Homework for an ESL Teacher

I've finally started responding, student-by-student, to the letters the students wrote on August 18.  I also responded to our ESL Coordinator about a student who has stronger skills than most in my ESL 140 class but failed 130 last year because he had to have an operation on a tumor in his nose.  He told me he had placed in ESL 140 but didn't like his teacher, and since three wasn't another ESL 140 section open, he took an ESL 130 class.  I listened to 25 more phone messages (assigned), and then I created more permanent groups for my ESL 142 sections--speaking and listening.

Still to do:

Grade the note cards used by ESL 132.  I give them 50 points just for putting notes in note form instead of creating note cards like a written report, but there are still those who write a report.  This time it's the professional soccer player.

Tomorrow morning I need to run off the BINGO game we'll play to review what we learned from the one-minute self-introductions.  Then I'll meet with a student who just added two of my classes today--an older student who seems to have something like Parkinson's.  He seems bright, and he came very well-prepared in the sense of having the papers to show his eligibility. 

I've got to remember my iPad with all the examples of genres of music!

I have about 14 more letters to respond to.

I need to transfer my notes on their telelphone messages from my notebook to note cards I had them create today.

I need to  listen to the last of the phone messages that were due no later than 6:00 PM tonight.  There are those who call at 5:55, and there are those who call at 9:30 PM or even the next day. 

I need to correct the very simple tests I gave on Noun Clauses.  All they had to do was circle the noun clauses in sentences I gave them, but most had no clue.  But Linh B. Tran knows!  So do Haley, Emily, and Karine.  Four out of 21!

After I finish responding to their letters, I want to work on the piece I'm writing about helping students in distress.