Lesson plan for October 9, 2006

 
  • Materials to set up:
    • Pencils, white lap boards, dictionaries, 
    • computer , projector, speakers
    • materials for children's activities, 
    • concentration game board and cards
    • hat, cut out pictures - one set in hat, one set distributed among students
    • Worksheets:
      • Vocabulary
      • Who am I?
      • Advanced: adjectives, comparatives and superlatives about.com worksheet  
      • BVIU  - describing people 66-67
      • adjectives   BVIU 46-49
         
    Whole group:
    Prayer - Solicit contributions as you write three or more items for each part of the prayer.
    Praise example: "Dear Heavenly Father, You are holy, You are almighty, You are merciful"  (righteous, living, near, great, faithful, forgiving, the most high, our protector, our provider)

    Thanks example: "We thank you for restoring Louis to health. We thank you for this beautiful weather. We thank you for providing for our needs."

    Petition example: "We ask that you help us to learn from each other. We pray for the health of Beatrice's mother. We pray for peace."

    After writing, use the listed items as you pray in simple English. 
    End the prayer with "We praise You, we thank You, and we ask You in Jesus' name. Amen."
    \Individual Groups
    Lesson focus:
    physical descriptions
    Oxford Picture Dictionary pages: OPD p. 11,12
    Beginner level:
    Vocabulary:  Concentration with pictures and with opposites: 
    short 
    tall
    thin
    heavy
    old 
    straight 
    light    		 little
    bearded
    bald
    quiet 
    boring 
    messy     		 ugly 
    young
    curly
    dark
    big
    clean-shaven    		 long-haired 
    noisy
    fun
    neat
    hand-some
    Reading activity:
    • Who am I?
    • adjectives, and comparatives audio lessons (optional)
    Listening/Speaking Activity:
    • Each student receives a small picture.Teacher draws from hat from a similar pool of pictures and gave a description of the person in the picture using vocabulary words. If the word in the description didn’Äôt fit, the students sit down. After a few words, one student remains standing and their picture is a match.
    • Using the same pictures, the students take turns playing the role as teacher
     
  • Higher level: draw from the following materials that seem appropriate for your group (see key below):
  • adjectives, comparatives and superlatives about.com worksheet  BVIU  - describing people 66-67
  • adjectives   BVIU 46-49
  • adjectives, and comparatives audio lessons
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    Whole group:
    Song: Anything you can do I can do better (superlatives)

     
    KEY 
    BVIU....... Basic Vocabulary in Use - Cambridge
     OPD ........Oxford Picture Dictionary
     BOPD-RA ....Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary - Reproducable Activities
     GJ .........Grammar Jams
     GJ2 .......Grammar Jams 2

     

    Pictures for Listening Activity (make two sets and cut apart)
    These pcitures are for vocabulary These are for the Who Am I? worksheet which also reviews family relationships:

     
    Who am I worksheet questions
    Look at the family tree. Answer the questions. 

    My brother has big ears and my sister has big feet. Who am I? _____

    My niece is heavy and my husband is blonde. Who am I? _____

    My brother is tall and my sister has long hair. Who am I? _____

    My son-in-law has dark skin and my wife has glasses. Who am I? _____

    My daughter-in-law is short and my husband is bald.
     Who am I? _____

    My brother-in-law has a mustache and my other brother-in-law has short hair. Who am I? _____

    My mother has gray hair and my nephew has blonde hair like me. Who am I? _____

    My grandfather is bald and my sister is very thin.  Who am I? _____

    My cousins have dark skin and my sister has no hair. Who am I? _____

    My uncle wears glasses, my cousin is blonde, and my sister has curly hair. Who am I? _____

    I can¹t talk. I am a baby! Who am I? _____
     

     

    Speaking Activity (the women have "bow" lips)