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Welcome Parents Lesson Plan

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Study Guide for Welcome Parents

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.

Intermediate

My Name Is Fatima

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

Beginner

Meet the Characters for Welcome Parents

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

Beginner

Languages We Speak for Welcome Parents

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.

Intermediate

Images and Words for Welcome Parents

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

Intermediate

Discussion Questions for Welcome Parents

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

Intermediate

Additional Activities for My Name Is Fatima

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.

Beginner

Facilitator-Created Resources

Pre-Reading Activities To Accompany My Name Is Fatima

Pre-reading activities to accompany My Name Is Fatima, a low-level reader adapted from "Welcome Parents"

Beginner

Handbook for Engagement in a Child's Education

The Parent Handbook, a guide for parental engagement in a child's educatiion created by Jackie Lee's students in Fall 2009.

Intermediate

Lesson Set for Creating a Parent Handbook

Complete lesson set on "Welcome Parents," including: questioning skills, problem-solving activitiies, interviews on websites, reviewing websites with certain criteria, researching reasources for parents, and how students can create a handbook of resources for parents.

Intermediate

Video Techniques for Intermediate-Level Learners

Two lessons on video techniques with "Welcome Parents" (that can be adapted for use with any WSNYC episode), including: previewing scenes with the sound and subtitles off and assigning specific viewing tasks to students.

Intermediate

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