ACE Lesson 03






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Teacher:		Level:	Beginner (ACE)
Skill:	Conversation and pronunciation with basic reading and writing	Date:	May 3, 2006
Subskills:	Lesson 3: Grammar: Wh-questions, present tense of “be” Reading: Identifying main ideas Writing: Write short sentences of familiar and learned content	Topic:	Lesson 3: Introductions, autobiographical information
Objective:	SWBAT: Comfortably introduce themselves in English. Tell teacher when they do not understand; ask teacher to slow down; respond when asked to repeat.	Lexis:
Language point(s):		Anticipated problems:	Pronunciation

STAGE	E \| S \| A	TARGET LANGUAGE	TEACHER	STUDENT	MATERIALS	TIME
1	E	Classroom commands and language	See note [2]	Repeats, responds	Puppets, whiteboard	10 min
2	E	Introductions	Introduces self: “Hello. My name is Erik. What’s your name?” Rolls basketball to another Ss.	Responds “My name is Mitch. What’s your name?” Rolls ball back to teacher or another Ss. Repeats.	Basketball, whiteboard.	10 min
3	E/S	Introductions	Please Repeat: “Where are you from?” Drill. Please Repeat: “I’m from Thailand.” Drill.	Repeats	Whiteboard	5 min
4	E/S	Introductions, countries	Tosses “globe ball” to a Ss. Says “I’m from the United States of America. Where are you from?”	Responds	Globe ball, whiteboard	5 – 10 min
5	E/S	Introductions, professions	Says, “I’m a teacher. What do you do?” Rolls basketball around. Ss practice asking each other.	Responds	Basketball, whiteboard	5 – 10 min
6	E/S	Introductions, age (numbers and plurals recap)	Says, “I’m 34 years old. How old are you?” Rolls basketball around. Ss practice asking each other ages.	Responds	Basketball, whiteboard	5 – 10 min
7	E/S	Introductions	Drills “It’s nice to meet you.” Then uses puppets to show response “It’s nice to meet you, too.” Practice with several Ss	Responds	Whiteboard, Puppets	5 min
8	E/S	Introductions	Models “Goodbye” by walking out the door. Says “Hello” when re-entering. Drills “Goodbye.”	Repeats	Whiteboard.	2 min
9	S/A	Introductions	Calls on Ss to come to front of the room and sit. Says “Hello.” Ss respond.
10	S/A	Introductions	Arranges six pairs of chairs around the room. Pairs Ss. Have them sit together and practice the conversation.[3] Monitors and corrects.	Works in pairs to practice introductions	Chairs	10 min
11	A	Introductions	Rearrange pairs. individually practice the conversation in front of the class.	Ss have introduce each other
12	S	Introductions, auto-biographies	Hands out paper task. Asks Ss to fold paper in half, then read and answer questions 1 – 4. Work with buddy.	Works with buddy.	Paper task 1: “auto-biographies
13	S	Introductions, auto-biographies	Asks Ss to unfold their papers. Chooses a Ss to sit in front of class. Asks Ss questions 5 – 8 while writing answers in narrative form on board. Erases narrative. Tells Ss to do second part of paper task	Works individually or in pairs	Paper task 1: “auto-biographies, chair, whiteboard	15 min
14	A	Introductions, auto-biographies	Has Ss come to the front in pairs. Exchange papers and read partner’s paper aloud.		Paper task 1:	15 min
15	E	Pronunciation warm up	Uses "Flipping Phonics" to practice th + a + (b – sh)	Responds	Flipping Phonics	10 min

NOTES:

Pre-Lesson:
[1] Ss will sit in a circle on the floor for this lesson—no tables
[2] Classroom directions and commands:

Teacher: “Please repeat.” Drills this command.
Uses puppets to act out the command:
Puppet 1 “Please repeat: hello.”
Puppet 2 “Hello.”
Puppet 1 “Please repeat: How are you?”
Puppet 2: “How are you?”

Teacher: “Please repeat: I don’t understand.” Drills this command.
Randomly asks questions like “What’s the square root of Avogadro’s number times by pi?”

Teacher: “Please repeat: Please slow down.” Drills this command.
Randomly asks students questions at high speed.

Teacher, whispering: “Please repeat: Be quiet.” Drills this command.
Uses forefinger sign.

Teacher, using TPR: “close your book.”

[3]

Hello.
Hello.
What’s your name?
My name is … What’s your name?
My name is …
Where are you from?
I’m from … Where are you from?
I’m from …
What do you do?
I’m a … What do you do?
I’m a …
How old are you?
I’m … years old. How old are you?
I’m … years old.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.

Post Lesson:
Although very basic, I felt this lesson was valuable in that it made Ss more comfortable speaking and with their pronunciation. At the end of the lesson I could discern improvements in overall confidence.

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