This is the tentative schedule for our class from September to December 2013. It includes the general topics we will cover each week. I will update it each week with more specific information.
Advanced ESL Class Tentative Fall Schedule
September
3-6 (Monday is Labor Day)
Introductions to each other and the class
General grammar terms/ The Verb to Be
The sounds of English (consonants and vowels)
9-13
Education in the U.S. / Learning Tips: How can you get the most out of our class?
Goal setting
Grammar Dimensions 1 Simple Present
16-20
Library Visit
Grammar Dimensions 2 Simple Present and Present Continuous
Begin community project
23-27
Autumn in New England
Poster project
October
30-4
Cultural Understanding
Reading skills/ reading memoir
Grammar Dimensions 4 Questions
7-11
Cultural Understanding cont.
Culture project
Christopher Columbus- Who was he? Should we celebrate this holiday?
15-18 (Monday is Columbus Day)
Employment in the U.S.
Grammar Dimensions 6 Past tenses
21-25
continue from previous week
28-1
Halloween
Grammar Dimensions 8 Modals of Certainty
November
4-8 (Tuesday is Election Day)
Rights and Laws in the United States
11-15 (Monday is Veterans Day)
Rights and Laws in the United States continued
18-22
Cooking
Grammar Dimensions 8 Measure words and quantifiers
Kitchen Day
25-27
Thanksgiving
December
2-6
Health
Grammar Dimensions 10 Advice and Opinions
9-13
Health continued
16-20
Christmas and Hanukah and other related holidays
Christmas break is from Monday 12/23 to Wednesday 1/1
Come back Thursday January 2nd from break
Advanced ESL Class Tentative Fall Schedule
September
3-6 (Monday is Labor Day)
Introductions to each other and the class
General grammar terms/ The Verb to Be
The sounds of English (consonants and vowels)
9-13
Education in the U.S. / Learning Tips: How can you get the most out of our class?
Goal setting
Grammar Dimensions 1 Simple Present
16-20
Library Visit
Grammar Dimensions 2 Simple Present and Present Continuous
Begin community project
23-27
Autumn in New England
Poster project
October
30-4
Cultural Understanding
Reading skills/ reading memoir
Grammar Dimensions 4 Questions
7-11
Cultural Understanding cont.
Culture project
Christopher Columbus- Who was he? Should we celebrate this holiday?
15-18 (Monday is Columbus Day)
Employment in the U.S.
Grammar Dimensions 6 Past tenses
21-25
continue from previous week
28-1
Halloween
Grammar Dimensions 8 Modals of Certainty
November
4-8 (Tuesday is Election Day)
Rights and Laws in the United States
11-15 (Monday is Veterans Day)
Rights and Laws in the United States continued
18-22
Cooking
Grammar Dimensions 8 Measure words and quantifiers
Kitchen Day
25-27
Thanksgiving
December
2-6
Health
Grammar Dimensions 10 Advice and Opinions
9-13
Health continued
16-20
Christmas and Hanukah and other related holidays
Christmas break is from Monday 12/23 to Wednesday 1/1
Come back Thursday January 2nd from break