Lesson plan for October 16, 2006

 
  • Materials to set up:
    • Pencils, white lap boards, dictionaries, 
    • materials for children's activities, 
    • "to be" ESL gold lesson and mp3
    • vocabulary display sheets and pictures for "if you're happy and you know it" verses
    • Worksheets:
      • Lifeprints book #1 class book 92, 
      • BOPD-RA focused listening unit 7, II a day at the beach ws.99, 100
      • Lifeprints Book 2 all of unit 7, tape for 77
      • Lifeprints book #1 class book 94 (small, medium, large)
      • Advanced: shopping and choosing clothes  BVIU - clothes 63,65
         
    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:
    clothing
    Oxford Picture Dictionary pages: 
    Beginner level:
    Vocabulary:
    Listening/Speaking Activity:
    • Lifeprints book #1 class book 92, 
    • BOPD-RA focused listening unit 7, II a day at the beach ws.99, 100
    • Lifeprints Book 2 all of unit 7, tape for 77
    Reading activity:
    • Lifeprints book #1 class book 94 (small, medium, large)
    Speaking activity: 
    An activity for describing appearance found at:
    http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol31/no1/p36.htm
  • Higher level: draw from the following materials that seem appropriate for your group (see key below):
  • shopping and choosing clothes  BVIU - clothes 63,65
  • "to be" ESL gold lesson and mp3
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    Whole group:
    Song: if you're happy and you know it 
     

     
    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