About this Course
• 6.LS.1 Produce verbal summaries of video and audio samples used in class.
• 6.LS.2 Identify supporting details in video and audio samples.
• 6.LS.3 Deliver a planned presentation on class topics with visuals and at least one source.
• 6.LS.4 Deliver an impromptu presentation on class topics.
• 7.LS.1 Discuss information found in academic sources to determine important details, credibility, and author’s purpose in
complete sentences.
• 7.LS.2 Ask and respond to open-ended questions on academic topics using complete sentences.
• 7.LS.3 Produce sentences with target phrasal verbs.
• 7.LS.4 Perform a 4 to 5-minute planned presentation with electronic visuals and proper citations.
• 7.LS.5 Deliver an impromptu presentation on class topics.
Learning modules
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Week 1
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TED Talk Listening Comprehension "Texting"
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TED Talk Critical Thinking Questions (Texting)
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Group Activity "Middle School Trivia" (www.baamboozle.com)
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Impromptu Presentation "Earth Sciences Jigsaw" (in groups of 2)
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week 2
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L6/7 Students practiced responding to open-ended questions and oral summarizing.
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L6/7 Students listened to a variety of videos, wrote 2-3 sentence summaries and shared on the board.
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L6/7 Students practiced using the L7 Phrasal Verb list in impomptu dialogues.
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Listening/Summarizing: Students listened to a Breakingnewsenglish audio, took notes, and summarized.
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Quiz: Students answer a selected open-ended question in an impromptu speech.
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week 3
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Quiz: Combined skills listening for supporting details, summarizing, paraphrasing using COR Summarizing/ID Ideas
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Phrasal Verb Practice: Paired students completed and discussed COR Phrasal Verbs A&B worksheets
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Phrasal Verb Exam-COR Phrasal Verbs C
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Listening for details: Students practiced COR ID Working at Home
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Students paraphrased and summarized an audio text (breakingnewsenglish.com)
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Students prepared their persuasive powerpoint presentations with Works Cited and citations.
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Students discussed, prepared, and debated points of opposing views of starting a new business.
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week 4
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L6/7 Persuasive Presentations with powerpoints in-text citations and Works Cited, based on levels with rubric.
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L6/7 Discussions and peer evaluations of the presentations based on the rubric and observations.
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L6 prepared to summarize audio texts and L7 to plan and present an impromptu speech.
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L6 Final Exam
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L7 Final Exam
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About the Instructor
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