Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/7A/The Seasons
(Redirected from Mr. Danoff's FWE 7A Lesson 8)
Date: | Length (Min): | Location: | Textbook: | Chapter #: | Lesson #: | Topic: | # of Students: | Document Version: |
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English Salon | FWE 7A | 8 & 9 | 8 | 25+ | 0.13 |
Before ClassEdit
LessonEdit
- identify: opinion / fact and argument / conversation
- Briefly review context.
DefinitionEdit
- Opinion = What a person thinks.
- Fact = What a person knows.
- Context = What a person or people is/are talking about.
Why?Edit
- Because knowing the difference between fact and opinion is important for making decisions.
ExampleEdit
- Draw two stick figures on the board. Explain that the two of them are having a conversation. These are not questions for the students.
- A: "Winter is cold. Do you like it?." B: "Yes! It's great!"
Questions:
- What is fact?
- What is opinion?
- What is the context?
Lesson QuestionEdit
- Is this fact or opinion?
Word(s] of the DayEdit
- extinct
- Animals that are all dead.
- endangered
- Animals that are few in number and may all die, soon.
Question of the DayEdit
- What season do you like?
Contact InformationEdit
QQ ID 867996874
QQ Name Danoff
e-mail danoff.charles@gmail.com
Teaching MaterialsEdit
- FUN WITH ENGLISH 7A Textbook
- Lessons Notebook
- Stopwatch
ClassEdit
PlanEdit
0 Before ClassEdit
- In classroom at least 30 minutes before my first class of the day.
- Before class, make sure chairs are set up correctly
- Write Lesson plan, Lesson, Definitions, Example, my contact info, words of the day and that it's OK to say "I don't know" or "No reason" on the board.
- Ask if everyone has their textbooks and pens. If they don't tell them to go get them.
- Have the students write down where they sit on my seating chart.
- Depending on who is in the class, hand around my notebook and have them write down their names. Do not announce it, just give it to one student.
- Stopwatch ready to go before class.
1 CoversationEdit
6 Minutes
- If the kids don't respond, ask them the questions directly.
- Are you tired?
- Are you hungry?
- Is it anyone's birthday today in class?
- What are you going to do this weekend?
- Any questions for me? Add that the longer we talk here, the less time we have to spend on the textbook.
2 MinutesEdit
- Red Sea joke[1].
3 IntroductionEdit
4 Minutes
- Make sure they understand the word "introduction."
- Point out the Lesson Plan, mention if we move fast, we can get to the game quicker.
- Tell them my contact info, and say that "I am busy. I want to talk to you, but if I can't it is not because I don't like them, it is because I am busy. I like all of you. Please say hello again or e-mail me. E-mail is much better."
- Mention that if ask a question and they don't know the answer, it's fine to say "I don't know". Write "No why" and "No reason" ask which is correct if I ask "Why?" cross out "No reason" explain that it is Chinese, not English.
- Words of the Day
- Lesson - Ask if they remember what we did last week? Mention we will be talking a little about the same idea again.
- Definitions
- Example
- What season do you like? ... "OK, well what do you do during the winter?"
- Ask directly to 1 to 3 students?
- Ask for any questions.
4 Page 30 Let's get ready A & BEdit
7 Min
- Walk around the class, help the students who are struggling.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
5 Page page 31 Let's listen 1 AEdit
2 Min
- I read it through. Stop at the end of each section and ask the students the answers.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
6 Page 34 Let's get ready A & BEdit
6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
7 Page 35 Let's listen 1AEdit
6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
8 Page 36 Let's listen 2AEdit
6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
9 Page 37 Let's listen 3AEdit
6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
10 Competitive HangmanEdit
8 Min
- Divide the class in half.
- Draw two hang man diagrams.
- Explain the two halves will be playing against one another with the goal of finishing Hangman first.
- Give each team one word with the same number of letters and a similar level of difficulty.
- Start with one side, then alternate back and forth with the questions.
- First team to finish or the last team to be hung wins.
Extra TimeEdit
- Rows & Columns
- 20 Questions
- Soccer Dialogue Illustrating Argument vs. Conversation
- Ball Self-Introduction Game
- "How high can you clap?" Game
- Simon Says
- Telephone
After ClassEdit
Lesson Review NotesEdit
What I did wellEdit
What I could improve uponEdit
g8c4 AFLS TJ3 Page 35Edit
- Getting more kids involved with the conversation.
Next WeekEdit
- identify: argument / conversation
- Review:
- identify: opinion / fact
- Context
- formal v. informal discussion
ThoughtsEdit
- with these types of classes I really think it might be better to do some sort of activity that gets everybody talking
AppendixEdit
NotesEdit
- ↑ "Jokes in English for the ESL/EFL Classroom A Project of The Internet TESL Journal". Retrieved 2011-02-15.
AcknowledgmentsEdit
- Two Grade 8 students at Anqing Foreign Language School who gave me the idea to play competitive hangman.
- The comics I used in class were from the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune, kindly sent to China by my father.
- 20 Questions from the ITESLJ
VersionsEdit
0.1 11 Nov 2009Edit
- Chose the textbook questions to use in a meeting with Mr. Brown.
0.11 17 Nov 2009Edit
- Crafted the lesson plan around the questions.
- Changed the question of the day to reflect the lesson
0.12 20 Oct 2010Edit
- Adjusted the formatting to make it Mediawiki friendly.
- Removed some copyright material.
=0.13 17 Feb 2011Edit
- Added lesson detail box, removed some blank material and did some wikignoming for publication.
Additional Questions & Instructions for This LessonEdit
Page 38 Let's get ready BEdit
4 Min
- Walk around the class, help the students who are struggling.
- Select two or three students to talk about what they selected, and ask some follow up questions.
Contact InformationEdit
I am actively seeking feedback on how to improve this lesson, please email me at, danoff.charles@gmail.com