sbhs esl/communities
DESCRIPTION
SBHS ESL/Communities. My name is Neil Whitfield, ESL teacher at Sydney Boys High. Welcome to my web site It has all got rather big, so I thought you might like a bit of a tour. There are many student link pages…. The Quiz Page links you to thousands of ESL quizzes. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
SBHS ESL/Communities
My name is Neil Whitfield, ESL teacher at Sydney Boys High.
Welcome to my web site
It has all got rather big, so I thought you might like a bit of a tour.
![Page 2: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
There are many student link pages… The Quiz Page links
you to thousands of ESL quizzes.
All levels. Interactive.
Vocabulary, grammar, culture – you name it, it’s probably there.
![Page 3: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
… and various teacher link pages
You can see this one deals with Gifted Education and Multicultural Issues, but there is much more…
Boys’ education, for example.
![Page 4: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
FAQ: Very Important Pages!
…for example, FAQ 11.
A very conscientious senior student (LBOTE) asked how he could improve on a failing exam essay… The first page has the essay and comments.
![Page 5: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
FAQ 11: …what comes next…
The next page of FAQ 11 outlines what follows, with brief explanations underneath…
FAQ 11 is virtually a self-contained writing course…
![Page 6: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
FAQ 11: texts to work with…
There has to be a topic, so I chose the same one the student had done: “Images of Men” –pitched at YEAR 11 LEVEL.
There also have to be texts: this is the second one. There is also a visual text and a story.
![Page 7: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
FAQ 11: … ESL pedagogy…
FAQ 11 follows the usual ESL and English for Academic Purposes schema---
FIRST: Build the field…
SECOND: Explore language resources needed…
![Page 8: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
FAQ 11: ESL pedagogy…
THIRD: Provide models… There are four variations on a typical HSC answer: a speech, a feature article, a radio dialogue and a “straight” argument essay.
These models cannot simply be plagiarised…
![Page 9: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
FAQ 11: Prewriting model
... but they can be imitated, and analysed, and indeed CRITICISED!!
The red section is my prewriting thoughts. It attempts to model that part of the writing process.
![Page 10: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
FAQ 11: Model response
Next comes the “model essay” itself…
It is a genuine one-shot draft, just as students have to do in exams.
However, I may go back and tweak it here and there…if it is too embarrassing.
![Page 11: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
You also get on the Communities/ESL Site:
Multicultural resources…
Welfare issues… Typical student life
stories… Controversial
issues… And more…
![Page 12: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
You also get on the Communities/ESL Site:
A Guest Book: one way students can interact, comment, ask questions…
…and there’s lots more, so please explore!
![Page 13: SBHS ESL/Communities](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062518/56814210550346895dae15a3/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Sydney Boys High ESL and Communities Pages
Thanks for watching our presentation.