Author Topic: Thomas Orr Textbooks (Middle School) (Read 284536 times)

rxqueen · « **Reply #220 on:** May 20, 2011, 02:39:41 PM »

This is a Simpson's Bomb game to review lesson 5 for grade 2's. (Some of the material I took from a poster, but I can't remember who! Thanks to you!)

I added a bit more than just the textbook stuff, so make sure you teach the students the following:

I'm sorry to hear that.
That's too bad.
Good for you.
Congratulations!
I'm happy for you.
Yes, I'm sure he will.
No, I don't think he will.

I will do a review handout before the game so they can be prepared for the answers.

If you use this, tell me how it goes!!!

Epistemology · « **Reply #221 on:** May 21, 2011, 04:22:04 PM »

Quote from: minamteacher on May 20, 2011, 08:46:54 AM

Quote from: Epistemology on May 20, 2011, 08:23:16 AM
In a few weeks I have to do an open class on Grade 2 Lesson 6. I'm panicking like crazy about it because my school invites every single english teacher(native and korean) in the county to its open classes, the very thought of this makes me brick it as no other native teacher in this county has to do this, they just have to present it to 3 official observers and a few parents.

And theres also the small fact that Lesson 6 is quite possibly the worst lesson in this forsaken book......any tips would be greatly appreciated..

Last year I compared the two types of sorry, sorry for expressing sympathy from the last chapter and sorry of an apology from this chapter.

Next, I had my students describe me using adjectives (in the correct adjective order) and I would correct them with overly pompous responses. In the end my students would repeat after me that "MT is a young, handsome, and smart English teacher' :D."

Lastly, I had a game where I would give descriptive adjectives and the students would have to guess what I was talking about. I will post my ppt soon, but I hope these ideas help.

Thank you! those ideas are great.

renard.tami · « **Reply #222 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:32:27 PM »

forgot my textbook at home this weekend-- can anyone tell me what the expressions are for Grade 3: Lesson 5??

thanks much!

Torea Korea · « **Reply #223 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:49:42 PM »

Working on this one now ... ugh. need ideas for activities for the second part, but key expressions are

do you have any other ones?
Feel free to ask.

Quote from: renard.tami on May 22, 2011, 01:32:27 PM

forgot my textbook at home this weekend-- can anyone tell me what the expressions are for Grade 3: Lesson 5??

thanks much!

renard.tami · « **Reply #224 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:03:56 PM »

Quote from: Torea Korea on May 22, 2011, 02:49:42 PM

Working on this one now ... ugh. need ideas for activities for the second part, but key expressions are

do you have any other ones?
Feel free to ask.

Quote from: renard.tami on May 22, 2011, 01:32:27 PM
forgot my textbook at home this weekend-- can anyone tell me what the expressions are for Grade 3: Lesson 5??

thanks much!

so, "do you have any other ones?" is in the context of shopping? what's the full dialogue given??

dolphingurl2022 · « **Reply #225 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:56:55 PM »

I left really sick on friday so my books are at school....i need lessons for monday...

Grade 1 lesson 6 - using the whole chapter (whatever is in it)
Grade 2 lesson 5 - whatever the first dialogue is (doing the 2nd one the week after)
Grade 3 lesson 5 - the second one, whatever dialogue came after do you have any other ones

Just need the dialogues (key expressions) since i need to teach them all come 1st period monday morning....being sick really screwed me over for preparing....thanks in advance for any help...if you have the lessons then great but if you can just share the dialogues from the books that works too :-)

renard.tami · « **Reply #226 on:** May 22, 2011, 05:51:41 PM »

Grade 1: Lesson 6 -- May I speak to Kevin? Yes, speaking. Who's this, please? This is Julie.
-- How about going to the movies?

Grade 2: don't know! don't teach them!

Grade 3: second part is "Feel free to ask"

hope you feel better!

Torea Korea · « **Reply #227 on:** May 22, 2011, 06:10:21 PM »

Sorry for being vague.

Grade 3 Lesson 5
Unit 1
A: I'm looking for a jacket.
B: How about this one?
A: I don't like the style of this jacket. Do you have any other ones?
B: Sure, we do.

Unit 2
A: I'd like to ask about this cell phone.
B: Feel free to ask.

Hope this helps ...

Quote from: renard.tami on May 22, 2011, 04:03:56 PM

Quote from: Torea Korea on May 22, 2011, 02:49:42 PM
Working on this one now ... ugh. need ideas for activities for the second part, but key expressions are
do you have any other ones?
Feel free to ask.

Quote from: renard.tami on May 22, 2011, 01:32:27 PM
forgot my textbook at home this weekend-- can anyone tell me what the expressions are for Grade 3: Lesson 5??

thanks much!

so, "do you have any other ones?" is in the context of shopping? what's the full dialogue given??

Torea Korea · « **Reply #228 on:** May 22, 2011, 06:16:33 PM »

I see i'm not the only one preparing lessons when i should just be chilling out. <sigh>

Grade 2 Lesson 5 Unit 1 (first dialogue)

Sora: What's wrong? You look down.
Andy: I lost my bag on the subway.
Sora: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

others have already supplied Grade 1 and Grade 3 lessons.

good luck!

and any ideas for Grade 3 "feel free to ask" would be appreciated.

Quote from: dolphingurl2022 on May 22, 2011, 04:56:55 PM

I left really sick on friday so my books are at school....i need lessons for monday...

Grade 1 lesson 6 - using the whole chapter (whatever is in it)
Grade 2 lesson 5 - whatever the first dialogue is (doing the 2nd one the week after)
Grade 3 lesson 5 - the second one, whatever dialogue came after do you have any other ones

Just need the dialogues (key expressions) since i need to teach them all come 1st period monday morning....being sick really screwed me over for preparing....thanks in advance for any help...if you have the lessons then great but if you can just share the dialogues from the books that works too :-)

dolphingurl2022 · « **Reply #229 on:** May 22, 2011, 07:29:33 PM »

Thanks so much everyone for supplying me with the dialogues. :-)

Now onto figure out what exactly i'm teaching. all my past lessons are on my school comp but monday when i have time i'll post them all.

Definitely going to have the most trouble with Grade 3 to make an entire lesson but at least grades 1 and 2 aren't as bad.

jelly bean · « **Reply #230 on:** May 23, 2011, 10:10:40 AM »

Hello

Attached is my PowerPoint for Lesson 5 for 2nd Grade - I'm sorry to hear that. I have used this a few times now to teach the dialogue and so far so good! The kids seemed to grasp the alternative expressions too and used them in practice.

jelly bean · « **Reply #231 on:** May 23, 2011, 10:13:22 AM »

And here is the PowerPoint I threw together for the "Yes, I'm sure" dialogue - Lesson 5 Grade 2.

minamteacher · « **Reply #232 on:** May 23, 2011, 12:57:24 PM »

Quote from: jaysoon17 on May 20, 2011, 10:01:26 AM

I have found a couple of threads regarding speaking tests, but I'm wondering what you middle school teachers are doing for them. The previous teacher, who I replaced, created her own speaking tests for last year. She didn't use a topic from these Thomas Orr books, and the KT's said that it's fine to use them, but I found out last night that these "30 second" tests are worth 10% of their final grade. I'm now thinking of changing the tests since it's worth so much, but I thought about it last night and this morning without any good ideas.

I'm thinking of asking the Korean teachers to make it worth less than 10% of their final grade. Any thoughts on test ideas? Do you think I should just use the previous test? Have any of you pushed to make this test worth less? I feel uneasy giving a 30 second test worth 10% of their final grade.

My only suggestion is not to stress it too much. There is literally nothing you can do on the marks front.

duchessrachel · « **Reply #233 on:** May 24, 2011, 07:57:03 AM »

Here's the speaking test I did with the first graders last year. The students were given this worksheet a week ahead of time with the 5 possible questions (one from each of the first 5 chapters). They had a week to prepare a response for each, not knowing which question they would randomly select during the speaking test.

hannah22 · « **Reply #234 on:** May 25, 2011, 08:58:43 AM »

Hey guys,

I'm really stuck on Lesson 7 for grades 2 and 3.

Target language: You know what??

I'm at a loss with that..

For the "I agree/I disagree with you" I'm thinking of picking controversial topics like "Is Big Bang better than Beast?" (shock horror!) and do a vote in class and have them say "I agree" or "I disagree" than a worksheet which I will post up here when done.

Any ideas would be great!

Oh and for lesson 7 grade one I am doing a prezi on ordering food then we are playing fill in the blanks food bingo where they have to take my order or order something from me.

be the ball · « **Reply #235 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:46:33 PM »

jeez hannah, you guys fly through the book.

can't help you yet since we don't get to unit 7 until the first week of September!!!

sorry

dolphingurl2022 · « **Reply #236 on:** May 25, 2011, 01:11:10 PM »

Same here...not even past 5 100% yet. Some 3rd grade classes start lesson 6 next week...so about 3 weeks more but I think my school stops at lesson 6 for summer and then does 7-12 in the fall so I need to figure that out because it's not even june but I'm almost through all the chapters i need to.

1st is on lesson 5 so lesson 6 starts next week. 2nd is on the 2nd part of lesson 5 so they'll start lesson 6 in about 2 weeks. I need to spread out my lessons a lot or try to because there is only so much material in the book but so much time to cover it all. >.<

olivergrant · « **Reply #237 on:** May 26, 2011, 12:46:28 PM »

My school wants me to finish all the way up to chapter 7 by the end of the semester.. :'(
3rd grade chapter 6 is a mess...

hannah22 · « **Reply #238 on:** May 26, 2011, 09:22:16 PM »

yeah i was doing a lesson in one week but i've changed it to two because i am way ahead of my co-teachers. they only want me to teach listen in and speak out so it's not all that much material to go with..

Mop · « **Reply #239 on:** May 27, 2011, 07:28:34 AM »

Here is my lesson for grade 1 lesson 5. This is part of the model class my teacher and I are doing today. She told me to teach for 20 minutes of the lesson. She will teach the dialogue first and then I'm required to do 'activities' as she puts it. It's going to be the first time we are actually co-teaching together so who knows how it will go. Thanks to Cocoinkorea for the template and those who made the lesson for the 'predictions lesson.'