Don’t limit your ELL/English B students’ access to authentic, “advanced” materials (like library books or magazines) in the belief that these materials are too “hard” for them. If materials are interesting, students at all levels will be able to use them to learn English.
Scrooge! tickets available now!
This year’s MYP/DP Production will be like no other. Come and experience this unique promenade production as you are transported to Dickensian London. Immerse yourself in festive spirit and stand side by side with the actors as they guide you through the transformation of one man; Ebenezer Scrooge. This mean hearted businessman is known throughout Victorian London for being a miser. On Christmas eve he is visited by his dead business partner and subsequently by three spirits who give him one final chance to change his ways and save him from a terrible fate.
26 & 27 November, 7:00pm
Tickets available from reception free of charge. Hurry as they are strictly restricted to 350 per night.
Leftover Computers for Sale
White MacBooks from 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 for sale. They are old but they are still in working condition and good for home use. If you want to buy one, please fill this form:
http://share.nanjing-school.com/ict/purchase-leftover-computers/
Please note that you can only buy one computer.
Here is the timeline for this sale:
Nov. 20th, this Friday, 15:00 – deadline to submit your purchase request
Nov. 23rd, next Monday at 15:00 – lucky draw at Room C102. (join us if you want)
Nov. 24th, next Tuesday – winner will be notified by email
Birthday Cupcakes -November Birthdays
PTA is giving out Birthday Cupcakes Today, Wednesday, at morning break, in the foyer in front of the Library. Happy Birthday all November Babies!
Language Acquisition
Work in Small Groups
Speaking in front of a whole class is pretty intimidating. Most students feel much more comfortable practicing their English with a partner, or in a small group of three or four peers.
Coolest Photo Ever
Help us send a message to the governments meeting at the Climate Summit in Paris. On Friday 20th November at 1:20, meet on the running track to take the coolest #Earth To Paris photo ever. We need lots of bodies to spell out the words! For more information, see http://www.earthtoparis.org/
OWC & PingAn monthly visit (11:15~16:00, Nov. 25, 2015 @ H303 Board Meeting Room, Centre)
Dear overseas staff,
The monthly visit of OWC & PingAn of this month will be on Nov. 25, 2015 (Wed.) from 11:15 to 16:00 @ H303 Board Meeting Room, Centre. This is their last visit of 2015.
The next visit will be on Jan. 20, 2016 (Wed.) from 11:30 to 16:00 @ H301 Dancing Studio, Centre.
Best wishes,
Clara Xi
Green Team Vegetable Sale: Wednesday 4:00 PM
The Green Team will be hosting our second vegetable sale this Wednesday at 4:00 PM (as long as the weather cooperates with us!)
Last sale went fast, so get there on time! We will have fresh organic salad mixes available (10RMB each) and everything else 5 RMB which includes white radish and kong xin cai (water spinach). Possibly some carrots, micro radishes, tomatoes (ripe or green) and other various veggies that we will pick on the day.
For your information, the money raised helps us buy new tools, more organic fertilizers and seeds.
Bake Sale
If you would like to bake something for the bake sale please drop it in at Mr. Underwood’s room D218.
Language Acquisition
Use the last five minutes of a lesson to get your students to tell you what they learned as a result of the lesson. Write down the students’ responses so that all can benefit. Students can copy what you write on the chart . You can leave the chart up for it to serve as a reminder. You can then save it and refer to it whe you review the work.
SET minutes: November 12
Good morning,
Please see the SET minutes from November 12.
Scrooge!
Reminder to any cast or crew who has not yet handed their signed Production Camp parent letter in to do so now. You will not be able to stay for the Production Camp without this letter given in. See myself or Ms Philip if you have a problem with this.
Grade 12 EE Intensive
For the final three weeks before the Extended Essay is due my classroom will be available to all grade 12 students at lunchtime to work on your Extended Essay. This is an open invitation to all of grade 12.
If you would like to come along, please can I ask that you either bring your lunch with you or you go and get lunch and then come along within the first 15 minutes.
First session is today, Tuesday 17th November.
Supervisors – please insist that students that you are concerned about attend these sessions.
Green Team Vegetable Sale: Wednesday 4:00 PM
The Green Team will be hosting our second vegetable sale this Wednesday at 4:00 PM (as long as the weather cooperates with us!)
Last sale went fast, so get there on time! We will have fresh organic salad mixes available (10RMB each) and everything else 5 RMB which includes white radish and kong xin cai (water spinach). Possibly some carrots, micro radishes, tomatoes (ripe or green) and other various veggies that we will pick on the day.
For your information, the money raised helps us buy new tools, more organic fertilizers and seeds.
Congratulations to our SCISAC Soccer Teams
Girls won the 3rd place trophy and the boys were crowned Champions!! Well done to all the players and the coaches.
Language Acquisition
The words that ELL/English B students have most difficulty with are the academic, non-subject-specific words that occur across all disciplines; words like duration, indicate, similarity, furthermore, rate, etc. These words cause problems for two reasons:
- subject teachers generally assume that their students know these words and seldom teach them explicitly;
- most of the words are abstract, which makes them much more difficult to learn.
It will be useful to make explicit the meanings of some of the semi-technical vocabulary that reoccur in your subject. Without a strong academic vocabulary students will struggle to achieve success in your class.