What Is Turning Point? It’s a collection of flexible, comprehensive, competency-based material designed for ESL students in Secondary Cycle Two, Year Three.
ForDo Students I… Turning Point Competency Development and Text-based Grammar A user-friendly book that includes: five interesting, age-appropriate learning and evaluation situations. a variety of task and activity types that allow for development of all three ESL competencies. useful Talk About It rubrics to facilitate oral interaction about the themes and topics. notes columns for annotating texts and applying reading strategies. Writing Strategy pages in every chapter to help students start writing. an Extra Readings section that offers two levels for differentiation purposes. a mature approach to studying grammar, allowing for highly contextualized practice of 14 key grammar points. a reference section that allows students to more autonomously manage their strategies and resources.
What’s the Story A separate, beautifully illustrated collection of stories that: contains six stories, relating to the themes of the learning and evaluation situation in the book and one supplementary short story. includes before, during and after reading pedagogy. belongs to the students, allowing them to annotate the texts, and giving them a sense of ownership in their learning. Authors include Roald Dahl, M.E. Kerr, Jodi Picoult, Edwidge Danticat, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin
ForDo TEACHERS I… A complete Teacher’s Resource Book that includes: pedagogical notes and answer keys to both student components. reproducible material (with differentiated grammar practice). transcripts for the audio and video texts. a complete evaluation package, that includes: grammar quizzes, three evaluation situations, teacher’s observation sheets and student evaluation sheets. a CD and DVD set for the listening and viewing tasks, and the evaluation situations.
Components – Paper Version Turning Point Competency Development and Textbased Grammar Teacher’s Resource Book (including audio CD and DVD)
Components – Digital Version The Activity Book is available for students by subscription on MaZoneCEC.com. The Teacher’s Copy is available on USB Key or by subscription on MaZoneCEC.com. This digital version allows you to: project, take notes and flip through the complete content workbook. show answers at any time.
Why Turning Point? To provide a solid, user-friendly structure for the development of ESL competencies. To offer more flexibility and freedom of choice for the teacher. To provide an invaluable tool to help prepare students for their end-of-cycle evaluation situation.