Gaithersburg High School ESOL Common Tasks: ESOL 1 | ESOL 2 | ESOL 3 | ESOL 4 | ESOL 5 |
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GHS Technology Standards: Hardware and Software Skills, Research using Technology Resources, Communication Tools
National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETS): 1, 2, 3, 4
ESOL 1 Technology Common Task Lesson Guide
Teacher demonstrates how to: (PowerPoint Tutorial)
UNIT ONE Common Task:
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Language Goals: Simple present, where questions, verb: to be, possessives
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Students create "My Place in the World" PowerPoint presentations using the template
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Students print out notes page of their presentations and practice their presentations with peers
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Students present their presentations
UNIT TWO Common Task:
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Language Goals: Simple present, frequency adverbs, adjectives, possessives, word order, articles
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Students create "Three of my Friends" PowerPoint presentations using the template
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Students print out notes page of their presentations and practice their presentations with peers
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Students present their presentations
UNIT THREE Common Task:
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Students create "My Career Plans" PowerPoint presentations using the template
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Students print out notes page of their presentations and practice their presentations with peers
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Students present their presentations
UNIT FOUR Common Task:
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Students create "My Autobiography" PowerPoint presentations using the template
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Students print out notes page of their presentations and practice their presentations with peers
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Students present their presentations


ESOL 3 Common Task Guide:
UNIT ONE Common Task: PowerPoint Music Video
UNIT TWO Common Task: Web Page Unit
UNIT THREE Common Task: Sees Behind Trees PowerPoint and Essay
UNIT FOUR Common Task: Inventors WebQuest


ESOL 4 Common Task Guide:
UNIT ONE Common Task:
- Using Microsoft PowerPoint, create a multimedia presentation demonstrating the relationship beween clothing and personal styly at Gaithersburg High School
- Using Microsoft Word, write a multi-paragraph essay analyzing how clothing and literary style communicate meaning.
UNIT TWO Common Task:
- Fugitive Slave Law Webquest
UNIT THREE Common Task:
- Using Microsoft PowerPoint, create a comic strip about an important personal relationship
- Write a short story using dialogue about an important personal relationship based on the comic strip
UNIT FOUR Common Task:

General Resources: ESOL Writing Rubric | Timer | A Guide for Writing Research Papers | Text Analyzer | Dictionary Translator