Juniors I: Lesson plan for the second day of school!
- Deconstructing English
- Mar 11, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 10, 2020
Group: Junior I (aimed at learners who have never had English at school)
Ages: 10-13 years old
Date: March, 2018
Lesson: 2, Unit 1
Duration: 75 minutes
Topic: introductions and greetings
Context: the classroom, a party
Linguistic content
New Vocabulary: hello; hi; nice to meet you; goodbye; bye
Recycled Vocabulary: I’m X. My name’s… What’s your name? This is X.
Purpose:
To remind the students of their classmates’ names and favourite movie characters
To demonstrate how an introductory conversation could be performed and in which order they normally appear
To encourage the students to put the new and the recycled knowledge into practice
To review the language exposed bringing into play their listening skills
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson the students should be able to…
Recall the recycled language
Identify the new expressions, their uses and the order in which they are usually presented in an initial conversation
Demonstrate, both orally and on their writing, how a basic introduction of themselves and others is done in English
Materials:
Flashcard of Moana
Movie clip with the target language and a corresponding sheet of paper with its dialogue
Flashcards of the characters from the clip
Flashcards for the expressions used on the clip
Worksheets to fill in the blanks, choose the correct answers, matching, and correct the mistakes
Lyrics of the Hello, Goodbye song by The Beatles
Procedures:
Step 1 (10 minutes) – Warm-up
With the use of the language exposed on the first class, the teacher greets the students one by one, she could also use the English version of their names to help them get in the mood, or the names of the characters they mentioned on the previous class. She could then remind the students that on the previous class they talked about movies. Referring to the song I am Moana, she could ask them what the name of the character is, either by showing them a flashcard of Moana’s face or an Instagram profile that displays her as well.
Step 2 (10 minutes) – Presentation and Modelling
In order to introduce the new topic, the teacher could tell the students that, on this new lesson, they will watch a clip from another movie that will show us how friends meet. The clip used should contain the target language (“hello”, “hi”, “nice to meet you”, “goodbye”) while the students could follow the written dialogue. Once they have watched it, the teacher could ask who the characters are and whether that is their first encounter.
Step 3 (5 minutes) – Controlled Practice
Images of the characters from the clip could be stuck on board, while other flashcards with the key words could be given to each student. The teacher could play the video again and ask her students to stick the expressions to the board in the correct order, as if that were part of a comic strip.
Step 4 (15 minutes)
The teacher could distribute a worksheets where characters from animated movies meet; they would have to complete exercises such as fill in the blanks, choose the correct answers, matching, and correct the mistakes. The teacher would check the answers with them once they are done.
Step 5 (15 minutes) – Independent Practice
To practice their oral skills, the Let Me Introduce game could be proposed. Each student could be assigned or be allowed to think of a character to impersonate from different animated movies. The teacher would ask them to imagine they are all gathered at a party. Each student would be asked to introduce themselves to as many classmates as possible. Once two party-guests get acquainted, one of them could invite the other to meet a third guest. As it is often the case with parties, there should be music playing on the background, so that, when the playlist is paused, the students would know that the introductions time is up; the students who have met the biggest number of people should be given a prize. The teacher would encourage the students to use expressions such as: “hello/hi;” “I’m X/My name’s… What’s your name?” “Nice to meet you;” “this is X;” “goodbye/bye.” If the teacher feel shy about impersonating characters, they could play the game introducing their real selves.
Step 6 (10 minutes) – Assessment
As a final exercise, the teacher play the Hello, Goodbye song by The Beatles and fill in the blanks the lyrics with the key words; the song would be played three or four times.
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