1. Ms. Johnson’s Language Class

2. August 13 (A) August 14 (B) Opener:
Hello!, ¡Hola, Bonjour!, hujambo!, 你好, こんにちは, هتاف للترحيب
Welcome to our class! I want to introduce
(紹介する, introducir) myself in a letter.
Read with me, and circle words you do not understand.

3. VOCABULARY VOCABULARIO 語彙
In your notebook, make a list of the words you circled from my letter:
Label (etiqueta, ラベル) the page as follows:
VOCABULARY
Excited
Nervous
Routine
Profession

4. Write the word in your native language next to the English word.
August 13
Vocabulary
Excited Emocionado : )
Let’s talk about some of the words and create small pictures to help us remember.

5. Daily Procedures (Procedimientos)
Every day
1. You will get your folders and notebook from the class bin, caja, 木箱 .
2. You will open your notebook and put the date at the top.
3. you will write the daily target(s) at the top of the page:
Example, ejemplo, 例
August 13
Target: I can read and write to produce a letter.
I can ask and respond to questions.

6. Procedures
4. You will skip (saltarse, スキップ) a line and complete the opener activity (comenzar la actividad, 始めの活動) or wait for directions from me.
5. We will complete our work in our notebooks and folders. We will save all ESL work and put folders and notebooks in the bins each day.
6. Folders will be for Writing and Tests
Label the folder writing on one side and tests on the other side.
7. I will check your work/progress for the day and give you a mark on your targets to show if you are mastering the target of the day.
Voy a revisar su trabajo / progreso para el día y dar una marca que demuestre que sus metas está dominando el gol de la jornada.
我会检查你的工作/进度的一天，给你一个标记上你的目标显示，如果你掌握了这一天的目标。
私はあなたがこの日の目標を習得している場合は、ターゲット·ディスプレイ上であなたにマークを与えるためにその日の作業内容をチェックします。

7. Example of marks: Example, ejemplo, 例 August 13
Target: I can read and write to produce a letter.
I can ask and respond to questions.
= Mastery
= Non mastery

8. Common Rules Entering and Exiting: During Class: Absent Work:
Please enter quietly and calmly, get your notebooks and folders, find your seat and start the opening work.
If you are late, please have your tardy note in hand and find your seat quietly. I will get you caught up when I can.
Please wait for me to dismiss the class by sitting in your seats quietly.
During Class:
Please listen to instruction and work during work times. Do not disrupt or prevent others from learning and achieving. I will provide many opportunities for different activities and for students to show their personality. We will foster mutual respect here.
Absent Work:
I have folders in class that house the instructions for the day and the reading you may have missed along with other handouts.
Check my teacher website as well to find important documents from class.
It is also wise to check with me (at an appropriate time) to make sure you have everything that you missed.

9. Four Square Speaking Activity
I want to know more about you!
Speak about yourself in English in each of the four categories:
I am from ___________ My favorite food is______
I like to do___________ My family is like_______

10. Let’s Label
ELD II Help me label all of the nouns in my classroom. Example: Chair Table Help me Label procedures in my classroom. Place folders and notebooks in bins. Raise your hand to ask a question.

11. Lastly Write me a letter that introduces you and your family!
Tell me a lot about your own culture.
This is a good way for me to see how well you can write in English.

12. Culture Target: W.10.4: I can write clearly and correctly.
Bell Ringer:
Rewrite these sentences in the correctly.
1. Give the iPod to she
2. Save some desert for dad and I.
3. Its too early for there brother to return from Japan.

13. Culture
We will start to get to know each other through sharing our cultures and what we like.
Here is mine.

14. Teacher

15. Mother

16. Dramatic

17. Flag

18. “Under Pressure”

19. “Under Pressure” Pressure pushing down in you Pressing down on me
No man asked for
Pressure that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on the streets

20. Vocabulary Vocabulario
Pressure presión shinikizo 压力 the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it.

21. What does is the pressure?
What is the pressure that the song talks about?
America is called a melting pot of all cultures, and this song connects everyone because everyone feels pressure on them.

22. Write about your culture
Write about your culture in a sentence or two. What would you say to someone who doesn’t know your culture?

23. August 15 Target: I can summarize a text.
I can describe my culture in words and with pictures.
Vocabulary:
Summarize – Tell what the main idea and topic and plot details of the story.
Plot- Events
Synonym – A word that has the same meaning as another word.
Bell Ringer:
Beautiful
Hateful
cold
Synonym
Culture
Plot

24. Culture Project
You will have a project to tell me about your culture in 4 ways.

25. August 19 Target: I can summarize a text.
I can describe my culture using words and pictures.
Vocabulary:
Summary- Restate the main points of the story.
Paraphrase- restate the main idea of the sentence in a new way.
Topic- The subject of the sentence or story.
Main idea- The point or opinion of the sentence or story.
Example:
1. Toshi is not very tall and not very short. He is average height.
A. Toshi’s height is normal.
B. Toshi’s height is not normal.

26. Bell Ringer:
1. Toshi is not very tall and not very short. He is average height. What is the topic of the sentence? What is the main idea of the sentence? How could you paraphrase the sentence?

27. SSR for 20 min. Finish chapter 1
As you read, remember to write down new vocabulary words that you do not understand.

28. Watch the clip.
Watch the clip to help you understand the book and characters.

29. August 21 Target: I can write a summary of a text. Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer (Paraphrase Practice)
2. Read 20 min.
3. Write a summary for practice.
4. Finish describing your culture and present to the class.

30. Paraphrase Practice 1. My boots are ten years old.
A. My boots are new.
B. My boots are old.
2. John is a serious person. He almost never laughs.
A. John is a happy person.
B. John is a quiet person who doesn’t laugh.
3. Mary is shy and quiet.
A. Mary is doesn’t like to be loud.
B. Mary likes to be loud.

31. Read for 20 minutes.

32. Summary Restate the main points of the chapter. Use 3 sentences.
In chapter 2 of the book_______________ happens. Another things that happens in chapter 2 is____________. The last thing that happens in chapter 2 is ___________________.

33. Finish Cultural Project
Finish your projects to present Today!
We will have a quiz on Tuesday over Summary, paraphrasing, topic, main idea, synonym, tracking plot events.

34. August 26 I can Identify Character and setting in a text.
I can write the steps of a recipe accurately.
Agenda:
1. Review quiz
2. Bell Ringer character and setting
3. Practice with character and setting.
4. Character and setting in novel
5. Recipe model
6. write your own recipe.

35. August 28 I can write the steps and in detail accurately.
I can identify parts of speech.
Agenda:
1. Parts of speech notes and activity
2. Finish Recipe
3. Present
4. Exit Slip—parts of speech
5. Homework: read to page 41 and answer the questions.

36. Noun— person, place, thing, idea
Sustantivo
persona, lugar, cosa, idea

37. VERB Verbo
A word for _________________.
una palabra para la acción

38. Adjective Adjectivo A word to _____________ a ____________.
una palabra para describir un sustantivo.

39. Exit Slip: Words to choose: Run Store School Walk
I __Verb________ to the _______noun______ every day.
Words to choose:
Run
Store
School
Walk

40. September 2 Target: I can identify main idea and details.
I can identify verbs and types of verbs.
I can identify tone in a text.
Bell Ringer:
Identify the parts of speech in the sentence:
My name is Ms. Johnson.
Noun

41. Verbs Past, present, future Past: She raced yesterday. Present:
We race today.
Future:
We will race tomorrow.

42. Verb form of being I ----- am You ---- are We ---- are They---- are
He --- is
She ---- is
It ---- is

43. Practice:
My name______________ Isabel. I _________ from Canada. I _____________ tall and my hair _________
Very long. Right now, I ______________ a student in Japan. I ___________ interested in science. My school
________________ for international students. The students __________from all over the world. I ________
Shy, but it ____________ easy to make friends at my school.

44. Main idea and supporting details
Practice and model together.
We will track our reading progress weekly with this type of informational reading.

45. Tone Activity Take some words and look up the definition for each.
Write the word and definition on a piece notecard.

46. September 4 Target: I can analyze how the author creates tone.
I can compare two character’s actions and personalities.
Agenda:
Falshback grammar
Complete tone analysis or other homework.
Watch some of film and discuss
What we like don’t like
What characters we like
Exit Slip
Read together

47. Read Poems and identify tone.
Analyze how the author creates the tone of “Moco Limping.”
Answer, Cite, Explain
The tone of the poem “Moco Limping” is____________. I know that the tone is _______________ because __________________.
The evidence from the story proves that the tone is ___________
because _____________________.

48. September 10
Target: I can compare two character’s actions and personalities.
Agenda:
Bell Ringer
Read Chapter 3 together
Model analysis
Draw a web /chart
Write analysis

49. Exit Slip:
Use evidence to compare two character’s personalities and actions.
Tita Nacha
Hardworking Hardworking
Like to cook Like to cook
Deal with sadness Deal with sadness

50. Compare two characters using evidence from the book.
Answer
Cite
Explain
The characters Tita and Nacha are similar because they both like to cook and they are hardworking. Both characters also know how to hide their emotions and keep going when they are in pain. “And so, arms around each other, Nacha and Tita wept until there were no more tears in Tita’s eyes” (page 30). The quote explains that both character’s were very sad, but after they cried they kept working.

51. September 12 Target: I can apply different strategies to writing.
Agenda:
Flashback grammar
Vocabulary
Hero Adjectives
3 strategies
Function
Negation
Example

52. Compare two characters using evidence from the book.
Answer
Cite
Explain
The characters Tita and Nacha are similar because they both like to cook and they are hardworking. Both characters also know how to hide their emotions and keep going when they are in pain. “And so, arms around each other, Nacha and Tita wept until there were no more tears in Tita’s eyes” (page 30). The quote explains that both character’s were very sad, but after they cried they kept working.

53. The characters ______ and _________ are different and the same because______________, __________, ________. Evidence from the book to prove this is “_____________________________________”

54. Write 4 adjectives that describe a hero1. 2. 3. 4.

55. Are any of the characters in our book heroic?
How are they heroic?
How are they not heroic?

56. Write a paragraph Explain: Topic sentence
A hero or no hero from Like Water For Chocolate is…..
Evidence:
The character is a hero or not a hero because ….. Page ( )
Explain:
The quote shows that the character is not a hero is a hero because…

57. Save the paragraph for our paper!!!!

58. September 16 Target: I can apply different strategies to writing.
Agenda:
New vocabulary and grammar practice
Read page 57-81
Write another paragraph for our essay using a different strategy. (Type)

59. Example Strategy Give an example of a hero.
An example of a hero is Superman.

60. Negation Strategy A hero is not ….
A hero is not a person who is selfish.

61. Function Strategy What is a hero to the world?
A hero is someone who protects other people who are in danger.