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Madame Yak

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Les Mini-Pièces: Une activité de drame /...

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Les Éléments d'Art: French Art Elements Activity

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Beginner French Comics with Skits and Activities

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Mneumonic Alphabet with Embedded Sounds

By Madame Yak

Show beginning letter sounds with a lowercase English alphabet that uses embedded images and original illustrations. With related picture cues, new readers make fast links to first sounds. Great for home or school. 8 1/2 x 11" colour poster.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Posters

$2.50

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Conversations about Idioms for intermediate ESL/ELL

By Madame Yak

Idioms are challenging for newcomers to English. These printables, (great for speaking and conversation practice), show 6 - 8 idioms on themes of personality, family, friends, time, greatness, bad things and animals. By checking sample sentences,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Adult Education

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

$4.25

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How To Sew a Face Mask Accordian-Style

By Madame Yak

Show students, families or teachers how to sew a face mask during Covid-19 times. Useful donations to health care workers too, when medical-grade masks aren't available. Send this original illustrated infographic with images to support

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Life Skills, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

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Homeschool Curricula, Activities

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Action Verbs: ESL ELL Snakes and Ladders Game

By Madame Yak

Act out 32 verbs of movement with a Snakes and Ladders game for beginner ESL/ ELL students. Just print copies of the game boards and supply a die for each group of 2 - 4 players. Illustrations support comprehension.2 Ways to Play1) students play on

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Printables, Games

$2.25

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Draw a Monster Art Activity for ESL/ELL

By Madame Yak

Learn or review body parts for people and animals with an art activity for English language learners. Students draw a monster, write a description and try for the monster awards. Illustrations cross cultural barriers and help with comprehension.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Halloween

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

$2.75

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Talk About Yourself Speaking Game for ESL/ELL

By Madame Yak

Spark small group conversations with an illustrated question-and-answer game about personal preferences, facts and opinions. The game promotes oral communication and authentic discussions with students in ESL/ELL programs. For 2-4 players in grades

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Oral Communication

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Printables, Games

$1.50

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Earth Day Environmental Pollution Sort and Colour

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Bring attention to Earth Day, environmental waste and pollution by sorting objects that are either natural or manufactured. At the same time, increasestudents' vocabulary for high frequency nouns--great for ESL/ELL. In a linked colouring activity,

Subjects:

Environment, EFL - ESL - ELD, Earth Day

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$1.75

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Let's Talk Activities: Conversation Starters for ESL/ELL

By Madame Yak

Boost conversation with question and answer prompts about favourite activities and pasttimes. Speaking is easy with illustrations for reference. Includes:• teacher suggestions• one-page illustrated hand-out• tracking sheet for oral participation

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Oral Communication

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (6.23 MB)

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ESL/ELL Conversation Starters with 12 Illustrated Topics

By Madame Yak

Boost discussions with question and answer prompts for ESL speakers and ELLs in middle grades. Speaking is easy with illustrated vocabulary. Topics include high-frequency vocabulary, preferences and present-tense sentence structures. Includes: •

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

$5.25

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Halloween Search and Find

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Celebrate Halloween with this illustrated one-page vocabulary activity. Students find costumed characters from a list of descriptions while they reinforce language related to Halloween and clothing. page 1: teacher suggestionspage 2: activity

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Halloween

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Printables

$1.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been teaching grades 4 - 8 core French in Ontario, Canada for over 10 years, and before that, visual art and English in upper grades. I've also written a young adult novel (Signs of Martha, 2011) published by Great Plains Publications, and have published a number of short stories and illustrations.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love using visual support to build language skills. I appreciate the communicative approach to language learning too, where students learn through authentic opinions and experiences. Language-learning through visual arts and drama also engages diverse learners and opens more windows into French and French culture.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Moon Beam Children's Book Award for writing (2011), for novel Signs of Martha.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Visual Arts/English at University of Waterloo, Ontario; Humber School for Writers; additional qualifications in French, Special Education and Visual Arts and English as a Second Language

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Other big interests? Two beautiful (of course) grown-up kids, Alice the poodle, yoga, reading graphic novels and drawing and drawing and drawing!