New Life Café Lesson Plan

Contains a visual storyboard of the episode and many practice exercises for learners to do before, during and after watching each We Speak NYC episode.

A short story about one of the characters featured in the episode. Contains short, easy to read sentences for beginner-level learners.

Compilation of short clips to introduce learners to the characters featured in this episode.

Teacher handbook to be used in conjunction with We Speak NYC Study Guides to facilitate interactive practice in the classroom before and after showing an episode. Contains speaking, listening, reading and writing activities for teachers of mid- and upper-level students.

Images and a list of important words from each episode for building vocabulary and eliciting predictions before screening an episode.

Guidebook with discussion questions (Before-You-Watch questions and After-You-Watch questions) specific to the topic of each We Speak NYC episode.

Supplemental activities for beginner-level learners to be used with the My Name Is.. short story. Activities are designed to teach the English language skills students need to read and talk about the My Name Is.. short story.

Two chapters from an original forthcoming New Life Cafe novella (with the back-story you never knew...)

A New Life Café lesson set and project on food and nutrition, including: getting students talking about food and teaching to read and evaluate food advertisements and labels, and an introduction to local food and NYC's greenmarkets.

A series of posters to help promote better eating and exercise habits. The poster can help learners talk about the video, practice vocabulary and discuss healthy eating and exercise habits.