Detailed Sample Task: EAL Literacy

CLB 1L - Writing
Reproducing Information

Getting Around and Transportation

Real-World Task

Copy the name and address of a store that sells international foods or foods from your own culture.

Planning Context

Helpful Knowledge:

It is common for many stores to sell international foods.

Context:

There are shops that sell international  and multicultural food products in many communities in Canada.
It is helpful to know the address of a store if you want to find it.
Addresses are formatted with the street number, then street.

Vocabulary and Grammar

Sample Vocabulary:

Vocabulary related to names of international foods and specific food items.
Nouns for places for grocery shopping (supermarket, shop, store, delicatessen, market).
Nouns for street names (e.g., street, avenue, road) and related abbreviations (St., Ave., Rd.).
Adjectives to describe foods from other cultures (international, ethnic, Italian, Indian, Mexican).

Sample Grammar:

Capitalization and punctuation in addresses (street names).
Numbers in addresses.
Verb “be” (This store is on First street).

Knowledge and Strategies

Textual and Functional Knowledge:

Format of addresses.
Finding the location of a place using a web map app.

Sociolinguistic Knowledge:

Asking for directions if you have an address.

Activities and Tasks

Sample Skill-Building Activities:

As a class, list favourite foods from different cultures.
Have learners use picture cards of international food items to orally identify the food products.
Use picture cards to show a partner foods you eat in your culture.
As a class, elicit and list places learners usually shop for food. Using street view in a mapping app, such as Google Maps, look at these places together.
If needed, have learners practise forming and identifying numbers with straight lines and curves.
Have learners practice counting and saying the names of numbers 0 to 20.
Prepare manipulatives for letters (e.g., magnetic letters or letter cards). Say a food word and have learners identify the initial sound and select the corresponding letter.
Learners copy names of familiar places in their community.
From a short, simple instructor-made story on the topic, have learners listen as the instructor reads, following with their finger. Have learners repeat after the instructor to match intonation and fluency. Finally, have learners read the story as a group, and then individually.
Learners practice comparing what they’ve copied to the original to check for accuracy. Introduce strategies to check for accuracy, such as counting letters in a word, and using a finger to compare letter for letter, without losing track of which letter is compared.
As a class, look at a map of the neighbourhood around your school or organization and identify 3 to 4 familiar street names.
Copy the name of a food from your culture underneath a photograph of that food. Share with your classmates.
In pairs, learners practice saying the address of the school or organization.

Sample Skill-Using Tasks:

Copy own name and address.
Copy the name and address of the school or organization.
Copy the name and address of a local supermarket.

Sample Assessment Tasks:

Copy the name and address of a store that sells international foods.

Teaching Considerations

Cultural Considerations:

Canada is a multicultural country, and there are shops and stores in many communities that sell food from different cultures. Learners may not be able to find all foods from their own culture in their community in Canada.
Learners can be a resource for each other and can share information with each other about where they buy food.

Digital Literacy Strategies:

Successful completion of some tasks may require some baseline knowledge and digital skills.

Learners may need to:

Look at a website.
Look at an online map or a map app.
Read information from a screen.

Instructors can:

Introduce websites that are relevant to the task(s).
Show learners how to use online maps or map apps.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization Strategies:

Instructors can:

Use diverse representations of people in all learning resources  and images, including people who are 2SLGBTQIA+, Indigenous, Francophone and of other cultures, and people who have disabilities or who are neurodivergent.
Recognize and teach learners that Canada is a diverse place and has people from many different cultures. Canadian culture includes the cultures of all people in Canada.
Recognize that some learners may have different views. You can be sensitive to their differing opinions, but all learners benefit from EDI, and all learners have the right to an inclusive and equitable learning environment.

Trauma-informed Strategies:

Possible Trauma Triggers:

Learners who have experienced trauma may feel uneasy about  public transportation and/or navigating to new places.
Learners may have experienced racism in their own countries  and/or in Canada.
Give learners advance warning of these topics and be aware that there may be learners who require support.

Strategies

Create a safe and supportive classroom environment by establishing familiar routines, repeated activities, and model friendly and non-evaluative interactions; learners who have experienced trauma often benefit from having routine.
Recognize and respect learners’ right to choose if, when and what they share about themselves and their routines.

Resources

Outings, Guest Speaker Suggestions, Extension Activities:

Visit a local grocery store that sells food from different cultures.
Visit a local farmer’s market.
Go for a walk in the neighbourhood and look at street signs for local streets.
Bring in a food from your culture to show your classmates.

Realia:

Flyers from grocery stores
Maps, either paper or online
Map apps

Units and Modules:

Using Public Transit
Fruit Module
Making Fruit Salad
Canada’s Food Guide
Let’s Go Shopping for Food
Avenue Course Builder: Theme: Literacy/Numeracy Skills
- Alphabet, Pre-CLB
- Numbers 2, Pre-CLB
- Numbers, CLB 1-2
- Food, Pre-CLB
Avenue Course Builder: Theme: Home and Community
- Communicate About your Neighbourhood, CLB 1
- Talk about your Home and Address, CLB 1
Avenue Course Builder: Theme: Shopping
- Grocery Shopping, CLB 1L-2L
- Grocery Shopping, CLB 1
- Shop for Food, CLB 1 (Toronto Catholic DSB)
- Shop for Food, CLB 1 (Avon Maitland DSB)

Lessons and Activities:

Multimedia: