Curriculum Course Outline Narre Warren South P-12 College – Yr. 8 ESL, 2010 by NICS

The Learning Outcomes / Activities/Assessments / Evidence of Achievement / Resources / The VELS
Semester One
Creating and presenting:
Oral Communication
conversational English pronunciation
stress and intonation
listening and responding
tense consistency
presenting a viewpoint
Listening actively
Novel and its characteristics
ANZAC and its history
Reading and responding:
Pre-reading and prediction
Reading and responding
Articulation
3 levels of questioning
Oral Expression/ Fluency
Comprehension: framing questions
Reading aloud
WH questions
Dictionary search
Writing and Persuading:
Academic writing
Structure overview
Paragraph writing
Note-taking
Formal language
Tense consistency
Punctuation
Flow chart
Narrative
Grammar and Spelling:
Parts of speech
Affixation: Prefix, infix, suffix
Conditional sentences
Conjunctions and connectives
Grammaticality/ acceptability
Word order and Lote
Interference: other languages
Vocab: English, Science, Maths, Sose, PhysEd, etc. / Brainstorming
Role play
Running dictation
Class discussions
Debating
Interviewing
Surveying
computing
National Anthem
Assess: Oral Presentations
Pre reading and predictions
Shared/ guided reading
Book review
peer assessment
Reading aloud
Phonetics and IPA
Silent-reading
Reading and rating
Scanning and skimming
Assess: Comprehension
Spelling and dictation
Scaffolding writing
Pair proofreading
Structure overview
Persuasive composition
Computer research
Paragraph-writing
Note-taking
Assess: Creative writing
Brainstorming
Explosion chart
Pair/group work
Peer assessment
Identifying errors
Running dictations
Find topic sentence
Multiple choice questions
Creating pictorial dictionary / Answering questions after listening or viewing a film
Responses to oral instructions
Oral presentations
Summarizations
Homework
Post-tests
Rubrics
Results
Responses to text
Cloze activities
Reading comprehension Test results
Peer assessment
Multiple choice questions
Homework
T and S communication
Rubrics
Rubrics
work samples
teacher observation
Anecdotal records
Homework
Fluency and cohesion
Punctuation
Post- testing
Recapitulation
Handwriting
Post-tests
Teacher observation
Homework corrections
Peer assessment
T and S communication
Word sleuths
Quizzes / Teacher’s folder
Library and short stories
The novel Black Dog Gang
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site
Pamphlets and brochures
Atlas
Teacher’s folder
Library and short stories
The novel Black Dog Gang
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site
Pamphlets and brochures
Posters on Genres
The Writing Frameworks
The teacher folder
Library and short stories
The novel Black Dog Gang
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site
Pamphlets and brochures
Butcher paper
The teacher folder
Library and short stories
The novel Black Dog Gang
Junior Oxford Dictionary
The Age: Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site
Pamphlets and brochures / Cloze
SL S1
Summarisation
S2 S3
Dictation
S1 S2
Pair dictation
SL S1
Role-play
S2 S3
Pictorial stories
SL S1 S2
Data collection
SL S1 S2
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Guided reading/ shared reading/ Cloze SL S1
Textual reading
SL S1 S2 S3
Reciprocal learning
S2 s3
Book talk
SL S1 S2
Reading aloud
SL S1 S2 S3
Three levels of questioning
SL S1 S2
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Note taking, interviews, discussions
SL S1 S2 S3
Group work
S1 S2
Deconstruction
S2 S3 S4
Dictogloss
SL S1 S2
Research
SL S1 S2
Semester Two
Creating and presenting:
Speaking with confidence
Phonetics and pronunciation
stress & intonation
listening etiquette
Tense agreement
Debate/viewpoints
Active listening
Using tags
Body language
Metaphors
Similes
Reading and responding:
Blurb
Prediction
Comprehension
Poetry
Fictional texts
Documentaries
Themes and messages
Characterization
Writing and persuading:
Formal writing
Genre
Form
Themes
Poetry
Punctuation
Creative writing
Audience and purpose
Selection of information
Mood and atmosphere
Rhetorical questions
Grammar and spelling:
Parts of speech
Connective words
WH questions
Tense agreement
Phonetics and IPA
Morphology and pluralisation
Acronyms
Synonyms
Euphemism
Auxiliaries
Abbreviations
Ir/regular verbs
Aust/American spellings / Power Point presentation
Class discussions
Drama and role play
Running dictation
Peer assessment
Listening cloze
Viewing film
Picture stories
Data collection
Debating
Persuasion: chocolate
Assess: Power Point presentation
Pre and post reading
Shared and guided reading
Spelling and class dictation
Looking up the dictionary
Silent reading and dictionary
Googling information
Multiple choice questions
Assess: comprehension
Paragraphing
Essay writing
Scaffolding writing
Pair dictation
Point of view
Setting and plot
Characterisation
Persuasive writing
Thematic writing
Peer proofreading
Note taking
Punctuating
Assessment: a short essay
Tabling information
Finding the correct tense
Describing a character
Peer assessment and spelling
Multiple choice questions
Quizzes / Oral presentation
Responding to instructions
Pair dictation
Listening cloze
Pre and post testing
Homework
T&S conferencing
Rubrics
Post reading
Responding to text
Cloze activities
Comprehension
Spelling scores
T&S conferencing
Homework
Reading aloud
Peer assessment
Annotated work samples
Home/ class work
T&S conferencing
Observation/Anecdotes
Rubrics
Peer assessment
T&S conferencing
Recapitulation
Home/ class work
THRASS – IPA: recognition
The 10% improvement / Teacher’s folder
Editorials
Short stories - Library
The film: Cool Runnings
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site Computing: PowerPoint
Teacher’s folder
Library and short stories
The film: Cool Runnings
Literature on the film
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site
The Man from Ironbark
Teacher’s folder
Short stories and Library
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
Editorials
The Internet: The ESL Site
The film: Cool Runnings
Writing Frameworks
Teacher’s folder
Library and short stories
The film: Cool Runnings
Junior Oxford Dictionary
Letters to Editor
The Internet: The ESL Site / Cloze
SL S1
Summarisation
S2 S3
Dictation
S1 S2
Pair dictation
SL S1
Role-play
S2 S3
Pictorial stories
SL S1 S2
Data collection
SL S1 S2
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Guided reading/ shared reading/ Cloze/ pair dictation
SL S1
Textual reading
SL S1 S2 S3
Reciprocal learning
S2 s3
Book talk
SL S1 S2
Reading aloud
SL S1 S2 S3
Three levels of questioning
SL S1 S2
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Note taking, interviews, discussions
SL S1 S2 S3
Group work
S1 S2
Deconstruction
S2 S3 S4
Dictogloss
SL S1 S2
Research
SL S1 S2