Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/7B/Lesson 2
(Redirected from Mr. Danoff's FWE 7B Lesson 2)
Grade 7 Second Semester Lesson Two FUN WITH ENGLISH 7B Chapter One Version 0.21 Grade 7 Class 8 Last Updated 10 March 2010 Lesson Used In Class Week of 8 March 2010 to 12 March 2010 ********************************************************** == INTRODUCTION == The center of this lesson is an attempt for a Problem Based Learning activity where the students plan a party working in small groups. Ideally they will speak English the whole time, thus using more English than they would just talking to me one by one as a class. == LESSON OBJECTIVES == * All Students will engage and interact with one another in English as they plan their party. * Students will enjoy themselves, creating a positive association with the English language. * Create an atmosphere that's comfortable enough for students to feel take chances speaking English to me and their peers. * Figure out what they want to learn in class and about English/Western culture so I can tailor the class around their interests. == MATERIALS == == SYMBOLS USED == * are for instructions or notes. ' is for something to say. -> & --> & so on expands whatever is above them. == and CAPITAL letters is a section header. = and lower case letters is a sub-section header. <> indicates a link to a web resource. 7B or 8B refers to the 7th or 8th grade versions of the textbook. [] For a note. ********************************************************** == LESSON PLAN == 0 Before Class ' Draw a blank seating chart on the board. 1 Greeting ' OK, I would like everyone to please fill in the seats in the first four rows. * Go through all the students checking their seats and names. [Depending on how quickly that goes perhaps introduce What's up?] ' Hi, today I am going to teach you a new way to say How are you? ' How are you? is OK, but it is very serous. ' In American English, when friends see eachother they may use a different way. -> Yo = Hello -> What's up? = How are you? -> Not much, you? = I am fine, thank you. And you? -> Not much. = I am fine, thank you. * If they ask, inform the students we're moving their test back to next week, to give them more time. ' Do you have any questions? * Take a picture ' Before we begin the textbook, I would like to take a quick picture of you so I can practice your names. Is that OK? If you do not want a picture you can put your head down on your desk. Thanks. 2 Surveying the Student's Interest's ' What do you want to learn about this semester? ' About America? -> ' Music? Sports? Fashion? ... ' What do you want to do in our class? 3 7B Page 6 Let's get ready B ' Please do exercise B on page 6. ' Do you know what exercise means here? -> ' This is exercise A [point to A] this is exercise B [point to B]. 4 Party Chat ' Do you like parties? Why? ' Do you think parties are silly? ' What do people do at parties? ' Where do people have parties? ' Are parties good or bad? 5 Plan a Party [2 Options] ' Now, I want you to close you to imagine [CN = xia3ngxia4ng]. That is, close your eyes and think. Something special and your life happened and you want to have a party! ' Now we are going to plan our own parties. [CN = nimen jian sheji yi-gu paidui]. [Option A] ' You have to answer the following questions: [[Write on the board] -> Where will you have your party? -> Who will come? -> What will you do? ' You can make your own groups of 2 or 3. ' Speaking ONLY IN ENGLISH discuss and write down the answers to these questions. [Option B - Rowdier classes.] ' We are going to have two parties, one for the boys and one for the girls. -> Write boys/girl on the board. -> ' We need to answer the following questions: -> Where will you have your party? -> Who will come? -> What will you do? -> What food/drinks? 5 American Teenagers and Video Games Powerpoint == Extra Time == Textbook 7B Page 7 Let's liten 1 B Tapescript Page 75 7B Page 8 Let's liten 2 A Tapescript Page 75 ' What is a sofa? cushion? shelf? 7B Page 9 Let's liten 3 B Tapescript Page 75 * Ask if they have any questions about America they'd like me to answer? ********************************************************** == APPENDIX == == Materials Used Whose Copyright is Owned by Others == *** I used these because it was allowed within the rights given by the people who made the materials. *** The copyright of this lesson plan does not reflect the copyright of these materials. Please contact the creators to see how it is OK to use their materials. *** If I used something created by you and you would like me to change the way I use it or the attribution, please let me know. == Acknowledgments == * I would like to thank all the 7th and 8th grade classes at Anqing Foreign Language School who had this lesson for their participation and feedback. I would also like to thank the Anqing Foreign Language School for allowing me to teach there. * Mr. Brown, the party activity was inspired by several of his in class activities last semester where he tried to get the students thinking independently. == Changelog == Ver 0.21 10 March 2010 * Added an introduction. * Added lesson objectives. * Re-worked the greeting. * Added a section surveying their interests. * Removed 7B Page 6 Let's get ready A because it never worked well. * Re-worked the party activity instructions. * Added = Review Questions = Ver 0.2 7 March 2010 * Wrote the specific plan in Aquamacs Emacs. Ver 0.1 24 Feb 2010 * Drew up a basic plan in a meeting with Mr. Brown at an Anqing coffee shop. == Review Questions == * What could I have done better? * What did I do well? * What did I learn? * What did the students learn? * Did I meet the lesson objectives? * Next week? * Thoughts?