Author Topic: Middle School English (MG1 author - Mark Brown, MG2 - William Roszell, MG3 - 장영희) (Read 339128 times)

gookie · « **Reply #40 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:51:09 AM »

Quote from: summerthyme on March 10, 2011, 03:21:51 PM

Quote from: flips on March 10, 2011, 03:13:02 PM
thanks for pointing that out, though it seems like the cd lesson plans just formalize the suggestions in the teacher's guide. i was alluding to the often disparate nature of the three dialog parts. i still don't understand why giving congratulations is taught along with ordering food. to my mind, expressing dis-/satisfaction, paying for something, or even discussing future plans(from the previous lesson) would have been much better compliments. i hope to see other lesson plans. my school is book-obsessed this term, yet i'm interested to see what the teachers who have a little more leeway may cook up.

Yes, this is more of what I was talking about. I have difficulty constructing a single lesson out of Introducing Someone Else and then Saying You're Sorry. This week I just put a big divider slide on the powerpoint and sort of went "OK! And now for something completely different!"

since i see my grd 1 and gr 2 every week, i can do a warm-up game in the 15 minutes of class then do a role play with my students. have each group come up with their own dialogues or the ones in the book and have them present. Should kill off 25 minutes of class if not more.

lauren_plitkins · « **Reply #41 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:51:55 AM »

Hey, has anyone done anything for the 2nd lesson on grade 1?

peasgoodnonsuch · « **Reply #42 on:** March 16, 2011, 09:22:37 AM »

Question on grammar of Ch. 2 Grade 3:

Ms. Kim does not know both of the students.

Is this actually correct? It's in the book, but it seems quite awkward. I think it's more natural to say:

Ms. Kim does not know either of the students.

flips · « **Reply #43 on:** March 16, 2011, 12:47:36 PM »

Quote from: peasgoodnonsuch on March 16, 2011, 09:22:37 AM

Question on grammar of Ch. 2 Grade 3:

Ms. Kim does not know both of the students.

Ms. Kim does not know either of the students.

these sentences express different meanings. the former suggests that Ms. Kim knows one, but not the other student; while the latter means that she knows neither student A nor student B. i don't believe there is anything grammatically incorrect about the first example cited, however it likely seems awkward, because we learn no information from the. are they these, those, or her students? also, i have always found both to be a strange sounding word, maybe this is contributing to your perception of awkwardness as well.

summerthyme · « **Reply #44 on:** March 17, 2011, 07:53:40 AM »

Flips is correct as far as "both" vs. "either" is concerned.

Technically the sentence is correct, but perhaps it would have sounded better as:

"Ms. Kim does not know both students." ?

However that model would not conveniently fit the diagram they're providing.

karenology · « **Reply #45 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:04:19 PM »

Regarding Grade 2, lesson 2: does anyone else think it's cruel to make hungry students learn about cakes, sweets and other foods that they can't have? Even trying to put together a powerpoint for this is making me grumpy!

gookie · « **Reply #46 on:** March 17, 2011, 08:07:22 PM »

Guys, I was wondering, do you use the activity book at all? I used it last sem as a review before exams/tests but my CT said that I should incorporate the activities from the activity book in my regular lessons, however, as like most of you, I prefer making my own worksheets.

summerthyme · « **Reply #47 on:** March 18, 2011, 07:47:24 AM »

I'm working on Lesson 2 for Grade 3, and I'm a little stumped as far as productive activities go. The heart of this lesson seems to be pressures of being a teenage -- stress, parents not understanding you, trying to express yourself, etc. I'm having the students list three things they would do to express their character (inspired by Bonggu's hair dying). For example:

"I would dye my hair blue." "I would wear my hair like a mohawk." "I would wear b-boy style clothes."

Anyone else have any grand ideas? I'm already making a worksheet out of page 32.

peasgoodnonsuch · « **Reply #48 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:32:07 AM »

Middle Schoolers drinking WINE???

Take a close look at the Talking Break cartoon for 2nd years, chapter 2. Jimmy, the main character would appear to be holding a glass of red wine-ha!

Why would the illustrator draw such an easy-to-misread picture? I'm sure there's a totally reasonable explanation, like it's just coke or something. But it still amuses me...:p

flips · « **Reply #49 on:** March 18, 2011, 10:17:01 AM »

Quote from: thcbud on March 17, 2011, 08:07:22 PM

Guys, I was wondering, do you use the activity book at all? I used it last sem as a review before exams/tests but my CT said that I should incorporate the activities from the activity book in my regular lessons, however, as like most of you, I prefer making my own worksheets.

it's difficult to use if you only have one class to teach each section. with my first graders, i have two classes per lesson so i am going to use it more, however with the second graders it takes a while to get them organized, ensure they understand the real-life scenes in context, do the talking break and comprehension questions, etc. so i haven't done much with the activity book, except with the high level classes. even then i don't use it to the letter, since the authors made a great design mistake, by having some activities be pair-work, some with 3 members, some with 4, etc. that's a recipe for a behavior disaster at a boy's middle school, and likely any middle school.

in the first grade activity book, for lesson 1, there is a nice activity to practice introductions and "i'm from...". however, they suggest having students write, cut, and paste dice. i changed this to making small laminated cards, one green and one red, have the students draw one each and practice within their group. i would just ask your co-teacher if you can adjust the activities to make them easier to conduct and more beneficial to your students and tell the students to use the directions in the activity book as a reference.

Brimmy · « **Reply #50 on:** March 20, 2011, 04:00:02 PM »

I'm trying to think of how to teach chapter 2 of grade 2 tomorrow. If I play a restaurant game it's going to be above the ability of many of the students as I have only low levels tomorrow so I'm thinking just the tapework and general vocab to drill into them for next week.

Anyone got any ideas?

gookie · « **Reply #51 on:** March 20, 2011, 04:36:38 PM »

Quote from: flips on March 18, 2011, 10:17:01 AM

Quote from: thcbud on March 17, 2011, 08:07:22 PM
Guys, I was wondering, do you use the activity book at all? I used it last sem as a review before exams/tests but my CT said that I should incorporate the activities from the activity book in my regular lessons, however, as like most of you, I prefer making my own worksheets.

it's difficult to use if you only have one class to teach each section. with my first graders, i have two classes per lesson so i am going to use it more, however with the second graders it takes a while to get them organized, ensure they understand the real-life scenes in context, do the talking break and comprehension questions, etc. so i haven't done much with the activity book, except with the high level classes. even then i don't use it to the letter, since the authors made a great design mistake, by having some activities be pair-work, some with 3 members, some with 4, etc. that's a recipe for a behavior disaster at a boy's middle school, and likely any middle school.

in the first grade activity book, for lesson 1, there is a nice activity to practice introductions and "i'm from...". however, they suggest having students write, cut, and paste dice. i changed this to making small laminated cards, one green and one red, have the students draw one each and practice within their group. i would just ask your co-teacher if you can adjust the activities to make them easier to conduct and more beneficial to your students and tell the students to use the directions in the activity book as a reference.

Oh, and i was also wondering what you guys do with 'Real-life Scene'?

CherryBlossom · « **Reply #52 on:** March 22, 2011, 10:22:04 AM »

Hi all, here is some listening activities for grade 1,2 and 3 for lesson 2.

Thomas Mc · « **Reply #53 on:** March 22, 2011, 12:04:41 PM »

J9 I really liked the pass the pencil you put up but what is that food on slide 11/12??

mmcafee · « **Reply #54 on:** March 22, 2011, 12:16:23 PM »

Hey guys! I teach the 1st and 2nd grade books, and go over the speaking sections, doing one lesson every 2 weeks (student book 1 week, then the activity book the next). Right now I'm on lesson 2, and am not a big fan of the speaking activities they have in the activity book. Does anyone have any ideas for good games/speaking activities for lesson 2 for 1st and 2nd grade?
Thanks! :)

nzaslow · « **Reply #55 on:** March 23, 2011, 02:30:23 PM »

I'm having a hard time coming up with lesson ideas for year 3, ch2.The story is almost painful to read! Anyway, this is what I brainstormed out. I'd love to see everyone else's ideas are for this chapter. I bet there's good activities that I haven't thought of.

Ways of giving apologies and congratulations
Everyday technology/students create own inventions
Things that parents just don't understand/ speaking activity student vs parent
If I had a million dollars... (If/I'd statements)
Addictions (that I got from here! haha)
Text messaging (txting)

Anything else?

flips · « **Reply #56 on:** March 24, 2011, 09:13:32 AM »

g2l02 - desserts of the world

will upload PPT in the future. thanks to the two posters who made the neat pass the pencil and congrats games.

karenology · « **Reply #57 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:22:28 PM »

Seoulian: if you don't mind me asking, why didn't you like the game? Was it too difficult to explain to the students?

Seoulian · « **Reply #58 on:** March 25, 2011, 07:38:34 PM »

Yes, th game was difficult to explain. Even my co-teachers had some problems with the explanations. Also, it did not lead to enough talking. Depends on the class, you might get it to work.

lifeisgood6447 · « **Reply #59 on:** March 27, 2011, 10:14:32 AM »

I have all of those books. I used the first and second grade ones last year and just started the third. They are actually pretty easier to use, so don't worry too much. I usually do one lesson with the text book, then a lesson with the activity book, then a review lesson. The review lesson always consists of a game. I have 3 weeks per lesson though. I will start making some posts on here of lessons - although, I don't use the recommended layout for the lesson plans, but they are still not hard to follow. I will start some posts up here soon if I have extra materials, but, to be honest, the book if your best friend with these, there isn't too much reason to deviate. I go over section "A" then let them practice in pairs. Next I make them close their books and they are tested in front of the class by standing and speaking. Then I do the same things for "B" and "C." The activity book lesson takes a little preparation, but very little, and that is easy to follow. The game is Jeopardy. Every class is in competition with the other classes in their grade to win a prize at the end of the semester - they don't know what it is yet though. Anyway, I will appreciate it is anyone has suggestions, when I make some extra materials I will post them for all to use. Take care!