Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/8B/Lesson 2

Grade 8 Second Semester Lesson Two FUN WITH ENGLISH 8B Chapter 2 People change Chapter One Version 0.26 G8 C6

Last Updated 10 March 2010

Lesson Used In Class Week of 8 March 2010 to 12 March 2010



LESSON OBJECTIVES
examine what they think about good/bad habits and why they feel the way they do. English/Western culture so I can tailor the class around their interests.
 * All students in the class practice oral and aural English.
 * Have a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
 * Generate a discussion, which prompts the students to consider and
 * Figure out what they want to learn in class and about

MATERIALS

 * American Teenages & Video Games Powerpoint

SYMBOLS USED
' is for something to say. -> & --> & so on expands whatever is above them. == and CAPITAL letters is a section header. = and lower case letters is a sub-section header. <> indicates a link to a web resource. 7B or 8B refers to the 7th or 8th grade versions of the textbook.
 * are for instructions or notes.



LESSON PLAN
0 Before Class ' Can you please sit in your seats from last week?

1 Greeting ' Hi, today I am going to teach you a new way to say How are you? ' How are you? is OK, but it is very serous. ' In American English, when friends see eachother they may use a different way. -> Yo = Hello -> What's up? = How are you? -> Not much, you? = I am fine, thank you. And you? -> Not much. = I am fine, thank you. next week, to give them more time. ' Do you have any questions? ' Before we begin the textbook, I would like to take a quick picture of you so I can practice your names. Is that OK? If you do not want a picture you can put your head down on your desk. Thanks.
 * Go through all the students checking their seats and names.
 * If they ask, inform the students we're moving their test back to
 * Take a picture

2 Surveying the Student's Interests ' What do you want to learn about this semester? ' About America? -> ' Music? Sports? Fashion? ... ' What do you want to do in our class?

3 Page 6 Let's get ready A & B ' Please open your textbooks to page six and do exercises A and B. ' Do you know what exercise means here? -> ' This is exercise A [point to A] this is exercise B [point to B]. -> * As you go through the different pictures, ask the students if    they have any of those traits themselves?

4 Create a Healthy & Unhealthy Lifestyles Activity lifestyles for two people. -> ' What time do they get up? -> ' What do they eat for breakfast? -> ' How do they get to school? -> ' What do they eat for dinner? -> ' What do they do in the evening? --> * If things like watching TV/playing computer games arise, try to     get the students to consider how much of it may be healthy or      unhealthy. -> ' What time do they go to bed -> ' Do you think these people should change their lifestyle?
 * Tell the students we are going to create healthy and unhealthy
 * Write 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' on the board.
 * Start with healthy.
 * Questions, all take place on a Monday.

4 Disussion about Healthy/Unhealthy Lifestyles and Change ' What kind of lifestyle do you have? ' Do you want to change? ' What are good changes? Bad changes? Who decides if they are good or bad? ' Are there changes you want to make in your life? What? ' Is change difficult? ' Why should we change?

5 Teenagers and American Video Games Powerpoint

Extra Time

 * Competetive Hangman
 * Competetive Spelling Game

Page 7 Let's liten 1 B Tapescript Page 75 ' Do you think Julie has gotten better or worse? ' Do you want to change like Julie?



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Acknowledgments
Foreign Language School who had this lesson for their participation and feedback. I would also like to thank the Anqing Foreign Language School for allowing me to teach there.
 * I would like to thank all the 7th and 8th grade classes at Anqing

Changelog
Ver 0.26 10 Mar 2010
 * Fixed a typo.

Ver 0.25 10 Mar 2010
 * Expanded the instructions for the Let's get ready textbook activity.

Ver 0.24 10 March 2010 healthy/unhealthy lifestyles, I expanded the section. its own section.
 * Following three successful classes of discussions about
 * Turned discussing what the students want to do this semester into

Ver 0.21 - .23 9 March 2010
 * Tailored each to the different classes.

Ver 0.2 7 March 2010
 * Wrote the specific plan in Aquamacs Emacs.

Ver 0.1 24 Feb 2010 coffee shop.
 * Drew up a basic plan in a meeting with Mr. Brown at an Anqing

Copyright
As the creator and copyright holder of this document I, Charles Jeffrey Danoff , enter it into the public domain.

Lesson Review

 * What could I have done better?
 * Find ways to add more accountability to the what do you want to do? So its more relevant instead of just some random list of names.
 * What did I do well?
 * Patient with this class. Want them to be comfortable with me, that's the only chance I have to get them speaking in English.
 * What did I learn?
 * These kids can talk a lot and get interested in English.
 * What did the students gain?
 * Spoke some oral English and learned about What's up?
 * Were the lesson objectives achieved?
 * Had fun, got a decent amount of oral English, but there was no discussion.
 * Next Week?
 * Prepare some response for the subjects they are interested in.
 * Move very slowly.