Lesson 2 -- Week 1, Thursday, 9:15 a.m.11:45 a.m.

Activities
1. Opening discussion: Whats new with the children? This is a regular introductory activity done every Thursday morning this unit. Students describe what their children are doing in school or other settings (present progressive). This provides an opportunity for informal reminders about grammatical form. Anticipates late arrivers. 10 min. 2. Overview class schedule/learning outcomes 1 min. Making a Big Purchase 3. Activity: What are you going to buy? 5 min. a. Each student tells a partner what major purchase she is going to make (or would like to). b. Each student tells the whole class what her partner is going to purchase and the partner shows any realia about it theyve brought to class. 4. Task: What do you need to know about it? 10 min. a. Students form groups based on the item to be purchased (e.g., phones, TV, appliance, car). b. They first write down individually what they need to know and to do before they buy. c. They discuss in group and develop one check list to share with the whole class (on overhead). 5. Activity: Good warranty or not? 10 min. a. Students review definition of warranty. b. Either they read car warranty in AS or they read two warranties (different items in handout). c. They check comprehension, make judgments whether these are good warranties. Pairs Class Activation of schemata Utilization of authentic materials Fluency Class Outcomes/ Objectives

Language Skills Speaking/ Listening

Learning Strategies

Critical Thinking

Materials AS = All-Star 3 HO = Handout (in appendix)

Recycling and automatization of present progressive form Fluency Accuracy (informal)

Class

Speaking/ Listening

Group Ind. Group Class

Activation of schemata (cont.) Authentic language use Fluency

Synthesize

Analyze

HO #4 (Task)

Class Ind. Pair

Strengthen ability to read authentic texts Application of vocabulary

Reading

Analyze

AS, p. 60, #1 AS, p. 62 (box) or HO #5

(to be developed)

6. Activities: Asking Questions a. What questions should you ask? 10 min. In same product group as before, individuals first write down three key questions they think they should have answers to before they buy (based on earlier work 4 above). They then share within their group. The group decides which one of these three questions each person should write on the board and share with the class. b. Communication Strategy: disagreeing politely 5 min. c. Task: Deciding not to buy. Role play with a partner from the same group, using own input (6.b and 6.c). Perform for others in group (or class). 10 min.

Ind. Group Class

Recycle/automatize form (question) Utilize own L2 input to gather authentic information

Writing/ Speaking Listening

Information

Gather

Analyze

Pair Pair Group

Learn how to disagree politely Strengthen question-asking skills and ability to disagree politely

Speaking/ Listening

AS, p. 62, #3

Break

15 min.

7. Focus on Form: Gerunds Class Learn (or review intentionally) a part of a. Inductive approach: discovering gerunds in text and Ind./pairs speech: gerund figuring out rule 5 min. Increase ability to use form through b. Deductive approach: rule explanation 5 min. Class sequenced exercises (from controlled to c. Practice exercises 10 min. Ind./pairs less controlled) d. Game: Gerund charades 15 min. Class Practice form in kinesthetic activity Avoiding Scams 8. Warm-up: Whats a scam? 5 min. 9. Exercise: Listening 10 min. Real life example: used car commercial 30 sec.; WKET TV news: online car buying scams 1 min., 47 sec. Focus on a few key vocabulary words; listen once (and write down main idea); listen a second time (for detail -how to avoid being scammed and write down). Class discussion of what students heard. Debriefing of listening difficulties 10. Language Journal (for description, see HO #5)
10 min.

Reading Focus on Form

Discover patterns from context

Inductive reasoning Deductive reasoning Infering

HO #6 (text) A-S, pp. 66-67 HO #7

Speaking/ Listening

(Grammar Charades)

Class Ind.

Activation of schemata Increase listening proficiency Learn new vocabulary from authentic source

Listening

Listen for main idea Listen for details Taking notes

AutoYes Video http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=cLz1O ZaTDSg WKET story http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=wg7Nlt FA1fw

Class

Noticing; Fluency

11. Wrap-up; Learning Log; Homework; Preview of Next Class 5 min.

HOMEWORK: (1) Read one Storycorps story. (See Appendix B.1) (2) Think about an interesting story in your life you might want to tell.

AS, p. 71