Idioms

1. Watch the video as an introduction to idioms
        -Use this link if the video above doesn't work https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/idioms/
2. Complete the worksheet
3. Use Idiom Site Dictionary as a reference to help you with unknown idioms

Week 1/11/16-1/15/16

On Tuesday 1/11/16
We will finish our descriptive paragraphs of an event. Students need to make sure they use their checklist to ensure they will receive a 100%. The essay will be graded as a test grade. 
Then we will have a multiple choice quiz about the reading "Water and Living Things". Students can study for this quiz by using the Quizlet https://quizlet.com/_1rk0kh and the workbooks. 

On Thursday 1/13/16

We will begin a new unit about Journeys. Our first reading is a myth from Greek mythology from "Tales from the Odyssey". ​We will begin with literary vocabulary and academic words. We will also be completing a word study about root words vict, laps, vis, mem, and mand. Use the quizlet to study these words because they will be on this reading's quiz. https://quizlet.com/_1vwwu2

What We Will Be Working On 1/4-1/8

This week we will complete a guided reading of the text, answer comprehension questions, practice reading for fluency, learn about cause and effect, practice subject verb agreement in simple present tense, and writing a descriptive paragraph describing an event or experience using a graphic organizer of transition words. 
 The DINs, workbook, guided reading questions, and other worksheets that go along with the activities will be the formative assessments. The essay and quiz will be the summative assessments. 

The breakdown of this week:

• finish guided reading
• comprehension questions
• cause and effect with the water cycle
• subject verb agreement (plurals (s) and is vs are)
• write a descriptive paragraph describing an event
• Use graphic organizer to write essay using transition words
• multiple choice quiz

Please use https://quizlet.com/_1rk0kh to study for the reading, all of the key words, academic words, and vocabulary words will be on it with an accompanying picture to help with understanding

What we will be working on 12/14-12/23

Out of the Longman Keystone B textbook we will be finishing up "Ali, Child of the Desert" and then we will begin the last reading in the unit 1. Reading 4 "Water and Living Things" which is about the water cycle and the distribution of water on Earth. During the reading of this nonfiction text students will be completing a KWL chart, learning key words and academic words, word study of spelling long a, practicing a new reading strategy of identifying main idea and details, complete a guided reading of the text, answer comprehension questions, pratice reading for fluency, learn about cause and effect, practice subject verb agreement in simple present tense, and writing a descriptive paragraph describing an event or experience using a graphic organizer of transition words. 
This reading and its activities will go into the week after break. The DINs, workbook, guided reading questions, and other worksheets that go along with the activities will be the formative assessments. The essay and quiz will be the summative assessments. 

Please use quizlet.com to study for the reading, all of the key words, academic words, and vocabulary words will be on it with an accompanying picture to help with understanding. 

How to Check Your Child's Progress

eschool is a great way to check your child's grades (past and present), progress, and attendance.

To access eschool you must go to https://esphac.scsd.us/HomeAccess/ .

It will look like this:

If you already have a username and password login. If not you will need to register by clicking the blue underlined "here" button at the bottom right.
Or click this link: https://esphac.scsd.us/HomeAccess/Register/default2.aspx

The registration page should look like this:

Once you type in your information click register.

Then you will be able to check your child's grades and attendance!

Syllabus

Welcome to ENL Henninger High School 2015-2016

Ms. Wylie     Room 130

1. Respect one another

2. Come to class prepared and ready to learn.

3. Be seated, quiet, and ready to begin when you enter.

4. Do NOT interrupt anyone who is speaking. Raise your hand during class discussions.

5. NO cell phones, hats/hoods, food, drinks etc.

6. NO passes will be given the first or last ten minutes of class. Please use the bathroom in the 4 minutes between classes.

      (Check Student Code of Conduct for Further Expectations)

Materials:

· You must have with you every day:

1. Pen

2. AVID Binder

3. Loose leaf paper

DIN (Do IT Now: once you enter the room):

· Should be completed the first five minutes of class.

· DIN will be collected and graded for completeness.

Homework:

· All homework assignments count towards your grade!

· Homework will be collected at the beginning of class.

 o 1 day late = -5 points

 o 2 days late = -10 points

 o 3 days late = 0 points earned (unless you stay after school to complete the assignment)

Grades:

 · Participation 35%

Ø Includes homework, attendance, and discussion in class

·  Classwork 30%

Ø In class quizzes, DIN, packets, and questions

·  Assessments 20%

Ø Quizzes, tests, rubrics

· Project 10%

·        Presentation 5%

Absences:

· If absent, it is YOUR responsibility to make up the work!

· Check REMIND or ask me

Extra Help:

· I am available for extra help during contact hours in room 130. 

What We Will Be Working On 11/30-12/4

Out of the Longman Keystone B textbook we will be working on Unit 1 Reading 3 "Ali, Child of the Desert" by Jonathan London

This is a short story about a boy who lives in Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara Desert. The story reveals what kind of challenges people living in the desert face. It also illustrates the resources found in the desert. This section also includes a poem introducing the concept of desert woman as long term survivors.

Students will be reading/listening to this story aloud and complete a guided reading as they read. When they are finished reading the poem they will be performing a reader's theater based off the short story, answering comprehension questions, and discussing the story using higher order questioning to guide their discussions.

Toward the end of reading 3 section students will be working with the grammar point of using simple and compound sentences.

Finally they will be synthesizing all the vocabulary, knowledge of the desert, and grammar points into a graphic organizer to write an essay to show me what they have learned.