1. Meeting the Needs of English
Learners in After School Programs
Part 2:
Supper and Homework Time
2. Review
• On a post it, write down two ideas that you
remember from the previous training
(2 minutes)
• Turn to your “elbow partner” and share what
you wrote down.
3. Objectives
• Learn activities to use with English Leaners to
practice English during Supper
• Learn activities to use with English Leaners
during Homework Time
4. • English Learners need to TALK! Provide
opportunities for them to practice both informal
and academic English in your program
• New Common Core Standards require students
to interact in rigorous and complex ways. After
School Programs can both prepare and support
them for this task
• Supper is a great time to facilitate conversations
5. Supper
Activity #1: Sentence Stems
“The color of this
“The texture of this
“The flavor of this
is (red, shiny, mahogany, burgundy).”
is (bumpy, rough, uneven).”
is (orange, sweet, acidic, tart).”
6. Supper
You Try!
•With a partner chose a topic to discuss with
students pertaining to food
•Create sentence stems that students can use to
facilitate discussion
(5 minutes)
7. Supper
Activity #2 Preview Material
•Introduce new vocabulary for the days lesson
(flashcards, word lists, etc.)
8. Supper
Activity #3: Conversation starters
•Choose topics to create structured talking time
•Provide sentence stems or cloze writing
•Topics should be interesting to students, i.e.
movies, music, video games, etc.
9. Homework Time
• Great time to promote academic language
• Challenge yourself and students to only speak
using formal, standardized English during this
time
• Choose common slang terms to discuss
synonyms and and create thesaurus charts
10. Activity #4 Thesaurus Chart
Word
Definition:
synonym
synonym
synonym
synonym
synonym
“the bomb”
really good
excellent
outstanding
exceptional
superb
tremendous
11. Homework Time
You Try!
•In table teams, pick 3-5 slang words
•Create thesaurus charts for each word, listing 5
to 7 synomyns
12. Homework Time
Situational Appropriateness
•We use different types of language depending
on our location/relationship
– Locations: mall, place of worship, fast food
restaurant, museum, concert, school, home
– Relationships: sibling, peer, cousin, teacher,
parent, store employee
13. Homework Time
Role-playing
•Pair students to have a discussion based on
different situations
•Students write out their discussion, then
practice by speaking to one another
•Give students various situations so that can see
the difference in the type of language to use
Editor's Notes
Do the same for other senses. Generate vocabulary lists that students can refer to when using descriptive language. Have them make connections between this food and something else they have eaten. Do comparisons. Have students make evaluation of food items. Ex. What are academic ways to say “good” 9delicious, tasty, amazing, delectable etc.)
Have students practice and become familiar with new words in a relaxed and informal fashion.
You can do the same thing for curse words. Depending upon age group, and if they rely on certain words to express themselves, give them more precise language. Thesaurus charts can also be used with regular words.
