Lesson Plan T/T Adults: February 25

NAHUM, ALEXIS, ROBERTO, ARMANDO, JAIME, DANIEL, ILLALY

Supplies: Prerecorded audio tape, LP, various objects for discussion, tape, camera, pens & eraser

Write on board: Date; TAKE the train, the subway, the bus; RIDE a motorcycle, bike; walk; drive. Wh- words (including why… because); opinion words.

Agenda: Explain why we’re doing each activity!

Business Meet the Faces Book #1: Small Talk Book #2: Hay Proverb Book #3: Opinion, please Book #4: Homework; In This Room Book # 5 & 6: More Talking Faces Touch Book #7: Homonyms Homework If time: Children’s games: feelings

Time	Activity	Teacher [I]	Students [Thou]	Objective(s) [It]
7:00	Business	Explain agenda: Use new IDs to explore making small talk and giving and opinion	Understand expectations	Warmup
7:10	Meet the Faces	Write new names on board	Stand up & introduce name and age.	Set context
7:20	BOOK: Exercise 1 (tape)	After listening: In pairs, make small talk as your character. You can use the model in your book, but think about new things to talk about. Help each other with vocab.	Find out one interesting thing about the person. Sitting: what did you find out about your partner?	How did they transition from small talk to deeper talk. Did you get to opinions?
7:35	Book: Exercise 2 (tape)	Who is familiar with There is/isn’t/are/aren’t. What’s the difference? In Spanish? How do we make questions with that form? In Spanish. Note differences.	Fill out the chart.
7:45	Proverb: “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.”	1) Do you have something like that in Spanish? 2) Answer as yourself.	Stand on continuum and tell us why you’re there.
8:00	Book: Exercise 3 (tape)	Play tape.	After listening, express your opinion as your CHARACTER, and agree or disagree with the other and explain why. A few come to front and demo their conversation
8:15	In This Room (Book 4)	Review chart 4. Look at homework together. If time: Scatter objects around room. Divide groups of four. Model activity.	Walk around and notice what there is or isn’t. Q&As too. Be creative.
8:30	Book: Exercise 5 & 6: More talking faces.	Listen. Use Why… because.	Characters talk about their favorite city.
8:40	Touch	Go touch and stand next to your favorite object in the classroom.	Why… because.
8:45	Book: Exercise 7: homonyms	Explain there, their, they’re.	Fill in exercise and review together. Ball toss after.
8:55	HOMEWORK:	Write an idea for one short activity or topic you’d like to do in the last class. ALSO: Bring in yr fave Mexican song for me: name/artist, or song itself.	Brainstorm ideas together.