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Planning Awesome Lessons

Planning Awesome Lessons . November 15, 2013. Ashley Levin . Agenda. Your role in teaching English communication Basics in creating an effective lesson How to input effective pictures How to expand a topic into multiple lessons Sample lesson plans General tips for challenging classes

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Planning Awesome Lessons

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  1. Planning Awesome Lessons November 15, 2013 Ashley Levin

  2. Agenda • Your role in teaching English communication • Basics in creating an effective lesson • How to input effective pictures • How to expand a topic into multiple lessons • Sample lesson plans • General tips for challenging classes • Q&A

  3. My School • Izu Sogo Koko-Half Kogyou (vocational training), half Sogo (general/academic course) • Teach 250 students total, class average is 20 students • Multi-media is not standard at my school. Projectors and TVs are unavailable • No textbook or existing curriculum in my class, so what should I teach? • Answer: Not grammar, writing, reading, but English Communication!

  4. What does “Teaching English Communication” mean? • Your class is a break from normal textbook-based classes with the JTEs • The level of English in your classes should in general be lower than their otherclasses • Your class is a chance to apply what they know • What’s the target? For my school, it’s for the students to come away thinking English is fun and practical

  5. Basic Lesson Model 10 minutes- warm-up or review game 15 minutes- learning vocabulary 10 minutes- listening activity 15 minutes- competition/group activity __+________________________________________ 50 minutes

  6. Warm-up Activities Examples • Get students out of their chairs or have them move their desks • Use the black board (ex. whiteboard relay race, spelling competition) • Crossfire • Review Karuta

  7. Basic Lesson Model 10 minutes- warm-up or review game 15 minutes- learning vocabulary 10 minutes- listening activity 15 minutes- competition/group activity

  8. Introducing Vocabulary Usually I have students match: • Pictures with English words • Sentences (in English) with English words • English words with Japanese words From EFL Press Books

  9. Car Parts Vocabulary Example

  10. Basic Lesson Model 10 minutes- warm-up or review game 15 minutes- learning vocabulary 10 minutes- listening activity 15 minutes- competition/group activity

  11. Listening Activity Examples • Students will listen to a dialogue/monologue and: • Fill-in-the-Blank • Circle items from a list • Identify pictures From EFLPress books

  12. Listening Activity Example From EFL Press books

  13. Basic Lesson Model 10 minutes- warm-up or review game 15 minutes- learning vocabulary 10 minutes- listening activity 15 minutes- competition/group activity

  14. Competition/Group Activity Examples • Competition and games is the key to motivating low-level students! • Read and Run • Writing on Mini-Whiteboards • Board Games • Karuta

  15. Read and Run: Competition Activity Example

  16. Board game: Example Group Activity From EFL Press Books

  17. How to expand on a lesson topic • Try to avoid one topic per lesson • Focus on topics that can be extended to several lessons • Example: • The first lesson on a topic may focus on learning and listening to vocabulary • The second lesson focuses on sentence structure and writing/applying the vocabulary

  18. Cooking Week 1Example lesson plan • Warm-up (5 minutes) • Vocabulary (20 minutes) Kitchen Vocabulary--students match pictures with words Cooking Verbs--students match pictures with sentences • Listening (15 minutes) ALT reads a recipe dialogue with the JTE, students fill-in the blank • Competition (10 minutes) ALT reads recipes-students guess the dish they make?

  19. Introducing Kitchen Vocabulary

  20. Introducing Cooking Verbs

  21. Cooking Listening Activity

  22. Cooking Week 1: Competition Activity Example ALT reads, “Drop the spaghetti into the boiling salted water and cook for 6 to 9 minutes. While the pasta cooks, combine the eggs, cheese, cream and olive oil in a bowl and stir until completely mixed. Drain pasta, toss with the egg and cream mixture, then add the cooked bacon and chopped parsley. Serve right away, with additional grated cheese.” Who can guess the dish this recipe makes?

  23. Cooking Week 2:Example lesson plan • Warm-up (5 minutes) • Review Vocabulary (15 minutes) • Crossword-can be done in teams or individually • Word search for students who finish early • Reading Recipes (15 minutes) • Students read sample recipes, fill-in missing vocabulary • Students read sample recipes then put them in order • Writing Recipes (10 minutes) • Students write their own recipes

  24. Cooking Crossword: Example Review Activity

  25. Putting recipes in order: Example Activity Worksheet modified from ISLcollective.com

  26. Example Student Recipe

  27. Cooking Review Week Example Activity: Karuta • Review all vocabulary with Cooking Karuta picture cards • Also can be used to play Bingo

  28. Tips

  29. Tips: Dealing with mixed level classes • Always bring something extra! Especially for advanced classes • Crosswords and word searches--can be made easily from online generators • Extra activities give you peace of mind • Activities you don’t get to can be used for review the next lesson.

  30. Tips: When a lesson doesn’t go as planned • Don’t get discouraged over failed lessons. Can be due to a number of factors: • It takes time to learn students’ level • Students performance in class can be due to other factors • Don’t drive yourself insane trying to fix a lesson which failed • Things to improve for next time: • Clearer explanation • Giving more student and teacher demonstrations • Check understanding before starting the activity

  31. Conclusion • Develop your lesson format which can be applied to any topic • Focus on topics that can be extended to several lessons • Focus on building on skills and previously learned vocabulary • Give lots of opportunities to review • Remember the target is for students to walk away thinking English is fun

  32. Recommended Resources • ISLcollective.com, all worksheets can be modified • EFL Press books--great for pictures, activities and adopting whole lesson plans. Can order free samples easily online • Snagit-application for taking screen shots which makes editing pictures much faster

  33. Q&A Shuzenji, Izu-shi

  34. Appendix

  35. Determine what kind of test you’ll have • Listening- Pre-recorded CD or live. • Examples include: dialogues with JTE, fill in the blanks/dictation, circling pictures. • Speaking- Students have an interview with the ALT • Need to start early--usually a full semester project • Students need a lot of practice time • Performance Test: Students write a 1-minute speech to recite in front of the ALT • Usually in addition to a listening/writing-based test

  36. Health/body parts vocabulary example Modified from ESLPress Books.

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