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This is a fun way to start a lesson, a transition or to gather the students' focus, or even as a last activity to close the class. The objective is to tell a story that makes sense, and it should make grammatical sense. LESSON PLAN
(Best for classes of 3-9 students) · Say we're going to tell a story. We all take turns and say {1-2 words or 1-2 sentences of a story} depending on what you want to focus on in that day. · Teacher (or somebody) writes down the story as they say them. · Correct them as a class when you’re finished. Pro Tips:· Less is more. Don't drag out the stories too long. · Do this on a regular basis to strengthen their skills. · Help guide lower-level students to find the correct word. · Give the first word of each story to intend to guide different tenses. Good luck! Let me know how it works for you and if you have any other ideas that I can try in my classes: Easter Egg Lessons:Thinking Quickly - Practicing this on a regular or semi-regular basis with your classes will strengthen their ability to think off the top of their heads... in a foreign language! Creativity - This is kind of a given. Eventually, they will have to either become creative in their stories or become bored with repeating the activity. Community - Regularly or semi-regularly telling a story together with some guidance will build teamwork among your class. What else can you find?
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In this activity, your students will be able to ask genuine questions and answer them while trying to find out information about each other.
Pre-Teach: Asking Questions· Ask students to create 3 sentences about themselves (2 true sentences and 1 false sentence) · Teacher demonstrates an example with his/her 3 ‘facts’ · Students ask questions to figure out the false fact (review correct question form here) Prep Activity· Students create their 3 sentences about themselves · Walk around the room helping students create correct sentences Activity (15-20 minutes)· Students come up, one at a time, to the front and share their facts and take questions ( · Break larger classes up into more manageable groups (of 5-10) and do the activity. Pro Tips:· Do an example from your life first. · Set a timer or a set number of questions for each person's turn. (around 4-6 min each) · Don't drag it out too long; the students will start to get restless. - Remind the students to continue lying when their classmates ask them about the false facts. Easter Egg LessonsThinking on the spot - Being able to think off the top of your head will help their creativity. Building a community - Students often learn something new about their classmates and friends. Lie Spotting - They will constantly be looking for clues to find the lie. What else can you find? Student WorksheetName: ______________________ Class: ___________________ PART I (a)– Write an example question you could ask from the following facts. 1. I’ve been to 11 different countries and lived in three. Question: ________________________________________________________? 2. I’ve ridden bulls in the rodeo. Question: ________________________________________________________? 3. I’ve been to North Korea. Question: ________________________________________________________? 4. I served in the military. Question: ________________________________________________________? 5. I’ve been robbed at gunpoint. Question: ________________________________________________________? PART I (b)– Write three facts about yourself. Make them creative and choose things people probably don’t know. Bad example: I have two sisters. (too obvious for your friends) Good example: I’ve been to seven countries. 1. _________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________ Good luck! Let me know how it works for you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes:
Talk about preparing for real life! In this system, we're using a full economy and money management system. This approach is the opposite from what we have all done in our classes to try to coax the kids to behave well and speak English during our lessons. We've all probably done this with some sort of point or star system starting at zero, and the students get points for doing things well and minus points for their team for speaking their language or misbehaving. This system works a similar way, except the class starts each class with a certain amount of money (points). How it works.We start the class with a certain number of points... or money. (In my case, I give 4 points for a 90-minute class. This is a salary of sorts for doing their job (of being a respectable student) efficiently. Below, you will find a Reward Coupon Poster of prizes they could buy with the money they save up. Money can be deducted for: - Extended conversation in the students' L1 (native language) - Too much talking during inappropriate times - Disrespectful behavior - Etc.
Pro Tips:Make the prizes something they want. The prizes have to be something worth fighting for, and the next prize must be that much better. Root for the students to win Offer raises and bonuses for excellent work (but calculate the bonuses by percentage. 1 extra dollar is 25%) Easter Egg LessonsBasic Economics - They get to practice what it feels like to "earn" a currency that they can save up for something they want. Teamwork - The students are all "co-workers" of a company. They are all on a team working towards a goal. They may have to delegate jobs or responsibilities if necessary. (treasurer, project manager, etc.) Delayed Gratification - The students will have to wait and save for bigger and better prizes. Get the money and the posterBank Reward SystemREWARDS you can buy with your money $10 reward
$18 reward
$29 reward
$64 reward
Class Dollars and Reward Coupons
This is a fun way to review homework or to give motivation to the students to do book exercises during class. I recommend this for smaller classes.
Tips:· Allow a student to draw the X and O if they want (the more participation the better!) · Most students choose middle first. Teach them that the corners are the best strategy · Set a time (10 seconds) for them to choose their squares and numbers Easter Egg Lesson:Direction Vocabulary - Teach top/ bottom/ left/ right/ middle and watch them use these terms better and better over time. Real Interaction - If you choose students to write the X and O on the board, they can do the entire interaction. - "What square do you want?" - "Bottom middle" - "Team B, choose a number" Tic-Tac-Toe Strategy - This teaches more than just winning at tic-tac-toe. Once you teach that the middle isn't the best first move, they will usually get it and learn to think a bit differently. Teamwork - They will learn to work in a team in choosing the right square together and choosing which number they want the other team to answer. Want more?Good luck! Let me know how it worksfor you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes:
Having good conversation skills is an important skill to have no matter what language we're speaking. Parts of a good conversation are:
This is a nice, short activity that we can fit in anywhere in a lesson, and we recommend doing it often enough that our students can build a good routine of asking follow-up questions and practice real conversation. Use this to turn the English mode on in their brains. Lesson Plan
Student: I woke up at 7:00... Teacher: How did you wake up? Student: Um, my phone alarm. Teacher: Ok. Continue. Student: Then I had breakfast. Teacher: What did you eat? Etc. · Students do this with a partner. · Share a few examples as a class to correct. Pro Tips:Create a point system that you see fit. (Ex. a point for each follow-up question) Good luck! Let me know how it worksfor you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes: Easter Egg LessonIf we do this on a regular or semi-regular basis, the students will grow their interactive conversation skills that they can use in English or their own language. Being a good conversationalist can be difficult, but it's fundamental in making new friends and influencing people.
One of the best tools you can have in your bag or teacher box is a dice. There are many things you can do with dice as a teacher: play a board game, choose who goes first in a game, or you could open your classes with vocabulary review games. Opening Routine
Break the class into teams. Choose team names (Adjective + Noun) Assign the numbers of the dice to do tasks based on their roll (EVEN or ODD if you just do two tasks) Draw (draw a picture of the chosen word) Act (act out the chosen word) -for more advanced levels- Describe (describe the chosen word without saying any part of the word) Take turns to come up, roll the dice, and do the task based on the number. Easter Egg LessonsAdjective + Noun - For many languages around the world, our form of ADJECTIVE + NOUN to describe something is backwards to their language. Therefore, it can take some work to change the order in English. Doing this in the beginning of each class is an engaging way to reinforce their correct order in English. Added Vocabulary - After the students get accustomed to making team names, they will go through several stages, especially for teens. If you remind them that their is a language purpose of doing this, students usually respect that and start caring a bit more. Even and Odd Numbers - Doing this as an opening routine for a while will allow you to teach EVEN numbers and ODD numbers. Chances are your students will know what they are, so you can just focus on the best way to help them remember it in English. Want more?
This is a guessing game where the students will see a part of a photograph, and they will have to guess what the picture is. Target Language: Sharing Opinions, Speculation Language, Descriptions Age and Level: Most ages and levels from lower intermediate Lesson Plan
ACTIVITY:(It depends on how many photos and how many expressions and vocabulary you teach) · Students work with a partner. (3 or fewer do it as a class) · Give students 1-2 minutes per photo. · Students have a two-way conversation about what they think. · Review vocabulary in the photos after the reveal. · Write any new words in their notebooks. 1-ON-1 LESSONS: · You are their partner. · Encourage them to involve you in the conversation · Teach useful expressions that you teach or say. · I write the words and expressions as well for future review. Easter Egg Lessons: Finding Details - Your students will have to look for clues in the detail of the photos. This usually gets their attention. Sharing Their Opinion - This can be difficult for some people to do, but this exercise often makes it a little easier. What else can you find? Good luck! Let me know how it works for you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes:
This lesson will be using the Ted Talk by Simon Sinek called How Great Leaders Inspire Action. (Video below). AGE & LEVEL: Advanced Adult Learners and Professional Classes Lesson Focus: Concept Listening and Responding Pre-ListeningWhy do you think people follow certain people? Who inspires you? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Listening: Listen to the talk and answer the questions1. What three examples does the speaker give of good leadership? 2. In the “Golden Circle”, what does he mean by WHY? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. FINISH THE SENTENCE: “People don’t buy what you do, _______________________________.” 4. According to Sinek, all of his information is rooted in psychology/biology. How? 5. The goal isn’t to do business with everybody who needs what you have, the goal is to do business with people who _______________________________________________. 6. Samuel Pierpont Langley had education, funding, and support. How do we know that he just wanted fame and fortune? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7.a. Law of diffusion of innovation:
8. What examples did the speaker give on good and bad examples of Law of diffusion of innovation? Good (Success) Bad (Failure)
3. What or who inspires you? Write their names and a few words about why. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
One of the best tools you can have in your bag or teacher box is a dice. There are many things you can do with dice as a teacher: play a board game, choose who goes first in a game, or you could open your classes with vocabulary review games. Opening Routine
Break the class into teams. Choose team names (Adjective + Noun) Assign the numbers of the dice to do tasks based on their roll (EVEN or ODD if you just do two tasks) Draw (draw a picture of the chosen word) Act (act out the chosen word) -for more advanced levels- Describe (describe the chosen word without saying any part of the word) Take turns to come up, roll the dice, and do the task based on the number. Easter Egg LessonsAdjective + Noun - For many languages around the world, our form of ADJECTIVE + NOUN to describe something is backwards to their language. Therefore, it can take some work to change the order in English. Doing this in the beginning of each class is an engaging way to reinforce their correct order in English. Added Vocabulary - After the students get accustomed to making team names, they will go through several stages, especially for teens. If you remind them that their is a language purpose of doing this, students usually respect that and start caring a bit more. Even and Odd Numbers - Doing this as an opening routine for a while will allow you to teach EVEN numbers and ODD numbers. Chances are your students will know what they are, so you can just focus on the best way to help them remember it in English.
Before the LessonPrint profession ideas to have the students choose what job they would like to have for today's activity. Profession Ideas: Actor/Actress Artist Teacher Pro Footballer Car Mechanic Pilot CEO Writer/Journalist Photographer Farmer Musician Philosopher Computer Technician Carpenter LESSON PLAN
Activity (10-15 min)· Explain the situation with the PPT (choose how many people can not go) · Give students time to write notes about the uses of their profession · Debate in a semi-free discussion why they should be included in the trip · Remind them to use the target language Worksheet for Your Google Classroom
Task: Use your occupation and the target language to argue why you should be included in the voyage.Target Language: State your opinion: I would say that... I should go because… You will need me because… We need/don’t need ______ because… Agree: I think so, too. That's a fair point. We're on the same page. Fair enough. I'm with _____________... Disagree: I don't disagree, but... I beg to differ. I don't agree at all. He's/She's completely off base. That doesn't make any sense. That's not true. Prepare Take notes with reasons why you should be invited onto the rocket.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pro Tips· The activity works best with groups of 6-8 students. Break bigger classes up into groups · Decide if you want to take a vote or use a point system to choose who goes Good luck! Let me know how it works for you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes:
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