Mr. Danoff's FWE 8A Lesson 9

Mr. Danoff's Lesson Plan Data (Dates relate to when lesson was administered)

Date:	Length (Min):	Location:	Textbook:	Chapter #:	Lesson #:	Topic:	# of Students:	Document Version:
		English Salon	FWE 7A	9	9		25+	0.52

Lesson

Introduction

Topic

• Talk again about context.

Focuses

• Listening Set Skill = "E" Listen for detail and specific information in presentations, narratives and conversations
• Listening Curriculum Statement = "6" Listen for detail
• Speaking Set Skill = "A" Awareness of Context
• Speaking Curriculum Statement = "1" Context & Register

Definition

• Context = What a person or people is/are talking about.

Why?

• Because if you know the context, you can understand a conversation even if you do not know all the words.
  • e.g. If you know people are talking about food, you can understand phrases like "eggplant is delicious", even if you do not know what eggplant is.

Example

• 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: "What outdoor activities do you like?" B: "I like wake boarding. You?" A: "I don't like outdoor activities, I like cf."
• Questions:
  • What is the context?
  • What is wake boarding?

Lesson Question

• What is the context?

Word(s) of the Day

• Scuba Diving - Demonstrate with an air pack on my back and breating/swimming underwater and seeing many fish.

Question of the Day

• "What outdoor activities do you like?"

Contact Information

• QQ ID 867996874
• QQ Name Danoff
• e-mail danoff.charles@gmail.com

Teaching Materials

• FUN WITH ENGLISH 8A Textbook
• Lessons Notebook

Notes

• in lieu of thanksgiving speech, ** should've played the full answer game and done the Blue Whale Speech
• g8c5
  • AFLS TJ3 Page 33
  • before class starts be standing and directing everyone to sit in their seats.
  • have new kids stand and wait before they sit.
• g8c4
  • AFLS TJ3 Page 35
• add Page 37A Let's listen 35
• g8c6
  • AFLS TJ3 Page 37

Plan

• 0 Before Class
  • 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, Definition, Example, my contact info 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.

1. Coversation

   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?
   • How did the tests go? How were the tests?
   • What did you do after the tests finished?
   • Any questions for me? Add that the longer we talk here, the less time we have to spend on the textbook.
2. Joke

   2 Minutes

   • "hat in the Red Sea" joke.
3. Introduction

   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 focusing on the same idea once again.
   • Definition
   • Example
   • Question of the day: "What outdoor activities do you like?"
     • Ask directly to 1 to 3 students?
     • If no responses, say well, you can answer on page 34.
   • Ask for any questions.
4. Page 34 Let's get ready A

   2 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.
5. Page 35 Let's listen 1 A - Tapescript Page 87

   4 Min

   • Divide the class in half to read.
   • What is the context of the conversation?
6. Page 35 Let's listen 1 B - Tapescript Page 88

   6 Min

   • I read it through.
   • What is the context of the conversation?
7. Page 36 Let's listen 2 A - Tapescript Page 88

   8 Min

   • Ask a student to play one role, and I will play the other.
   • What is the context of the conversation?
8. Competitive Hangman

   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 Time

• Rows & Columns
• 20 Questions
• Soccer Dialogue Illustrating Argument vs. Conversation
• Ball Self-Introduction Game
• Competitive Hangman
• "How high can you clap?" Game
• Simon Says
• Telephone

Review

g8c5

• AFLS Teaching Journal 3 Page 33
• Call on random kids in the convo worked well.

g8c4

• AFLS TJ3 Page 35
• told them that if they had more questions we could talk more, and it worked well.
• they were not quite as shy as usual today and a little naughty, which was a nice change
• didn't need the context example or the question of the day
• a few were all on top of the context questions
• forgot word of the day.
• Lesson objectives achieved?
  • yeah
• What I did well
  • Being a little livelier.
• What I could improve upon
  • Getting more kids involved with the conversation.
• Next Week
  • move on from context
  • call on the kids in the opening conversation who don't usually speak
• Thoughts
  • with these types of classes I really think it might be better to do some sort of activity that gets everybody talking

g8 c8

• AFLS TJ4 Page 2-3
• got to the textbook after 26 minutes
• weird class, something was off and I'm not quite sure what it was. I think it started in the Rows & Columns game following the Thanksgiving Speech I gave for the second time to them, when Mr. President very chose 'whole class' to sit down with him and I turned down his request.

g8 c7

• AFLS Teaching Journal 4 Page 3
• frustrating class who disrespected me and almost made me lose my temper
  • should've played the full answer game and done the Blue Whale Speech

Addendum

Additional Options

Example of Context

1. A: I like to play cf every day. Do you? B: No, I hate CF. I like WOW. ?: If the context is computer games, what is WOW?

Page 37A Let's listen 3A - Tapescript Page 88

4 Min

1. Ask a student to play one role, and I will play the other.
2. What is the context of the conversation?

Outdoor Activities Conversation

2 Minutes

1. What Outdoor Activities do you like to do?
   • surfing, snowboarding, scuba-diving, skydiving, hiking, rock climbing, skiing, skateboarding, camping
2. What would you like to try?

Changelog

Changelog

Version:	Date & Time:	Published @:	Document Type:	License:	Details:
0.52	17 Feb 2011 10:43h. USA CT	Wikiversity	Mediawiki	CCASA	Wikignomed it to be ready for publication.
0.51	24 August 2010 15:58 - 16:46 USA CT	Wikiversity	Mediawiki	CCASA	Modfied document formatting to make it make it media wiki code friendly. Took out some individual student names.
0.5	November 10, 2009 4:57 PM	Unpublished			added class specific notes. added scuba diving as the word of the day. changed the game to competetive hangman, because they did R&C last week and one class has trouble controlling themselves after they stand up. added "# In classroom at least 30 minutes before my first class of the day." to "0". check to make sure they understand the word "introduction" and clarified many of the introduction instructions. added "Question of the day". added "Add that the longer we talk here, the less time we have to spend on the textbook." to 1 Conversation. changed "3 Introduce the Lesson" to "Introduction". added back in "Page 34 Let's get ready A" as a natural follow to my question on the topic. took out "Page 37A Let's listen 3A - Tapescript Page 88" because with 34A back in, this is too much time with the textbook. Plus, the activity is really easy and not interesting. expanded the "Have the students write down where they sit on my seating chart." instructions
0.4	Nov 9th 2009	Unpublished			Changed the pre-class preparation and parts 1 to 3. Took out the Outdoor Activities section, and added it as a question at the end of the introduction. Changed the example to reflect what we are talking about in the chapter.
0.3	5 Nov 2009	Unpublished			Cleaned up the before class portion and parts 1, 2 and 3. Dropped the "why are they talking?" portion because "context" alone is very difficult for them. Added that I should introduce scuba diving before page 35. Replaced page 34A with an attempt at conversation on the same topic.
0.21	4 Nov 2009	Unpublished			Changed the joke because it wasn't funny. Added Page 37A Let's listen 3A - Tapescript Page 88 because there the students were moving too fast through the other parts of the textbook.
0.2	November 3, 2009 3:23 PM	Unpublished			Crafted lesson plan around the questions, including a focus on the listening set skill.
0.1	3 November 2009	Unpublished			Textbook questions decided on in a morning meeting with Mr. Brown