Friday, April 3, 2009
G7 04 12
REVIEW – BODY PARTS/DOCTOR
Practice
Emulation: Have students repeat at least twice. Also have them type words.
Review pronunciation of face parts:
Head eye ear mouth face
Waist, knee, leg
Foot feet ankle, ankles toe, toes stomach shoulder throat
Shoulder hand, hands finger, fingers
Stomach ache
Headache [ache = hurt]
Broken arm
Show body and indicate parts to name.
Production
Have each child name a body part when you point to it and say the number.
Ask, “What is the matter?”
Student will reply, “My head aches.”
My arm aches. My shoulder aches. Etc. OR
My head hurts. My arm hurts. My shoulder hurts.
G7 05 13
What are you doing?
Practice
What is he doing?
What are they doing?
I see a woman. What is she doing?
She is walking.
What is she wearing? She is wearing a blue dress.
I see a man at the café.
What is he doing?
He is reading.
What is he wearing?
He is wearing a white shirt and a necktie.
What is he holding?
He is holding a pen.
Production
What am I holding? Pen, book, ball, etc.
What color are you wearing? (Students each answer)
What are you doing? (I am studying English?)
What is _________doing? He is studying English.
What are you doing? Are you standing? No, I am sitting.
What are you doing? Are you sitting. Yes, I am sitting.
What are you learning?
What am I doing? (singing, coughing, sleeping, etc.)
Etc.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
G8 01 02
I will be
Practice
(Emulation; repeat after me)
In the future I will be a spaceman.
In the future I will find rocks on Mars.
I will be able to see earth from space.
In the future I will take photos of planets.
In the future I will be a singer.
I will be a singer because I love music.
I will be famous.
I will be popular all over the world.
I will sing music teenagers will like.
My grandparent will like it too.
I will do my best to be a great singer.
Performance
Would you like to be a singer in the future? Yes/No.....
Would you like to be a spaceman in the future?
Do you think [Name] will be a singer in the future?
Do you think [name] will be a spaceman in the future?
Will you be famous in the future?
What will you do in the future? [prompt answers, if necessary]
G8 05 15
Do you like... Do you prefer...
Practice
(Emulation: repeat after me)
Do you like living in the country? (Explain we do not usually say countryside)
No, I prefer to live in the city.
Yes, I prefer to live in the country.
Why do you like living in the country?
I like living in the country because it is quiet.
Do you like living in the city?
No I do not like living in the city/
Why don't you like living in the city?
Because it is noisy.
Do you like to play baseball?
Yes, I like to play baseball because it it fun.
No, I prefer soccer.
Why do you prefer soccer? I prefer soccer because I can run fast.
Why do you like to live in the country? Because the air is clean.\
Why do you like living in the country? Because it is quiet.
Do you like living in the city? No, I do not like it.
Do you like living in the country? Yes, it is so quiet.
Why do you like to exercise.
Because it keeps me healthy.
Why do you like to study?
Because I do well on my tests.
Performance
Ask each student the questions above.
Do you like to live in the country?
Yes - no.
Do you like to live in the city?
Why do you like to live in the city? the country?
Do you like to study? Do you like to play soccer?
Try to get them to use prefer/like/because
G6 04 12
What' the date?
Practice
(Emulation: students repeat after me)
What's the date today? Today is April 3.
When is your birthday? My birthday is on March third.
When is your mother's birthday. Her birthday is on July third.
When is Harvest Moon Day. Harvest Moon Day is on October Second.
My father's birthday is in August. My mother's birthday is in December.
What is the date today? Today is April Third. Today is the third of April.
Show a calendar. Point to April: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
Performance
I will ask you a question and I will type the answer.
When is my birthday? (Type August first, etc. different first-tenth for each student)
The game is on August second. When is the game?
The concert is on May first. When is the concert?
The test is on November third. When is the test? etc. for each student.
When is the game? [use calendar to point to a date]
Ask if anyone knows when their birthday is.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
G7 05 15
You should/You had better
Practice
Emulation: Have students repeat after me.
You should take the subway. You’d better take the subway.
You’d better take the subway.
Yes, I will take the subway. I’d better take the subway.
What is she doing now? She is riding the subway.
You should study more. You’d better study more.
Yes, I will study more. Yes, I should study more.
I’m going to meet my friend today.
We are going to study at the library.
The library is far from here.
You should take a subway. You should not walk.
Yes I should take the subway.
Yes, I’ll take the subway.
What is she doing? She is studying at the library.
Production
Ask each student a question and prompt the answer by typing, if needed.
What are you doing? Are you studying at the library? Yes, I am studying at the library.
You should take the subway. Will you take the subway?
Yes, I should take the subway.
You’d better take the subway. Will you take the subway?
What is she doing now? She is taking the subway?
Should you study more? Yes, I should study more.
Had you better study more? Yes, I had better study more.
Should [student] study more? Yes/No
Should I walk to the library?
Should I ride the subway?
Had I better read this book?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
G7 05 14
Practice
(The group repeats after me.)
What is he doing? What is she doing? What am I doing?
What are they doing?
I see a woman. What is she doing?
She is walking.
What is she wearing? She is wearing blue.
I see a man at the cafe.
What is he doing? He is reading. He is writing.
What is he holding? He is holding a pen.
What is he wearing? He is wearing white.
What are you doing?
I am studying. I am learning English.
What am I doing? I am teaching English.
Performance
(Students individually respond to questions. Depending on how easily they answer, and # of students students may or may not answer all questions.)
What are you doing? [I am studying English.]
What are you doing? Are you sitting? [Yes, I am sitting.]
Wht are you doing? Are you standing? [No, I am sitting.]
What is [classmate] doing? [He/she is studying English.]
What am I doing? [You are teaching English.]
Is [classmate] standing? [No, he is sitting.]
Is [classmate] playing soccer? [No she is studying English.]
What are you wearing? Are you wearing yellow? [yes/no full sentence.]
Who is wearing red? [ classmate is wearing red.] (And so on....this can be fun if they are not all wearing the same uniform!)
Wrap up
Thanks! (Repeat any general correction given.) Good job!
Friday, August 1, 2008
G8 01 01
Practice
Emulation - students repeat after me
What does he/she do?
What does he like to do?
What does she do? What does she like to do?
What to they do? What do they like to do?
What are you interested in? What does your father do?
My father is a doctor.
What does he like to do? He likes to read.
What does your mother do? She is a teacher.
What is she interested in? She is interested in flowers.
What does she like to do? She likes to have a garden.
What does your brother do? He is a student in elementary school?
What does he like to do? He likes to play baseball.
What does your sister do? She is a lawyer.
What does she like to do? She likes to sing.
What do you do? I am a student in middle school.
What do you like to do?
Performance
Ask each student a yes/no question where they repeat, i.e.
Are you a middle school student? (Yes; I am a middle school student.)
(alternate with: Is [classmate] a middle school student?
Do you like to play baseball? (Yes/no; I like/do not like to play baseball.)
Are you interested in studying English? No…. Yes… etc.
Ask each student:
What do you do?
What do you like to do.
What are you interested in?
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
G6 03 07 Annie
Do you like Spring?
Practice
(Emulation: have students repeat; correct mispronunciations.)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Do you like spring?
Yes; I like spring. There are flowers everywhere.
Do you like summer. No, I don’t like summer. It is too hot. I can swim in summer.
Do you like fall? Yes; I like the yellow and red leaves.
Do you like winter? No, it is too cold. Yes, it snows in winter.
Production
Have photos copied from powerpoint or other sources.
Have students name the season in the picture.
Ask “Do you like……….?”
Yes I like……… No, I do not like…………..
Why do you like spring? Summer? Fall? Winter?
Why do you like………
See if they can name reasons they don’t like spring (rain)
Reasons they do like summer? I can swim.
Reasons they don’t like fall. It is too cool. The leaves fall down.
They do like winter: I like the snow.
See if children can name the season that I am talking about.
What season is this? There are flowers beginning to bloom.
What season is this? It is hot and sunny every day.
What season is this? It rains so the flowers will bloom.
What season is this? It is getting cooler. Leaves are turning yellow.
What season is this? There is snow.
Wrap up
Thanks!