discussion about ESL

1. English
Language Skills
for Primary
9 am- 11 am

2. Weekly Lessons
Week 9- Reading & Speaking Skills
Week 10- Project Based Reading
Week 11- Speaking Skills
Week 12- Read Alouds
Week 13-Read Alouds: Practical
Week 14-Assessing Read Alouds
Week 15 - Reading Skills: Skimming/
Scanning
Week 4- Reading Skills: Word Attack
Morphology (Vocab)
Week 5- Grammar( Tenses & Sentences)
Week 6- Writing Skills: Adapting & Creating
Texts
Week 7- Writing Skills: Adapting & Creating
Texts
Week 8-Writing Skills: Adapting a Text

3. Daily Writing Prompt
Everyday we will free-write for 4 minutes. This is an uninterrupted time when you
will write in English whatever flows into your mind about the topic.
I chose to become a teacher because….

4. Focusing Breath- Victory
We practice breathing together to focus the mind.
To calm the mind and body, is a skill we’re never
Taught in School. We’re expect to learn constantly,
But are never taught how to work with our minds,
emotions and bodies.
Daily conscious breathing clarifies the thinking,
enhances learning, lowers anxiety and relaxes the body.

5. Objectives
I will be able to identify and write different types
of English Sentences.
I will be able to create original story in English
fusing my Asian Language

6. Activity # 1-Create a Story for Kids
Create an interactive Story that you can teacher
to Students using English and your native
language that you will be teaching.
It needs to have:
Images, gestures, body movement and call and
response interaction with students.

7. Activity # 2- Present the Story
YES NOT YET
Use English & Asian
Language
2. Clear Language
Objective
3. Call and Response
4. Hand Movements
5. Images & Pictures
6. Students Spoke, repeated, sang
and were engaged
Students not engaged

8. Activity # 3- Story Telling Feedback
1. Connect with paper and people
2. What are the students doing at every moment. If they aren’t moving their
hands, repeating a sound, listening is still passive learning.

9. Reflection
In one word, what did you learn today?

10. Home Work
1. Finish writing your story
2. Breathe every day on awakening for 2 minutes.

11. Week 6:
Writing Skills:
Adapting &
Creating Texts
9 am- 11 am

12. Daily Writing Prompt
Everyday we will free-write for 4 minutes. This is an uninterrupted time when you
will write in English whatever flows into your mind about the topic.
How can you make listening activities engaging?
Ways I can make Listening interesting for students
are….

13. Focusing Breath- Victory
We practice breathing together to focus the mind.
To calm the mind and body, is a skill we’re never
Taught in School. We’re expect to learn constantly,
But are never taught how to work with our minds,
emotions and bodies.
Daily conscious breathing clarifies the thinking,
enhances learning, lowers anxiety and relaxes the body.

14. Objectives
I will be able make my original story engaging for
students
I will be able to create original story in English
fusing my Asian Language
I can compare different level texts.

15. Activity # 1-Create a Story for Kids
Create an interactive Story that you can teacher
to Students using English and your native
language that you will be teaching.
It needs to have:
Images, gestures, body movement and call and
response interaction with students.

16. Activity # 1-Example story using Listening strategies
Create an interactive Story that you can teacher
to Students using English and your native
language that you will be teaching.
It needs to have:
Images, gestures, body movement and call and
response interaction with students.

17. I Scream Ice Cream
Verse 1
I scream ice cream
With vanilla bean
Toppings
Verse 2
I scream ice cream
With vanilla bean
Toppings
Verse 3
To my team
I’m mean
Verse 4
But I’m just an
Ice cream feen

18. 8 Listening Strategies
1. Call and Response- I say- you say
2. When you hear “ you”- Raise your hand when...
3. Hand gesture for a word- Gesture
4. Focus on a specific word- Intonation/ Word Stress!
5. Missing sound/word- You don’t say- they say
6. Read with Emotion/ Expression-Change Mood
7. Running Challenge- Dictation
8. Picture Info Gap Listening- Describe a Picture
9. Sing it- Voice Modulation and Pitch

19. 1. Call & Response
Task:
When I say “Ok?”
You say “ Ok!”
I say- you say.
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”
When I say “Wel…”
You say “come”
“Wel” “come”

20. 2. Hand Raising Listening
Task:
Every time you heard the
word “today,”
Raise your hand!
I say- you say.
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

21. 3. Sign Language
Words
Task:
Sign for You
Sign for School
Sign for Today.
I say- we say & sign it!
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

22. 4. Intonation & Stress
Task:
We will practice saying the
correct stress.
I say- you say.
“Ok?” “ Ok!”
We welcomeyou to schooltoday.
We welcomeyou backto school
today,
School today, School today,

23. 5. Missing Word
Task:
I read the story.
You listen. You say missing
the word.
I forgot some words. Please
say it that word as class.
I don’t say, you say.
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

24. 6. Emotional Reading
Task:
Every day our feelings
change at school.
So we will say the story
with changing feelings.
I say- you say.
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

25. 7.Running Challenge
Dictation
Task:
1. Get into groups of 6.
2. Choose your fastest runner.
3. Runner to the Front. Here’s the
text.
4.Reading Dictation challenge.
You must memorize line by line.
5. Tell your group they write it
down.
You say- you say.
“Ok?” “ Ok!”

26. 8. Picture Info Gap Listening
Task:
Stand back to back
Person A can see
Person B can’t see the
board.
You say- you say
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

27. 8. Picture Info Gap
1. Person A- Describe the picture.
2. Person B- Can’t see the picture or
Words
3. Person A you can’t say the words:
“First Day of Preschool”
1. You want person B to say these words.
Person A must describe the picture
using other words or Circumlocution
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

28. 8. Singing & Listening
Task:
I sing you sing and
repeat how I sing.
I say- you say.
“Ok?”
“ Ok!”

29. Activity # 2-Presentation of story
Create an interactive Story that you can teacher
to Students using English and your native
language that you will be teaching.
It needs to have:
Images, gestures, body movement and call and
response interaction with students.

30. Activity # 2- Present the Story
YES NOT YET
1. Use English &
Asian Language
2. Clear Language
Objective
3. Call and Response
4. Hand Movements
5. Images & Pictures
6. Students Spoke, repeated, sang
and were engaged
Students not engaged

31. Activity # 3- Story Telling Feedback
1. Connect with paper and people
2. What are the students doing at every moment. If they aren’t moving their
hands, repeating a sound, listening is still passive learning.

32. Activity # 4- Comparative Analysis of Cinderella
1. Compare the language in four
Cinderella Stories.
2. What differences did you notice in
the language?
3. Write and take notes on the sheets

33. Homework- Text Adaptation
1. Write a text adaptation for the Cinderella story for 1st grade
a. Write one version in English.
b. Write one in your Asian Language.
c. Use no more than 65 words or 6 sentences
d. Print it for next class.
2. Breathe Victory Breath every morning everyday on
awakening for 2 minutes.

34. Activity # 2- Cinderela Story
YES NOT YET
1. Simple Language
2. Noun repeated
3. Verb repeated
4. No more than 6 sentence or
60 words.
5. Written in English & Asian
Language

35. Week 6:
Writing Skills:
Adapting &
Creating Texts
9 am- 11 am

36. Daily Writing Prompt
Everyday we will free-write for 4 minutes. This is an uninterrupted time when you
will write in English whatever flows into your mind about the topic.
What are different strategies you can use to adapt
a text?
Some strategies to adapt texts are..

37. Expansion Victory Breath
1. Speaking with whisper, say hello.
2. Now saw hello with your mouth closed,
3. Breathing with your nose. Practice for 8 breaths.
4. In 4 hand up, hold for 4, out 6, hold 2, repeat the cycle.
5. Eyes closed or looking dow is best for focus.

38. Objectives
I will be able to can compare different level texts
and describe the differences.
I will be able to compare different student created
adapted Cinderella stories and identify
adaptations that were made.

39. 10 Ways we can Adapt a text
1. Simplify verbs and nouns. Use words that are
easy to visually show through movement.
2. Use Images: photos, video clips and
Infographics to show ideas.
3. Saying less is often saying more. Shorter
texts are better than longer texts for
beginners.
4. Repeated words: choose certain words and
phrases that are repeated throughout out the
adaptation.
5. Changing certain Cultural details: How to
make details more relatable to students
reality?
6. Change format of writing: Poem, prose,
song, video, acronym.
7. Genre or Emotion of the text: How the
story is written.
8. Reality or Imagination: How fictional
or non- fictional story is?
9. Plot and Characters can change from
the original story.
10. Moral of a Story: What lesson is being
taught

40. Activity # 1-Discussion
What differences exist between each Cinderella Story?
Higher Level Stories/ Video
-More complicated sentences
- Phrasal Verbs
-Foot is larger
-Prose or drama
-Inclusion of diversity of characters, not just all
white cast.
- Forgiving those who did wrong to her in the
video.
-Prince and Cinderella’s emotional reality
shown
Lower Level Story
-Simpler Sentences.
- Repeated Vocabulary “Midnight”
- Simpler words
- Elements simplified.
-Small dainty foot
- Words with images

41. Activity # 2-Adapt a text
Task: Text Adaptation
1. Create an original Text Adaptation of the Cinderella
story.
2. In English with your group of 6 members

42. Homework- Text Adaptation for Remedial Students
1. Write a text adaptation for the Cinderella story for 1st grade
a. Write one version in English.
b. Write one in your Asian Language.
c. Use no more than 20 words or 3 sentences
d. Print it for next class.
2. Expansion Victory Breath every morning everyday on
awakening for 2 minutes.

43. Week 6:
Writing Skills:
Adapting &
Creating Texts
9 am- 11 am

44. Activity # 1-Silent Gallery Walk
Task:
1. Glue your text adaptation and one original higher
level text to Kitchen paper.
2. Notice what text adjustments were done by the
different groups.
3. Write down how the language changed from one
version to the readapted version.

45. Activity # 2- Cinderella Story- Pairs
YES NOT YET
1. Simple Language
2. Noun repeated
3. Verb repeated
4. No more than 6 sentence or
60 words.
5. Written in English & Asian
Language

46. Activity # 3- Adaptation for Students with Special needs or
Remedial?
How would you support students whose literacy is still to
low to understand your adapted text?
Get into groups of 4 and come up with as many additional
strategies as possible.

47. Week 6:
Writing Skills:
Adapting &
Creating Texts
9 am- 11 am

48. Daily Writing Prompt
Everyday we will free-write for 4 minutes. This is an uninterrupted time when you
will write in English whatever flows into your mind about the topic.
What are different strategies you can use to adapt
a text?
Some strategies to adapt texts are..

49. Agenda
1. Do Now, Objectives & Breathing- 6’
2. Warm -up Discussion- 3’
3. Activity # 1- Feedback Cinderella Stories- 30’
4. Activity # 2- Read Aloud Stories Assignments- 30’
5. Activity # 3-Application- You Teach 25
6. Activity # 4- Reflection Discussion - 20

50. Bee Breathe
1. This breath helps us calm down.
2. We make the sound of Bee and open
and close our ears.
3. We’ll do it 5 times together.
4. Understand?
Benefits: Releases the mind of agitation,
frustration or anxiety, improves
concentration and memory Builds
confidence.

51. Objectives
I will be able to compare different level texts and
describe the differences.
I will be able to adapt a text and simplify it for
primary students

52. Cinderella Adaptation Story- Presentation
YES NOT YET
1. Simple Language
2. Noun repeated
3. Verb repeated
4. No more than 6 sentence or
10 words.
5. Written in English & Asian
Language

53. Week 6:
Improving Listening
Skills:
9 am- 11 am

54. Daily Writing Prompt
Everyday we will free-write for 4 minutes. This is an uninterrupted time when you
will write in English whatever flows into your mind about the topic.
1. What are ways you can improve your listening
skills in English?
I can improve my listening skills by…

55. Objectives
I will be able to practice 5 Listening Strategies
I can listen to audios, my classmates and present
information back to the class that I heard.

56. Agenda
1. Do Now, Objectives & Breathing- 6’
2. Warm -up Discussion- 5’
3. Activity # 1- Song Listening Dictation- 15’
4. Activity # 2- Social Emotional & Cornell Notes- 15’
5. Activity # 2- Information Gap Listening & Story Creation- 20’
6. Activity # 3-Story Presentation Listening- 30
7. Activity # 4- Silent Reflection & Discussion - 10

57. 8 Essential Listening exercises for teachers
1. Listen to a song and sing it.
2. Mirroring Listen to a video and repeat back the words
3. Listen to a video, and tell a partner what your heard
4. Paraphrasing what a partner said to clarify information.
5. Information Gap Ask Questions for missing information
6. Effective Cornell Note taking
7. Musical Pairs
8. Self- Reflection

58. Listening to Music
Task: Listen to the Song and write the lyrics
1. Number every student from 1-6
2. The first team that has all the lyrics written correctly wins.
3. It will only be played once.
4. Take 1 minute to decide a strategy your team will use.

59. Mirroring
Task: Learn and repeat what you heard in a video on Social Emotional Learning
1. Listen to the video and repeat back each word to yourself
2. After word, you should be saying it in a whisper.
3. Write down any words you did know or that are important

60. Paraphrasing
Task: Talk with a Partner, paraphrase what you heard in your own words
1. Pair up. Each pair will have 1 minute to present, the partner listens.
2. Why is teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills important to students?
3. Partner A says why it’s important.
4. Partner B paraphrases what he/ she heard.
5. Partner B Present why it’s important.
6. Partner A paraphrases what he/ she heard.

62. Why is art important to Social Emotional Learning
Task: Listen to the Audio & Take Notes
1. Listen to the Audio on the Social Emotional Skills
2. Take notes following the Cornell note taking strategy

65. Musical Pairs
1. After Listening- Pair work
a. Present to a partner what you heard and listen what they
heard & add to your notes.
b. Present to a second partner and listen to them and add to
your notes.
c. Present to a third partner and listen to them and add to your
notes.
2. Class Discussion
a. Why are emotions and social interactions important in
learning and teaching?

66. Information Gap
Task: Find the Differences
1. Person A has one photo.
2. Person B has a similar photo with
6 differences.
3. Stand back to back.
4. Discuss and compare the Photos
verbally by using prepositions
and asking questions.
5. You can’t show the photos to
each other.
6. You can ask:. “Is the….next to ….”
7 minutes

67. Story Pairs
Task: Create an original story in
pairs about the image you and your
partner have.
There should be:
1- a beginning, middle and end.
2- The setting should be clear,
time place and location.
3- There should be a problem and
a resolution.

68. Picture Description in Pairs
Task: Use the new Vocab learned
1. One Pair describes their story for 1 minute.
2. The second pair describes their story.
3. Each pair will present for 45 seconds the main story
elements they heard.
20 minutes

69. Silent Reflection
What are creative ways you
can improve your Listening
skills in English?
I can improve my listening
skills by….

70. Reflection Discussion- Listening skills for
teachers
- Taking notes writing the main points
- Showing interests in the other person’s ideas
- Pictures description
- Repeating to make sure you have the right
information
- Pay Attention to the words are repeating.
- Try to connect with prior knowledge to capture
the difficult and technical words.
- Start with slower pacing audio and then increase
the pace after
- Listening to songs
- Conversing in English
- By asking Questions to other people
- Mirroring, repeating and reflecting what is
being said.
- Making charts about what you heard
- Paraphrasing is to repeat back in your own
words.
- Clapping to get attention
- Doing breathing activities help us throw the
garbage outside so we can listen more clearly.

71. WEEK 9
Project Based
Reading

72. Breathing
Everyday we
breathe to
throw the
garbage out of
our Minds &
Bodies to learn
better!
4 minutes

73. Daily Writing Prompt
Everyday we will free-write for 4 minutes. This is an uninterrupted time when you
will write in English whatever flows into your mind about the topic.
What are some challenges or problems facing
young people in Mauritius ?
Some problems are….
4 minutes

74. Objectives
I will be able to read, scan and skim a text to learn
new information
I will be able to collaborate with a classmate to
discuss important issues impacting young people
in Mauritius

75. Agenda
1. Do Now, Objectives, Agenda & Breathing
2. Activity # 1- What do you know about…?
3. ACtivity #2 - Sell you idea!
4. Activity # 3- Podcast Organization in Pairs
5. Activity # 4- Presentation Musical Pairs
6. Reflection- Silent Written Project based Reading Reflection &
Discussion

77. Activity # 1-
Present your topic after
reading it to a classmate.
We’ll move when there’s
music and find a new pair
when the music stops.
8 minutes

78. Activity # 1-
What do you know
about….????
8 minutes

79. Warm up- Activity # 1-Musical Pairs
Reflection Questions
1) What do you know about…..?
2) Is …. a problem for some young people in
Mauritius? Why or Why not?
3) Who is impacted by this problem? How?
4) What kinds of solutions can you imagine for
this problem?

80. Activity # 3- Sell your
idea
We have over 26 ideas in
the class.
You must convince others
why your idea should be for
the radio.
Music plays move- move,
sop talk someone knew
8 minutes

81. Activity 3# Find a Pair
Reflect in Writing who do you want
to work with on this radio project?
What topic?

82. Activity # 4-Research- Anchor App
Task: Find one relevant article about your issue and
Mauritius
In each pair 1 phone connect to
My Airbox: Huwei B315
Password: 23251438
20 minutes

83. Find 1 person to pair up with
Which topic if the most interesting to you.
Choose one topic and one person.
8 minutes

84. Find 1 person to pair up with
Title your podcast
Child Obesity (an interview with
Madhvee and Kevin)
8 minutes

85. Silent Reflection
Describe what you learned about your topic.
Why is reading regular important in our lives as
teachers?
5 minutes

91. Readers Theatre Protocol
1. Create Groups for 5 students
2. Read through the story silently for 4 minutes
3. As a group, identify the roles in the story and divide them among you.
4. Go over the story together, deciding who will read what and also what to cut. On
your own sheet, in pencil, cross out the cuts and underline your own speeches.
5. Try out your script by reading together. Go back and change it as needed.
6. In Twenty minutes, each group will have a script it can read to the others!

92. Choices
A- A tall Tall from Nigeria
B-The Legend of Slapper Hopper
C-Which shoes do you choose
D- The Gifts of the Grasscutter
E-
F-

96. What is Reader’s Theatre? How did it feel?
What did you learn?
Readers Theatre is…
Doing this activity I felt....
I learned....

97. Do Now
How does being aware of my emotions help me become a better teacher?
I think Social Emotional Intelligence is important to teachers because..

98. Presentation Practice
How does being aware of my emotions help me become a better teacher?
I think Social Emotional Intelligence is important to teachers because..

99. Presentation Practice
How does being aware of my emotions help me become a better teacher?
I think Social Emotional Intelligence is important to teachers because..