Wiki Assignment (Unit 12)

I didn't realize we only needed 5 entries. For some reason I thought we needed more. I discovered it was only five after I entered all the information into the table. So I decided to send it all. I hope you are able to use some of them for your future ESL classrooms!

Topic	Name	Website or Activity	Description	How this supports Language Acquisition
Phonemics:	Elizabeth Moore	http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/segment.html	Children learn to count the sounds in a word by stretching out the sounds with a large rubber band. . For example Can you count the syllables or the word pats in MMMMMAAAAAAANNN Then say it fast man	This helps the students learn about word parts and sounds.
Phonemics	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G2-3/2-3PA_3.pdf	Manipulate phonemes in words It has 6 lessons to teach phonemics and has lessons from easy to harder. Also gives you a cute shark concept to think about beginning middle and end sounds.	This shows students how sounds in words are the same and how if you know the sound in some words you can figure out an unknown word by breaking it down.
Morphology	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.phillipsspeechtherapy.com/pdfs/Activities%20in%20Morphology.pdf	The activities on this website are designed to assist the instructor in meeting the following learning objects 1. Increase knowledge of base words and deviational suffixes 2. Increase reading comprehension abilities through the application of morphological analysis strategies	This helps students understand about base words and how adding certain meanings or prefixes change the words meanings.
Morphology	Elizabeth Moore	http://literacyreference.edublogs.org/morphology/	I liked this site because it had a paragraph about how morphology impact ESL learners.	Lets the students know the structure and form of words.
Semantics and Morphology	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/framework1.cgi?andor=and&element=semantics&sortby=element&source=	This website has 8 hands on activates for the students t learn about semantics and morphology. Each activity has the activity title, cognitive element, activity and notes, reader type, language, and the source.	This lets the learner understand language by completing a hands on activities
Semantic	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/guided-comprehension-knowing-words-240.html	Guided Comprehension: Knowing how words work using semantic features analysis. It is for grade 3 through 6. It has worksheets and taking information from folktales, myths and fables.	This helps the learner with reading comprehension.
Sociolinguistics	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdcHF0rPhkY&feature=related	An interesting two-minute video that shows you the new and modern way people are communicating with each other. This might be a nice video to open a lesson to or to end one.	This lets the learner see different ways to express thoughts.
Sociolinguistics	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.cfkeep.org/html/stitch.php?s=16037422061001&id=5675672288682	Understanding the basic structure of the English language including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.  Also has a section for second language learners.	This website helps the child understand all the rules of the language.
Socio-linguistics	Elizabeth Moore	http://lteacherstoolbox.blogspot.com/2010/11/african-american-english.html	Several ideas to use in the classroom to teach sociolinguistics. It talks about using the PBS special called American Tongues or Do you Speak American? To bring up African American English and how it all impacts your life.	This uses video media to talk about how different types of language affect our language.
Pragmatics	Elizabeth Moore	http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/pdf/pr/pragmatics-activity-spanish.pdf	This is an actual lesson plan for the beginner to intermediate Spanish speaker learner to work on their pragmatics. The learner should have a good vocabulary.	This introduces or reviews the different styles of English and how it is used
Pragmatics	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/compliments/lessonplan.html	A website with a lesson plan to focus on teaching compliments to the ESL students. The goal of the lesson is to raise the learner’s awareness about pragmatic rules, observe native English speakers behavior, and help the learner in the speech acts.	This introduces or reviews the different styles of English and how it is used
Pragmatics	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Social_Skills_Pragmatics.html	A website with many materials to use for communication lesson plans	This introduces or reviews the different styles of English and how it is used
Semantics	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/internalization-vocabulary-through-word-307.html	This provides the student with a concrete way to learn vocabulary. It develops definitional and contextual  for words	This broadens the students’ vocabulary.
Phonics	Elizabeth Moore	http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/phonics-context-304.html?tab=4#tabs	Students will listen to a story while learning about another cultural and studying the short u sound.	The student will learn about short vowel sounds.
Phonics	Elizabeth Moore	http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/diddle-diddle-generating-rhymes-216.html?tab=1#tabs	Students will be aware of rhymes and other visual similarities in words.	The student realizes words can be similar in sounds and spellings.
Syntax	Elizabeth Moore	http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/sentence-poem-246.html	Students will use twenty words or less in a sentence to describe a picture. Then they will analyzes a one-sentence poem and discuss what makes it a poem.	This allows students to dissect poems and figure out the genre of poetry.
Syntax	Elizabeth Moore	http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/what-poetry-contrasting-poetry-30738.html	This lesson uses poetry to encourage critical thinking and reading. The students analyze the differences in poems structures.	This allows students to look at poetry closer and realize all the English structures in it.