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Transitioning High Level Adult ESOL Learners Kathy Evans Chris Bourret

Transitioning High Level Adult ESOL Learners Kathy Evans Chris Bourret. CASAS 221 to 236. Transitions. What to teach?. Discuss: What drives your curriculum?. High stakes testing and student p erformance measures. How to deal with CASAS in your classes? How do you teach for it?.

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Transitioning High Level Adult ESOL Learners Kathy Evans Chris Bourret

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  1. Transitioning High Level Adult ESOL Learners Kathy Evans Chris Bourret

  2. CASAS 221 to 236

  3. Transitions

  4. What to teach? Discuss: What drives your curriculum?

  5. High stakes testing and student performance measures How to deal with CASAS in your classes? How do you teach for it?

  6. Instruction piece outside of class

  7. CASAS Outside the Class Correlation with higher student completion rates (2007-2012) 2. Collection of resources 1.Topspro 3. Distance Learning: -Reading Packets -Computers learning 4. Student buy-in

  8. How Topspro helps… Pay attention to educational backgrounds of your students

  9. Resources CASAS Quick Search: https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/curriculum-management-instruction/quicksearch-online

  10. http://hubbs.spps.org/reading_skills_casas_test_practice.htmlhttp://hubbs.spps.org/reading_skills_casas_test_practice.html Seminole State College of Florida https://www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/web_resources/test-taking.htm http://www.litcouncil.org/documents/

  11. Distance Learning Packets • Students study vocabulary lists, do vocabulary activities and reading worksheets outside of class. • Hand in to teacher for correction. • Students keep track of vocabulary too on lists. • Feedback on how well they understand topics/competencies.

  12. Student Buy-in • Maintain ongoing communication with students. • Build a class culture • of doing outside work. • Modeling of the packet procedures.

  13. CASAS Comes Back in the Classroom Example: City Health Services announces a new project to educate young people on maintaining good health. CHS will coordinate with local schools to reach out to teens identified as having potential health issues. Teens aged 13 to 18 will receive a complete health appraisal. Training topics will include nutrition, exercise, and healthy weight-loss strategies. The focus will be on self-image, fitness, and food. Participants will identify healthy meals, develop exercise plans, and examine lifestyle choices. Question: What is the purpose of the new project?

  14. Reading skills can also taught around topics driven by student interest. • Make more time for conversation, vocabulary building activities in class.

  15. Would you try to move CASAS instruction outside your classroom?

  16. Important aspects of Transitioning for ESL- Learners • Types of Writing – From Narrative to other Academic Modes of writing. • Vocabulary Development – STAR, AWL • Creating Expectations and Changing Behaviors

  17. Modes of Academic Writing • Summary • Narrative • Compare and Contrast • Persuasive • Response to Literature • Cause and Effect

  18. Writing Goal: Students will independently write short essays that are clearly organized and well developed, in which errors do not interfere with fluent reading and understanding.

  19. Writing Objectives • Discuss purposes of writing modes and when and where the modes might be used. • Discuss key text structure elements of each mode. • Example: persuasive writing has: • clear position, reasons with support, consideration & attack of the opposing position, conclusion.

  20. Writing Objectives II • Students explain and demonstrate strategies for planning, drafting and revising their essays. • Students monitor writing progress and application of strategies.

  21. Plan, Draft and Revise • Knowing what the assignment requires • Exploring Model Essays • Drafting a Model Essay together • Brainstorming, outlining with peers • Writing Independently • Peer feedback • writing tutors & teacher feedback • Redrafting • Submitting again.

  22. Peer Review Feedback Sheet

  23. Activity Ideas that worked! • What is Lost in Translation, from NorthStar Advanced. Compare and Contrast two authors’ points of view. • Iqbal and Gotta Dance. Compare and contrast of two main characters. • The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson. Cause and Effect & Response to Literature. • Silent Spring, Rachel Carson (Northstar). Cause and Effect.

  24. Compare and Contrast ideas: • Shopping in your own country and here. • Food • Health services • Education • Holidays • Weather • Cause and Effect ideas: • Winter • Coming to the USA • Having children • Studying English

  25. Recommended Text for Writing:

  26. Creating Expectations and Changing Behaviors • Attendance • Work deadlines • Building Classroom community & online blog • Computer Proficiency

  27. Thank You! Chris Bourret cbourret@verizon.net Kathy Evans Kathy_evans@my.uri.edu

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