This one will be observed by Elka.
Lesson Plan Sat Conversation: February 6
Objectives: Develop spoken fluency & comprehension, focusing on usage of simple past tense, gender pronouns and definite/indefinite/zero articles; build general vocabulary and deepen vocabulary in an area of interest. Introduce some idioms related to a topic. Attend to pronunciation. Play with language.
Homework: Hidalgo. Begin to read about and take notes on your topic. Find pictures, objects, music etc that you can use in your presentation. IMPORTANT: Also think about experiences that you’ve had with this topic: studying insects, playing sports, writing music…
Materials: Mad Libs, galaxy picture, Summertime lyrics, timer, lesson plan, alphabet, directions for Basta, year cards, WB pens, eraser, CD, CD player, Aesops fables.
Before class: Write agenda and list of topics on WB (see bottom of page)
| Time | What’s Happening | Students | Teacher |
| 5:00 | Greetings & warmup | Whisper a phrase to the next person | Explain game (in US)tarts the phrase going going around: There are fifteen dogs on the roof. |
| 15:00 | Homework review | Pairs: Read stories to each other. Review for grammar, vocab & clarity. Swap. | Circulate and listen |
| 5:00 | Music/context setting [brain break] | Stick pictures on board/realia. Write their name and story theme. | |
| 20:00 | Presentation | Listen to & discuss 4 stories. | Record. Guide brief discussion after. |
| 5:00 | Music/vocab building [brain break] | Go look at pictures up close. Write one word they heard in the story that the also see in the photo. | Check comprehension of key words. |
| 20:00 | Presentation | Listen to & discuss 4 stories. | Record. Guide brief discussion after. |
| 5:00 | Music/vocab building [brain break] | Go look at pictures up close. Write one word they heard in the story that the also see in the photo. | Check comprehension of key words. |
| 5:00 | Mad Libs: The Planets [brain break] | Talk about planets? One S asks, others answer, S reads | Intro & write key vocab: solar system, Jupiter, galaxy, universe, Saturn, planet. Write words on WB. Read completed story. |
| 10:00 | Design our next topic: Hidalgo: Animals, Insects, Music, Sports, Places to Visit, Health | Everyone choose and define a subtopic for a presentation. | Make sure everyone’s interest is included (who said “sports” etc) |
| 10:00 | Establish process | Group- (not Ginna-) led: what type of presentation? Pairs or solo or… ? Who does what? How much time do you need? What will be the result? How can we use class time next week to work together? | Listen & guide. Identify a goal for next week |
| 20:00 | Basta [brain break] | Pick categories, letter | |
| 20:00 | Zero articles | Everybody pick one and translate directly into Spanish, word for word.
Then paraphrase. What do you notice about the translation between our languages? Explore why the “the” isn’t there [general meaning] |
Write on WB:
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| 15:00 | Summertime (#3 on CD) [brain break] | Listen with words. Underline ones you don’t know. Listen without words. Discuss theme and vocab. | |
| 15:00 | Past tense review: Year game | Pick a year. Ask everyone the question on the board. Write results (in past tense).
Then call on them to fill in grid. Discuss. Chorale repetition as well as individual response. |
Write on WB: What did you do in _____ ?
While they talk, draw matrix. |
| 20:00 | Idiom Play | Discuss meaning of selected idioms as a group (they guess, I help). Then teams pick four and make a dialog out of them and act it out. | Monitor. Help with vocab. |
Resources
Agenda
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Back pocket: Aesop’s fables, 20 questions |
| Last Week’s Homework
1. Think of a place that is important to you, where you experienced something funny, exciting, sad, surprising, important, interesting — whatever you want. 2. Find a picture of the place, or draw it. 3. Write a story (two or three paragraphs) that answers these questions:
Don’t worry about punctuation or spelling yet. We’ll get to that in the next class, when we’ll discuss each story. I’ll collect them afterwards. |
Possible Topics
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