Hello again! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Here are my lesson plans for this week:
Lesson Plans: Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2011
Grammar focus:
· Ordinal numbers (with calendar dates, order, and street names)—ALL WEEK
· Wh- questions with ‘to be’ and ‘to do’ (know when to use which)
Skill focus:
· Read and talk about calendars/schedules (Monday)
· Use calendars to make an appointment (Tuesday)
· Ask for/give directions (Thursday)
o Find directions online *** (Google Maps)
Monday:
(wh- questions using “to be”//ordinal numbers with dates)
Bring in calendars. Hang up each month around the room (in order). The students must walk from month to month to find the answers to the calendar “scavenger hunt.”
1. Look at the calendar. Read the questions. Write the answers.
a. When is Independence Day?
b. When is Christmas Day?
c. What day is Sarah’s birthday?
d. Where is Jennifer’s doctor’s appointment?
e. Who is her doctor?
2. Listening/speaking: Interview three friends. Ask them the questions. Write their answers.
a. What is your address?
b. What is your apartment number?
c. What is your middle name?
d. When is your birthday?
3. ****Also: Review the meaning of “street address” when filling out forms.
Tuesday:
(make an appointment// ordinal numbers with dates//offer suggestions)
1. Listening/speaking: I think there are some old, unused phone sets in the back storage room. I would like to use those as props for phone dialogues in class. The students will practice making appointments over the phone for various situations (I will probably make about four different situations. The “callers” will have a card with different possible times; who they want to make an appointment with, etc. The “receptionists” will have a schedule with openings, busy days, etc. marked. The pairs will use a format similar to the following:
1. Have a conversation. Practice, and show the class. Then, switch cards with a different group.
| Caller | Receptionist |
| Hello. I want to make an appointment with _______, please. | Okay. What day? |
| How about Friday, December 2? | I’m sorry. He’s not available on December 2nd. How about Thursday, December 1? |
| Okay. What time is he available? | He is free from 9:00 to 12:00. |
| How about 9:30? | Perfect. We will see you on Thursday, December 1 at 9:30 A.M. |
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2. Reading/writing: Look at Dr. Khadka’s schedule. Read the questions. Write the answers.
a. When is the doctor available?
b. When is he unavailable?
c. Is he free on Thursday, December 2?
d. Is he busy on Saturday, December 10?
*** Extra: if we have time (maybe while groups are practicing their phone conversations), I’d like to show students an online scheduling web page and have them try to make an appointment online (without actually scheduling the appointment, of course…).
Wednesday:
(Wh- questions with “do/does”; focus= “Which one…?”/ ordinal numbers= selecting from a list)
1. Writing: Use the words to make a sentence.
a. Ex: you/want/go (where)
i. Where do you want to go?
b. You/want/ get there (how)
i. How do you want to get there?
2. Writing with “WHICH”: Look at the picture (pictures= series of the same objects…one will be circled). Use the words to write a question.
a. Ex: house/you/live in (which)
i. Which house do you live in?
2b. Now, use the picture to answer your question.
Ex: Which house do you live in? ------- > The second one./ The second house.
(***ALSO: Which house do you live in? --à The green one./ This one./ That one.)
3. Speaking/listening: I would like to bring in various objects to set up at the tables around the room. (These may be pictures on flashcards….) One student must stand at each “station” and ask a question like this:
a. Which _____ do you want?
The other students (“customers”) will choose an item and say:
· “The first one” (or second, third, etc.)
· “The ___ one” (big/ small/ red, blue, etc.)
· “This/that one” (and point)
The first student must listen and give the correct “item” to the customer. Then, students will switch “stations” and begin again.
4. Reading/matching: Read the questions on the left. Then, read the answers on the right.
Draw a line from the question to the correct answer.
Ex: Which house do you live in?---------I live in the big red house.
Which one do you want?-------------I want that one, please.
Thursday:
(“How do I get there?”: asking for and giving directions/ ordinal numbers with street names and locations)
· Review basic directions vocabulary (turn left/right on ____; go straight; take bus number ____/ get off at ______)
o 1. Speaking/listening:
§ Find a partner. Choose a pair of maps. The first person lives at _____. The second person lives at ______.
§ Where is your friend? How does he/she get to your house?
· Listen to your partner. Draw a line from your house to his house.
*********(For this activity, I will make an identical map of a city for each student. Every map, however, will have a different address/location “starred”—this is the student’s specific address. Without looking at each other’s maps, the pairs of students must find their way from their house to their friends’ houses. They will use a crayon to draw the route as their partner gives them directions.)
o 2. Look at the map. Read the directions. Fill in the blanks.
§ Ex: From _______ to _________
Walk to Euclid Avenue and East _____ Street. Take bus # _____. Get off at _______________. Go straight. Then, turn _______ on _________ Avenue. My house is the ________ house on the ___.
