May 16, 2016

WEEK 4

Shopping

VENTURES ONLINE WORKBOOKS 

Did you know the Ventures Workbooks are available online? 
This might be something you'd like to use with your class.

Get a link to an online version of the Ventures WORKBOOK here: 
Ventures Online Workbook

There’s a YouTube video explaining the process here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTJimMrgI9c&feature=youtu.be

( This is not Presentation Plus. PP does not have material from the workbook, only the student book) Teachers can get this for free. NB: I asked for more than one level and was given codes for everything I asked for. - Elizabeth

TEACHING RESOURCES

The Voice of America Learning English website has an audio clip and text about buying a house. Check out the link here: The Terms of Buying a House

A discussion game with the shopping theme from ISLCollective: Shopping Board Game

A role play activity from the British Council: Shopping Role Play

GOOGLE HELP

The Free Technology for Teachers website shared an interesting activity recently: How to Create a Biking or Walking Route Map in Google Maps. Get the complete info here: Route Maps in Google Maps 

SHOPPING TEACHING MATERIAL - LAST WEEK

LISTENING:
You better shop around! What did your Mama tell you?
Lianne Smith suggested this song. Use it as a warm-up or transition between activities. Listen to the version with lyrics or without on the wiki: alc-money.wikispaces.com
You can also download the lyrics in a word doc and create a gapfill, or cut out the lyrics and have students try to put them together in the correct order.

CONVERSATION:
Here are some shopping-related conversation questions for intermediate and advanced students:

You can download the word document (and customize it, if needed) and a PDF file here: alc-money.wikispaces.com
Suggested activity:
Cut out questions. Hand out one question per student. Students mingle, find a partner. Each pair looks at their questions and decides which one they want to talk about. They talk about the question for two minutes (use timer). Students then switch question cards, and find a new partner. Repeat 5 or more times. - Elke

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NYS TESOL Resource Sharing Salon Need new and innovative ways to teach this summer semester? Join other ESL teachers in sharing and gaining new ideas and teaching methodology. Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 5:30pm-7:30 pm A location at 232 W. 40th St, New York, NY Hosted by:  Ching Ching Lin, Director of Regions RSVP the first moment you can!   Regions@nystesol.org All attendees will share resources and communicative activities for improving lesson planning and teaching skills This is a free event for both members and non-members To keep the session intimate, there is room for a limited number of participants. If you need to renew your membership  or wish to join NYS TESOL, now’s the time! Here’s the link to make it easy: http://www.nystesol.org/join.html After registration, we will provide specific location details.

NYS TESOL Resource Sharing Salon

Need new and innovative ways to teach this summer semester?

Join other ESL teachers in sharing and gaining new ideas and teaching methodology.

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

5:30pm-7:30 pm

A location at 232 W. 40^th St, New York, NY

Hosted by:  Ching Ching Lin, Director of Regions

RSVP the first moment you can!   Regions@nystesol.org

All attendees will share resources and communicative activities for improving lesson planning and teaching skills

This is a free event for both members and non-members

To keep the session intimate, there is room for a limited number of participants.

If you need to renew your membership

 or wish to join NYS TESOL, now’s the time!

Here’s the link to make it easy: http://www.nystesol.org/join.html

After registration, we will provide specific location details.

NYPL ONLINE SUPPORT CAMPAIGN

Ask not what your library can do for you, but what you can do for your library... :)

As part of annual fundraising, the library created an online campaign where students and staff can share one sentence about "their" library and submit it online.

Please feel free to share this with your students (if they have at least basic computer skills). If you have a projector and laptop set up in class, you could do a sample submission live in class, maybe with a student volunteer, and then encourage students to do it at home on their computer or smartphone. - A nice digital literacy activity for all levels!
If you're interested,  go to www.nypl.org click the orange "Keep investing in libraries" field and fill out the form. The page is pasted below, and here's the direct link.

(You may also see a letter campaign being promoted in your local library.)

NYC's libraries need more funding. All we need from you is one sentence.

We're asking New Yorkers to tell us how libraries have changed their lives in one sentence.

How has the library helped you or made a difference in your life? Why do you love your library?

Your One Sentence for Libraries *

First Name *

Last Name

Email *

Your Library Branch or Your Borough/City *

Only your story, first name, and location will be visible.

Get updates, events, and more from your library system:

The New York Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library

Queens Library

LITERACY REVIEW CELEBRATION

It's that time of the year! 

Most of you know NYU's Literacy Review: Every year students from different NYC Literacy and English programs submit writing to Literacy Review, and select pieces are published in a wonderful journal. At the annual celebration overlooking Washington Square Park, students and teachers gather and share readings and a nice dinner. A very exciting event for students and teachers! Here are some photos. Next week we'll share some of our students' stories.
If you have photos to share, please email us, we'll post them next week.

What a view!

Full House

Lower Manhattan student Aya Kishinobu Hirahara is reading her story...

...and Lower Manhattan teachers, students and volunteers are listening.
Left: Lead teacher Kathryn Bonn, right: volunteer Norma McMillan

She made it!

Terry Sheehan with her student, Alex German B.

Mid-Manhattan teacher Ruby Taylor MacBride with her student Thamirys S.

Aguilar Lead Teacher Manal Grant with her student Fanta S.

Lower Manhattan lead teacher Ivana Ferguson with student Vasyl B.

Left to right: Elke Stappert, St. Agnes student Serafoula V., St. Agnes/Harlem volunteer Lynda Myles.
Serafoula's teacher Yolanda Rodriguez is missing in this picture!!!

Mr. Decklan Fox

Wendy Wen with Terry Sheehan

Photos: Elke Stappert

TEACHER INTERVIEWS?!?

Are you ready for your 15 minutes? 

We would love to share more teacher interviews, check out a few of our past ones:

Lianne Smith

Myrna Holguin

Martin Molden

If you're interested - just email us. We'll be in touch with 10 question you'll answer by email. You can change or adjust the questions as needed. You get final approval, too :)

SHOW US THE LOVE!

One of the only ways we can know if you like what we are doing is if you make a comment on our blog page. Like our blog? Are there topics you would like us to add? Please comment! 

Would you like to contribute something? A link, teaching tip, other? Any time!

Thank you, we really appreciate your feedback!

Have a great week!
Elizabeth & Elke