Abraham Lincoln High School

ESL/Bilingual Department Meeting

Minutes

4/28/2005

Present: Fang, F; Irving, G; Chan, C; Collins, R; Frediani, J; Mok, S; Silberberg, M; Zilch, E

1. Feedback of the district's draft on program description and textbook recommendation

- Would like to recommend Exploring English 1-4 published by Pearson Longman rather than Shinning Star for ELD 1-4.

- Jamestown and Penguin Readers are not textbooks. Therefore, they are not good choices for reading program. There are good textbooks/anthologies available for that purpose.

- Voices in Literature should be used for higher levels; not lower levels. Lower level Voices in Literature are perceived as silly by students. They become embarrassed.

2. WASC tasks:

- Each member of each focus group needs to ask the department where and how to get the evidence that he/she is supposed to get.

- Departmental task: gather student work samples to reflect how well students learn when compare to our ELD standards. Two teachers turned in their products: Irving and Mok.

[ Home ] [ Up ]

Copyright © 2001- 2005 Abraham Lincoln High School ESL/Bilingual Department
Last modified: May 17, 2005