Narrative: students come from various different
backgrounds and speak different languages. They have a variety of educational
levels in their native language.
Rationale: teacher needs to create a learning
environment where students feel comfortable taking language risks and
expressing their opinions and ideas in classroom. Students need to get to know
each other and be comfortable presenting and speaking in front of others.
Teacher also needs to know their goals and needs for the course. A writing
sample will give the teacher a sense of students’ background knowledge in
writing, vocabulary, grammar usage, and spelling.
Goals: students will be able to use speech acts
for immediate needs and be able to ask and answer questions.
Objectives:
-
Students
will be able to introduce themselves with proper sentences.
-
Students
will be able to identify alphabets and words.
-
Students
will be able to give reasonable explanations on why they learn English.
-
Students
will be able to fill out an evaluation for their learning purposes.
-
Students
will be able to exchange their goals of learning English.
-
Students
will be able to present to the class about their interests in learning English
and what areas they would like to improve.
Materials:flash cards, pictures, evaluation sheet, pencil/pen,
and a small ball
Procedure:
1.
Introduction
(15 minutes): Students form a circle. Teacher holds a ball and introduces
herself. Teacher explains that each student must introduce him/herself while
holding the ball and pass it onto somebody else. Teacher models by saying,
“hello class, my name is Marshella” and passing the ball to a student. After
each student introduces himself or herself, teacher has the ball back and says
her name and the name of the student she passes the ball onto. Student must do
the same exact thing as the teacher models. They must say their name and the
name of another student and throw the ball to someone else. This activity
continues until all students in the class have their turns passing the ball and
introducing themselves.
2.
Review
alphabets and words (25 minutes): students pair up and use flash cards to
practice the alphabets and say a word corresponding to each letter. Then,
teacher and students review the alphabets and words by going around the room
and saying each letter in order. Teacher picks students randomly and asks each
of them to say the alphabet and form a word in English. For example, if a
student holds letter “D,” he/she must create a word/phrase they know such as
“difficulty” or “destiny.”
3.
Presentation
(15 minutes): teacher shows some pictures or images (a person wearing suit and
tie going for an interview, a person speaking with a receptionist at the
doctor’s office, etc). Teacher asks students to come up with other reasons why
a person might want to learn English and write them on the board.
4.
Practice
(25 minutes): Students fill out an assessment sheet with a short paragraph
about why they want to learn English and what their interests are.
5.
Application
(20 minutes): Students interview their partners and ask them why they want to
learn English. Each student must interview at least two students.
6.
Closure
(15 minutes): Students then tell the class why their partners want to learn
English. As students listen to each other, they can add more reasons to their
list.
7.
Writing
sample (20-30 minutes): Students write their own learning experience including
their background knowledge, school they went to, and previous workplace they
worked at in two paragraphs.
Evaluation:
Formative:
- Teacher
assesses students’ ability to interview, ask questions, remember their
classmates’ names, and share a story.
- Teacher
assesses students’ ability to identify their learning goals, reasons for
learning English, and their interests.
- Teacher
assesses students’ knowledge of vocabulary, spelling, and grammar usage in
writing.
Summative:
teacher assesses students’ ability to present a story or information to the
class.
Extension:
Bring in
questions you would like to know about your classmates.
No comments:
Post a Comment