Welcome Parents 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.

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

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

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.

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.