Lesson Plans

Tables of Contents

1. ESL Lesson Plan 1
2. ESL Lesson Plan 2
3. ESL Unit Plan
4. ESL Course Outline

 

                

1. ESL Lesson Plan 1

Grade Level

       ESL for 6th grade intermediate ESL learners

Objectives:

Students will learn:

1) to use a group of high frequency words and their synonyms

          2) to build up social skills by cooperating with their team members, and presenting the  teamwork to the class.

Strategies or Techniques and Materials Needed:

   1) Strategies: collaborative leaning; Multiple Intelligence theory – music intelligence

        Final Word list (see attached)

    2) Graphic organizer (see attached)

    3)  English dictionaries,

    4) CD player and a CD of well-known music tunes (for example, Old-McDonald had a farm)

Developmental Procedures

1)      Divide students into three-member groups

2)      Teacher gives group work directions; explains the directions, and demonstrates how to find out synonyms; and writes sample sentences using the synonyms.

3)      Distribute the word list and worksheet to each group.

4)      Distribute dictionaries to each group.

5)      Each person first works individually to find out the synonyms from the dictionary, and writes down two sentences about himself/herself.

6)      Then group members talk to one another and find out things about their partners in their daily lives, and then write a few sentences about their partners using the synonyms (the statement must be true).

7)      The group picks synonyms and sentences from each member; work out a group sheet.

8)      The teacher plays a few well-known tunes to the class.

9)      Each group works out a song using the synonyms and sentences that follows the tune of the song.

10)  Each group presents the group work to the class, and performs the song for the class.

Motivation: 

      Teacher describes his/her daily life by using different words and their synonyms. Ask students   to think about describing themselves and their team members by using some words and the synonyms.   

Assessment: 

1)      Does every member in the group participate in the individual work?

2)      Does a group leader emerge during the group discussion?

3)      What strategies does each group use?

4)      Have members learned from one another about their lives and about the use of some new synonyms?

Word list

Spread

Escape

Balance

Silent

Excited

Influence

Sincerely

Convince

Apply

Think

Frighten

Progress     

Graphic Organizer -- Words and synonyms chart

 

Word	synonyms	Sentences

Lyrics for the word song (students will create their own lyrics)

 

 2. ESL Lesson Plan2

Objectives:

Students will learn some high-frequency words; learn to read a literary work – a poem – and comprehend it; learn basic sentence patterns; and practice speaking. 

Grade Level:

2^nd or 3^rd grade beginner ESL students.

Class Duration:

45 minutes

Strategies or Techniques and Materials Needed:

     Shared reading; Word wall; visual aids; graphic organizers – KWL chart; laptop and projector

Procedures:

2.     lecture and shared reading

1)     Ask students to read the poem.

2)     ask students to fill up the KWL chart with K (unknown words that they found in the poem), and W (anything that they wanted to know about the poem).

3)     the teacher read aloud alone.

4)     While reading, walked around and pointed to the lines, making sure the students are looking at the right lines.

5)     Pair students up, let them read to each other. 

6)     Mini-lesson to teach new words; make Word Wall: poem, title, author, baby, perfect, skin, soft, shiny, dark, brown, black, curl, uptight, chew, toe, dimple.

7)     Visualize the poem: let students draw a picture of the baby brother based on what they have read.

8)     ask students to complete the KWL chart with what they have learned (including the new words, sentences and the meaning of the entire poem).

 3.     Assessment

Ø     Observe students’ participations during echo-reading;

Ø Observe students’ responses to my questions during the shared-reading;

Ø ask students to complete the KWL chart with L (new words, sentences and the

   meaning of the entire poem, or anything else that they have learned).         

Attachment: the poem My Baby Brother

by Mary Ann Hoberman

My baby brother is beautiful,

So perfect and so tiny.

His skin is soft and velvet brown;

His eyes are dark and shiny.

His hair is black and curled uptight;

His two new teeth are sharp and white.

I like it when he chews his toes; 

3. ESL Unit Plan

Objectives:

1) students will learn the names of seven continents in the world, the vocabulary  for  -the major countries, languages, people, culture, weather, animals, and industry in the seven continents.

2) They will also learn the phrases and sentences to describe the seven   continents

3) They will also practice using both present, past and future tense, and     superlative form in their descriptions.

Grade Level:

       4th grade ESL students.

Strategies or Techniques and Materials Needed:

      Online learning software: www.Quizlet.com; World map; article titled “The Seven Continents”; KWHL chart; informative books about different countries; laptop and projector

Lesson 1:

1)     learn vocabulary and basic facts about the seven continents. 

2)     The activities include warm-up questions (see attachment)

3)     Reading an article on PowerPoint slides; discuss the facts in the article, andanswer comprehension questions after the reading.

4)     Study verb tenses (present, past and future tense),

5)     Study superlative form in sentence patterns “there are…” “the largest … is… / the smallest … is… / the coldest … is…”

 Lesson 2:

1)     the students will read books about different continents and countries independently,

2)     draw facts from the books about some particular countries concerning the people, weather, cultures in the seven continents, make comparisons among them, and turn the comparisons into words.

Lesson 3:

the students will write an essay about their native countries and cultures and their personal life experiences in those countries. They will be encouraged to use the sentences and phrases that they learned in the previous two lessons.

Attachment:

Reading article for Lesson 1

The Seven Continents

Imagine you are on a spaceship. You are looking down at earth. You would see land and water. 

The largest pieces of land are continents.

Do you see land in this picture?

There are seven continents in the world. They are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, and Australia. Asia is the largest continent.

There are many countries in Asia. China, Japan, Israel, India, and part of Russia and in Asia.

 More than three billion people live in Asia!

 Africa is the second-largest continent.

 Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, and many other countries are in Africa.

 The world’s largest desert is in Africa. It is called the Sahara Desert.

 North America is the third-largest continent.

 Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and Panama are all part of North America.

 You can see buildings like these in many North American cities.

 South America is the fourth-largest continent.

 Brazil, Argentina, and Peru are countries you can visit in South America.

 There are many tropical rain forests in South America.

Europe is the continent near Asia and Africa.

Germany, Italy, England, Spain, part of Russia, and France are all in Europe.

Europe has many landmarks.

Antarctica surrounds the South Pole. It is the coldest continent.

Australia is the smallest continent.

 

Warm-up questions for Lesson 1

1.      Where are you from?

2.      What is continent?

3.      What is the name of the continent where you are from?

4.      What other continents do you know of?

5.      What are the facts you know about some continents (it can be anything: cities, food, famous people, nature, animals, custom, culture, history and art)?

6.      What continent are you on?

7.      Which continent would you like to visit?

     ESL Course Outline for Fall 2011

Week	Date	Grammar	Themes
W1	8/29 -9/1	Nouns; Common & proper nouns	Policy Seating chart Assessment Greetings Self-introduction
W2	9/5 – 9/9 (4 days) (9/5 Labor Day)	Singular & Plural nouns Countable & non-countable nouns	Introductions Ask for others’ names Tell the names of some items
W3	9/12 – 9/16	Possesives Pronouns	-Information gathering activities concerning names and places Quiz/presentation
W4	9/19 – 9/23	Preparations	-Information gathering activities concerning time, location, quantity, and cost - numerical expressions
W5	9/26 – 9/30 (3 days week) (9/29 – 9/30 Rosh Hashanah)	Verbs Present tense Past tense        Future tense	- What do you eat, drink and do? - Narrative written structures to express past events, present life and wishes
W6	10/3 – 10/7	Auxiliaries Contractions Linking verbs	Asking for information -Requesting -career plans Quiz
W7	10/10 – 10/14 (4 days) (10/10 Columbus Day)	Present perfect tense Past perfect tense	What have you accomplished?
W8	10/17 – 10/21	Regular & Irregular verbs	Describe present and past actions
W9	10/24 – 10/28	Present progressive tense Past progressive tense	Describe ongoing actions quiz
W10	10/31 – 11/4  (4 days) (10/31 Halloween)	Transitive & intransitive verbs	-Communicative and decision making activities - interview people
W11	11/7 – 11/11 (4 days) 11/8 Election Day	Agreement between subject & verb	Review for Midterm Midterm exam
W12	11/14 – 11/18	Adjectives & Modifier	- Descriptive expressions - describe feelings -describe literary works, characters and scenes
W13	11/21 – 11/25 (3 days) (11/24 ,11/25 Thanksgiving)	Adverbs	Reading comprehension of authentic time-tables and schedules
W14	11/28 – 12/2	Comparison	- Antonyms - Compare size, speed, nature, people, things, plants, food and more. quiz
W15	12/5 – 12/9	Simple sentence	Use simple sentences/stress simplicity in writing
W16	12/12 – 12/16	Independent sentences conjunctions	Debating various points of view to strengthen the ability to expression points of view
W17	12/19 – 12/23	Compound sentences coordinating conjunction	- Communicative structures for expression of opinions - Debating Performance quiz
W18	12/24 – 12/30 12/24-11/25 Christmas 12/26-12/30 Winter Recess	Complex sentences subordinating conjunctions	Identify mistakes of using wrong conjunctions
W19	1/2 – 1/6 (4 days) (1/2 no class)	Punctuations	Collaborative learning to learn different punctuation marks’ functions
W20	1/9 – 1/13	Articles Indefinite article	Quiz / project
W21	1/16 – 1/20 (4 days) (1/16 Martin Luther King Day)	Definite articles	Differentiate definite and indefinite articles in writing
W22	1/23 – 1/27 (1/23 Chinese New Year)	Review grammar	Review vocabulary, reading & writing for final
W23	1/30 – 1/31 (2 days) End of fall 2011		Final Exam

NYS    ESL Learning Standard (2009) for Intermediate Grades 5 – 8

Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English

1. for information and understanding.
2. for literary response, enjoyment, and expression.
3. for critical analysis and evaluation.
4. for classroom and social interaction.
5. to demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and understanding.

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to use English (listen, speak, read, and write) to

1)      Understand and communicate information they receive in daily life.  

·         Describe situations, give instructions and explanations;   

·         Describe people and places; 

·         Use number to talk about time, quantity, address, and price.

2)      Communicate opinions, and narrate and comprehend stories

3)      Understand and use classroom terminology. 

Instructional Methods

                        This course is taught using a variety of instructional including lecture, teacher and students dialogue, class discussions, small group work, pair work, presentation, performance, and project creation.

Textbook & Materials

              To be advised

Assessment  

Exams/Quizzes           (Include major forms of assessments and how they contribute to final  grade; quizzes, tests, exams, papers, projects, performances/products, in-class exercise such as group work, discussion, simulations or labs)

Midterm                                                          12.5%

Final                                                                12.5%

Quizzes/projects/presentations                           30%

Daily Performance                                           45% which includes (Daily Performance includes Homework, Participation and Discipline)