Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
For the first 30 minutes of class, we will work have time for a study session. Please use this time wisely to get caught up with anything owed for the first six weeks of class.
After our study time, we will continue in our unit on persuasion. We will focus on vocabulary. We are going to make "emotion" charts. Some of the words we will use are:
frustrated
surprised
excited
delighted
bored
anxious
upset
worried
shocked
appalled
preoccupied
lonely
resilient
despondent
Think about a time when you or your friends felt any of these emotions. As you present the chart, share an example.
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
For the first 30 minutes of class, we will work have time for a study session. Please use this time wisely to get caught up with anything owed for the first six weeks of class.
Today we are going to example articles and use the following sentence frames to re-tell the authors arguments:
One example that supports this is ______.
One argument in favor of / against this ____ is _________.
The explicit message is ____, but the implicit message is ____.
Based on the evidence, ____.
Vocabulary:
implicit
explicity
asserts
supports
Vocabulary Review:
The elements of persuasion: pathos (emotion), logos (logic), credibility (ethos)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Things Fall Apart Link
As we study Things Fall Apart, by Achebe, we will use the following website to complete our research:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/things/thingsg1.html
You can click on the link or copy and paste. Please pay attention to what part of the lesson we are going through before you travel throughout the different links.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/things/thingsg1.html
You can click on the link or copy and paste. Please pay attention to what part of the lesson we are going through before you travel throughout the different links.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
ELPA Test Prep/Semester 1 Final
Welcome to the ELPA test prep/Semester 1 Final
One this webpage you will see questions that are similar to the ones that will appear on your ELPA exam. For the written portion of the test, please write your answer on a piece of paper to be turned in at the end of the period. Please answer all questions completely. For the speaking portion, you will meet one-on-one with Mrs. Fisher. While you are waiting for the speaking portion, you may study for other finals, but there is to be no talking.
Question 1
In a single sentence, describe what the children are doing.
Question 2
A. Golden Retriever
B. Pit Bull
C. Poodle
D. Chihuahua
Question 3
Please complete the sentence.
Tomorrow we ____________ another final.
A. took
B. will take
C. taking
D. takes
Questions 4-10
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.
“Cacti”
The cactus is a plant which grows in very hot, dry places. They do not have leaves. Instead, they have spiny needles which stick out of their stems. There are many shapes of the cactus. Some are small and round. Others are tall like columns or pillars. Some are shaped like tubes or bells. Some are shaped like wheels. Some grow as trees or shrubs. Others grow as ground cover. Cactus flowers are big, and some of them bloom at night. Their flowers come out at night because they are pollinated by insects or small animals that come out at night. Insects and small animals carry pollen from one cactus to another.
Most cacti live in North and South America. Others live in Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka.
Cacti do not have very large leaves because large leaves would allow the water to evaporate. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid to a gas. When it becomes a gas, it is light enough to move through the air. That would be bad for the cactus because the cactus needs the water to live.
Some cacti have waxy coatings on their stems, so that water will run down the stem to the roots. Cacti can absorb water from fog in the air, since it does not rain very much in the desert. Most cacti have long roots which can spread out close to the surface so they can absorb a lot of water on the occasions when it rains.
4. What do cacti have instead of leaves?
A. Stems
B. Tubes
C. Pillars
D. Needles
5. Where do most cacti grow?
A. North and South America
B. Southern Europe
C. Antarctica
D. Asia
6. Pillars are…
A. small balls.
B. long tubes.
C. tall columns.
D. Both A and C
7. When cacti bloom…
A. their flowers fall off.
B. their flowers come out.
C. they are eaten by insects.
D. they are eaten by small animals.
8. When cacti are pollinated, their pollen…
A. is carried from one cactus to another.
B. is eaten by small animals.
C. is eaten by insects.
D. Both B and C are correct.
9. When water evaporates, it…
A. changes from gas to liquid.
B. changes from liquid to gas.
C. changes from liquid to solid.
D. is absorbed by the stem of the cactus.
10. A synonym for “absorb” is…
A. soak up.
B. drink in.
C. consume.
D. All of the above
11. Tell about your favorite class in school. What is it and why is it your favorite?
Questions 12-21
“United States Postal Service”
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.
The United States Postal Service (also known as USPS, the Post Office, informally as the P.O., or the U.S. Mail) is the third largest employer in the United States, after the Department of Defense and Wal–Mart. It employs over 785,000 workers in over 14,000 U.S. postal facilities.
The Postal Service has certainly grown and changed since 1775 when the first Postmaster General – Benjamin Franklin – was named to head the Post Office Department, the forerunner of the current USPS. At that time, members of the Second Continental Congress agreed that the Postmaster General headquarters, or most important offices, would be stationed in Philadelphia, and that the Postmaster would be paid $1,000 a year for his or her service.
As the country grew westward, it became necessary for the railroad system to carry the mail. The Railway Mail Service (RMS) was initiated in 1862. The RMS workers sorted mail on the train, and became some of the fastest workers in the system. They sorted about 600 pieces of mail per hour. All the mail had to be sorted before the train reached the first stop, since some of the mail was destined for that first stop on the route.
By 1918, the Post office took over air mail from the U.S. Army. The first airplanes used in U.S. air mail were surplus planes from World War I. The Post Office started with only four pilots flying these leftover planes in August 1 918, but by the end of that year, the Post Office had hired 36 more pilots. By 1920, over 49 million air mail letters had been delivered.
The Post Office has used alternate methods of transmission during its history. It owned and operated the first telegraph lines from 1884 to 1887 – when the lines were privatized. It utilized “V–Mail” (Victory Mail) during World War II when U.S. military mail was put on microfilm in the U.S. and printed near its destination, in order to save space on military transport. During the 1980s, Electronic Computer Originated Mail, called ECOM, was used for some bulk mailings. Computer generated mail was printed near its destination, and bore a blue ECOM logo on its special envelopes.
In 1970, the Postal Reorganization Act, signed by President Richard Nixon, replaced the Post Office Department (a Cabinet–level department) with the independent US Postal Service.
The independent US Postal Service has streamlined its workload and modernized operations. Today’s multi–line optical character readers (MLOCRs) can read the entire address on an envelope, print a barcode on the envelope, and sort the mail at the rate of nine letters per second. The zip code + 4, a four digit code added to the end of the existing 5–digit code, has decreased the number of times a piece of mail needs to be handled. Special barcode sorters assign an 11–digit zip code to each address, apply a barcode to each letter, and sort the mail in order of delivery.
The Postal Service has installed automated customer–service equipment in lobbies, and is planning to automate even more of its work, including more machines which will process parcels and forwarded mail.
The price of a first–class stamp - recently approved at 44 cents and good for up to one–ounce domestic mail - seems relatively inexpensive compared to its predecessor; the first U.S. postage stamp, issued in 1847. The first stamps, adorned with a picture of Benjamin Franklin, sold for 5 cents apiece.
They were used for letters weighing less than one ounce with a travel distance of less than 300 miles. By way of comparison, pay records available for the 1890s indicate that a typical year’s pay for a schoolteacher was around $500, or 10,000 times the price of a stamp. Stamp prices then seem relatively high when compared to today’s average teacher pay, in the $40,000 per–year range, or about
1,000,000 times the price of a postage stamp!
Questions:
12. What is another name for the United States Post Office?
A. The P.O.
B. The U.S.A. Mail
C. The Ministry of Mail
D. The Mail Department
E. The U.S.A. Postal Department
13. How much did Benjamin Franklin earn as Postmaster General?
A. $100 per year
B. $500 per year
C. $1000 per year
D. $14,000 per year
E. $40,000 per year
14. What technological innovation did the Post Office use during World War II?
A. Telegraph lines
B. Surplus airplanes
C. Mail on microfilm
D. Computer–originated mail
E. Multi–line optical readers
15. When was the Post Office removed from the Executive Cabinet?
A. 1847
B. 1918
C. 1920
D. 1970
E. None of the above
16. What acronym was used for the system of transporting mail by rail?
A. RMS
B. USPS
C. ECOM
D. MLOCRs
E. None of the above
Vocabulary:
17. The best synonym for headquarters is…
A. employer.
B. postmaster.
C. main office.
D. mainstream.
E. central hub.
18. When you sort items, you …
A. collect them.
B. unify them.
C. arrange them.
D. organize them.
E. Both C and D are correct.
19. Which is the best synonym for surplus?
A. Superfluous.
B. Antiquated.
C. Military.
D. Damaged.
E. Pristine.
20. The best synonym for streamlined is…
A. Made more durable.
B. Made more popular.
C. Made more efficient.
D. Made more expensive.
E. Both A and C are correct.
21. To automate is to …
A. mechanize.
B. make automatic.
C. accomplish by machine.
D. All of the above.
E. Both B and C are correct.
22. Listen and choose the correct answer
A. Take out your notes
B. Take out your writing utensils
C. Take out your homework
D. Take out a piece of paper and a writing utensil
23. Fill in the correct answer
I __________ called when I was late.
A. should
B. have
C. should have
D. shouldda
Speaking portion
1. Simple Sentence
2. Tell a story about someone in your family.
3. Explain what is going on in the picture.
One this webpage you will see questions that are similar to the ones that will appear on your ELPA exam. For the written portion of the test, please write your answer on a piece of paper to be turned in at the end of the period. Please answer all questions completely. For the speaking portion, you will meet one-on-one with Mrs. Fisher. While you are waiting for the speaking portion, you may study for other finals, but there is to be no talking.
Question 1
Question 2
A. Golden Retriever
B. Pit Bull
C. Poodle
D. Chihuahua
Question 3
Please complete the sentence.
Tomorrow we ____________ another final.
A. took
B. will take
C. taking
D. takes
Questions 4-10
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.
“Cacti”
The cactus is a plant which grows in very hot, dry places. They do not have leaves. Instead, they have spiny needles which stick out of their stems. There are many shapes of the cactus. Some are small and round. Others are tall like columns or pillars. Some are shaped like tubes or bells. Some are shaped like wheels. Some grow as trees or shrubs. Others grow as ground cover. Cactus flowers are big, and some of them bloom at night. Their flowers come out at night because they are pollinated by insects or small animals that come out at night. Insects and small animals carry pollen from one cactus to another.
Most cacti live in North and South America. Others live in Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka.
Cacti do not have very large leaves because large leaves would allow the water to evaporate. When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid to a gas. When it becomes a gas, it is light enough to move through the air. That would be bad for the cactus because the cactus needs the water to live.
Some cacti have waxy coatings on their stems, so that water will run down the stem to the roots. Cacti can absorb water from fog in the air, since it does not rain very much in the desert. Most cacti have long roots which can spread out close to the surface so they can absorb a lot of water on the occasions when it rains.
4. What do cacti have instead of leaves?
A. Stems
B. Tubes
C. Pillars
D. Needles
5. Where do most cacti grow?
A. North and South America
B. Southern Europe
C. Antarctica
D. Asia
6. Pillars are…
A. small balls.
B. long tubes.
C. tall columns.
D. Both A and C
7. When cacti bloom…
A. their flowers fall off.
B. their flowers come out.
C. they are eaten by insects.
D. they are eaten by small animals.
8. When cacti are pollinated, their pollen…
A. is carried from one cactus to another.
B. is eaten by small animals.
C. is eaten by insects.
D. Both B and C are correct.
9. When water evaporates, it…
A. changes from gas to liquid.
B. changes from liquid to gas.
C. changes from liquid to solid.
D. is absorbed by the stem of the cactus.
10. A synonym for “absorb” is…
A. soak up.
B. drink in.
C. consume.
D. All of the above
11. Tell about your favorite class in school. What is it and why is it your favorite?
“United States Postal Service”
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.
The United States Postal Service (also known as USPS, the Post Office, informally as the P.O., or the U.S. Mail) is the third largest employer in the United States, after the Department of Defense and Wal–Mart. It employs over 785,000 workers in over 14,000 U.S. postal facilities.
The Postal Service has certainly grown and changed since 1775 when the first Postmaster General – Benjamin Franklin – was named to head the Post Office Department, the forerunner of the current USPS. At that time, members of the Second Continental Congress agreed that the Postmaster General headquarters, or most important offices, would be stationed in Philadelphia, and that the Postmaster would be paid $1,000 a year for his or her service.
As the country grew westward, it became necessary for the railroad system to carry the mail. The Railway Mail Service (RMS) was initiated in 1862. The RMS workers sorted mail on the train, and became some of the fastest workers in the system. They sorted about 600 pieces of mail per hour. All the mail had to be sorted before the train reached the first stop, since some of the mail was destined for that first stop on the route.
By 1918, the Post office took over air mail from the U.S. Army. The first airplanes used in U.S. air mail were surplus planes from World War I. The Post Office started with only four pilots flying these leftover planes in August 1 918, but by the end of that year, the Post Office had hired 36 more pilots. By 1920, over 49 million air mail letters had been delivered.
The Post Office has used alternate methods of transmission during its history. It owned and operated the first telegraph lines from 1884 to 1887 – when the lines were privatized. It utilized “V–Mail” (Victory Mail) during World War II when U.S. military mail was put on microfilm in the U.S. and printed near its destination, in order to save space on military transport. During the 1980s, Electronic Computer Originated Mail, called ECOM, was used for some bulk mailings. Computer generated mail was printed near its destination, and bore a blue ECOM logo on its special envelopes.
In 1970, the Postal Reorganization Act, signed by President Richard Nixon, replaced the Post Office Department (a Cabinet–level department) with the independent US Postal Service.
The independent US Postal Service has streamlined its workload and modernized operations. Today’s multi–line optical character readers (MLOCRs) can read the entire address on an envelope, print a barcode on the envelope, and sort the mail at the rate of nine letters per second. The zip code + 4, a four digit code added to the end of the existing 5–digit code, has decreased the number of times a piece of mail needs to be handled. Special barcode sorters assign an 11–digit zip code to each address, apply a barcode to each letter, and sort the mail in order of delivery.
The Postal Service has installed automated customer–service equipment in lobbies, and is planning to automate even more of its work, including more machines which will process parcels and forwarded mail.
The price of a first–class stamp - recently approved at 44 cents and good for up to one–ounce domestic mail - seems relatively inexpensive compared to its predecessor; the first U.S. postage stamp, issued in 1847. The first stamps, adorned with a picture of Benjamin Franklin, sold for 5 cents apiece.
They were used for letters weighing less than one ounce with a travel distance of less than 300 miles. By way of comparison, pay records available for the 1890s indicate that a typical year’s pay for a schoolteacher was around $500, or 10,000 times the price of a stamp. Stamp prices then seem relatively high when compared to today’s average teacher pay, in the $40,000 per–year range, or about
1,000,000 times the price of a postage stamp!
Questions:
12. What is another name for the United States Post Office?
A. The P.O.
B. The U.S.A. Mail
C. The Ministry of Mail
D. The Mail Department
E. The U.S.A. Postal Department
13. How much did Benjamin Franklin earn as Postmaster General?
A. $100 per year
B. $500 per year
C. $1000 per year
D. $14,000 per year
E. $40,000 per year
14. What technological innovation did the Post Office use during World War II?
A. Telegraph lines
B. Surplus airplanes
C. Mail on microfilm
D. Computer–originated mail
E. Multi–line optical readers
15. When was the Post Office removed from the Executive Cabinet?
A. 1847
B. 1918
C. 1920
D. 1970
E. None of the above
16. What acronym was used for the system of transporting mail by rail?
A. RMS
B. USPS
C. ECOM
D. MLOCRs
E. None of the above
Vocabulary:
17. The best synonym for headquarters is…
A. employer.
B. postmaster.
C. main office.
D. mainstream.
E. central hub.
18. When you sort items, you …
A. collect them.
B. unify them.
C. arrange them.
D. organize them.
E. Both C and D are correct.
19. Which is the best synonym for surplus?
A. Superfluous.
B. Antiquated.
C. Military.
D. Damaged.
E. Pristine.
20. The best synonym for streamlined is…
A. Made more durable.
B. Made more popular.
C. Made more efficient.
D. Made more expensive.
E. Both A and C are correct.
21. To automate is to …
A. mechanize.
B. make automatic.
C. accomplish by machine.
D. All of the above.
E. Both B and C are correct.
22. Listen and choose the correct answer
A. Take out your notes
B. Take out your writing utensils
C. Take out your homework
D. Take out a piece of paper and a writing utensil
23. Fill in the correct answer
I __________ called when I was late.
A. should
B. have
C. should have
D. shouldda
Speaking portion
1. Simple Sentence
2. Tell a story about someone in your family.
3. Explain what is going on in the picture.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Welcome & Navigating the Website
Welcome to the Sprague ELD website.
Here you will find important information about the ELD course at Sprague. For now, please review the syllabus. This site will soon be updated with homework assignments and various resources to assist in the journey of English Language Development.
Eng
Here you will find important information about the ELD course at Sprague. For now, please review the syllabus. This site will soon be updated with homework assignments and various resources to assist in the journey of English Language Development.
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