Author Topic: Lesson 2: April Fools' Day Tricks (Read 12843 times)

sheila · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:15:29 PM »

Hey guys, I just put this introduction power point together this morning and it worked pretty good for my first class at it. It's based on others' contributions so thanks for them. Before I started for the class, I gave them a QUIZ. It's in the worksheets attachment, page 1. They had a good laugh about it. Next the power point and then the book. For homework, I gave them the fourth page of the worksheets. I have the top half of the class so they get along pretty well. Next week, I'll be giving them the April Fools' Day reading comprehension attached here as well. Cheers

helen_jane_chin · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2011, 04:30:32 PM »

Awesome game and p.pt Sheila!

I am teaching this lesson next week. I will def use your power point. I have a question. The call my bluff game..Do you tell your students there are 3 facts 1 is true and 2 are untrue and get them to choose what they think is true or false?

Also how did you teach the "you mean....." part? if i don't explain it properly I don't think they will understand.

helen_jane_chin · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2011, 05:00:16 PM »

Also how do you play the Guess What game.

Are they just making up random 'Guess what' sentences and every correct sentence they can move a square. Who guesses whats behind the square.

Thanks!

KiddieCAT · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2011, 05:03:50 PM »

Has anyone thought about playing a pratical joke on their students for April Fool's Day? I was talking to my coteacher about wanting to do one (since Koreans are familiar with the holiday and I've heard it's popular in middle/high schools), BUT I was also told that korean kids typically lie on this day as their "joke" ie calling the cops, etc, so the news reminds the kids not to do that on the 1st....Also it feels a little wrong since the kids are pretty guillable.

SOO, I was hoping we all could toss out some harmless ideas for the day; what teachers are doing, if anything, I was thinking I could get another English teacher to help me too. Like walk into a different classroom to teach during a break to fool some of the kids...Or wrap my leg up and say I broke it (but a lie...) Or I've heard that some Korean teachers dress in their student's uniforms and pretend to be students...might work for Gyopos, but not me.

Any ideas?

minamteacher · « **Reply #24 on:** March 25, 2011, 05:10:39 PM »

I don't know if teaching kids about April Fools day will go over so well with parents and teachers, but to each their own. I am sure it was teachers who invented the rule that 'April Fools' Day' ends after lunch ha ha.

sheila · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2011, 05:31:19 PM »

helen_jane_chin~ With the Guess What game, that is from a previous poster on here and I believe the instructions are posted on the previous page of this thread. I just left it in from the power point I jacked. However, I did teach the 'You mean...' part today for the first time. In the original power point, it had 'Guess what' before the first sentence so it really confused my students. So I changed it to what you see now. It is much closer to the book as well. I would just show them the second slide and ask your co-teacher to help you explain what this means. Therefore, you'll have to explain it to the co-teacher before hand. Once you show the students the first example and explain it, they will most likely get the hang of it. I put that in since it's close to the game that is on p. 29 of the text without the guess what part. Best of luck when teaching this... it's a little complicated.

DMZ · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2011, 01:26:40 PM »

I have to divide every "chapter" in the book into two "lessons", so for this chapter I practiced the whole GUESS WHAT thing in my first lesson and next week I want to focus on "You mean....... bla bla bla". I'm completely stumped on an activity to use for the students to practice. I would prefer something with max talking time for them and a little creativity on their part, rather than just mindlessly learning the responses in the textbook.

Has anybody devised an activity that worked particularly well?

LemonWater · « **Reply #27 on:** March 29, 2011, 12:26:29 PM »

I've shown the kids a few "Just for Laughs" clips . .. if you're unfamiliar with the show, they are pranks without any talking and are PG rated. Very accessible to middle schoolers.

After introducing the "guess what" phrase, I would show a clip and ask the class to think what the person is saying, e.g. "Guess what, I saw a dog driving a car" "You're kidding? A dog? Really?"

There's a ton of the clips on youtube, and I find you can throw them in at your discretion to wake up a sleepy class. . .

ajminh · « **Reply #28 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:09:30 PM »

Quote from: LemonWater on March 29, 2011, 12:26:29 PM

I've shown the kids a few "Just for Laughs" clips . .. if you're unfamiliar with the show, they are pranks without any talking and are PG rated. Very accessible to middle schoolers.

After introducing the "guess what" phrase, I would show a clip and ask the class to think what the person is saying, e.g. "Guess what, I saw a dog driving a car" "You're kidding? A dog? Really?"

There's a ton of the clips on youtube, and I find you can throw them in at your discretion to wake up a sleepy class. . .

I like your suggestion of using the "Just for Laughs" clips. I was planning on using video clips without sound for my "create your own guess what" activity. I just was not sure what videos would be middle school appropriate. This will definitely work well.

warmachinenkorea · « **Reply #29 on:** March 31, 2011, 02:46:05 PM »

Quote from: matrim44 on March 03, 2011, 02:44:04 PM

Karp,

Was going to bring in like 2 or 3 decks because the vocab is not too advanced, so it wouldn't require a lot of special supervision. I only have around 12 students, so it's much easier for me make things like this work logistically. I think, if I do it, I'm also going to have them say "Guess what." before they say how many 5s they have. That works in another line from the chapter's dialogue. Any more thoughts on how to get more chapter stuff into the game?

Worked great at my all girl's MS. They loved it. It took a while to get how the game is played. But when they did they loved it.

thelds19 · « **Reply #30 on:** April 01, 2011, 04:57:37 PM »

Here are 2 stories that I did with my class. I introduced the topic of april fools, and then I had them read these stories and we would vote if it was a true story or a prank

nardthefox · « **Reply #31 on:** April 01, 2011, 05:01:53 PM »

The candy/garlic switchout was genius. I can't believe some kids didn't even look at it before throwing it in their faces. Holy crap, the school REEKS of garlic...almost enough to give headaches. Holy wah!

teacher_del · « **Reply #32 on:** April 01, 2011, 05:06:41 PM »

Quote from: KiddieCAT on March 25, 2011, 05:03:50 PM

SOO, I was hoping we all could toss out some harmless ideas for the day; what teachers are doing, if anything, I was thinking I could get another English teacher to help me too.
Any ideas?

I did fake tests. My grade 6 students were both angry and amused. Then I introduced the concept of "poisson d'avril" (a Quebec thing, I guess? It literally means "April fish." You sneakily stick a fish on someone's back and see how long they leave it, rather like a "kick me" sign without the violence), gave candy to a few random students, and taped fish to the backs of kids who kept trying to trip me up for "lie day" (the Korean equivalent).

As for the Just for Laughs clips, I love the one of the van that moves by itself outside a Couche-Tard. :)

phyllis · « **Reply #33 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:32:09 PM »

Here's a worksheet I made using Comic Life and photos from other posters (thanks, guys!). It uses a lot of color ink, so I recommend laminating and reusing.

strawberry · « **Reply #34 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:27:02 PM »

Quote from: phyllis on April 04, 2011, 03:32:09 PM

Here's a worksheet I made using Comic Life and photos from other posters (thanks, guys!). It uses a lot of color ink, so I recommend laminating and reusing.

I tried to open this but got an error message saying it the file was damaged and could not be opened.. :(

Boost · « **Reply #35 on:** April 07, 2011, 01:23:39 PM »

Part 1 of my lesson was one that was posted earlier w/ random prank/funny videos from youtube added in.
I showed some clips from Youtube of different pranks/funny/trick basketball videos.
We then went over what, where, and how it happened from the text book. Made a little game out of it where the students had to make some simple sentences from what happened in the videos.

simbadger · « **Reply #36 on:** April 07, 2011, 01:40:10 PM »

Two lies and a truth worked well!

scoopscribbler · « **Reply #37 on:** April 07, 2011, 01:42:54 PM »

One guy I know talked in German for the class.

SebastianBonaparte · « **Reply #38 on:** April 07, 2011, 02:16:28 PM »

Quote from: bmsteacher on March 02, 2011, 02:28:46 PM

Thanks so much! K-pop stars are always helpful.

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monsoon257 · « **Reply #39 on:** April 07, 2011, 06:28:31 PM »

Thanks a ton to everyone who has contributed here! My school just switched over to this book after using an outdated version last year so I needed ideas for new lessons. I'll be sure to continue returning the favor as much as I can!

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