Period 1 & 7 - Journal Writing

Please complete at least 5 journal entries by January 2nd.

You can write about any topic you want, but here are some suggestions:

- Do you like cold weather? Why or why not?
- What is your happy place?
- Christmas
- Who is a person you admire?
- What country would you visit if you could visit any country (apart from your home country)?

Thank you. A Peaceful and Joyous Holiday and a Prosperous New Year to you! See you in 2019!!

All Classes - Home Language Survey

Please complete the home language survey today. Thank you! https://goo.gl/forms/fYcHUUEdwfioK5MJ2

Period 7 - Journal Writing

Write at least one entry in your journal this weekend.

Period 5 Homework

Please complete exercises 2 & 3 on p. 216 of your "Immigrants and Refugees" packet.

Thank you!

Join our class on Quizlet!

https://quizlet.com/join/cNEDxj6g2

Period 8 - Classwork

Please read, "How Safe is our Food?" on pages 38-41 of our Reading Explorer 4 books. These books can be found in the cabinet underneath the chromebooks.

After you read, visit https://b.socrative.com/login/student/ and enter ESL27 as the room name. This will give you ten questions to answer about the reading. Use the book to help you find your answers!

Thanks and good luck.

Period 5 - Chapter 9 Comparisons Packet

Your Chapter 9 Comparisons packet is due tomorrow (Wednesday, 11/21) at the end of class. Please make sure you have the following exercises complete:

p. 230, exercises 2 & 3
p. 231, exercise 4
p. 232, exercise 5
p. 233, exercise 7
p. 234, exercise 9,
p. 236, exercises 10 & 11
p. 238, exercise 15
p. 241, exercise 21
p. 244, exercise 28
p. 245, exercise 30
p. 246, exercise 32
p. 250, exercise 39

Thank you!

Period 5 Classwork - College Research

Use the college board's compare colleges tool to find information for your worksheets.

For homework, please complete exercise C on pages 42-43 of your "Academic Success" packet.

Thank you!

Period 5 Homework (due Thursday, 10/4)

Complete exercises 19, 20, and 21 on page 28 of your "Guide Dogs" packet. Thank you!

What is Light? video

Check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_ya0e20vE

Use your KWL chart to record new questions in the "W" column, and any new information in the "L" column.

Join our class on Quizlet

Please click on the link to join our class on Quizlet. Quizlet is a website we use to study words. It works on laptop or your phone. As the year goes on, I will assign study sets on quizlet.

Please use your school Google account to log in, and join the class called, "Bogota ESL Students 2018-19." Thank you!

Period 5 & 7 Homework

Please complete exercise 10 on pages 12-13 of your Simple Present Tense packet. Click here for the audio recording. Thank you!

Period 5 Homework

Please complete Exercise 9 on page 11 of your "Simple Present Tense" packet.
To listen to the recording, click here.

Welcome!

Hello to all!

For my old students, welcome back! To my new students, welcome! I hope you will have a wonderful school year, and I will do everything I can to help.

Here is information about my class, including the things a student needs to have. See you on Thursday, September 6th!

Summer Study Project

Please click http://mandelesl.blogspot.com/p/summer-study-log.html for your summer study project.

Period 5 / 8 Project - Due Friday, June 1st

Choose an invention in communications. Write about it and its impact.

See full instructions on this page.

See example here. All materials are in Period 5 on Google Drive.

Period 6 Classwork - Wednesday, 5/30

Please complete at least two index cards.

After you finish, make them into slides. USE PERIOD 6 ON GOOGLE DRIVE. If not, I cannot see your work.

Your slides should look like this example:

(sea / see):

Period 7 Classwork for Weds. - Fri., 5/30 - 6/1

Your assignment is to re-read a passage from The Pearl and answer questions about it in a short essay.

The list of passages and questions is on a worksheet, and The worksheet is in Period 7 on Google Drive. You will also need our list of arguments from the two primary sources we read last week.

You have three days to work on this assignment. If you have questions, you can write them in your documents on Google Drive and I will be happy to respond. Thank you!

-Mr. Mandel

Please complete this survey

https://goo.gl/forms/HVaAdFjh1JByGdLE3

Thank you!

Period 7 - Background for "The Pearl"

In reference to the vocabulary words, "yoke" and "subjugation," that we uncovered in the text, and to give general background to the religious justification of the conquest of the New World, please take a moment to read the text of the Requerimiento de 1513, written by  Juan López de Palacios Rubios

The Requirement of 1513

Period 2/3 Homework

Please complete pages 101, 102, and 103 of your "Driving" packet. (can, should, and have to) Thanks!

Period 7 Classwork

Please create a slides presentation about the chapter 2 vocabulary words in your group:

• Each slide should have the word, plus 3 to 5 pictures
• Use the google search suggestions to find different senses and contexts of each word

Period 2 / 3 Homework

Please complete the back (exercises 3, 4, and 5) of your "Frequency Adverbs" worksheet for Monday. Thank You!

PARCC Tutorial - Grade 7 / 8 Math Accommodations

Click here to practice listening to the questions.

Period 2 / 3 Homework

Please complete exercise 2 of page 3 of the worksheet - "Forms of the Simple Present Tense"

Thank you!

Period 8 Homework

Please complete pages 62 and 63 of your passive voice packet. Thank you!

Period 6 Classwork

Please complete your chart comparing "Da Vinci's Dreams" and "Dragonwings." Also, finish the questions about "DaVinci's Dreams" if you haven't already done so.

After you've finished, you can play and study on Quizlet, Duolingo, or Memrise. Use the links to the right (Helpful Websites). No Youtube, please!

Period 7 Classwork

Please read and complete pages 172-173 in your "Career Development" packet. After that, you may work independently on chromebooks. You can use the links at the right (Helpful Websites) to find scholarship information! Email me if you are interested in any of the NJTESOL scholarships.

Period 6 Classwork

Please complete the "Assessment Practice," including the paragraph. If the topic is too complicated, you may write a paragraph comparing and contrasting a modern airplane and the Wright brothers' airplane instead.

Period 7 Homework

Please complete exercise E on page 171. Thank you!

Period 6 - Homework over Break

In your past tense packet, "Robert Goddard," please complete the following exercises:

Ex. 15 on page 240
Ex. 16 and 17 on page 241
Ex. 20 on pages 244-245
Ex. 22 on pages 246-247

Period 7 - Diagnostic

Please complete this short, 10-question quiz on infinitives and gerunds.

Period 2 Ordering Food Project Menus

China Dragon (Chinese Food)

Tandoori Chef (Indian Food)

Oishi Sushi (Japanese Sushi)

Big Papa Smokem (Barbecue)

Riviera Maya (Mexican)

Sapphire Thai Food Express (Thai)

Period 6 Homework

Please Complete exercise 13 on pages 237-238.

Period 2 / 3 Classwork

First, Complete everyone's surveys:

Click here: Links to Surveys

After that, you can study irregular verbs on quizlet:

Click here: Irregular Verbs on Quizlet

Thank you!

Don't forget, you have homework for period 6!

Period 6 Homework

Please complete "key vocabulary" on page 134. Thank you!

NJTESOL Scholarship Information

Click on this link and find scholarships for which you may be eligible: NJTESOL Scholarship information

Watch this video about the Sahara desert!

Santiago has crossed the desert and arrived at an oasis!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGoHNuJE8z4

Complete a 5W's graphic organizer (who what when where why): Write questions and answers about the Sahara desert.

Link to food survey

Please click here to take our food survey. Thank you!

Quiz! Period 5

https://goo.gl/forms/CAI7E5XN2NsCwzvt1

ACCESS Practice / Quizlet

Please click on the link below:

https://wbte.drcedirect.com/WIDA/portals/wida

To view videos and practice tests for ACCESS for ELL's.
Use headsets as needed.

To find our class on Quizlet, click on the link below:

https://quizlet.com/class/5219365/

Have fun and be respectful!

Period 6 - Homework

Please complete exercises C and D on page 135 of your Simple Past Tense packet. Thank you!

Career Test Link

www.yourfreecareertest.com

ACCESS Test Practice

Please click on the link below:

https://wbte.drcedirect.com/WIDA/portals/wida

To view videos and practice tests for ACCESS for ELL's.

Period 8 Homework

Please complete exercises 2, 4, and 6 in your Chapter 8: Connecting Ideas packet. Thank you!

Period 7 - Write a summary of Persepolis, pages 111-117

Using the notes which can be found here, write a short summary (2-3 sentences) of pages 111-117, "The  Cigarette." Thank you!

Period 2/3 HW

Please complete pages 227 and 228 of your "Comparatives" packet about Colleges and Universities.

Period 5 - Writing

Summarize pages 35-45 of The Alchemist. Use the bottom portion of your Cornell Notes graphic organizer.

Period 7 Homework

Please complete exercises C and D on page 60 of your "English Composition: Writing Papers" packet. Thanks!

Period 7 - SAT Test Prep

Period 5 and 7 Classwork for Friday, 1/12/18

There will be a quiz next week on past participles. Here is the link to study irregular past participles on quizlet. If you haven't already done so, here is the link to join our class on quizlet, so you can compare your scores with classmates.

Thank you and enjoy your weekend!