# Teaching EFL Listening via FUN WITH ENGLISH Books/7A/The Seasons

Lesson Plan Data (Dates relate to when lesson was administered) :
| Date: | Length (Min): | Location: | Textbook: | Chapter #: | Lesson #: | Topic: | # of Students: | Document Version: |
| | | English Salon | FWE 7A | 8 & 9 | 8 | | 25+ | 0.13 |

## Before Class
### Lesson

* identify: opinion / fact and argument / conversation
* Briefly review context.

### Definition

* Opinion = What a person thinks.
* Fact = What a person knows.
* Context = What a person or people is/are talking about.

### Why?

* Because knowing the difference between fact and opinion is important for making decisions.

### Example

* Draw two stick figures on the board. Explain that the two of them are having a conversation. These are not questions for the students.
* A: "Winter is cold. Do you like it?." B: "Yes! It's great!"
Questions:
** What is fact?
** What is opinion?
** What is the context?

### Lesson Question

* Is this fact or opinion?

### Word(s] of the Day

* extinct
** Animals that are all dead.
* endangered
** Animals that are few in number and may all die, soon.

### Question of the Day

* What season do you like?

### Contact Information

QQ ID 867996874
QQ Name Danoff
e-mail danoff.charles@gmail.com

### Teaching Materials

* FUN WITH ENGLISH 7A Textbook
* Lessons Notebook
* Stopwatch

## Class
### Plan
#### 0 Before Class

* In classroom at least 30 minutes before my first class of the day.
* Before class, make sure chairs are set up correctly
* Write Lesson plan, Lesson, Definitions, Example, my contact info, words of the day and that it's OK to say "I don't know" or "No reason" on the board.
* Ask if everyone has their textbooks and pens. If they don't tell them to go get them.
* Have the students write down where they sit on my seating chart.
** Depending on who is in the class, hand around my notebook and have them write down their names. Do not announce it, just give it to one student.
* Stopwatch ready to go before class.

#### 1 Coversation

6 Minutes
** If the kids don't respond, ask them the questions directly.
* Are you tired?
* Are you hungry?
* Is it anyone's birthday today in class?
* What are you going to do this weekend?
* Any questions for me? Add that the longer we talk here, the less time we have to spend on the textbook.

#### 2 Minutes

* Red Sea joke.

#### 3 Introduction

4 Minutes
* Make sure they understand the word "introduction."
* Point out the Lesson Plan, mention if we move fast, we can get to the game quicker.
* Tell them my contact info, and say that "I am busy. I want to talk to you, but if I can't it is not because I don't like them, it is because I am busy. I like all of you. Please say hello again or e-mail me. E-mail is much better."
* Mention that if ask a question and they don't know the answer, it's fine to say "I don't know". Write "No why" and "No reason" ask which is correct if I ask "Why?" cross out "No reason" explain that it is Chinese, not English.
* Words of the Day
* Lesson - Ask if they remember what we did last week? Mention we will be talking a little about the same idea again.
* Definitions
* Example
* What season do you like? ... "OK, well what do you do during the winter?"
** Ask directly to 1 to 3 students?
* Ask for any questions.

#### 4 Page 30 Let's get ready A & B

7 Min
* Walk around the class, help the students who are struggling.
* Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.

#### 5 Page page 31 Let's listen 1 A

2 Min
* I read it through. Stop at the end of each section and ask the students the answers.
* Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.

#### 6 Page 34 Let's get ready A & B

6 Min
* I read it through.
* Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.

#### 7 Page 35 Let's listen 1A

6 Min
* I read it through.
* Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.

#### 8 Page 36 Let's listen 2A

6 Min
* I read it through.
* Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.

#### 9 Page 37 Let's listen 3A

6 Min
* I read it through.
* Ask the students if the statements are facts or opinions.

#### 10 Competitive Hangman

8 Min
* Divide the class in half.
* Draw two hang man diagrams.
* Explain the two halves will be playing against one another with the goal of finishing Hangman first.
* Give each team one word with the same number of letters and a similar level of difficulty.
* Start with one side, then alternate back and forth with the questions.
* First team to finish or the last team to be hung wins.

### Extra Time

* Rows & Columns
* 20 Questions
* Soccer Dialogue Illustrating Argument vs. Conversation
* Ball Self-Introduction Game
* "How high can you clap?" Game
* Simon Says
* Telephone

## After Class
### Lesson Review Notes
#### What I could improve upon
##### g8c4 AFLS TJ3 Page 35

* Getting more kids involved with the conversation.

#### Next Week

* identify: argument / conversation
* Review:
** identify: opinion / fact
** Context
** formal v. informal discussion

#### Thoughts

* with these types of classes I really think it might be better to do some sort of activity that gets everybody talking