Welcome to Ms. Conley's ESL Homepage!
Instructor: Melissa Conley
Room 313
Contact me at: [email protected]
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SUPPLIES YOU NEED FOR CLASS:
(Get these BEFORE the 1st day of school)
1. HOMEWORK BOOK - To write your assignments each day
2. NOTEBOOK (or BINDER)
3. SEVERAL PENS & PENCILS (NOT JUST ONE!!!)
4. Your OWN PENCIL SHARPENER
5. PENCIL CASE
6. A FOLDER
7. UNIFORM
(Click on the "Dress Code" tab in the menu to see what your uniform is)
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WHEN DO WE MEET?
ESL Advanced will meet 3rd & 4th period.
ESL Intermediate will meet 6A & 7th period.
TECHNOLOGY
Many notifications are sent through, and assignments are completed through, Google Classroom:
classroom.google.com
Codes to Join:
Join ESL Intermediate: c7luqoi
Join ESL Advanced: mmdftul
WHAT WE WILL COVER:
INTERMEDIATE
Knowing English
-Unwrapping English, is like opening up another version of yourself. Discovering new vocabulary, new ways to express your interests, a variety of idioms, helps you identify with the world. What you learn in ESL will help show yourself to society, and others (should you choose to visit cultures beyond America’s) – ESL gives you new ‘tools’ to express your opinions.
The ESL Intermediate class supports skills that develop vocabulary, make deeper inferences from text, examine author's use of language, purpose, and perspective.
ADVANCED
ESL Advanced works to refine the proficiency of English Language Learners. Students should be ready to …
-polish and apply grammar
-build vocabulary
-analyze & synthesize literature
-create extended and more complex thoughts in writing
Students read a variety of complex texts to analyze multiple viewpoints, develop perspectives, identify and support their stances. The variety of reading covers depth and breadth.
If you wish to project yourself to the world, this is where you’ll get tons of practice. Be prepared to read, to write, to share what you’ve learned, and to assert: how you feel, what you think, and why you believe the way you do. This class is about “working out the ‘kinks’” – (that would be an idiom, meaning, “to fix those things about English with which you have trouble”).
Grading System:
Quizzes & Writing Assignments - 25%
Homework - 15%
Tests & Projects -50%
Participation, Do Nows & Preparation - 10%
Final Exam: 10% of grade
WE USE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES!!!
