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Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« on: March 03, 2011, 02:55:31 pm »
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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 12:18:26 pm »
So the listen and talk part of chapter 9 seems to have 2 language points, 'have you ever..' and 'what would you do if...'. So for the first week, I'm going to focus on the 'have you ever' parts. They are in textbook page 146 A, 147 C, Activities book page 144 A, 145 A, 146 A, 147 A. Then on the back of their dialogue papers, I'll instruct the students to write their names in the center of the paper, then draw five pictures of what they have done, and what they haven't done, but would like to. The PPT describes how to do this, but I'll make my own example paper using the examples from the PPT. I'll provide some markers or colored pencils for the students to make their papers, afterwards, I'll choose a few to stand, introduce themselves and tell the class about their papers.

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2011, 10:17:08 am »
I'm having a problem with finding an activity that will go with this in a class for 35+.
I tried to do an M&M race, but the lower level classes aren't cooperating.  :(

I do suggest going over past participles before introducing the key phrase, "have you ever..."

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2011, 09:45:51 pm »
Here is my ppt and activity - tomorrow is the first time that I will use it -
disclaimer!! this activity requires a lot of preparation!!!

For rules of the game go to:
http://www.canada-esl.com/lessonsmain/haveyouever.pdf

Enjoy!

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 09:25:22 am »
I think my students won't do much speaking in English if I leave them to do as they wish in groups, so I'm going to take a different approach.  In my game, the truth is arbitrary.  After going through some book stuff, I'm going to bring one student to the front of the class, facing away from the students (this is important so they can't cheat to save their friends).  I will show one picture/sentence on the board and ask students who think the leader has done what is in the picture to raise their hand.  I will then have the class ask together, "Have you ever _____?"  If the leader answers "no" then those who raised their hands have to sit down.  If the leader says "yes," then the those who did NOT raise their hand sit down. 

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2011, 12:04:05 pm »
That sounds like a sweet game too ^^ I have to admit, I was a little nervous about trying my game but it's been successful!!! The students are loving the gambling haha

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2011, 06:52:09 pm »
Hey everyone! Here is what I came up with for L9. I teach advanced students, but the only part lower level students might have difficulty with would be the worksheet at the end and the mystery in the beginning. Oh, and you'll have to take out the pictures with me in it and replace them with your own!

Feedback always appreciated!

L9:

- Introduce subject
- Speaking warm-up
- Mystery about the parachute man
- Introduce key phrases
- Show examples
- Play Pyramid Game (Rules are in ppt.)
- Art with Salt video, see if students can guess "The Joker" before video finishes. I reward them with a stamp, but you can choose whatever you want...
- 2nd key phrase intro
- Examples
- Do the worksheet

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2011, 01:01:08 pm »
here is my lesson. very basic, my students are all very low level with few exceptions; introduction of vocabulary, practice, and then group dialogues with presentation. have the students repeat the phrases a couple times. lesson made for all boys middle school. thanks to other people as well.

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2011, 01:59:55 pm »
My simple version.

- Start off with a question and answer period. Example: what did you do for chueseok? What did you do last weekend? etc, etc
- Review last lesson
- Introduce lesson with my pptx version (a mix of other peoples version)
- Have students complete handout then have a few students present at least 4 of their findings in class
- Listen and complete Rod Stewart version of have you ever seen the rain (corny, I know)

I have done this lesson with both boys and girls. They both seemed to like it, or maybe they were just being nice. Who knows, anyways enjoy.
Please note if you're using MS Powerpoint 97-2003 version you may need to reformat some of the text boxes.



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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2011, 02:54:59 pm »
Here's my lesson. Attached is my ppt and ppt game. Focus mainly on 'Have you ever _____', 'What would you do if _____' and 'If I were _____ I would _____'

Simple plan:

1) Recap on last week
2) Introduce first key term 'Have you ______' 'Yes I have/no I haven't' Get students to say and put their hands up if they have done those things.
3) Show video clip of Glee 'I have never' Ask them who has done those things. Pause clip after each question is asked to the cast. (Felt good to introduce my favourite drinking game into the classroom...without the booze obviously haha)
4) Pages 146+147 from the book (Just the 'Have you ever' exercises)
5) Introduce second key term 'If I were _____ I would _____'
6) Run through some examples of 'If I were _____ I would _____'
7) Show students the music clip of Beyonce 'If I were a Boy'. Ask them to listen to what she would do if she was a boy.
8) Pages 147-148 from the book if there is time.
9) Game time. Play the Mario game. Big thanks to the original creator  :)


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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2011, 08:02:56 pm »
stuart.a.walton your mario game is genious!!!! Thanks a million ;D

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2011, 11:02:38 am »
This is a game for the "If I were...I would..." part of the book. It's a pretty simple little game where I ask a hypothetical question to my student teams and they pick one of my answers. For example, "If you could be a superhero, which superhero would you be?"  and I have pictures of Spiderman, Superman, Wonder woman, etc. Click on the name and it will reveal points or the bomb. Listen closely on that first question though because I misheard "Ironman" as "Batman" and I swear my kids were screaming "Heart! Heart!"  but they meant "The Hulk."

I think there's 6 hypothetical questions total and each one has 6 possible answers. My kids really liked it!

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2011, 11:17:44 am »
the mario game is genius! What a great idea. I'll be using it next week as a filler to space out the lame mid-term exam prep stuff!

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Re: Lesson 9: Encyclopedia Brown, the Boy Detective
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2011, 07:26:45 am »
I've attached the Angry Birds Chapter 9 Review. (Using Daejon's template)

What would you do if you were a girl?

It makes the class interesting :)
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