Thank you, Sheila!

Here is my lesson plan and all materials for Lesson 8: Do Elephants Ever Forget. Some of these materials were borrowed from others on Waygook, and I do not take credit for them.

• First is the lesson plan I used, pretty self explanatory.
• Second is a worksheet that I cut in half and gave out as an exercise in Gossiping.
• Third is the PPT used to explain gossiping with Psy and G-Dragon. My boys loved the picture of Psy! (I cannot open .pptx on school computers, but using Google Drive sometimes works, as does Open Office.)
• Fourth, an opinion explanation PPT with a little activity at the end to get your kids practicing. (Opinions don't start until halfway in, so it's a nice review of Gossip first)
• If you still have time to kill, I made a PPT with more things to compare and talk about. "Opinions and Gossip Game"
• And last is a review of lesson 8. Just a sentence-scramble and make-your-own dialog worksheet.

I also recommend playing games like Thumbs Up 7 Up (It's a mix of gossip and opinion... and if your co-teach doesn't like PPTs this goes over well, just add that they must use the key expression each time they point out the person that "did it".), Telephone, or just make them act out their own gossip scenes.

Also, hilariously, I found out that 15 year old boys love watching Gossip Girl.