2010 Grade 4 Lesson 9 - Here You Are

[teacherjenni]

My CT wants our students to focus on using the phrases: "May I use your____? Can I read your book?" etc. With the response of "Sure, Here you are."


I found this game at Dave's ESL Cafe and hope to offer it to my CT as a replacement activity for lesson 4.9.

1. Split the class into teams. If they are in columns of desks, saying the left hand column is team 1, the next team 2, etc. is usually best.
2. On the board draw limbless, featureless faces and bodies (the number you draw should correspond with the number of groups you have)
3. Tell the front person in each group to stand up.
4. You then ask the kids who are standing up a question. The quickest one to raise their hand can answer, if they're correct, they get to roll an inflatable dice (I actually made a big dice out of cardboard)
5. If they get a "1" they can draw an eye on their team's face. If they have a "2" they can draw an ear. Similarly, "3" is a nose, "4" is a mouth, "5" is an arm and "6" is a leg.
6. However, each team can only have one nose, one mouth, and two each of everything else. For example, if your team already has 2 arms, and you roll another number "5" then that go is a "pass" because you can't add another arm (this gives an added competitive bit to the game, complete with praying, clapping and cheering!)
7. The next person in each group stands up and repeats from step 4,
8. The winning team is the first team to get 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose, 1 mouth, 2 arms and 2 legs. If you run out of time then the team with the most features is the winner!

Instead of having each team send up one represenatative, I will request they come in partners. I will either create a PPT or use classroom flashcards for the word that fits the blank. So, Ss will see a 'pencil case' and one partner will say: May I use your pencil case? Partner responds "Sure, here you are." One rolls the dice - other draws corresponding body part and viola!

If CT doesn't want it -- I'll save this ESL cafe idea for another time - regardless, hopefully it's helpful some someone out there!

Here is a ppt I made to go with this. I am going to try it in class tomorrow. I could only come up with 16 questions, so you may want to add more if you are going to play this for a longer amount of time.

[rhetoric]

I guess this lesson is another installment in the chapter on how to use modals.  With that in mind, you can use this Powerpoint reader during the lesson (or any other lesson, for any other grade).

You can strip the audio or silence the voice-over, which is there as an 'extra' for those other occasions when it may come in handy.  If anyone has the time and patience to auto-synch the turning of the pages with the voice, that would be welcomed (I may get around to it eventually), or to revert the audio to the .mp3 format for use with the .ppt.  The text has been enlarged in relation to the illustrations in order to make this easier to read for those with sight problems who are seeing it on a big screen.

On this occasion, I called for volunteers to "read" the book.  This requires that you have a copy of it, preferably hard cover.  You can get one from www.whatthebook.com.  Then you're good to go.  Hand the volunteer (there always seem to be several in each class whose Hagwan experience has miraculously enabled them to read a book at this level) the copy of the book and let him or her get to it.

As they read, flip the pages on the PPT behind or to the side of them.  The other students follow along with the illustrations, and what they can make out of the text, on the big screen.  The reader is showing off, and the other students are amazed with this 'special ability'.  Using the sound file, your voice, chanting in unison, taking turns, etc., there are many other variations in how you can use this material.  Don't be afraid to stop half way through and do some more the next time. 

[rhetoric]

Here is the file: Green Eggs and Ham

[todd]

Here's a powerpoint I made for my Lesson 9 period 4.  After a very quick review of he/she, it is meant to help the students activate the key sentences of the chapter by having them translate the Korean sentence into English.

The last 2 slides are matching games.  The first matching game is meant as a sample game for me to teach the kids how to play, but it could be used in another period to focus on the "Who is he? He is ____." and "Who is she? She is ____." sentences.  The second one is more language activation, where the sentence comes up in Korean and the students have to say it in English. 

I think most people know how to play the matching (memory) game.  If you don't, look at Grade 5, Lesson 10.  I explained how to play it and also uploaded a template there.  Enjoy.

[Ananda]

Word Scramble to play with grade 4's to review Lesson 9

[crystal]

During my elementary school days Here!

[ajavid]

My co-teacher has worked it out that we only do the storytime portion of the lessons in my classes. I usually type up the script for the story and have individual copies made for the students. Then we divide them up into groups (depending on how many roles there are in the story) and give them some time to memorize their lines. Afterwards we chose a few groups to present to the class and award prizes to the best 2 groups. It works better if you give them props.

[sylee87]

Here's a speed quiz that sallyafc posted earlier that I revised to be simpler and easier to navigate. Simply press "Next" to proceed to the next item.

Basically, the students have 30 seconds to go through the 6 items. I had one students stand with his back to the screen and the other kids in his team use the pictures on the screen to say "Can I use this ____" or "Can I borrow this _____" or "Can I eat this ______" while the one student in the front translates the same sentence in Korean. The students can usually get through 3 out of 6 so it's a challenge for them. But they had a lot of fun!!