grades 5-8
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Themes: Survival, Immigration, etc.
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Story Structure, Inference, etc.
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Conditionals & Deductions
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Essay Writing
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Projects
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Sign Language Curriculums
SIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM CHOICES
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​Teens/Adults:
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SignIt! ASL
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Master ASL!
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Children:
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Baby Signing Time! [Baby Signing Time combines clever songs, animation, and real signing babies - all age two and under - to make signing easy and fun.]
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Signing Time! [It’s Signing Time with Alex and Leah! From their magical animated treehouse, Alex (age 3), his cousin Leah (age 4) who is deaf, and host Rachel Coleman (Leah’s mom) teach beginning American Sign Language (ASL) signs in a fun and playful way.]
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Signing Time! [Nursery Rhymes Sign and sing along Emmy-nominated host Rachel Coleman, from the award winning Signing Time television series. Giggle with animated Alex, Leah, and Hopkins! Sign language brings whole-body learning and fun to classic nursery rhymes.]
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Hip Hop Hopkins [Hip Hop Hopkins is all about movement and fun! Exercise with Hopkins & friends. Move & groove! NOTE: This video is not an ASL signing video - its intention is to provide a fun way to exercise.]
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Rachel & Me [Rachel teaches sign language with a puppet]
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At Home with Rachel [Connect and learn with Signing Time's Rachel Coleman as she broadcasts live from her home to your home!]
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Rachel & the TreeSchoolers [Rachel & the TreeSchoolers teaches children: essential science concepts and how to learn social skills values]
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Art Time at the TreeSchool [Great Artist Mom, Laurie White, teaches you how to draw]
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TreeSchoolers: The Legends of Phonetica [In this fully animated series, Penny finds an old book and a secret door to Letter Land. Join the TreeSchoolers as they embark on a quest to discover the magic formula of Phonics, a secret code using letters and sounds that help them read and write.]
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Bumble Bree [Buzzzz on over to play with Bree, and sing and dance along to all your favorite nursery rhymes!]
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Baby Joy Joy [Millions of families are loving the YouTube animated hit, Baby Joy Joy. Join Baby Joy Joy and friends in your favorite nursery rhymes. Watch Alexandria Wailes, deaf actress, dancer, and educator as she interprets the videos in American Sign Language. Watch and learn as you sing and sign! Nursery rhymes have never been so fun!]
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Adventures of John & Ally [Welcome to Adventures of John and Ally! What could be better than being whisked away on magical adventures by the world's cutest pets that live in your pocket? Absolutely nothing! Join our cute kids and adorable pets in a world of epic imagination!]
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Teacher Kara's COURSES
All You Need to Know
Classes will be held on a virtual platform within Ayotree or on Classin. Once Teacher Kara gives you the student and parent logins, go to learningandwisdomtoo.ayotree.com to login.
American Sign Language
In this course, students will learn American Sign Language using a curriculum of their choice. Teen/Adult students are required to purchase their own copy of the textbook and accompanying DVD [where available] [Master ASL!]. Children students are required to purchase their own subscription to the curriculum of their choice after deciding upon it with the teacher.
NOTE: The classroom experience will be done completely voiceless with the teacher using a whiteboard as needed for communication.
Book Report
Students bring their own school-assigned book topic and genre for the teacher to work on the development of a book report.
The teacher will screen share Google Slides and a whiteboard, when available to support the lesson.
This class improves students’ understanding of the concept and components of a book report, understanding of literacy genres, reading fluency, asking and answering questions, evaluating and analyzing, and reading comprehension.
The student completes the book report organizers in preparation for writing, writes, edits, revises and presents a book report.
Business English
Students can choose from a Business English curriculum from ESLPals, Off2Class, or Crystal Clear ESL.
Students can improve Business English skills such as language instruction and training in business communication, including business correspondence, negotiations, formal presentations, informal networking, business vocabulary, report and proposal writing, vocabulary for professional purposes, and reading for professional purposes.
Conversational Practice/ Speaking Course
Student and Teacher will have conversational practice on a real-life topic.
Students will improve their Listening skills by understanding words, phrases, or short sentences based on common topics in daily life and speaking skills by learning words, phrases, and simple sentence patterns to communicate in structured short conversations related to personal experience and nearby objects.
This class improves students’ awareness of topics of interest, oral fluency, idioms [where applicable], and speaking practice.
Curriculum based lessons
Students can choose from a teacher-created curriculum [see above options].
This class improves students’ academic foundation in English which covers listening, speaking, literacy [reading, writing], and critical thinking skills.
In addition, phonics, vocabulary, HFW [High-frequency sight words], and decoding skills will be taught.
Free Talk
Students can choose from a list of pre-selected topics.
The teacher will use Google Slide presentations and whiteboard to add to the lesson.
This class helps develop students’ pronunciation, language functions, grammar, high-frequency words, vocabulary, reading, sentence patterns and free talk communication skills.
Grammar
Students can choose from a grammar curriculum or the use of Google Slides/whiteboard instruction.
This course will help the student to learn common basic English grammar points and apply their knowledge in both oral and written communication.
Sample tasks might be to practice answering test questions and comparing/contrast grammar points.
This class includes sentence structure, parts of speech, and sentence flow.
Leveled Readers
Student must bring their own school-issued textbook and workbooks or show proof on the school-issued personal login-in link!
No digital curriculum will be shown in the classroom beyond scaffolding PowerPoints [as needed], rewards, and a whiteboard!
This class helps develop the student's English reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
Public Speaking
Students can receive instruction through the use of Google Slides/whiteboard instruction.
A formal curriculum can be purchased by the teacher and used for instruction at an additional subscription cost.
This provides more advanced application scenarios for students to express themselves confidently.
Students can improve their language application skills, presentation skills, critical thinking skills, and global leadership.
Students will improve their understanding of speech content [keywords and phrases], organization/transitions, verbal skills: intonation/pitch/pausing, and non-verbal skills: eye contact, gestures, and body language.
Feedback will be given through a rubric evaluation.
Reading
Student must bring their own school-issued textbook and workbooks or show proof on the school-issued personal login-in link!
No digital curriculum will be shown in the classroom beyond rewards and a whiteboard!
Students can also choose from teacher-created or published courseware [must have hard copy textbook and workbook].
Students will improve their reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and discussion.
Storytime
Students will bring their own copy of an English storybook [after discussion with Teacher Kara] to practice with.
Students will improve their understanding of storybook text vocabulary, pre/during/after reading comprehension strategies, and progress from listening, echo reading, and then independently reading the text.
Vocabulary
The student will be taught using [Off2Class] vocabulary curriculum.
The optional method is the use of Google Slides/whiteboard only for instruction on thematic topics.
Students will improve their understanding of the vocabulary meanings, any multiple-meanings, and the use of the vocabulary words in written and spoken activities.
Writing
Students can choose between Google Slides/whiteboard instruction or bring their school-assigned writing projects to the classroom.
In a chosen writing curriculum, students will learn up to 11 different text types such as [personal descriptions, personal emails, restaurant reviews, stories, blog entries, mini-biography, leaflets, newsletter articles, letters to the editor, and poetry.
In a school-assigned writing class, students bring their writing assignment directions to the classroom and textbook [as needed] to work together with the teacher to go through the writing stages from brainstorming, drafting, rough draft, editing, publishing [oral speaking practice], and final written draft.
The class will include conventions, spelling, one-on-one editing, and organization.
Upper Intermediate 1
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Grades 5-8
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Themes: Plants, WW II, Insects, etc.
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Predict, Cause/Effect, etc.
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Passive Voice
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Relative Pronouns
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Essay Writing
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Projects
Upper Intermediate 2
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Grades 5-9
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Themes: Titanic, Music, etc.
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Predict, Cause/Effect, etc.
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Conditionals & Deductions
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Essay Writing
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Projects
Upper Intermediate 3
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Grades 6-10
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Themes: Climate, Space, Migration, etc.
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Cause/Effect, Explaining, etc.
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Colloquialisms
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Essay Writing
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Projects
Upper Intermediate 4
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Grades 6-10
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Themes:Dinosaurs, Aztecs, etc.
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Timeline, Predict & Confirm etc.
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Prefixes
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Essay Writing
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Projects