Category: Themes

Lesson 5/6/7: May 20/27 June 2 – E.A. Writing

Aim 1: To write a a short paragraph about an Endangered Animal

Objective: To write a paragraph following a paragraph-writing format to give information.

Method: Research the internet about an endangered Animal. Follow the sentence structures below to write your short paragraph. There are seven sentences.

Procedure: Open a new word document and; WORKSHEET

Using your worksheet;

  • Complete the sentences below
  1. Topic Sentence: Write a sentence to introduce your animal
  2. Main Point 1: Write a sentence to give information about this endangered animal
  3. Support Sentence 1: Give more details to explain the above point
  4. Main Point 2: Write a sentence to give information about this endangered animal
  5. Support Sentence 2: Give more details to explain the above point
  6. Opinion Sentence: Write your opinion
  7. Conclusion Sentence

Teacher Example: Draft report

My Endangered Animal: Numbat

1. The animal ‘Numbat’ is an Australian marsupial found in Western Australia.

2. There are only 2 different areas where you can find this animal.

3. There are also some human habitats for this animal.

4. This animal only eats termites and eats only during the day.

5. They sleep at night and live in a protected place, so they only eat in the day time.

6. I think that we should try to protect this animal from other animals at night.

7. The ‘Numbat’ is a cute looking animal and we should help to protect and breed this animal.

Format Method for Writing:

Homework Activity:

  • Read your writing (draft) and check your information
  • Check your video notes: Did you use any key words or grammar sentences? (target language – T/L)
  • Try and add some key words or T/L sentences
  • Read and check again
  • Finish for HomeWork – show me (teacher) in the next class

Aim 2: To prepare for your speaking exercise;

  • Check your speech – maximum two sentences for each task.
  • Highlight / underline your key words – important sentence words / topic words.
  • Count – how many keys words do you have? You need a minimum of 15.
  • Next copy your speech to the speech card

Technique 16: listen to the teachers instructions

Activity: Task 5 Title: Role Plays

Aim: To make a conversation; take lines 1, 2 and 3 from your script (assignment)

Steps the teacher will guide you through the steps; Technique (3b) follow up questions link

Demonstration

  • A. The animal ‘Numbat’ is an Australian marsupial found in Western Australia.
  • B. Ahah. What is a marsupial?
  • A. It’s the same meaning as mammal. It is “哺乳類” in Japanese.
  • B. I see.
  • A. There are only 2 different areas where you can find this animal.
  • B. Only two. That isn’t a lot of places.
  • A. Right.
  • A. There are also some human habitats for this animal. For example zoo’s and wildlife parks.
  • B. I see.

Lesson 3/5 – May 8/18

Warm-Up: Writing Activity

Topic: Health & Wellbeing (HW)

Aim: In this topic you are going to learn about the meaning of “Health & Wellbeing” and why it is so important.

Objectives: read the activity objectives below;

  1. Listening comprehension: to watch a topic video and learn the key vocabulary and language
  2. Reading comprehension: to practice reading and learn paragraph writing format styles
  3. Writing: to research an endangered animal and write a short report – paragraph format
  4. Speaking: prepare a short 1 minute presentation about your health and wellbeing

Task 1-4 Title: learning the language: words and phrases used in the topic video

Method: follow these steps;

  • everyone listen to the video introduction – class discussion about the meaning of the video (no note taking yet)
  • group activity – each group member select a category and take notes: main ideas / vocabulary / phrases
  • group discussion – tell and listen for details [learning content]

HOMEWORK

please finish your section – take notes and understand

Student example:


Activity 2: Question and response

Aim: To make a proposal for a question for a project;

  • look at the totality (full information) of the content; broad view: What is health? How important is our health? Are you healthy?
  • look at the topic partially – [part / part of] of the content; narrow/narrowing the information we use: What is being free? Doing what I want to do.

Review: As students for a major project think about the content (step 1); think about who your audience is!? (step2); make a question connected to our audience (listeners / question askers) (step3); prepare your outline (step 4); continue to review the steps.

Task 5 Title: Question / Response

  • think of a question
  • write your response
  • 50-60 words

Student example:

HOMEWORK

  • quiz 3 (Saturday 9am)
  • Finish Q/A – Task 5
  • Create a CEFR account (Techniques 15a) – use your Gandai email
  • Try it (use the CEFR Analyzer) with Task number 5
  • Steps: enter your text; click Analyze; check your feedback-results – take a photo with your smartphone

Student example:

CEFR screenshots: Task 5 – Question and Response

——————– Finished:)

Optional Activity: Paraphrasing notes OR Reduce your notes (T10)

  • sometimes we need to review the notes we take to select the information we want / and don’t want
  • check your main points / topic words / phrases – edit or add (watch the video again)
  • reduce how much you write [reduce is not delete meaning]; to say something in your own words / to make a long sentence short – helps you remember!!

***Hint: reduce is to remember more but say (write) less!

Note Section: Reflection this class activity lesson (2-3)

  • how is this lesson for you?
  • what are the good parts?
  • is there anything difficult?

Lesson 3/4 – May 7/14

Lesson 3:

Topic: Health & Wellbeing (HW)

Aim: In this topic you are going to learn about the meaning of “Health & Wellbeing” and why it is so important.

Objectives: read the activity objectives below;

  1. Listening comprehension: to watch a topic video and learn the key vocabulary and language
  2. Reading comprehension: to practice reading and learn paragraph writing format styles
  3. Writing: to research an endangered animal and write a short report – paragraph format
  4. Speaking: prepare a short 1 minute presentation about your health and wellbeing

Task 1 Title: learning the language: words and phrases used in the topic video

Method: follow these steps;

  • everyone listen to the video introduction – class discussion about the meaning of the video (no note taking yet)
  • group activity – each group member select a category and take notes: main ideas / vocabulary / phrases
  • group discussion – tell and listen for details [learning content]

HOMEWORK

please finish your section – take notes and understand

——————- Lesson May 7 Finish

Lesson 4:

Interaction / Technique Activity: Clarification (6) link is helpful when we are sharing information in groups. We can learn from others. Repeating what someone says helps confirm our level of understanding.

Task X Title: Paraphrasing notes (Technique 10 – Taking notes) link

Activity 2: Paraphrasing notes OR Reduce your notes

  • sometimes we need to review the notes we take to select the information we want / and don’t want
  • check your main points / topic words / phrases – edit or add (watch the video again)
  • reduce how much you write [reduce is not delete meaning]; to say something in your own words / to make a long sentence short – helps you remember!!

***Hint: reduce is to remember more but say (write) less!

Note Section: Reflection this class activity lesson (2-3)

  • how is this lesson for you?
  • what are the good parts?
  • is there anything difficult?

Lesson 3 – April 30

Activity 1: Theme [Task 4 Title: Video theme]

  • What is the theme of this video? write 20-30 words

How many themes are there;

  1. Communication with people from all over the world
  2. A man dancing with views and people
  3. Countries have own culture and nature
  4. Speaking language – body language
  5. People – the focus
  6. Connection around the world
  7. Communicate with dancing
  8. A strange dance and shared with people around the world

Observing people: what do we learn about observing others?

We can observe and learn a lot of ideas, for example

  • places
  • other people: race / nationality; fashion / actions / movements
  • moments (place and time)
  • we can think about the situation (theme)
  • we can get an opinion (what we think)

Activity (same Task): Select one part of the video and write your ideas:

Teacher Example:

  • places: This is a place in Fiji – Wainivilalase. There are 1000 people in this village
  • other people: These people are Fijian; fBecause they are not rich people they ofent wear very casual clothes. They are famous for being happy and peaceful
  • moments (place and time): In this moment the kids are enjoying the foriegner visiting their island
  • theme: I think that the people in this video can share and enjoy by dancing together.
  • opinion: I think that these people (Fijian’s) are friendly and very happy to meet people visiting their village (place)

Technique: Is asking follow up questions (3b)

Q. Do you want to travel to there? If yes – why? If no – Where do you want to travel to in the future?

Q. Why do you think…. [these people are friendly or happy] ?

Q. If you want to go there… what other things do you want to do?

Task 6 Title: Reflection

Lesson 2 and 3: How is this lesson for you? Can you learn English? good points… bad points

Lesson 3 – April 30

Topic: Health & Wellbeing (HW)

Aim: In this topic you are going to learn about the meaning of “Health & Wellbeing” and why it is so important.

Objectives: read the activity objectives below;

  1. Listening comprehension: to watch a topic video and learn the key vocabulary and language
  2. Reading comprehension: to practice reading and learn paragraph writing format styles
  3. Writing: to research an endangered animal and write a short report – paragraph format
  4. Speaking: prepare a short 1 minute presentation about your health and wellbeing

Task 4 Title: learning the language: words and phrases used in the topic video

Method: follow these steps;

  • everyone listen to the video introduction – class discussion about the meaning of the video (no note taking yet)
  • group activity – each group member select a category and take notes: main ideas / vocabulary / phrases
  • group discussion – tell and listen for details [learning content]

Task 5 Title: paraphrasing notes (Technique 10)

Activity 2: Paraphrasing notes OR Reduce your notes

  • sometimes we need to review the notes we take to select the information we want / and don’t want
  • check your main points / topic words / phrases – edit or add (watch the video again)
  • reduce how much you write [reduce is not delete meaning]; to say something in your own words / to make a long sentence short – helps you remember!!

***Hint: reduce is to remember more but say (write) less!

Note Section: Reflection this class activity lesson (2-3)

  • how is this lesson for you?
  • what are the good parts?
  • is there anything difficult?

Video 3. Health & Well Being

Customs & Traditions: Why is Health Important for our wellbeing?

Video 

  1. 0:00 – 1:10 Sub Heading 1: Introduction
  2. 1:10 – 2:10 Sub Heading 2: Physical Health
  3. 2:10 – 3:10 Sub Heading 3: Mental Health
  4. 3:10 – 4:45 Sub Heading 4: Social Health
  5. 4:45 – 6:10 Sub Heading 5: Summary

Watch the video two times and follow the steps below. There are two steps.

Step 1: First, watch the video with no subtitles, and try and understand the content – what is the topic about? Do not take notes at this stage, just listen.

Skill exercise:

  • Listen for the main points in the video
  • Remember key words or phrases

Step 2: Watch the video a second time with English subtitles and follow the skill exercise.

Skill exercise:

  • Write keywords or phrases – also called topic vocabulary or specialised vocabulary
  • Identify the main points – write them
  • Identify the support sentences explaining the main points

Option: Worksheet:

  • Task 1: Physical – write the key words / phrases
  • Task 2: Mental – write the key words / phrases
  • Task 3: Social – write the key words / phrases

Lesson 2 – April 23

Aim: To listen to a video and learn the video content. The video is No.1 Elon Musk.

Method: the teacher will give you a task with steps to do some activities.

Worksheet – Communication Worksheet. Not Sogo worksheet (Tuesday class)

Step 1. Task 2 Title: Elon Musk

  • listen to the video x1′ some students explain the video to other students
  • listen to the video x2: Identify the main points (MP) and write them; write them in order; you can use subtitles / repeat / stop / play – many times

Step 2. lets continue…

  • share in your groups; help each other – add or change your notes ***Remember it is okay to have different ideas!
  • you want to understand this video!

Step3. Task 3 Title: Observations: learning to observe people;

  • what are people thinking: What is Elon Musk thinking?
  • what is his reaction to the situation – is he happy, surprised … or something
  • what does he say ? that expresses his feeling

To do this task listen to the video again and pause the video; write the time of the video [ 0:47 ] [write the information]. Make a list.

For example: [1:07] [ He says “Im really excited about today”]

HOMEWORK

  1. Write a short summary [30 second speech] (Task 4) about the video. In this video…
  2. Moodle Quizzes – Unit 1 x repeat