Lesson Plan T/T Adults: February 9
NAHUM, ALEXIS, ROBERTO, ARMANDO, JAIME, DANIEL, ILLALY
Supplies: Audio tape, markers, eraser, sticky stuff, Norwegian Wood song & lyrics, index cards with nouns and prepositions, photograph, homework with feedback, ice homework, Illaly’s homework
| Time | Activity | Teacher [I] | Students [Thou] | Objective(s) [It] |
| 7:00 | Greetings & Pass-the-Word | Whisper a short phrase. Ten green dogs ate my At end, ask if that’s a possible sentence in English. | Pass it on | Warm up, break ice; |
| 7:05 | Review Dream assignment | Explain task: Detective work. After Ss correct and read, make corrections. | Pair up, find answers to grammar questions. Report one by one (at front of class). | Review simple past |
| 7:20 | Toss ball | Make up definite and zero article sentences with gap and have Ss guess at the “the” | Catch, respond and toss back | Rest brain |
| 7:25 | Review Ice assignment | 1. Test comprehension. Discuss story. Personalize.
2. Solicit theories about “the.” For each noun, find example of its usage with and without “the” |
Choral responses: what happened in story (in sequence, simple past); when was “the” used | Reinforce last unit on usage of zero article |
| 7:35 | “ | Expand on article: explore usage of prepositions from last week | In pairs, circle selected prepositions; choral discussion of usage | Reinforce last unit on usage of at, in, on, to |
| 7:45 | Toss ball | Make up present progressive sentences with gap and have Ss guess “in” “at” “to” | Catch, respond and toss to someone elsett | Movement activity; selected preposition reinforcement |
| 7:50 | Workbook pp 120 #1 | Lead discussion: have them describe setting and predict action | Without reading, look at pix to predict what will happen in first excerpt | |
| 7:55 | “ | Play tape once. Invite comprehension response & questions. Write idioms on WB: “what’s the matter?” “calm down” “think back.” Have Ss guess what they mean during second listening. Check comprehension. | Listen once for gist. Again for details. | Prediction, listening comprehension. |
| 8:00 | “ | Have them look at the word “tickets” and hypothesize about which do and don’t have definite article. | Role play: Invite Ss to front for exchange: one selling and the other buying tix, cameras, books | Deepen understanding of zero article |
| 8:05 | Preposition Matching Game | Spread out a dozen nouns and matching target prepositions on index cards on table. | All Ss come up and rearrange | Movement activity; indefinite article reinforcement |
| 8:10 | Workbook pp 120 #2 | [context is set] Play next tape twice, as above. Ask personalizing questions. Identify “the” | Respond to comprehension questions. | |
| 8:10 | Workbook pp 120 #3 | Ask Ss to gather in two groups. Have them call out numbers as I read the sentence. | Order the events. | Sequencing, comprehension
2, 1, 7, 8, 5, 4, 3, 6 |
| 8:15 | Workbook pp 121 #4 | Directions & context. Play tape. | Listen and respond | |
| 8:20 | Workbook pp 121 #6 | Directions. Play tape. Write “wh- did you” question prompts on board. Listen and correction pronunciation. | Listen. Find partner. Ask each other questions and reply in complete sentences | Simple past questions. Pronunciation (didjoo) |
| 8:35 | Workbook pp 121 #7 | Model the Q&As. Some possible answers. Put on board. Put on music. | Ss stand and pair up and move around, trying the dialog | Movement. Simple past, pragmatics (polite greetings between friends) |
| 8:45 | Norwegian Wood | Play | Listen again. review answers | Review cloze: simple past |
| 8:50 | Remember the picture | Show them a drawing | Ask them to look at it carefully. Then answer questions from memory. | Memory; simple past; vocabulary from previous chapter. |
| 8:55 | Homework assignment | Explain Expanding Headlines; model one. | Target prepositions and articles |
Homework for Thursday, February 11
Write the newspaper headlines as complete sentences, filling in the missing words:
• Bus in Accident
A bus was in an accident.
• Miners Trapped after Explosion
Ten miners were trapped after an explosion.
• King Back in Capital
The king is back in the capital.
1. PRESIDENT HAS NEW IDEAS FOR PEACE
2. Police Find Suspicious Object in Bus Station [write in past tense]
3. Disaster Hits Olympic Games [write in past tense]
4. Value of Dollar Rising
5. Woman Gives Birth [write in past tense]
6. Unknown Runner Wins Championship [write in past tense]
7. Airline Discovers Body in Wheels of Plane [write in past tense]
8. All Rivers in Area Polluted
9. Weather Improving!
10. Researchers Find Possible Cure for Cancer [write in past tense]