LESSON: 6-1-2
Target: teach & practice conversation skills; ABCs
Materials: CD & player; text; Pair Karuta print
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohasewo, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Janken Fours- Warm-up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes
Blackboard:
(ABCs in LARGE letters.)
W: Say 3 letters (C A B).
L: Listen & Repeat
Students- Pairs play Janken with 3 partners. Do the conversation each time, then sit down.
SING ABC song, track 3. 5 minutes.
“l m n o p q... Happy, happy, I’m happy, I can sing my ABCs.” (English style)
ALT- Lead the song first time, slowly.
Students- Sing once together slowly, then with CD.
Materials- CD and CD player
ACTIVITY- Pair Karuta- 12 minutes.
HRT & ALT- Take turns calling out a letter. Cross the letter off the blackboard.
Students- In pairs, with different color pens.
Materials- 1 Karuta print per pair
Let’s Listen- Connect the Dots. 12 minutes.
CD- Track 4.
Students-Listen & draw lines to connect the letters/ numbers.
CD- “1-J S E A M T P N B F G H O R Y C. 2-A M G D Y V O I N W S J Q H F U B. 3-W A Y 7 B Q Z C 16 2 N 12 13 19 U G 17 M F W. 4-H 18 R 3 O D 11 K J I 14 L P H”
ALT- 1-It’s Z. 2-It’s W. 3-It’s a pineapple. 4-It’s a rabbit.
Materials-CD and CD player
Telephone Game/デンゴンゲーム 12 minutes
HRT-Tell/Show students 3 letters. Tell them to ALT, too.
Students-Ss in seat rows. Last students get 3 letters from HRT. Front students point to letters on the
blackboard. Rotate teams front-to-back as time allows.
ALT-Check answers at blackboard.
Wrap-Up- 2-4 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see what is wrong.)
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
LESSON: 6-1-3 Download Lesson Plan 6-1-3 in English (pdf)
Target: Teach & Practice Conversation Skills; ABCs
Materials: CD & Player; Text; Feelings Flashcards; ABC GTP prints
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia,
Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am)
(pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Greeting II- 3 minutes
Flashcards- feelings flashcards- Good/ Fine/ OK / Hungry / Sleepy.
ALT & HRT- (Do conversation from blackboard. Play Janken first)
Blackboard- W: How are you?
L:I’m good/fine/OK/hungry/sleepy. How are you?
W: I’m good/fine/OK/hungry/sleepy.
Janken Fours- Warm-up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes
Blackboard: W) How are you?
L)L:I’m good/fine/OK/hungry/sleepy. How are you?
W: I’m good/fine/OK/hungry/sleepy.
ALT: Practice/Demo with a few volunteers before students begin.
Students: Janken 4’s- each Student with 3 other students
SING- ABC song- 3 minutes
CD- track 3. English style- ‘l-m-n o-p-r’ / ‘Happy, happy, I’m happy. I can sing my ABCs.’
Too Fast!? Sing along with ALT, slowly.
Let’s Play 1- 5 minutes
Text- pg. 8
ALT- ‘You can see 8 cards. Match the cards together to make a letter of the alphabet. What letter do they make?’ (K- E- H- R)
Students- match the 8 cards to make 4 letters.
Blackboard- Draw 2 columns of 4 points.
HRT- connect the points on the blackboard with lines to check students’ work.
Let’s Play 2- 10 minutes
Text- p. 8
ALT- This is Helen Keller. H,E,L,E,N.
This is Noguchi Hideyo. H,I,D,E,Y,O.
This is Thomas Edison. E,D,I,S,O,N.
Students- Listen & write the letters in the text.
HRT- Check work in students’ books.
Get The Picture- ABCs- 15 minutes
Materials- Print copied 3 times and cut into individual pictures. Each student gets 1 picture- 3 students with same picture make one group.
Blackboard- W) ‘C-A-T.’
L) ‘D-O-G’ = no group.
W) ‘C-A-T.’
L) ‘C-A-T’ = MAKE GROUP.
ALT & HRT- Demonstrate and explain activity. Help students who can’t read
their papers.
Students- Play Janken in pairs. Try to find another student with the same paper. Continue until making a group of 3. Groups write name ‘CAT’ on blackboard.
Wrap-Up- 3 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Lesson 2
LESSON 6-2-1 Download Lesson Plan in English (pdf)
Lesson: 1 (1 of 3)
Target: International Letter Systems / Numbers; 21 to 100
Materials: Text; 1- animals flashcards (see text pg. 10-11); Australia Points Map for all students; Interview Bingo prints
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Janken Fours- Warm-up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes
Students: Janken 4’s- each Student with 3 other students
Blackboard: W) 1 (3, 5, 7, ... 29)
L) 2 (4, 6, 8, ... 30)
Song- 10 Little Animals- 8 minutes
‘1 little, 2 little, 3 little animals. 4 little, 5 little, 6 little animals, 7 little, 8 little, 9 little animals. 10 little a-ni-mals...(hold up monkey card)...Monkey! (and all students repeat). 1 little, 2 little....10 little a-ni-mals...(hold up bear card)... Bear! Monkey!’ (and all students repeat each animal name in turn.)
Materials- 10 animal flashcards (include from text pg. 10-11: monkey, bear, bird, penguin, tiger, panda, elephant, giraffe; plus 2 more.)
ALT- lead students in singing. After every round, repeat current and all previous animal cards.
O-X Game- How many OO do you have?- 5 minutes
Materials: Australia Points Map for each student.
Blackboard: How many OO do you have?
ALT & HRT: Take turns asking questions to each other, and then to students (if they can do it). Answering teacher MUST SOMETIMES SAY FALSE ANSWER. Ask questions TWICE and students REPEAT. Give only TRUE answers 2nd time.
Students: 1st- Repeat after teachers (How many OO do you have?);
2nd- Raise hands AFTER teacher answers to vote if true or false (O or X).
3rd- Repeat question AGAIN after teacher.
4th- Mark 2 points on Points Map if student guessed correctly.
Activity- 5 minutes
Text: pages 10-11
Materials: Poster of text pages 10-11 to post on blackboard.
Blackboard: How many OO do you see? (Write animal names in small, then later, LARGE letters.)
ALT & HRT: Look at and discuss the Safari Park picture in the textbook.
Ask students: “What animals do you see?” “Where?” “Here?” “There?”
also- “How many bears do you see?” Bears-2; Monkeys-25; Penguin-23; Tiger-11; Panda-3; Elephants-3; Giraffe-2; Birds-32.
Help students to notice that not all the letters are English or Japanese. Bird-Arabic; Bear-Cyrillic (Russia); Monkey-Japanese hiragana; Penguin-English; Tiger-Thai; Giraffe-Swahili.
ALT: Write animal names again in LARGE letters, and ask or point out to students which are the CAPITAL letters and which are the small letters.
Numbers- Introduction- 5 minutes
Blackboard: 1,2,3.... 20. 30, 40, 50,...100. 1,000.
ALT: Lead students in counting, or Listen & Repeat the written numbers to 1,000.
Then, one at a time, write 22 33 44 55 66 on the blackboard and after each number ask students if they can say the number in English. Then write another 2 (222), 3 (333), etc., and lead students in saying the numbers. Last, write commas between the numbers: 222,333,444,555,666.
Tell the students that each COMMA has a name- thousand, million, billion & trillion- and if they can count to 999, with only 4 more words they can say numbers in English up to 999 trillion!
Students: Count along with ALT, Listen & Repeat, say the numbers.
Activity- Interview Bingo- 15 minutes
Materials- Interview Bingo print for each student.
Blackboard: W) How many tigers do you have?
L) I have 22 tigers.
ALT: Read questions from Bingo print for students to Repeat. Then reading each question one at a time again, say each answer for that animal for students to repeat. Demonstrate/explain how to play.
Students: Repeat Q & A patterns after ALT. Circle one answer on each horizontal line. Listen to ALT’s explanation. Ask questions to HRT.
HRT: Answer students’ questions in Japanese.
To Play: All students stand, and make pairs. Pairs Janken. Winner asks the question, Loser answers and Winner marks an X at that position. Students with 5 X’s in a row make Bingo!, and write their names on the blackboard.
ALT/HRT: Congratulate winners and award 1 point for each X on students’ prints (to color in on Australia Points Map).
Wrap-Up - 2 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the
blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
LESSON 6-2-2 Download lesson in English (pdf)
Lesson: 2 (2 of 3)
Target: Numbers 1-100; Small & Large ABCs
Materials: CD & player; Text
Greeting-2 min
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia,
Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am)
(pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Numbers Practice-5 min
ALT: Say numbers in 3’s (1-2-3) to 100.
Students: Listen & Repeat
Numbers Activity-10 min
Students: Count off your Student number in order, 1-by-1. All Ss repeat. If
Ss can, keep going in order to 100.
HRT & ALT: *If Ss are doing poorly, write on the bboard: (total no. of Ss)
34 + 1 (2,3,4...). Say ‘34 plus 1 is...35’ and have S#1 (2,3,4...) stand up again.
In round 3, 68+1 is ...
Janken Fours- Warm-up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes
Students: Janken 4’s- each Student w/ 3人
Blackboard: W) (Say Student Number) ‘27’
L) (Listen & Repeat) ‘27’, (Say Student Number) ‘13’.
W) (Listen & Repeat) ‘13’.
Let’s Listen-15 min
Students: Listen to the CD and color the numbered blocks in your text.
CD: No. 1- track #10 (Each track repeats itself once.)-
31, 24, 33, 78, 60, 28, 49, 40 and 95. What number do you see?
That’s right, it’s the number 54.
No. 2- track #11. 81, 86, 97, 43, 92, 32, 25, 73, 16, 54, 67, 39 and 95.
What number do you see? It’s the number 192. This is a special
number in the world. Can you guess why? .. It’s the number of
countries in the world.
How about the number 54? It’s a special number, too. Can you guess
why?.... This is the number of countries where people use English.
Discussion
Blackboard: 6,500- number of spoken languages in the world (2000 have less than 100 speakers). Chinese-1,075,000,000; English-514 Million; Hindustani (India)-496 M; Spanish (Spain, Mexico, S. America)-425 M; Russian-275 M.; #9 Japanese-125 M.
ALT & HRT: Discuss the numbers of languages and number of speakers of each-
Which is the largest? Where are the languages spoken? (See this link for a good discussion of numbers of speakers.)
Introduce Small Letters- 10 min
Blackboard: A B C D E F G.... (large letters on top)
a b c d e f g.... (small letters under same big letter)
HRT: Which letters have the same shape?
Students: Volunteers come forward and circle letters of similar shape
(Cc, Jj, Kk, Oo, Pp, Ss, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz).
HRT: Next, let’s find some letters in the classroom... on your pencil case, on
your shirts, etc.. Are there any letters you see in the classroom?
Students: Come to the blackboard- show the letter you found and point to
the same letter on the blackboard.
Wrap-Up-3 min
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the
blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing-1 min
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
Lesson: 1 (1 of 3)
Target: International Letter Systems / Numbers; 21 to 100
Materials: Text; 1- animals flashcards (see text pg. 10-11); Australia Points Map for all students; Interview Bingo prints
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Janken Fours- Warm-up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes
Students: Janken 4’s- each Student with 3 other students
Blackboard: W) 1 (3, 5, 7, ... 29)
L) 2 (4, 6, 8, ... 30)
Song- 10 Little Animals- 8 minutes
‘1 little, 2 little, 3 little animals. 4 little, 5 little, 6 little animals, 7 little, 8 little, 9 little animals. 10 little a-ni-mals...(hold up monkey card)...Monkey! (and all students repeat). 1 little, 2 little....10 little a-ni-mals...(hold up bear card)... Bear! Monkey!’ (and all students repeat each animal name in turn.)
Materials- 10 animal flashcards (include from text pg. 10-11: monkey, bear, bird, penguin, tiger, panda, elephant, giraffe; plus 2 more.)
ALT- lead students in singing. After every round, repeat current and all previous animal cards.
O-X Game- How many OO do you have?- 5 minutes
Materials: Australia Points Map for each student.
Blackboard: How many OO do you have?
ALT & HRT: Take turns asking questions to each other, and then to students (if they can do it). Answering teacher MUST SOMETIMES SAY FALSE ANSWER. Ask questions TWICE and students REPEAT. Give only TRUE answers 2nd time.
Students: 1st- Repeat after teachers (How many OO do you have?);
2nd- Raise hands AFTER teacher answers to vote if true or false (O or X).
3rd- Repeat question AGAIN after teacher.
4th- Mark 2 points on Points Map if student guessed correctly.
Activity- 5 minutes
Text: pages 10-11
Materials: Poster of text pages 10-11 to post on blackboard.
Blackboard: How many OO do you see? (Write animal names in small, then later, LARGE letters.)
ALT & HRT: Look at and discuss the Safari Park picture in the textbook.
Ask students: “What animals do you see?” “Where?” “Here?” “There?”
also- “How many bears do you see?” Bears-2; Monkeys-25; Penguin-23; Tiger-11; Panda-3; Elephants-3; Giraffe-2; Birds-32.
Help students to notice that not all the letters are English or Japanese. Bird-Arabic; Bear-Cyrillic (Russia); Monkey-Japanese hiragana; Penguin-English; Tiger-Thai; Giraffe-Swahili.
ALT: Write animal names again in LARGE letters, and ask or point out to students which are the CAPITAL letters and which are the small letters.
Numbers- Introduction- 5 minutes
Blackboard: 1,2,3.... 20. 30, 40, 50,...100. 1,000.
ALT: Lead students in counting, or Listen & Repeat the written numbers to 1,000.
Then, one at a time, write 22 33 44 55 66 on the blackboard and after each number ask students if they can say the number in English. Then write another 2 (222), 3 (333), etc., and lead students in saying the numbers. Last, write commas between the numbers: 222,333,444,555,666.
Tell the students that each COMMA has a name- thousand, million, billion & trillion- and if they can count to 999, with only 4 more words they can say numbers in English up to 999 trillion!
Students: Count along with ALT, Listen & Repeat, say the numbers.
Activity- Interview Bingo- 15 minutes
Materials- Interview Bingo print for each student.
Blackboard: W) How many tigers do you have?
L) I have 22 tigers.
ALT: Read questions from Bingo print for students to Repeat. Then reading each question one at a time again, say each answer for that animal for students to repeat. Demonstrate/explain how to play.
Students: Repeat Q & A patterns after ALT. Circle one answer on each horizontal line. Listen to ALT’s explanation. Ask questions to HRT.
HRT: Answer students’ questions in Japanese.
To Play: All students stand, and make pairs. Pairs Janken. Winner asks the question, Loser answers and Winner marks an X at that position. Students with 5 X’s in a row make Bingo!, and write their names on the blackboard.
ALT/HRT: Congratulate winners and award 1 point for each X on students’ prints (to color in on Australia Points Map).
Wrap-Up - 2 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the
blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
LESSON 6-2-2 Download lesson in English (pdf)
Lesson: 2 (2 of 3)
Target: Numbers 1-100; Small & Large ABCs
Materials: CD & player; Text
Greeting-2 min
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia,
Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am)
(pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Numbers Practice-5 min
ALT: Say numbers in 3’s (1-2-3) to 100.
Students: Listen & Repeat
Numbers Activity-10 min
Students: Count off your Student number in order, 1-by-1. All Ss repeat. If
Ss can, keep going in order to 100.
HRT & ALT: *If Ss are doing poorly, write on the bboard: (total no. of Ss)
34 + 1 (2,3,4...). Say ‘34 plus 1 is...35’ and have S#1 (2,3,4...) stand up again.
In round 3, 68+1 is ...
Janken Fours- Warm-up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes
Students: Janken 4’s- each Student w/ 3人
Blackboard: W) (Say Student Number) ‘27’
L) (Listen & Repeat) ‘27’, (Say Student Number) ‘13’.
W) (Listen & Repeat) ‘13’.
Let’s Listen-15 min
Students: Listen to the CD and color the numbered blocks in your text.
CD: No. 1- track #10 (Each track repeats itself once.)-
31, 24, 33, 78, 60, 28, 49, 40 and 95. What number do you see?
That’s right, it’s the number 54.
No. 2- track #11. 81, 86, 97, 43, 92, 32, 25, 73, 16, 54, 67, 39 and 95.
What number do you see? It’s the number 192. This is a special
number in the world. Can you guess why? .. It’s the number of
countries in the world.
How about the number 54? It’s a special number, too. Can you guess
why?.... This is the number of countries where people use English.
Discussion
Blackboard: 6,500- number of spoken languages in the world (2000 have less than 100 speakers). Chinese-1,075,000,000; English-514 Million; Hindustani (India)-496 M; Spanish (Spain, Mexico, S. America)-425 M; Russian-275 M.; #9 Japanese-125 M.
ALT & HRT: Discuss the numbers of languages and number of speakers of each-
Which is the largest? Where are the languages spoken? (See this link for a good discussion of numbers of speakers.)
Introduce Small Letters- 10 min
Blackboard: A B C D E F G.... (large letters on top)
a b c d e f g.... (small letters under same big letter)
HRT: Which letters have the same shape?
Students: Volunteers come forward and circle letters of similar shape
(Cc, Jj, Kk, Oo, Pp, Ss, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz).
HRT: Next, let’s find some letters in the classroom... on your pencil case, on
your shirts, etc.. Are there any letters you see in the classroom?
Students: Come to the blackboard- show the letter you found and point to
the same letter on the blackboard.
Wrap-Up-3 min
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the
blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing-1 min
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
Lesson 3
LESSON: 6-3-4
Lesson: 4 (4 of 4)
Target: When Is Your Birthday?; Month's Names
Materials: CD & player; Text; Reusable Paper for each Pair; 2 dice
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat (some or all)
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Janken 4’s- Warm-Up/Review/Conversation Skills Practice- 3 minutes
ALT/HRT: Janken and do the conversation first together, then with a few
students to practice/demonstrate.
Students: Each student Janken and Converse with 3 others in groups of 4
Blackboard: W) (誕生月 in English)/(your birth month in English) June
L) Say the month’s name in Japanese.
Chant #1- Month’s Names- 4 minutes
Blackboard: January, February, ... December
CD: Track 15
ALT/HRT: Listen & Repeat month’s names before singing chant together
Students: Listen & Repeat after ALT/HRT. Sing chant together.
Pair Karuta- Month’s Names- 10 minutes
Materials: Reuasable paper (A4), one for each pair
Blackboard: January, February, ... December
Students: In pairs, write 1-12 in random places on A4 paper. Then, listen to ALT/HRT and try to get the month by number. Using different colored pens/pencils, circle the numbers you get.
ALT/HRT: Call out month’s names. Cross them off the blackboard.
Finish with Hand Sandwich.
Ordinal Number Practice- 5 minutes
Blackboard: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th....31st
ALT: Call out numbers 1-31 as you write them on the blackboard. Students with birthdays on those days raise hands (or stand) and repeat.
Chant #2/Activity- When is your birthday?- 8 minutes
Materials: 2 dice.
Blackboard: When is your birthday? X3
My birthday is (in)....
January, February, .... December
ALT: Lead the chant. Each time at the end, roll the dice to choose a month’s name (any repeat = 1 = January).
Students: All stand and chant along. If your birth month’s name is chosen, you can sit down.
Activity- When is your birthday? Interview- 10 minutes
Materials: Text, page 21
Blackboard: W) When is your birthday?
L) My birthday is June 16th.
Students: Play Janken with friends, winner asks When is your birthday? and writes their friends’ names and birthdays onto page 21.
ALT/HRT: Introduce activity by demonstration (next, to check understanding, ask students to explain in Japanese).
Wrap-Up- 3 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the
blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
Lesson: 4 (4 of 4)
Target: When Is Your Birthday?; Month's Names
Materials: CD & player; Text; Reusable Paper for each Pair; 2 dice
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat (some or all)
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Janken 4’s- Warm-Up/Review/Conversation Skills Practice- 3 minutes
ALT/HRT: Janken and do the conversation first together, then with a few
students to practice/demonstrate.
Students: Each student Janken and Converse with 3 others in groups of 4
Blackboard: W) (誕生月 in English)/(your birth month in English) June
L) Say the month’s name in Japanese.
Chant #1- Month’s Names- 4 minutes
Blackboard: January, February, ... December
CD: Track 15
ALT/HRT: Listen & Repeat month’s names before singing chant together
Students: Listen & Repeat after ALT/HRT. Sing chant together.
Pair Karuta- Month’s Names- 10 minutes
Materials: Reuasable paper (A4), one for each pair
Blackboard: January, February, ... December
Students: In pairs, write 1-12 in random places on A4 paper. Then, listen to ALT/HRT and try to get the month by number. Using different colored pens/pencils, circle the numbers you get.
ALT/HRT: Call out month’s names. Cross them off the blackboard.
Finish with Hand Sandwich.
Ordinal Number Practice- 5 minutes
Blackboard: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th....31st
ALT: Call out numbers 1-31 as you write them on the blackboard. Students with birthdays on those days raise hands (or stand) and repeat.
Chant #2/Activity- When is your birthday?- 8 minutes
Materials: 2 dice.
Blackboard: When is your birthday? X3
My birthday is (in)....
January, February, .... December
ALT: Lead the chant. Each time at the end, roll the dice to choose a month’s name (any repeat = 1 = January).
Students: All stand and chant along. If your birth month’s name is chosen, you can sit down.
Activity- When is your birthday? Interview- 10 minutes
Materials: Text, page 21
Blackboard: W) When is your birthday?
L) My birthday is June 16th.
Students: Play Janken with friends, winner asks When is your birthday? and writes their friends’ names and birthdays onto page 21.
ALT/HRT: Introduce activity by demonstration (next, to check understanding, ask students to explain in Japanese).
Wrap-Up- 3 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the
blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’
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