SUMMER
ASSIGNMENTS
Preparing for LEVEL 3
Table of Contents
1. Summer Assignments Introduction
2. Experiential Activities: activities related to topics we will study.
3. On-line and Media Activities: grammar, reading, writing, speaking,
listening, vocabulary
4. Reading, Writing, Grammar and Vocabulary Practice: keep your skills
sharp and develop new skills you will need for ESOL 3
Introduction: Summer Assignments
Why?
If you practice your English and learning skills over the summer, you will return to
school ready to move forward in all of your classes. You will avoid losing what you
have learned. You won’t have to struggle to remember or catch up. You will be able
to focus on learning and growing.
What do I have to do?
Make a plan and stick to it.
Show this packet to your parent or guardian.
Choose and schedule at least one experiential learning activity with your friends or
family.
Set aside a little time every day to do something in this packet.
Think about our first them: Together As One
What does this mean to you?
How is it connected to all your summer activities?
Practice speaking English as much as you can all summer.
Look for opportunities to speak English.
Practice using the grammar in the activities.
Share this packet with your family, then practice together.
Watch TV, and listen to the radio and to music in English.
Use the online resources to practice and learn.
Complete this package:
Complete all of the attached activities.
Bring your completed work to the first day of school. You will receive your first grade
of the next school year for completing the assignments.
Learn from experience:
Choose at least one experience from the attached list. We live in an area with
wonderful resources for learning and growing.
Share your experience with your class for your second grade of the year.
How can I communicate?
Contact Ms. Molyneaux at: Rita_E_Molyneaux@mcpsmd.org OR on Facebook. I may not respond
quickly if I am travelling, but I will contact you as soon as I can.
Contact Ms. Zolkower in the ESOL Office often this summer. You can call (240)497-6383, or e-
mail her at Galit_Zolkower@mcpsmd.org
This assignment is on the BCC web site.
Click on Academics
Click on ESOL
Find the summer assignments
Section 1
Experiential Activities
Have an interesting experience.
You will have fun and you will remember well when you do things. This Section
has many interesting things to do – and most are free! You can do all these
activities with your friends or family.
What do I have to do?
1. Choose at least one of the activities on the list. If you want to do
something else, contact Ms. Molyneaux or Mrs. Zolkower for approval.
2. Check the website to find directions and times.
3. Go to the place or event.
4. Get something to share (a program, a photograph, a souvenir…) that is
interesting to you.
5. Prepare to describe your visit in class.
6. Write a well-developed paragraph about your experience.
i. Give information about where you went and the reason you
chose it.
ii. Describe, and analyze one thing you saw there that was
meaningful to you. Explain why you care about it. Tell
how it is related to the idea of “together as one.”
iii. Evaluate the experience. Would you recommend this place
to others? Explain why or why not.
Where?
Visit the Library of Congress One place to keep all our resources.
http://www.loc.gov/visit/tours/
Attend an event ( reading, lecture, concert) at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/index.php?mode=detail&date=1275364800
Visit the Organization of American States Headquarters and Art Museum. Attend
one of their events.
http://www.oas.org/en/events/cultural_events.asp
Visit the embassy of your native country.
Visit the Renwick Gallery to see American Crafts and the Art of Gaman
http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/
Visit the Freer, Sackler, or African Art Museums cultures together as one
http://www.asia.si.edu/
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/
Visit the Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 24–28 andJuly 1–5, 2010 – Free! – or -
Volunteer for SSL hours!
http://www.festival.si.edu/
Visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History American culture – many people
together as one
http://americanhistory.si.edu/index.cfm
Visit the Museum of American Art and The National Portrait Gallery
http://americanart.si.edu/
http://www.npg.si.edu/
Visit memorials to people who did things together as one: police, military. You could
visit all of these in one day.
http://njamf.com/
http://www.nleomf.com/
http://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/kowa/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/wwii/index.htm
http://www.womensmemorial.org/
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/usmc.htm
Visit the National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Visit the U.S. Holocaust Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/
Are you going to New York? Visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
Visit your local library: Whether you live in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or Silver Spring,
there is a library near you. Get a library card if you don’t have one. Use their
computers – for FREE!
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/libraries/index.asp
Attend FREE concerts in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville and Strathmore Music
Center (FREE summer concerts on Wednesday nights)
http://www.downtownbethesda.com/
http://www.silverspringcenter.com/
http://www.rockvillemd.gov/
http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar.asp?m=6&y=2010&f=g&s=
Section 2
On-line and Media Adventures
Assignment:
Use a variety of media to support your English skills, and learn more about
topics you will study this year.
The theme we will study in the first unit is “Together as One.” In your
own words, explain what this means. You can use examples from your
media adventures to help explain their meaning.
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If you can print the activities, make a print-out to show your work.
Create a resource list to show which of the following media sources you
used. Use the samples at the end of this section to see how to do this,
or the Media Center can help you:
o Go to the BCC website
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bcchs/
o Click on “Media Center.”
o click on “Bibliography & Notes” to find more information.
Vocabulary and Grammar Web Sites:
Activities for ESL: http://a4esl.org/
Dave’s ESL Café: http://www.eslcafe.com/
English Online Interactive: http://englishinteractive.net/vocabulary.html
Capital Community College, Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Leo Network (British English) (includes an audio chatline) Warning! British
English! http://www.learnenglish.de/
Purdue University’s OWL site.
Instruction: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/
Exercises: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/
U.S. Department of Education: http://www.usalearns.org
University of Victoria “Study Zone”
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/
On-line Connections
We will study ideas about how people are together as one in many ways. These sites
will help you think about this theme.
Your home country’s web site
http://www.haiti.org View the picture gallery
CIA World Factbook: Look up your country. In the first unit, the main character’s
mother is from Scotland, and her father is from Viet Nam. Look them up too.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
The United Nations: http://www.un.org/
CultureGrams: Look up your country. In the first unit, the main character’s mother is
from Scotland, and her father is from Viet Nam. Look up these countries too.
http://online.culturegrams.com/
The U.S. Census website
Click on “How It Works”, “Why It’s Important”, and the videos
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
Authors:
Lensey Namioka, the author of “Half and Half” http://www.lensey.com/home.html
Laurence Yet, the author of “We Are All One” Watch his video interview!
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/yep
Brain-Pop: especially the English section
http://www.brainpop.com/ Username: BCCesol Password: ESOL406
Gori Girl – A list of many kinds of media about intercultural relationships.
http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-relationship-resources#Nonfiction%20Books
Films
Check at your library or the ESOL Office to borrow copies for free.
You can find information for the bibliography online.
The Wizard of Oz
Peter Pan
Glory
The Joy Luck Club
Local Hero
Davey’s Girl
My Life So Far
Loch Ness
Avatar
MLA Works Cited Examples & Templates
Television or radio program:
"The Cause: 1861" Civil War. Produced by Ken Burns. PBS. 22 September 2002.
Prairie Home Companion. Narr. Garrison Keillor. National Public Radio. WETA.
Washington. 20 Sept. 2002.
Movie, Film, or Video:
Film Title. Director. Performers: Firstname Lastname, Firstname Lastname, and
Firstname Lastname. Production Company, Copyright Year.
Schindler’s List. Dir. Steven Speilberg. Perf.: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph
Fiennes. Universal Pictures, 1993.
Web Site on the Internet:
Lastname, Firstname. “Web Page Title.” Full Web Site Title. Day Month Year (of
page revision). Affiliated Organization. Day Month Year (of your access)
Baczkowski, Brian. “THS Media Center.” Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Web
Site. 31 May Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. 10 August 2006
“Airline Terror Plot 'Close to Execution.’” CNN.com. 2006. Cable News Network.
10 August 2006
Newspaper Online
Bowie, Liz. "City Struggles to Fill 1,200 Teaching Jobs." Baltimore Sun on the Web. 5
July 2006. 12 July 2006 .
Section 3
Practice Reading, Writing, Grammar & Vocabulary
Assignment:
These activities will keep your English reading, writing, grammar and
vocabulary skills sharp.
They will take time, so plan to work on them a little every day.
Read the directions carefully.
Do all of the work.
Turn them in on the first day of school.