Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/8B/Lesson 6


 * Lesson Plan Version 0.3
 * Same as Version 2, but I shortened the discussion and textbook and spent a long time having the students tell me about their recent trip looking through pictures on their computer as a class.

9 Apr 2010 Grade 8 Class 7

 * They were moderately interested in talking about Monday's festival, but I didn't really push it.
 * While I was speaking with one of the students a boy quickly hijacked the computer and started showing images of their school trip two Saturday's ago.
 * After I finished the test, I looked through the images with them. I have never seen so many of them get excited like that. I had them tell me what the different sections of the images were and many students who never speak English voluntarily got involved.

Lesson Plan Version 0.2
0) Before Class Starts
 * Ask everyone to get into their seats.
 * Walk around the room small talking with different students.
 * Get the computer turned on if it works.

1) Greeting: Yo! What's up?
 * Practice the "What's up?" routine.
 * If they don't remember, review.

2) Opening Discussion: Tomb Sweeping Day
 * What special day was on Monday? (Qing Ming Jie = Qing Ming Festival)
 * What is Qing Ming Jie in English? (Tomb Sweeping Day [TSD])
 * What is a tomb?
 * What do people on TSD?
 * Burn money/incense?
 * Visit graves/tombs?
 * What did you do on TSD?
 * Do you like TSD? Why?
 * Do you have any questions for me?

3) Textbook: Page 22 Let's get ready
 * For "Relay Race" have two teams get in a race around the room.

4) Discussion: The Olympics (Questions written with Mr. Brown)
 * What are the Olympics?
 * Where were they in 2008?
 * What sports do you like?
 * What sports are Chinese athletes good at in the Olympics?
 * What sports are more difficult? Better?
 * Imagine the Olympics were coming to Anqing. What would you need to do?
 * Transport, Lodging, Facilities, Food, Language

5) Hand Back their Tests
 * Explain first that their scores are out of 10, and give the answers.
 * Do it one by one, highlighting down their names on my paper.
 * Write the correct answers on the board.
 * Tell them if they have questions they can ask me after class.

'''Extra Time: Number of Letters? Game''' (Mr. Brown)
 * Make two teams.
 * Tell them to make a word that begins with one letter, e.g. D, and has 6 letters.
 * Go back and forth between the teams making the words.

8 Apr 2010 Grade 8 Class 6

 * Giving out chocolates @ the end of the lesson was fine, until the other half of the class came in. Started giving some, then I panicked becasue they rushed me.
 * Commenting on the basketball game didn't get as long of a conversation going as I'd expected.
 * I mistakenly graded one girl's test. As it turned out she got a 100%, not a 95.

Next Week
 * Give everyone chocolates?

9 Apr 2010 AM Period 1 Grade 8 Class 10

 * Students still talked all the way through the lesson, but seemed to give me more of a chance.

9 Apr 2010 Grade 8 Class 8

 * Had a long discussion about Qing Ming festival.
 * They were very engaged throughout even on some topics that most other classes would find boring.
 * They're a class that has real potential. I can experiment here.
 * Was quite bored of my lesson by this point.

Next Week
 * Still haven't answered the English questions they asked me the first week.

Acknowledgments

 * I would like to thank all the 7th and 8th grade classes at Anqing 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.
 * Mr. Brown contributed heavily to this plan. This should be considered a collaboration. I have

tried to acknowledge contributions that are specifically his with (Mr. Brown).

Changelog
Version 0.2 8 Apr 2010
 * Expanded the conversation questions and explanaiton for how to hand back the tests.

Version 0.11 6 Apr 2010
 * Typed up the outline, and added some basic details.

Version 0.1 30 Mar 2010
 * Created a lesson outline in a Tuesday coffee shop meeting with Mr. Brown.