Mr. Danoff's FWE 8A Lesson 9

Topic

 * Talk again about context.

Focuses

 * Listening Set Skill = "E" Listen for detail and specific information in presentations, narratives and conversations
 * Listening Curriculum Statement = "6" Listen for detail
 * Speaking Set Skill = "A" Awareness of Context
 * Speaking Curriculum Statement = "1" Context & Register

Definition

 * Context = What a person or people is/are talking about.

Why?

 * Because if you know the context, you can understand a conversation even if you do not know all the words.
 * e.g. If you know people are talking about food, you can understand phrases like "eggplant is delicious", even if you do not know what eggplant is.

Example

 * 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: "What outdoor activities do you like?" B: "I like wake boarding. You?" A: "I don't like outdoor activities, I like cf."
 * Questions:
 * What is the context?
 * What is wake boarding?

Lesson Question

 * What is the context?

Word(s) of the Day

 * Scuba Diving - Demonstrate with an air pack on my back and breating/swimming underwater and seeing many fish.

Question of the Day

 * "What outdoor activities do you like?"

Contact Information

 * QQ ID 867996874
 * QQ Name Danoff
 * e-mail danoff.charles@gmail.com

Teaching Materials

 * FUN WITH ENGLISH 8A Textbook
 * Lessons Notebook

Plan

 * 0 Before Class
 * 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, Definition, Example, my contact info 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.


 * 1) Coversation
 * 6 Minutes
 * 1) * If the kids don't respond, ask them the questions directly.
 * 2) * Are you tired?
 * 3) * Are you hungry?
 * 4) * Is it anyone's birthday today in class?
 * 5) * How did the tests go? How were the tests?
 * 6) * What did you do after the tests finished?
 * 7) * Any questions for me? Add that the longer we talk here, the less time we have to spend on the textbook.
 * 8) Joke
 * 2 Minutes
 * 1) * "hat in the Red Sea" joke.
 * 2) Introduction
 * 4 Minutes
 * 1) * Make sure they understand the word "introduction."
 * 2) * Point out the Lesson Plan, mention if we move fast, we can get to the game quicker.
 * 3) * 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."
 * 4) * 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.
 * 5) * Words of the Day
 * 6) * Lesson - Ask if they remember what we did last week? Mention we will be focusing on the same idea once again.
 * 7) * Definition
 * 8) * Example
 * 9) * Question of the day: "What outdoor activities do you like?"
 * 10) ** Ask directly to 1 to 3 students?
 * 11) ** If no responses, say well, you can answer on page 34.
 * 12) * Ask for any questions.
 * 13) Page 34 Let's get ready A
 * 2 Min
 * 1) * Walk around the class, help the students who are struggling.
 * 2) * Select two or three students to talk about what they selected, and ask some follow up questions.
 * 3) Page 35 Let's listen 1 A - Tapescript Page 87
 * 4 Min
 * 1) * Divide the class in half to read.
 * 2) * What is the context of the conversation?
 * 3) Page 35 Let's listen 1 B - Tapescript Page 88
 * 6 Min
 * 1) * I read it through.
 * 2) * What is the context of the conversation?
 * 3) Page 36 Let's listen 2 A - Tapescript Page 88
 * 8 Min
 * 1) * Ask a student to play one role, and I will play the other.
 * 2) * What is the context of the conversation?
 * 3) Competitive Hangman
 * 8 Min
 * 1) * Divide the class in half.
 * 2) * Draw two hang man diagrams.
 * 3) * Explain the two halves will be playing against one another with the goal of finishing Hangman first.
 * 4) * Give each team one word with the same number of letters and a similar level of difficulty.
 * 5) * Start with one side, then alternate back and forth with the questions.
 * 6) * First team to finish or the last team to be hung wins.

Extra Time

 * Rows & Columns
 * 20 Questions
 * Soccer Dialogue Illustrating Argument vs. Conversation
 * Ball Self-Introduction Game
 * Competitive Hangman
 * "How high can you clap?" Game
 * Simon Says
 * Telephone

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 * AFLS Teaching Journal 3 Page 33
 * Call on random kids in the convo worked well.

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 * AFLS TJ3 Page 35
 * told them that if they had more questions we could talk more, and it worked well.
 * they were not quite as shy as usual today and a little naughty, which was a nice change
 * didn't need the context example or the question of the day
 * a few were all on top of the context questions
 * forgot word of the day.
 * Lesson objectives achieved?
 * yeah
 * What I did well
 * Being a little livelier.
 * What I could improve upon
 * Getting more kids involved with the conversation.
 * Next Week
 * move on from context
 * call on the kids in the opening conversation who don't usually speak
 * Thoughts
 * with these types of classes I really think it might be better to do some sort of activity that gets everybody talking

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 * AFLS TJ4 Page 2-3
 * got to the textbook after 26 minutes
 * weird class, something was off and I'm not quite sure what it was. I think it started in the Rows & Columns game following the Thanksgiving Speech I gave for the second time to them, when Mr. President very chose 'whole class' to sit down with him and I turned down his request.

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 * AFLS Teaching Journal 4 Page 3
 * frustrating class who disrespected me and almost made me lose my temper
 * should've played the full answer game and done the Blue Whale Speech

Additional Options

 * Example of Context


 * A: I like to play cf every day. Do you? B: No, I hate CF. I like WOW. ?: If the context is computer games, what is WOW?
 * Page 37A Let's listen 3A - Tapescript Page 88
 * 4 Min


 * 1) Ask a student to play one role, and I will play the other.
 * 2) What is the context of the conversation?
 * Outdoor Activities Conversation
 * 2 Minutes


 * 1) What Outdoor Activities do you like to do?
 * 2) * surfing, snowboarding, scuba-diving, skydiving, hiking, rock climbing, skiing, skateboarding, camping
 * 3) What would you like to try?