Theater for ESL Students

Educational Theater of New York is presenting "The Gioconda Smile" by Aldous Huxley, especially designed for students of English as a Second Language. The story is adapted in short scenes, after each scene is presented the action stops and the Presenter engages the students in a conversation about the issues they just saw, then the students have the opportunity to ask the scene to be repeated for further understanding or to continue to the next.

After the play is completed the students can ask questions to the characters about their actions during the play.

ETNY empowers the students to be in control for their understanding, pre and post-performance  lesson plans could be found at www.etnyarts.org.

The play opens Tuesday November 5 at 10 am,  

Wednesday Nov. 6 at 6:30 pm, 

Thursday Nov. 7 at 10 am and 6:30 pm, 

Friday Nov. 8 at 10 am, 

Monday Nov. 11 at 10 am and 6:30 pm, and 

Tuesday Nov. 12 at 10 am.

To make reservations or further information info@etnyarts.org or 646-733-7685. Tickets are $15.

Spanish Language Educational Workshops

The New-York Historical Society Museum & Library

  Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte: Talleres Educativos para las Familias

Open to:  Spanish-speaking families

Events: October 5, 2013 through May 10, 2014; one Saturday afternoon per month, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location:  New-York Historical Society; 170 Central Park West

 The New-York Historical Society Museum and Library invites Spanish-speaking families to participate in their second annual Spanish language educational workshops, which allow families to tour the New-York Historical Society’s galleries and conclude with original art-making and other hands-on activities.  These educational workshops are free with museum admission. The price for admission has been reduced to $5 per participant for this special program and is good for a full day; scholarships are available for families who need financial assistance.

 For more information, including a workshop session calendar, please e-mail Rosa Tejada at rosa.tejada@nyhistory.org.

10/19 Speaking & Listening Homework

Be prepared with your resume next week and be able to talk about yourself in front of the class.
If you can bring in a few copies of your resume that would be helpful, or send it to my email and I will print them out for class.

S&L followup 10/12

Today we had an interesting conversation about high fructose corn syrup.  I did a little 'googling' and came up with some interesting reading:

1.  A doctor wrote this article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/high-fructose-corn-syrup-dangers_b_861913.html

2. and this is from Dr. Mercola about foods americans eat that should be banned:
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11944-banned-foods.html

10/19 Reading&Writing Homework

These are the questions we discussed at the end of class.  Write a paragraph about them for EXTRA CREDIT  :}

1.     According to the information in the selection, what is Vingo’s attitude toward his wife?  What else do you learn about her at the conclusion of the story. 

2.    Why do you think the young people first became interested In Vingo?  How do you think their attitude about him changed after they head learned his story?

 
For homework write 1 paragraph:

Many people are thrilled, some even to tears, by this story.  How did you react when you first read it?  Why do you think ‘The Yellow Ribbon” has such a powerful effect on readers?

 

Start to Read the Story on Page 83 - Do It Better
Remember the reading strategies we discussed last week:
read/underline words
read again
read again -does it make more sense now?
look up the vocabulary if you dont know the word from context
 

 

 

Speaking & Listening Students:

On 11/16 our classroom is not available so I was considering a field trip instead.   Has anyone gone to the Tenement Museum?
http://www.tenement.org/groups.php


I think it would be interesting to learn about how our city was formed and give us lots of listening practice.  Look at the guide below and let me know below if it sounds interesting.
http://www.tenement.org/files/group/SchoolGroupGuide.pdf

****I have heard back from them- they can give us a tour on  11/16- it is the Then & Now Walking Tour (maximum 25 people) from  10 to 12pm.  The cost would be $12 per student and $14 per adult.

metropolitan museum of art/Moma cinema

*jewish museum at 91st and madison.