Lesson Plan T/T Adults: February 16
Supplies: Audio tape, Getting to Know You song & lyrics, faces, headlines, Once I Traveled
Agenda: Explain why we’re doing each activity!
- Getting to Know You
- Strangers Meet
- Expanding Headlines
- Once I Traveled…
- Homework: Faces
| Time | Activity | Teacher [I] | Students [Thou] | Objective(s) [It] |
| 7:00 | Welcome | Invite questions on pretest | Understand expectations | |
| 7:05 | Getting to Know You | Context | Listen & read | Break from testing & intro to next unit |
| 7:15 | Strangers in Mexico | Ask about how they start a conversation | Talk about their experience | Personalize, relate, x-c |
| 7:25 | Strangers in US | Context, reality check. We’ll do this unit next week. | Look at pix | Grammar: Asking questions using “do,” give opinion |
| 7:30 | Expand headlines | Pair them up and assign two to check | Come to front and write it. Others respond. | Review “the” and “at, to and in” |
| 7:40 | Once I Traveled | Anyone mind coming up and reading? If we run out of time, just collect. Write on board three choices: Just read, Mark but Don’t Correct, or Correct | Loud and dramatic: act it. This is art. | Review “the” and “at, to and in” |
| 7:55 | Homework [workbook if time] | Let them pick a face | Make up a character for it: Name, age, where s/he lives, interests, family, work, and one unusual thing about their life experience. | Get us ready for next week’s lesson. |
HOMEWORK [Faces]
Make up a character for the face you’ve chosen. On the back of the paper, write:
- His/her name
- Age
- Job (if any)
- Favorite thing to do for fun
- Where s/he live
- Who s/he lives with
- One word to describe his/her personality (happy, rude, intelligent…)