2010-2011 Grade 6 Lesson 1- Where Are You From?

[SpecialK]

I used this PPT to get my students familiar with the key expressions "Where are you from?" "I'm from ______." I used it as a game where the students had to guess what country it was (using the key expression) and were rewarded points for their team if they were correct. My students are low level so I didn't include too many additional countries from the text.

[jenngoesglobal]

here is a ppt that i used to introduce/review ordinal numbers.
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use this to play a game for ordinal numbers: "Help me, I'm lost in EMART!" Draw an emart on the board with mulitple floors. stick a picture to the board and say, help me help me im lost in emart: where is the milk? The students reply "the milk is on the second floor" worked great, kids loved it b/c i used crazy voices, too 

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[Ahnyung004]

Here's a matching game we used at my school. (PPT)

[samplerplatter]

I went off of someone's idea on taking key words from the short story [WASHING MACHINE PART 1] and creating a PowerPoint.  Here it is for anyone else who might find it useful!

I only used four words from the story: part, dirty, different countries, put

For the lesson plan itself we started off with the warm-up asking students questions.

Then asked the students to open their books and I asked them what they see in the picture.  After choosing a few students to answer, we would listen and watch the story on the screen (from the CD).  Then we would read it together (or have the students repeat after you).

Then we would do the activities in the book.
Then we would go over the PowerPoint asking the students about the key words.
What can get dirty? What different countries can you name? Etc,.

After this you'll still have around 25~30 minutes left of class. My classes are on the slower side and we still had 25 minutes left of class.  We do stories two at a time, so we went on to the next story for the rest of the time we had left.

Hope this helps!

[Elmacho]

country flags and cities.

[Bry]

Our school has separated the after school classes into levels for the grade 6's. I teach the top level, and this was a review quiz for Ch. 1. They all did fairly well, at least 80%, although apparently my school "does not do as well on tests as other schools". Hope someone can use it!
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Kaboom strips for Grade 6 Ch. 1:

For Kaboom, empty (the fun part), and clean a few Pringles tins. I used 3, as the desks in our classrooms are grouped into three teams. I had a fun afternoon of decorating the tins as well. Cut up the strips and put a set into each tin. One person from each team pulls out a strip and must answer the question/fill in the blank etc. If a Kaboom strip is pulled, all of the strips go back in the tin. The team with the most strips at the end of the game wins. 

[sp7581]

My students have issues distinguishing singular and plural pronouns. This is an adapted ppt, that has students practicing answering with the correct subject. Ex: Where is she/where are they from...She is/ they are from...etc. I give thanks to the genius who created the original template.

[john palmasano]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqY0i8NsY4

here's one with my class.  subtitles eventually.

[cdaddy]

So, here's a game for you for the first lesson.

You've got two sets of cards in the back of the book corresponding to this lesson. One set has a countries name and a floor number on it. The other has countries flags.

Have the kids tear out both sets of cards.

Have them "mark" their cards in some way (so they can get them back afterward... probably just have them write their names or initials).

Get the kids in to groups of 3-6 students.

Tell them they will play "Hurricane" or some other title that sounds exciting.

Rules:
1. You take turns, going around in a circle.
2. All students have their cards face down on the table.
3. All students have one hand on their ear (more on this later) and will use their other hand to flip cards.
4. One student will flip a card onto the pile in the middle. You can require her to say just the word, or have her say a whole sentence, or waive the speaking requirement and make it a reading exercise.
5. The next student will flip a card onto the pile.
6. If the cards are the same students can "slam" the card. That is, they use their hand holding their ear to slap the pile of cards in the middle. This ONLY happens when a card is laid on top of the same card (or the name of a country is laid on top of the flag of the country).
7. The first kid to slam the pile (with the "ear-holding hand") gets the cards.It is now her turn. She lays a card and the game continues.

Alternative:
Tell the students they can slam "sandwiches", too. For example, you have a Japan flag card laid down, followed by a China card, then followed by a Japan/floor # card. This is a Japan "sandwich" and can be slammed (as long as there is only one card in between.

*The ear holding thing is only to make it so the student laying the card down doesn't have an incredible advantage because his hand is closer than everyone else's hands.

[cdaddy]

I attatched instructions for 3rd, 6th, 9th. It's a great game. Try it. You'll like it.

[honeybee]

Here is a little vocab sheet

[robertwalser]

Here's something my co-teacher put together for the "Where are you from?"
Pattern Drills and key phrases.
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Here is a word search and crossword puzzle our students loved for this chapter.

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[abushn20]

Here is a Prezi I made for my grade VI class -


http://prezi.com/00nlvo6txhie/where-are-you-from/


Enjoy, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!


Cheers.

abushn20

[alwaysu]

There is a video clip " The Wizard of Oz"
Actually I used this in 6th grade.
It's for the Review time.

[linlin]

Here is a really simple four corners game. Post the 8 flags around the classroom. Have the students stand at any of the eight flags. Ask each group 'Where are you from?' and 'Where's your classroom?' before showing them the image on the screen. If the flag the Ss are standing at matches the one on the screen, then the Ss are out, and must take a seat. Simple game but the Ss love it 

[tmo308]

Here is my changed version of the relay game. I used it at the end of the lesson for review and includes some things from story time.

[Mr. Navarro]

pass the ball modified!

[thuanq]

Review PPT which includes:
- info about continents
- country flags
- guessing game with famous ppl and where they're from
- guessing game with clues: guess which country

[easklar]

I made this lesson from someone else's idea. It's the Sentence Jumble Game. Here was my version.

I ended up giving them 1 minute, and one point for each sentence they could make. I used the sesame street video and the anamaniacs one too! worked out really well!!

[tttrose01]

I made a country word search sheet. I know it's too late but, hope it is helpful for you someday:)