G8 11 31

G8 11 31

Presentation: Today we will pretend we are on an airplane, flying to China.

Practice: (Emulation)

We will be arriving in Beijing shortly. We hope you have enjoyed the flight.
Will you do me a favor? What would you like? I would like something to drink.
What would you like? I'd like some tea please.

Can you do me a favor? Sure, what would you like?
Can you tell me how long it takes to get to China?
It takes two hours. I hope we will arrive on time.

I'm sorry; our flight will be delayed. Could you do me a favor? Could you tell me how long it will take to get there? We are delayed by fifteen minutes. We still hope you enjoyed your flight. It was a very nice flight. We hope to see you again soon.

Production:

I will be the stewardess. You will be the passenger. I will ask you questions. I may give you some directions by writing, too. Have three little conversations using the phrases practiced earlier:

• Giving the passenger something to drink.
• Telling the passenger how long the flight lasts.
• Telling the passenger the flight will be delayed.

G5 10 28

G5 10 28

Presentation: Today we'll learn how to talk about food.

Practice: (Emulation)

Do you want some more? Yes, please.
Do you want some more? No, thank you.
Do you want some more steak?
Yes, please; it tastes delicious.
No, thank you. I am full.
Do you want some more chicken?
Yes, please. This smells delicious.
No thank you. It tastes too salty.
Do you want some more salad? Yes, please this looks delicious.
No, thank you. The dressing tastes too sweet.

Production:

Show pictures and have the students tell me if the food tastes salty, or sweet, using a complete sentence.

Show pictures of steak, salad, chicken and ask each student if they would like some more. They can choose to say, yes or no and elaborate. Prior to this exercise review the things they might say:
That looks delicious. This tastes delicious. This smells delicious. This is too sweet. This is too salty. I am full.

G5 09 27

G5 09 27

Presentation: Today we will practice talking about who things belong to.

Practice: (Emulation)

Whose baseball is this? Whose hat is that?
Whose shoes are these?
Whose things are these?
Whose glasses are those?
Whose flowers are those?
They are mine. They are yours.
Whose fish is that? Whose kite is that?
Whose keys are these? They are yours!

Production:

Show students photos or give word prompts and have them ask the appropriate question or give the appropriate answer.

G8 10 30

G8 10 30

Presentation: Today we will practice using "I am afraid" in various ways. "I'm afraid" is a way we talk about fear. "I am afraid of fire." It is a way we can be polite, "I'm afraid I don't know how to use chopsticks." We can also use it to say we are sorry. "I'm afraid I can't go with you. "

Practice: (Emulation)

I am afraid of heights.
I am afraid I can't go.
I am afraid I have to take the test tomorrow.
I am afraid of water.
I am afraid of going swimming.
I am afraid that I can't learn to swim.
I am afraid that you cannot run in the school.
I am afraid that you must wear shoes.
I am afraid that the homework is due today.

Presentation: We also want to practice some ways of giving a friendly invitation. Here are three different ways:
Let's....
How about...
Why don't....
What about...

Practice: (Emulation)

Let's go for a walk. How about going for a walk?
What about going for a walk? Why don't we go for a walk?

Production:

Ask students to all share something they are afraid of. (Before this go through some things people are afraid of: dogs, bugs, snakes, fire, water, heights, etc.)

Give each student an invitation and have them practice politely declining it. (Illustrate the various forms of invitation as you do this.)
Let's go for a walk. (Student should reply: I'm afraid I can't. I have to go home." etc.)
How about going swimming?
What about having some ice cream?
Why don't we play soccer? etc.

Have each student issue an invitation. If they don't vary them, then insist they do. Show a picture or type a prompt to help them think of a topic.

G6 09 27

G6 09 27

Presentation: We will practice using the simple past tense to describe something that happened in the past.

Practice: (Emulation) Please repeat after me.

How was your vacation? It was great. It was bad.
How was your weekend? What did you do? I visited my grandparents in the country. It was fun.
How was your weekend? It was bad. What did you do? I was sick all weekend. I stayed in bed.
How was your morning? It was good. I did a lot of work.
How was school today? It was good. I learned a lot.
How was your summer? It was exciting. I went to the United States.

Production:

Students will respond to questions about their recent past, and follow up questions, based on a picture or word prompt.
Students will ask one another questions and answer them.

G7 14 41

G7 14 41

Presentation: We will practice comparing two objects or qualities.

Practice: (Emulation) Please repeat after me.

Dogs are intelligent. Chimpanzees are more intelligent than dogs.
Chimpanzees are less intelligent than humans.
A rose is more beautiful than a cactus. Playing is less important than studying.
First class seats are more comfortable than economy seats.
A car is more comfortable than the bus.
She is more generous than he is.
Gold is very precious. Love is much more precious than gold.
Love is a lot more precious than gold. Love is far more precious than gold.
Glass is very hard. A diamond is much harder than glass.
You have a lot of homework. I have much more than you do. I have a lot more homework than you do. I have far more homework than you do.

Production:

Students will compare two objects either from a work prompt or from a photo.
Students will use the three variants: much, a lot and far to compare two things.

G7 14 40

G7 14 40

Presentation: Today we will practice comparing two or more things.

Practice: (Emulation) Please repeat after me.

She is taller than him.
He is older than she is.
He is smarter than they are.
She is prettier than he is.
An elephant is bigger than a cat.
He is fatter than her.
I can jump higher than you. I can run faster than you.
That cup is big.
The cup is much bigger than the first one. This cup far bigger.

Production:

Describe the pictures, responding to questions.

Is the woman on the left older?
Is this man taller?
This giraffe is bigger. What about this giraffe? etc.