Lesson Plan

School:NISHI KOKO

Oral Communication I
class

Let’s Help Each Other

Date:

Oct. 12 – 20, 2006

Objectives:

Materials:

The students will learn
English Communication
dealing with chores andworking around the house.

Lesson Plan
Handout“Chore” Posters
Stickers

lessonTask

Warm-up:“Shiritori”

Time5

Procedure
JTE and ALT divide the students into 3 or 4 equal teams.
ALT will write three words on the board. Students must taketurns writing a new which starts with the last letter of theprevious word. The team with the most correct words in 2
minutes wins.
JTE and ALT pass out the listening comprehension
worksheet and read the following conversation (2x):
JTE: Hello Matthew. How are you feeling today?
ALT: I’m very tired, because I didn’t get much sleep lastnight.
JTE: I’m tired too. I had to do chores before I could goto bed.

Topic Introduction:“Let’s Help Each Other”
Dialogue5

ALT: Oh, I see. Do you share chores around the housein your family?
JTE: Yes, we do. I usually wash the dishes.
ALT: That’s my brother’s job. I take out the garbage andfeed the dog.
JTE: Oh, what about your parents?
ALT: My parents? They do everything else.
JTE: Wow, I think that’s great.

ListeningComprehension

5

ALT will ask the students the following questions(2x) and the students will answer on their handout.

1. Why am I tired?
a) not much sleepb) doing choresc) studying

2. What chore does ______ sensei usually do?
a) washes the dishes b) vacuums c) feeds the pet
3. Who usually washes the dishes at my house?
a) sister b) brother c) parents
4. How does _______sensei feel about my situation?
a) critical b) sad c) happy
Vocabulary
Brainstorming

8

ALT and JTE will take turns showing large pictures ofcommon “chores” and generate responses from thestudents. List as many as the students can.
Students will practice saying the following dialogue using thepictures of chores to guide them.

Practice(Handout)

5Student 1: Do you share chores around the house inyour family?
Student 2: Yes, we do. I usually __________________.

Activity(Handout)

10

JTE and ALT will demonstrate how to do the activity. Students
will walk around the classroom and ask other students questions
using the handout. They will complete the chart based on theanswers they get from their classmates.
JTE will chose students to present the findings from their handout.

Presentation

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Example: “Matt cleans his room everyday andtakes out the garbage once a week.”  















   
I. Listening Comprehension: Multiple Choice
Please listen to the dialogue and take notes on what you hear. The passage and questions will be read twice.
Answer the following questions based on information from the text.
NOTES:1. a) not much sleepb) doing choresc) studying

2. a) washes the dishesb) vacuumsc) feeds the pet

3. a) sisterb) brotherc) parents

4. a) angryb) sadc) happy

II. Vocabulary Builder: List ALL the “chores” around the house or school.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

III. Dialogue Practice: Practice the following dialogue with a partner.
Student 1: Do you share chores around the house inyour family?
Student 2: Yes, we do. I usually wash the dishes.

A.

B.

C.

IV. Activity: Complete the following chart by talking to your classmates.
NameEx.

MattWhat chores do you do?

How often?

does the ironing

every other day.

Presentation: “Matt does the ironing every other day.”

TOOLS
Everyday

Almost neverOnce a week

DailySometimes

Never

Twice a week

Every other dayVocabulary Review
Name:Class:

Number:Please fill in the following blanks using the pictures below. Good luck!

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5

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11.

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7.

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12.

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3.

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8.

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13.

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4.

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9.

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14.

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5.

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