This is a thread for any lesson material for Choi Jin H. Middle School English 1 Lesson 4: My Pet, My Pal.  Please share your contributions here~!

You guys should definitely check out this link, the chapter I'd imagine is very similar and Hudson has created a great PPT to introduce the chapter.  Happy teaching~! http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,1556.0.html

I can swim.

I began the lesson by writing the phrase "Things we can do" on the blackboard and I got the students to name different things we can do such as walk, talk, read, write, etc. Afterwards we did word puzzles and then played bingo.
  I printed out pictures of different actions and got the kids to pick a card and make a sentence beginning with "I can.../I can't + action"  the rest of the class matched the action to those on the bingo card and crossed it out.

 :) This was a superb PPT and my students really enjoyed it. I loved the review section at the end particularly, as often we forget about consolodation of new concepts when teaching and just assume the students have taken it all in.

Here's some stuff I came up with. You'll need pics of the six animals described in the book. I also can't find the question sheet I came up with for the story (which I read aloud). It's actually a true story about my sister.


                What Can the Animals Do?                     Name: _______________


Look at the following six pictures of animals and write down their names:

1.   ___________________ __
2.   ___________________ __
3.   ___________________ __
4.   ___________________ __
5.   ___________________ __
6.   ___________________ __

Now, look at these verbs: say (English words), bark, spin (a web), fly, run, hide (easily hide), swim, bark.

Look at each of the animals and write down one thing it can do, and one thing it can’t.

E.G.: A cat can run.
     A cat can’t fly.

1 . ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
2. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
3. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
4. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
5. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
6. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________


                          Let’s Compare!                      Name: _____________

Change the following adjectives to comparatives:

1.   dangerous _________________
2.   large ___________________ ___
3.   small ___________________ ___
4.   fast ___________________ _____
5.   delicious ___________________

Now, make comparative sentences with these words:

1. (cobra / rabbit / dangerous) ___________________ ___________________ _________________
2. (bear / monkey / large) ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __
3. (mouse / dog / small) ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ____
4. (cheetah / gorilla / fast) ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __
5. (cow / monkey / delicious) ___________________ ___________________ __________________

Next, make some sentences with better than and worse than:

1.   Ms. Lee / Mr. Gu / speaks English:
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _________.
2.   Stephen / I / speaks Korean:
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _________
3.   Koreans / Americans / like kimchi:
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _________
4.   my mom / my dad / cooks:
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _________
5.   my dad / my grandma / drives:
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _________

Finally, make some comparative sentences about things in our classroom:

___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ________
Look at the following six pictures of animals and write down their names:

1.   ___________________ __
2.   ___________________ __
3.   ___________________ __
4.   ___________________ __
5.   ___________________ __
6.   ___________________ __

Now, look at these verbs: say (English words), bark, spin (a web), fly, run, hide (easily hide), swim, bark.

Look at each of the animals and write down one thing it can do, and one thing it can’t.

E.G.: A cat can run.
     A cat can’t fly.

1 . ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
2. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
3. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
4. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
5. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________
6. ___________________ ___________________ _________________
___________________ ___________________ _________________




Deanne really likes pets, but her mom hates pets in the house.
Deanne은 애완동물을 정말 좋아한다, 하지만 그녀의 엄마는 집에서 애완 동물 기르는 것을싫어한다.
She has a parrot and a fish, but she likes dogs and rabbits better. 그녀는 앵무새와 물고기가 있지만 개와 토끼를 더 좋아한다.
 Her mom says she’s not allowed to have any land animals in the house.
그녀의 엄마는 집에서 동물을 기르는걸 허락하지 않겠다고 말씀하신다.
There are spiders in the house, but she doesn’t like them as pets.
집에 거미가 있지만 그녀는 애완용으로 그것들은 좋아하지 않는다.
One day, she had a plan: she’d get some hamsters, and hide their cage in a large cupboard in her room. 어느 날 그녀는 한가지 계획을 세웠다: 그녀는 햄스터 몇 마리를 얻어와서 그녀 방에 있는 커다란 상자 안 우리에 숨겼다.
 Hamsters can’t make any noise. It worked very well.
햄스터는 시끄럽지 않았다. 그녀의 계획은 적중했다.
Mom doesn’t know she has pet hamsters in her room.
엄마는 그녀가 방안에 애완용 햄스터를 갖고 있는걸 모른다.

Here's the rest of mine with the questions for the story I posted above. I had two students read teh dialogue and used it as a listening ex., and then practiced it together with the students.

                 Dialogue: What hobby can you do?

Mark: I need a hobby. I’m bored nowadays.
Jane: What skills and abilities do you have?
Mark: Hmm, well I tried to take a ride on a motorbike, but I’m not a very safe driver.
Jane: Can you play any musical instruments?
Mark: Are you serious? I don’t know anything about music.
Jane: What about collecting spiders?
Mark: Collecting spiders?
Jane: Yeah, like tarantulas. You can buy them at the pet shop.
Mark: I can do that! That sounds exciting. Thanks for the idea!

Dialogue: What hobby can you do?

Mark is bored and wants a new hobby. He asks his friend Jane for some advice.

Mark: I (1)_________ a hobby. I’m (2)___________ nowadays.
Jane: What skills and abilities (3)_____ you (4)__________?
Mark: Hmm, well I (5)_______ to take a ride on a motorbike, but I___ not a very safe driver.
Jane: (6)______ you (7)__________ any musical instruments?
Mark: (_____ you serious? I (9)_______________ anything about music.
Jane: What about collecting spiders?
Mark: Collecting spiders?
Jane: Yeah, like tarantulas. You (10)________________ them at the pet shop.
Mark: I (11)________ do that! That (12)__________ exciting. Thanks for the idea!

Questions:

1.   Why does Mark want a hobby? ___________________ ___________________ _________
2.   Whom does he ask for advice? ___________________ ___________________ _________
3.   What can’t Mark do? ___________________ ___________________ __________________
4.   What does Jane suggest? ___________________ ___________________ ______________
5.   Where can Mark buy spiders? ___________________ ___________________ __________
6.   Does Jane’s suggestion sound good? ___________________ ___________________ ___


Now, listen to the story about Deanne’s pets. Answer these questions:

1.   Who doesn’t like pets in the house? ___________________ ___________________ __
2.   What animals does she have? ___________________ ___________________ ________
3.   What new pets did she get? ___________________ ___________________ __________
4.   Why are they good pets for her? ___________________ ___________________ _____
5.   Whom did she fool? ___________________ ___________________ __________________

Started getting ahead of my co-teacher in the book, so added this fun lesson as a bit of relief for my first graders.
It includes revision of the 'My Pet' lesson using another posters ppt slides and is generally based on the Flanimals books by Ricky Gervais. If you sign up, you can copy and edit the prezi as you see fit.
http://prezi.com/iwpah-c3bti0/my-pet-monster/

Hey all - I did a prezi for the Unit 4, listen and talk 1. I'm still a bit new to prezi so it's not great, but enjoy!!! http://prezi.com/fpep_mw9rj3q/unit-4-lesson-1-can-you-swim/  Let me know how it works!!! My Kids really liked it.

This prezi was great! Saved my life! Keep at it.

My co-teacher asked me to focus on comparatives and superlatives.
This lesson is just comparatives.
We went through the powerpoint together (very easy for both A and B levels), then I had them draw cards of two famous people and in partners (A classes) or groups of 4 (B classes) write as many comparisons between the two as they could. For the B classes we ended up saying at least 5 comparisons; some of my A classes kids filled up an entire page.
Finally I had them get in two or three teams, each person holding a celebrity card, and would call out a comparative, such as "taller." Each team had to line up tallest to shortest.
You might want to change some of the famous people. I had 12 people, six famous Koreans, six non-Koreans. I try to mix up the diversity and profession of the celebrities I use in class (and I get bored of the same uber-famous names.)

This is what I did for unit 4. Some of the stuff I got from other waygook posts