Thursday, January 7, 2016

Thursday January 7th, 2015




Agenda

  • Review
  • Listening Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Looking Ahead
  • Homework
Review

Discussed lesson plans from our last classes. Reviewed today's lesson plan and objectives.

Listening Comprehension

Open Mic Night


Students took a few minutes to watch a stand up comedy performance and then reenact an open mic night. Students could use the time to do stand-up comedy, sing, or recite poems. They took a minute to outline their topic before presenting. Class discussed the benefit of open mic night, which strengthened their language comprehension skills.

Speaking

Worked on vocabulary building, phrases, and articles with our class worksheets. Had class discussion after worksheets completed to help strengthen students speaking skills. 


Vocabulary Word List:
  1. mistake 
  2. chance 
  3. argument
  4. permanent
  5. experiment
  6. temperament
  7. opinion
  8. disappoint
  9. recommend 
  10. opportunity
Reading 

50 Years of Music

Students read articles out loud in class to strengthen their reading and speaking skills. 

Writing


Up in Arms

Students assigned writing prompt to help strengthen their current writing skills. 

Think a moment on the current events going on about gun control and regulation. What are your thoughts and opinions on President Obama's current proposal for strengthening gun control. Write a short essay providing your thoughts on what's going on. 
  • 12 Complete sentences
  • Correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, BME format
  • 4 Vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)
  • After students completed their writing, they shared their writing in class. 
Looking Ahead

Class discussed objectives for the next class and went over any questions the students had.

Homework


Learning Language #2

No comments:

Post a Comment