Teacher Hub: May 12, 2017 - Week 4 Shopping

Week 4

Shopping

NYPL Spring 2017 Curriculum

Fatma's Staff Meeting Notes from 4/28/17

Here is the objectives doc I promised y'all at the instructional staff meeting.
Thank you, Joel Berrios! (Harlem student mentor extraordinaire)

I hope it'll make your lesson planning a tiny bit easier. Cheers, Fatma

TEACHING RESOURCES

Following up on Angela Thompson’s
“A Flipbook on the Fly” presentation at our 4/28/17 teacher meeting
(click HERE to see the presentation on the teacher Wiki):

Here are four short and easy YouTube Tutorials:

1. How to create a flipbook with FlipSnack (use existing PDFs or jpgs)

2. How to edit flipbook settings in FlipSnack (existing PDFs or jpgs)

3. How to use the content editor in FlipSnack (existing PDFs or jpgs)

4. How to create a brochure from scratch in FlipSnack

FlipSnack is free (there are upgrade versions with more features available), but you won’t need them).
If you use FlipSnack or other software, have questions or would like to share your projects on this blog, please let us know.

Need example sentences to explain vocabulary in class?

Check out this website for instant sentences:

http://sentence.yourdictionary.com
or
https://skell.sketchengine.co.uk/run.cgi/skell

Here are a few more tips:

Ventures 2 has furniture-related activities, comparatives and superlatives in the Shopping Unit.
Here are a few adjectives for intermediate/advanced levels:

* cosy (small and comfortable)

* vintage (old but valuable)

* traditional

* contemporary

* charming (apartment or "Prince Charming")

* old-fashioned

* elegant

* luxurious

* spacious

* modern
Also great to practice syllable stress and pronunciation.

Activities:

* Students look at photos of apartments online - click HERE for link to famous movie/TV apartment stills - or bring printed out photos.

Only 1/2 of students sees one photo, the other half sees a different photo.

Students describe their photos to each other, and then compare (bigger, more spacious...)

* Students describe (speaking or writing) their childhood home / current home / dream house

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Would you like to be more involved in the TESOL community?

Have you thought about going to a conference but don't know much about it?

There are two groups for TESOL professionals that may be of interest to you. They offer many different ways to enhance your development as a professional: conferences, publications, advocacy groups, professional development and more.

NYS TESOL is an association of professionals concerned with the education of English language learners at all levels of public and private education in New York State. Our interests include classroom practices, research, program and curriculum development, employment, funding, and legislation.

For more than 50 years, TESOL International Association has been providing community to educators, researchers, administrators, and students in the ELT field. With more than 12,000 members representing 160 countries, and more than 100 worldwide affiliates, TESOL offers you the opportunity to be part of a dynamic professional community and join in TESOL’s mission to advance excellence in English language teaching

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Professional affiliations like TESOL and others can be a valuable resource for teachers. Many of you know about the annual conferences these two groups have, but both groups do so much more. They provide opportunities for teachers to network, share lessons, and learn.

Did you know: Some of your NYPL colleagues participate in these groups. Elke Stappert is the Chair of the Video and Digital Media Interest Section of TESOL (International). Elizabeth Schade is the Co-Chair of the Adult Education Interest Section for TESOL (International). Fatma Ghailan is the Teacher Education Interest Section Newsletter Editor and she is active in NYS TESOL.

Both groups have interest sections such as the ones listed above that you can join. For example, if you are interested in publishing some of your lessons or material, why not join the MWIS of TESOL, the Material Writers section. You could network with people who are interested or who have even published already.

This is TESOL page might be useful: Why Should I Join TESOL?

Both organizations have newsletters and publications that are interesting and useful. Each Interest Group of TESOL has its own newsletter.

The organization also has:

TESOL Connections: Monthly electronic newsletter with feature articles on current topics, interviews with thought leaders, job listings, and other important information.

TESOL Journal: Quarterly online journal that publishes articles for TESOL practitioners. Articles are available online at your convenience.

English Language Bulletin: Weekly news brief that keeps you abreast fo what's happening in the field worldwide.

NYS TESOL has its own publications, Idiom and the NYS TESOL Journal:

NYSTESOL Publications

Finally, you can connect to many of the organizations - without even being a member- on social media. Here is a partial list below:

Facebook: Adult Education Interest Section - TESOL

Facebook: TESOL CALL Interest Group

Facebook: Second Language Writing Interest Section- TESOL

Facebook: Video and Digital Media Interest Group TESOL

Facebook: Teacher Education TESOL Interest Group

NYS TESOL: List of Special Interest Groups

NYS TESOL: Email Discussion Groups

Symphony Space’s “All Write!” 2017

Below please find a list of student writing / NYPL’s winners!

* morning and evening programs

Click HERE for more information about the yearly “All Write” program

Aguilar	Colette Hughes	Mamadou Gumaneh	Vacuuming
Aguilar	Colette Hughes	John Douglas	Better to Beg than to Steal
Bronx Library Center	Sarah Hidalgo	Maria Rodriguez	Grandma Esperanza
Bronx Library Center	Barbara Martinez	Mervon Griffith	The Oval Portrait, Homage to Edgar Allan Poe
Bronx Library Center	Barbara Martinez	Lewe Atioukpe	My Life Story, One Little Memory
Harlem	Myrna Holguin	Archil Ghonghadze	My Pine Tree
Harlem	Elke Stappert	Bakouan Kisito	A Time to Leave and A Time to Remember
Harlem	Elke Stappert	Cholil Mahmud	I was a Midnight Dad
Harlem	Elke Stappert	Yumi Iwasawa	The Package that my Mother-in-law Sent
Kingsbridge	Diana Vayserfirova	Qiao Bing (Nancy) Zhu	I Will Never Stereotype Again
Kips Bay	Michele Persaud	Annabel Maher	The Little Girl with a Big Heart
Morris Park	Daniel Littman	Naomi Kurosu	My Favorite Place in New York City
Riverdale	Diana Vayserfirova	Polina Voronovitskaya	The Importance of Pronunciation
Seward Park	Ivana Ferguson	Anna Chan	15th Birthday
Seward Park	Jean Choi	Zoya Lavrova	Ice Cream
Seward Park	Terry Sheehan	Carol Darius	I Am Awake
Seward Park	Terry Sheehan	Dipu Sultan Topader	Sad Day
Seward Park	Terry Sheehan	John Elmore	A Young Man's Journey US
Seward Park	Terry Sheehan	Jenny Foong	My Daily Life in New York City
St. Agnes	Jorina Laurin	Alessandro Lima Braga	Stereotype
St. Agnes	Jorina Laurin	Victor Shaw	Stereotyped
Tompkins Square	Katherine Bonn	Hidetake Takamaya	My Name Is...?
Tompkins Square	Katherine Bonn	Sangmi (Anne) Kim	Ladies First! Gentlemen First!
Tompkins Square	Terry Sheehan	Henderickson George	My Home Town
Tompkins Square	Terry Sheehan	Anthony Henry	A Joyful Life
Tompkins Square	Terry Sheehan	Gilmore Bose	The Angel
Wakefield	Carol Halebian	Belquis Perez	My Brother Is Still Alive

Last week we included a poem by Harlem student Cholil Mahmud,

this week we have student writing from Lower Manhattan student Gilmore Bose, below. We'll add more writing to the student writing Wiki next week.

THE ANGEL

By Tompkins Square ALC student Gilmore Bose

I found an angel. Her name is Tompkins Square Library.

Some people look at the library and see a building, but not me. I see a beautiful angel and she holds you with her wings.

Anybody, yes, anybody, is welcome.

I found the library at a dark time in my life. I wanted to better myself.

I have nieces and I wanted to read to them.

I have a long train ride and then I walk to get to the library. As I’m coming down the block, I look forward to getting to the library. The atmosphere is radiant there. I forget about any troubles going on once I arrive. I leave the darkness at the door.

I feel calm there.

I feel warm and protected and I focus on the potential in me, the part of me that people don’t always see.

It’s there, but it needs to be brought out.

And the angel does this.

Whoever you are,

Wherever you’re from,

Let the angel embrace you.

Here are some photos from yesterday’s evening program.

Sorry we didn't catch everybody!