So it's down to the last two weeks of teaching now. Prince and I have really been learning a lot and hope to achieve a lot more in the next two classes. In fact, earlier on Thursday, I met Julie from Language Bridges and she said that she had come to discuss the plans for the graduation ceremony. These are really exciting times and I'm really looking forward to the day. Meanwhile, Prince and I have put together a lesson plan for Monday's class. This will mainly be based on 3 activities. Here's what they activities are about.
Activity # 1: Whiteboard Bingo
Key Objective: Vocabulary enhancement
In this activity, the students will be given a slip of paper each. We, the teachers, will write 15
words on the white-board before the class starts. The students will then select five random
words from within these 15 words and will write it into their little slips. After the group is done,
one of us will announce 5 words that we randomly choose on the spot. The student with the
maximum number of matches to these 5 words gets the prize. He will be declared the winner.
In this game, the main idea is to get across maximum number of words. After each word is
called out, we will explain the meaning of it briefly and also show a picture about the word in
order to give a better context of the word. This will be done after each word is called out. In this
manner, the students get to learn a lot of new words. We hope that the visuals will be of great
help and the students can remember these visuals and they relate to these words in future.
Activity # 2: Learning a new song and singing it later on.
Key Objective: Understanding musical lyrics and also improving listening skills
In this activity the students will learn the lyrics of the song titled, “We shall overcome” by Pete
Seeger, in class. The students have already got a trailer of this song as we already taught them
the first stanza. However, there are many other stanzas and so we hope that this can be a great
learning experience for the students. The main task for the students would be to complete a
worksheet that has the broken version of lines of the song. After one round of the song, the
students would simultaneously write down the missing words. We’ll be singing the song live in
class, which makes it more interesting and entertaining. If the students request, we’ll have
another go at it as well.
The key objective of this task is to get the students to test their own listening skills and
knowledge about words. This will be a good way to test the vocabulary skills as well. The words
are not really difficult and so after the song, we also would like to discuss a bit about the
message of the song and also what it really means.
Activity # 3: Teaching them to write a short story and having them construct one.
Key Objective: To learn the basic structure of a story and to learn different styles to present it
This activity will be the more work intensive activity out of the three. At first, we will tell the
students two short stories about our lives. The stories will be followed by a small questionnaire
that will need to be completed by the students. This questionnaire will also be their reference
when they make their own story. Next, we will focus on the style of telling the story itself. After
this is complete, we plan to have them work in groups in order to come up with a story on the
spot. This activity will enhance their skills of thinking on the spot and can also facilitate
teamwork. The teams will then elect one member to come and present the story (each story
would be 5 minutes long, at the maximum). The team also has to come up with questions for
the audience.
Activity # 1: Whiteboard Bingo
Key Objective: Vocabulary enhancement
In this activity, the students will be given a slip of paper each. We, the teachers, will write 15
words on the white-board before the class starts. The students will then select five random
words from within these 15 words and will write it into their little slips. After the group is done,
one of us will announce 5 words that we randomly choose on the spot. The student with the
maximum number of matches to these 5 words gets the prize. He will be declared the winner.
In this game, the main idea is to get across maximum number of words. After each word is
called out, we will explain the meaning of it briefly and also show a picture about the word in
order to give a better context of the word. This will be done after each word is called out. In this
manner, the students get to learn a lot of new words. We hope that the visuals will be of great
help and the students can remember these visuals and they relate to these words in future.
Activity # 2: Learning a new song and singing it later on.
Key Objective: Understanding musical lyrics and also improving listening skills
In this activity the students will learn the lyrics of the song titled, “We shall overcome” by Pete
Seeger, in class. The students have already got a trailer of this song as we already taught them
the first stanza. However, there are many other stanzas and so we hope that this can be a great
learning experience for the students. The main task for the students would be to complete a
worksheet that has the broken version of lines of the song. After one round of the song, the
students would simultaneously write down the missing words. We’ll be singing the song live in
class, which makes it more interesting and entertaining. If the students request, we’ll have
another go at it as well.
The key objective of this task is to get the students to test their own listening skills and
knowledge about words. This will be a good way to test the vocabulary skills as well. The words
are not really difficult and so after the song, we also would like to discuss a bit about the
message of the song and also what it really means.
Activity # 3: Teaching them to write a short story and having them construct one.
Key Objective: To learn the basic structure of a story and to learn different styles to present it
This activity will be the more work intensive activity out of the three. At first, we will tell the
students two short stories about our lives. The stories will be followed by a small questionnaire
that will need to be completed by the students. This questionnaire will also be their reference
when they make their own story. Next, we will focus on the style of telling the story itself. After
this is complete, we plan to have them work in groups in order to come up with a story on the
spot. This activity will enhance their skills of thinking on the spot and can also facilitate
teamwork. The teams will then elect one member to come and present the story (each story
would be 5 minutes long, at the maximum). The team also has to come up with questions for
the audience.
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