February 22, 2019 Week 6 Around Town/Communities

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Around Town/Communities

TEACHING RESOURCES

NYPL Google Drive (old wiki): Around Town/Communities

WINTER WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:

(A) As a guide, give a tour of your neighborhood, OR

(B) Describe "my special NYC"--a place you love that's not in the guidebooks OR  

(C) Describe your first or a special experience at the New York Public Library

Ventures Arcade

Ventures Teacher Resources

Ventures Streaming Audio

Check this out:
New York Public Library offers public viewing of its 800,000 maps

Green Roofs Benefit People, Environment (Maybe this is better for the next theme of time/weather, but it does talk about urban spaces. Besides, save the planet!)

TEACHER SHARE
Hey! You all have stopped sharing lessons and resources with me! Your contributions are important, so please share them with me! elizabethschade@nypl.org

TEACHER READING

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

English Language Teaching Global Blog

What is a core vocabulary?

It’s very difficult to say exactly how many words there are in the English language because it depends how you count them and, of course, language is changing and growing all the time. But even at a conservative estimate, there are well over a quarter of a million distinct English words. That makes the task of teaching vocabulary to learners of English seem a rather daunting one.

Read the entire blog post here: OUP: Core Vocabulary

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE
Level 1 students from Porsche Linwood's class in New Dorp, Staten Island practicing asking and giving directions using a neighborhood map.

Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

TECH TIPS

Just a reminder that the NYPL Tech Connect page has a lot of resources

for YOU and your students:

Tech Connect Home

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NYS TESOL Adult Education SIG

Meet 'n Greet + Brainstorm 

Dinner

for Adult ESOL Educators

 

February 22^nd, 2019 at 6 PM

Serena’s Wine Bar & Café

Upper East Side, NYC

RSVP by Wed, Feb 20^th at 5pm

          esladult@nystesol.org 

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