Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/8B/Lesson 9

Grade 8
FUN WITH ENGLISH 8B
Chapter 7: Getting There
Anqing Foreign Language School
Lesson 9
Version 0.2

This chapter is about inuits.

Lesson Objectives

• The opening riddle and questions will draw the students attention.
• The textbook activities will go quickly and be productive.
• We can get an interesting discussion going about igloos.
• Students will speak only English to each other while they interview one another.
• Students will enjoy and use English during the activities and games.

Lesson Plan

Before Class Starts

• If time, walk around and mingle with the students before the bell rings. (King)

Greeting: Introduce or Re-Introduce What's the craic?

• Enthusiastic "Yo! What's up?" to begin.
• What country is Yo! What's up? from?
• What country is How are you? from?
• Do you know what the say in Ireland? (Maybe)
• They say "What's the craic?" (Wikipedia)
• The responses are the same as "How are you?"

Opening: Riddle, May Day Holiday and Questions

• Share a simple riddle or more with the students, depending on their response.
• Next Monday is a holiday. Why? What will you do?
• Do you have any questions for me?
• What did you learn in class last week? (King)

Pronunciation Practice: "th"

• Write "the" then "that" then "this" each time asking them "Can you please say these words?" (Jim)
• How do you pronounce th?
• You should put your tongue against your top teeth. (Sounds of English)
• When you blow out, you will notice you make a "th" sound. (ibid)

Textbook: Page 34 Let's get ready A

• Before we begin, where is the top of the world?
• If possible, as they are doing this portion put on some music.
• After each answer, work on pronunciation.

Textbook: Page 34 Let's get ready B

Textbook:Page 35 Let's listen A and B

• Why are certain pictures in the order they are in?

Conversation: Living on top of the world

• Do you like the snow?
• Can you imagine living like this in the snow?
• Do you think these people are clever?
• Do you want a house made of ice?

Activity: Igloo Interview

• Have three questions written on the board or computer.
• Write interview on the board.
• Ask if they know that word?
• Bring up a student volunteer and interview one another in front of the class.
• Now please interview the people sitting next to you, in English!
• Give them a minute or three, walk around and help troubled groups.
• Afterwards ask for volunteers to come to the front of class and do the interview.
• Questions: [Write on the board]
  • Do you want to live an igloo?
  • Why?
  • What kind of house do you want to live in?

Activity: Build an Igloo

• Tell the students we are going to make an igloo.
• Say we can use desks, chairs and ...
• Do a plan on the board.

Activity: Hunt for seals

• Two teams
• Blindfold a person.
• Draw a seal on the board.
• Classmates have to tell them how to get to the seal.
• They have two stabs.

Extra Time

Game: Number of Letters? (Mr. Brown)

• Make two teams.
• Tell them to make a word that begins with one letter, e.g. D, and has 6 letters.
• Go back and forth between the teams making the words.

Music: Billy Jean

• Is Billy Jean a boy or a girl?
• Who is the one?

Lesson Review

Class Notes

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28 Apr 2010 Notes

What Could I Have Done Better?

What Did I Do Well?

What Did I Learn?

What Did My Students Get From The Lesson?

Were the Lesson Objectives Achieved?

• The opening riddle and questions will draw the students attention.
• The textbook activities will go quickly and be productive.
• We can get an interesting discussion going about igloos.
• Students will speak only English to each other while they interview one another.
• Students will enjoy and use English during the activities and games.

How can I Improve the Lesson?

Appendix

Changelog

Version 0.2 28 Apr 2010

• Wrote out a thorough lesson plan, adding activities and more.

Version 0.1 26 Apr 2010

References

• I get many ideas from Stuart Brown. (Mr. Brown).
• 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.
• Marjorie King provided some feedback on my last lessons, that was built into this lesson. (King)
• A friend named Jim advised me to focus on pronunciation and stress in speaking English in my classes. (Jim)
• Wikipedia: Craic
• Sounds of English: Th sounds in English

Ideas for this lesson

• Huangmei Shi
• Grading Policy
• Eustace Conway
• Pronouncing "th"
• Stress
• Adjectives for "why?"