Tuesday, Jan. 17-Thursday, Jan. 19, morning beginners, by Justine

Lesson Plans:  Jan. 17-19, 2012

Grammar theme:  basic prepositions; ( also, wh- questions)

Vocab theme:  transportation

·         Location

·         Directions

·         Types of transportation

·         Understanding signs at:

o   A bus stop

o   An RTA station

Skills:

·         How to buy a bus ticket/ bus pass

·         How to read a bus schedule

·         How to read a map

·         How to read directions (mapquest, google transit, etc.)

Tuesday: 

1.)    Review prepositions

a.        (between, next to, in front of,behind, across from, to the right of, to the left of…)

2.)    Explain the difference between address and location

a.       (Where is it? vs. What is the address?)

ACTIVITIES:

1.       Look at the picture.  Read the questions.  Write the answers.

a.       Ex:  Where is Key Bank? __________________

What is the address? ____________________

2.       Listen. Read the question. Circle the correct picture.

a.       How do I get to work? (Circle the picture:  walk          car          bus         plane     taxi)

b.      What is the address? (Circle the picture:  815 Superior Ave.  1859 Prospect Ave.         223 Euclid Ave.)

c.       Where is it? (Circle:  next to ___; across from ____; between ___ and ___)

3.       Listening/ speaking. (Each student will have a sheet of paper with a picture of a city drawn on it.  Each student will be assigned a different building.  Like a survey, the students must walk around the room and ask: -Where are you? –What’s the address?.  Then, they will write the students’ names next to the appropriate building.)

a.       Ex:  Where are you?  --In front of the library. 

b.      What’s the address?  111 Euclid Ave.

4.       Homework:  Practice.  (Where do you live? ______  What is your address? _______ Where is it? _______)

Wednesday:

1.       Review “How do I get there?” and types of transportation.

2.       Review directions vocabulary(north/south/east/west;  left/right;           forwards/straight; back; turn; stop)

Activities: 

1. Look at the bus schedule.  Read the questions. Write the answers.

a.       Ex:  When does Bus 22 leave Public Square?

b.      Where does it stop at 2:30 P.M.?

c.       When does it stop at West 25^th Street?

2.       Listen to the directions.  With a crayon, color a line between home and work.

3.       Cover your eyes.  Listen to the directions.  Walk.

4.       Listening/speaking.  Each student will start with a basic map.  Each student will be assigned a different “home” location on the map.  Then, they must find a partner and give directions  from “school” to their “home.”  With a crayon, the other student must trace the directions on their own sheet.

Thursday:

Field trip