Author Topic: Middle School English (MG1 author - Mark Brown, MG2 - William Roszell, MG3 - 장영희) (Read 339114 times)

sophos · « **Reply #300 on:** September 08, 2011, 04:28:28 PM »

Arrrrrggghhh! Trying to work out a lesson for Grade 3 Lesson 7 is driving me insane!

The material is rubbish! I have to cover just the Real Life speaking page in week 1 and Communication Spotlight and Talking break in week 2. I can use exercises from the Speaking part of the Activity book but I'm not supposed to touch the Listening section. :( Real Life speaking just seems bizarre for Lesson 7 and I've no idea what I can do with my low level kids.

I'm thinking of doing a cultural truth or lie quiz at the end of class. Basically I give the class a 'fact' about a country "It is said that in Italy the woman should pour the wine at dinner". Then the kids have to write/ hold up "I can believe that" or I can't believe that". Points to the winners, that kind of thing. Not sure if I'll make it turn based or let everyone vote on every 'fact'. Does this game seem too ridiculous and off topic? I'd appreciate people's thoughts cos I am hiting a brick wall trying to think of anything for this class that would be suitable for my students (mostly low level). Thanks!

sophos · « **Reply #301 on:** September 08, 2011, 05:16:44 PM »

Quote from: gookie on August 31, 2011, 06:18:30 PM

for the lesson 7 3rd graders, i found a video clip on youtube thats about Loch Ness monster and had them write 2 sentences using the key expressions "it is said that..." and "you know what?" and randomly chose some students to present their sentences. this should kill about 10 minutes. for the next section (before communication spotlight), i had the students read the Korean cultural articles that are in this chapter. I then have them discuss among themselves what they read and to make a dialogue using the textbook's example.

I like the sound of the Loch Ness Monster Clip - could you give me a link to the YouTube vid - there's loads of them on there. Was the English easy to follow in the video? Cheers!

jungl3tt3 · « **Reply #302 on:** September 09, 2011, 08:23:56 AM »

That Loch Ness monster idea is amazing! My family is scottish :)

Dutterm1 · « **Reply #303 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:42:53 AM »

Do have lesson 7 for all 3 grades?

summerthyme · « **Reply #304 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:52:27 AM »

Quote from: Dutterm1 on September 09, 2011, 11:42:53 AM

Do have lesson 7 for all 3 grades?

If you look through the posts, most of them are clearly marked with what lesson they are.

sophos · « **Reply #305 on:** September 09, 2011, 03:23:40 PM »

Quote from: summerthyme on September 09, 2011, 11:15:29 AM

Quote from: sophos on September 08, 2011, 04:28:28 PM
I'm thinking of doing a cultural truth or lie quiz at the end of class. Basically I give the class a 'fact' about a country "It is said that in Italy the woman should pour the wine at dinner". Then the kids have to write/ hold up "I can believe that" or I can't believe that". Points to the winners, that kind of thing. Not sure if I'll make it turn based or let everyone vote on every 'fact'. Does this game seem too ridiculous and off topic? I'd appreciate people's thoughts cos I am hiting a brick wall trying to think of anything for this class that would be suitable for my students (mostly low level). Thanks!

How funny, I just finished something similar to this myself!

The following game is for Grade 3 Lesson 7. Divide class into teams (there are 18 questions, so 2, 3 or 6 teams work best). Have each team choose a number. They are presented with a "That's amazing!" (true) or "No way!" (false) question. If they guess correctly, they get 100 points. If they can construct an "It is said..." dialogue with the trivia fact, they can get another 200 points. Click on the sun in the right bottom corner to go back to the field of stars.

Hey, I like your game a lot! I'll be using it instead of what I was going to do as yours is way cooler and forces them to make dialogues! Thanks very much!

gookie · « **Reply #306 on:** September 14, 2011, 02:51:10 PM »

Quote from: SAment56 on September 14, 2011, 02:33:51 PM

Grade 3 lesson7

Would we say that the bit of information that comes after "it is said that..." has the connotation of not being a proven fact, rather just hearsay. Whereas "guess what..." or "you know what..." implies that the information is fact?

I can't decide where I stand on "it is said that...". Does anyone have any thoughts?

That's exactly what I taught to my class. "it is said that.." is something that may or may not be true, like a legend, a story, gossip, etc. Whereas "you know what" is most of the time a fact.

"it is said that.." is like a story passed around and not sure who started it.

SAment56 · « **Reply #307 on:** September 14, 2011, 04:09:18 PM »

Thanks, that helps. I am leaning that way too

DharmaX · « **Reply #308 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:32:31 AM »

Quote from: KarizmaB on June 10, 2011, 09:57:30 AM

As often happens, I am not teaching the talking points for Lesson 5 in order . I felt so inspired to instead begin with a PPT for Part C. I will use it to explain "Look on the bright side", "Cheer Up", and "Don't worry." A lot of the pictures are borrowed from other waygookin, thanks guys!

I will start class by showing a couple short music videos, here are the best ones I've found so far:

- On the Bright Side by Never Shout Never.
-It goes too fast for my low level students to read along but it does have sing-along subtitles and a nice little story we can discuss afterward. I think they will like this one best.
- Simple stick figure story with a clip of Bright Side of Life playing in the background
- Monty Python's Bright Side of Life, full live version (03:50)
- WARNING: a couple concerns with this one, it has nice sing-along type subtitles but my students would struggle with the thick British accents and obscure lyrics. Also, it clearly says "shit" at one point. Don't want to get myself in trouble!
- Another simple animation, this time combined with photos and with Don't Worry, Be Happy playing. There are lyrics on the screen to follow.

I will then go through the dialogue using the PPT.

Note: I have not yet pasted the graphic from Part C but you can see where it goes.

Finally I will do a sentence scramble game where each team of students gets a small whiteboard and must write the sentence in order for points. I give them 3 minutes to discuss as a group and write the sentence. I give 10 points for each correct sentence and 5 points if they are only off by 1 word. We then read the complete dialogue together for extra speaking practice (and to add time).

Enjoy!

EDIT: I modified the scramble slides into fill-in-the-blank for my really low level students.

Here is my revamp to the lesson. I use one of the mentioned videos during the first slide, then The power point does the rest.

This is a PowerPoint lesson plan, that will take up the entire 45mins + class (warm up included, though you may want to only do one round of the warm-up depending on their speed).
Use the printed out worksheet for the group assignment. Give groups 2 minutes per dialogue, though it may take some longer then others.
I like to make groups of 3-6 people. I prefer 3, but some times 6 works great too.

I hope my revamp optimizes the lesson.
Thank you for the original KarizmaB!

SAment56 · « **Reply #309 on:** September 15, 2011, 12:09:56 PM »

Has anyone had any ideas for activities/exercises for grade 1 lesson 8. The lesson is on may (in the permission sense) and must (as a command). Before I got to the school they did can and will in lesson 6.

jungl3tt3 · « **Reply #310 on:** September 15, 2011, 02:56:46 PM »

Hi all, i am teaching middle school using these books and i feel like it is hard for me to cover a lot in one lesson. The children just dont understand unless we practice A LOT and before i know it, the 45mins is up! I am only covering the teaching part (so, 2 or 3 pages per lesson) and it seems like i can only do one page per lesson and sometimes even two pages in three lessons (3 weeks) - is that right?? i hope i am not going too slow and i want to cover everything but their levels are so varied there are only 2 or 3 kids in each class that can move at a faster pace.

jaybird · « **Reply #311 on:** September 15, 2011, 03:21:32 PM »

Quote from: jungl3tt3 on September 15, 2011, 02:56:46 PM

Hi all, i am teaching middle school using these books and i feel like it is hard for me to cover a lot in one lesson. The children just dont understand unless we practice A LOT and before i know it, the 45mins is up! I am only covering the teaching part (so, 2 or 3 pages per lesson) and it seems like i can only do one page per lesson and sometimes even two pages in three lessons (3 weeks) - is that right?? i hope i am not going too slow and i want to cover everything but their levels are so varied there are only 2 or 3 kids in each class that can move at a faster pace.

Yea, you got a good pace. The first term covered the first 5 chapters and the second term is chapters 6-10. The real life scene is a good indicator of the topic you're supposed to teach (A,B,C) Sometimes, they're similar, but I usually do a topic a week so I spend two-three weeks on each lesson.

gookie · « **Reply #312 on:** September 15, 2011, 10:05:08 PM »

Quote from: jungl3tt3 on September 15, 2011, 02:56:46 PM

Hi all, i am teaching middle school using these books and i feel like it is hard for me to cover a lot in one lesson. The children just dont understand unless we practice A LOT and before i know it, the 45mins is up! I am only covering the teaching part (so, 2 or 3 pages per lesson) and it seems like i can only do one page per lesson and sometimes even two pages in three lessons (3 weeks) - is that right?? i hope i am not going too slow and i want to cover everything but their levels are so varied there are only 2 or 3 kids in each class that can move at a faster pace.

Your pace also depends on your school's schedule. On some days, there aren't any classes because of public holidays or school events so you gotta plan your schedule ahead of time. Mark your holidays, school events, and the lesson # you plan on doing on those days.

I have midterms on the first week of October so I gotta finish lessons 6-8 before then.

DharmaX · « **Reply #313 on:** September 16, 2011, 09:03:19 AM »

Here is my first break down of Grade 2 High lesson 6. The power point is the full lesson, just make sure you print out the worksheet and character cards as well. The lesson should run the entire class with time to spare. Please add a warm-up, as I didn't bother this time.

Basically, the PP starts with Objectives, Key Expressions, Practice, Activiate: Pass the dice with a little twist (instructions are detailed in the PP as well)
When the music stops, whoever has the pencil case in each group must answer the question!
Break the glass into 3 sections or groups (that means you will need about 27 cards for a class of 30, with three people as speakers at all points or two people speaking and 28 cards)
One student from each group will ask the question.
If you have the character you must have a short conversation.
If two students from two different groups have the character, then both students will do a short dialogue.
If you dont have the character, chose the correct answer and finish the conversation.
The person who answers the question will ask the question next turn.

The next section is the making plans worksheet.

Each student please pick 10 activities you would like to do.
Place a check over activities you would like to do
Each student please pick 10 activities you do not like to do.
Place a X over activities you do not like to do.
Each student have the telephone dialogue with one student per activity for each part of the week.
Fill in the students name and activity in the first box.
Fill in the place and time in the second box.

After that class should be done. Enjoy and good luck.

jungl3tt3 · « **Reply #314 on:** September 16, 2011, 10:11:04 AM »

Thanks guys for the advice :) it is hard to keep track of which class is on what part (i started late, as well as the holidays) but i appreciate the input! i think i have it figured out now!!!

Borababe1 · « **Reply #315 on:** September 16, 2011, 10:12:38 AM »

Thank you everyone for all of the fabulous posts/ppts/handouts, etc.! As this is my first year teaching middle school, you are helping me to keep my head above water! On that note, what are some common things you all do to teach to the different levels? My school seems to want me to come up with 9 different lesson plans to teach to 9 different levels. I continue to find this a challenge. I feel like I am just starting to grasp where each level is at, and it's difficult to monitor this exactly as the students progress, let alone come up with level-appropriate materials. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Cheung_B · « **Reply #316 on:** September 19, 2011, 02:57:47 PM »

Does anyone have lesson plans or ideas for Grade 1 and 3 after Lesson 6?

wheycookie · « **Reply #317 on:** September 20, 2011, 09:24:46 AM »

I have a lot of students who have eaten or somehow misplaced their books, so instead of punishing them, I do something much more harsh...project the book on the screen. This also helps speed up the speaking sections and keeps noses out of the books.
Here are some scans of the speaking sections for grade 2:

gookie · « **Reply #318 on:** September 20, 2011, 05:04:08 PM »

Quote from: wheycookie on September 20, 2011, 09:24:46 AM

I have a lot of students who have eaten or somehow misplaced their books, so instead of punishing them, I do something much more harsh...project the book on the screen. This also helps speed up the speaking sections and keeps noses out of the books.
Here are some scans of the speaking sections for grade 2:

ya...dont u use a whiteboard ? dont we all?

i always project it using the cd rom.

summerthyme · « **Reply #319 on:** September 21, 2011, 12:32:35 PM »

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