HOUSING and THE HOUSE
Rooms of the House
Working gradually toward the goal of being able to express a need to the landlord, my learners and I start our housing theme by creating a house of our own. I tape together two pieces of construction paper to create five or six empty "rooms," each a difference colour, that now have to be filled with furniture cut from catalogs and magazines. We then write a Language Experience Approach story based upon the activity of having created a house.
Here is the House Activity Pack I use during that week-long module.
This is a House Word Shapes worksheet.
Working gradually toward the goal of being able to express a need to the landlord, my learners and I start our housing theme by creating a house of our own. I tape together two pieces of construction paper to create five or six empty "rooms," each a difference colour, that now have to be filled with furniture cut from catalogs and magazines. We then write a Language Experience Approach story based upon the activity of having created a house.
Here is the House Activity Pack I use during that week-long module.
This is a House Word Shapes worksheet.
Jack's Apartment
A great resource for weeks two and three is the Talk of the Block short vowel volume on the HOME.
This is the Jack's Apartment Activity Pack I created to supplement the activities provided in the book.
Here's my Jack's Apartment Word Shapes worksheet.
I recorded myself slowly reading the story. Learners can listen and follow along on lab day or on the iPad.
A great resource for weeks two and three is the Talk of the Block short vowel volume on the HOME.
This is the Jack's Apartment Activity Pack I created to supplement the activities provided in the book.
Here's my Jack's Apartment Word Shapes worksheet.
I recorded myself slowly reading the story. Learners can listen and follow along on lab day or on the iPad.
A Crack in the Tub
Also from the Talk of the Block short vowel HOME book is the story of Jack and his leaking bathtub, a great precursor to learning to ask the landlord to address a problem.
Crack in the Tub Activity Pack is meant to supplement the worksheets provided in the book.
Crack in the Tub word shapes worksheet
Here is the multi-skill RUBRIC I used to assess speaking.
Also from the Talk of the Block short vowel HOME book is the story of Jack and his leaking bathtub, a great precursor to learning to ask the landlord to address a problem.
Crack in the Tub Activity Pack is meant to supplement the worksheets provided in the book.
Crack in the Tub word shapes worksheet
Here is the multi-skill RUBRIC I used to assess speaking.
Hands On! A Collection of ESL Literacy Activities has a good chapter for teaching rooms of the house and items found in each room.
I had to white-out VCR and write in DVD Player, as this resource is a bit dated.
I had to white-out VCR and write in DVD Player, as this resource is a bit dated.
Perminder's Cleaning Day
If you teach Phase I Adequate level, you will love this free downloadable reader from Bow Valley College.
Here is my Perminder activity pack in MS Word.
This is a word search puzzle.
Here is a word shapes puzzle.
Finally, here is a crossword puzzle.
If you teach Phase I Adequate level, you will love this free downloadable reader from Bow Valley College.
Here is my Perminder activity pack in MS Word.
This is a word search puzzle.
Here is a word shapes puzzle.
Finally, here is a crossword puzzle.
CLEO Tenant Series - CLB 1/2 - Maintenance and Repairs
Because this book is too high for my learners, I have created my own graded version of it. Since I haven't asked permission to do so, I can't share it here. But you can download the original from their website.
Here is the CLEO Tell the Landlord Activity Pack I created to complement my version of this booklet.
Here is the CLEO Tell the Landlord Word Shapes worksheet.
This is a checklist you can use to assess a note to the landlord.
Because this book is too high for my learners, I have created my own graded version of it. Since I haven't asked permission to do so, I can't share it here. But you can download the original from their website.
Here is the CLEO Tell the Landlord Activity Pack I created to complement my version of this booklet.
Here is the CLEO Tell the Landlord Word Shapes worksheet.
This is a checklist you can use to assess a note to the landlord.
