Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/7A/The Seasons
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 Class
editLesson
edit- identify: opinion / fact and argument / conversation
- Briefly review context.
Definition
edit- 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.
Example
edit- 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 Question
edit- Is this fact or opinion?
Word(s] of the Day
edit- extinct
- Animals that are all dead.
- endangered
- Animals that are few in number and may all die, soon.
Question of the Day
edit- What season do you like?
Contact Information
editQQ ID 867996874
QQ Name Danoff
e-mail danoff.charles@gmail.com
Teaching Materials
edit- FUN WITH ENGLISH 7A Textbook
- Lessons Notebook
- Stopwatch
Class
editPlan
edit0 Before Class
edit- 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 Coversation
edit6 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 Minutes
edit- Red Sea joke[1].
3 Introduction
edit4 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 & B
edit7 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 A
edit2 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 & B
edit6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
7 Page 35 Let's listen 1A
edit6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
8 Page 36 Let's listen 2A
edit6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
9 Page 37 Let's listen 3A
edit6 Min
- I read it through.
- Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.
10 Competitive Hangman
edit8 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
edit- Rows & Columns
- 20 Questions
- Soccer Dialogue Illustrating Argument vs. Conversation
- Ball Self-Introduction Game
- "How high can you clap?" Game
- Simon Says
- Telephone
After Class
editLesson Review Notes
editWhat I did well
editWhat I could improve upon
editg8c4 AFLS TJ3 Page 35
edit- Getting more kids involved with the conversation.
Next Week
edit- identify: argument / conversation
- Review:
- identify: opinion / fact
- Context
- formal v. informal discussion
Thoughts
edit- with these types of classes I really think it might be better to do some sort of activity that gets everybody talking
Appendix
editNotes
edit- ↑ "Jokes in English for the ESL/EFL Classroom A Project of The Internet TESL Journal". Retrieved 2011-02-15.
Acknowledgments
edit- 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
Versions
edit0.1 11 Nov 2009
edit- Chose the textbook questions to use in a meeting with Mr. Brown.
0.11 17 Nov 2009
edit- Crafted the lesson plan around the questions.
- Changed the question of the day to reflect the lesson
0.12 20 Oct 2010
edit- Adjusted the formatting to make it Mediawiki friendly.
- Removed some copyright material.
=0.13 17 Feb 2011
edit- Added lesson detail box, removed some blank material and did some wikignoming for publication.
Additional Questions & Instructions for This Lesson
editPage 38 Let's get ready B
edit4 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 Information
editI am actively seeking feedback on how to improve this lesson, please email me at, danoff.charles@gmail.com