Thursday 13 December 2012

An example of a Weekly Planning Lesson.


Hello English teachers!

This is an example of a Weekly Planning Lesson related to Health and Fitness Unit and the Topic is about Fruits.

Through this Weekly Planning Lesson, you could find a variety of activities your students could do in class, developing their language skills by means of games, interactive role plays, written tasks and listening exercises. You will also find out some resources as a support of each English lesson.

The activities are organized from Monday to Friday, but Thursday is not included on the Plan due to, I don’t teach EAL that particular day.

Well, I hope what I have done; guide you to better your English Weekly Planning Lesson.

Please send me any comments about it!

Weekly Planning Yordanka Brunet

Grade 2
Unit 2. Health and Fitness

Topic: Fruits

Monday

Outcomes:

Recognize some parts of the body through a performance.

Activity:

Teacher will mention some parts of the body and students should recognize each by touching their bodies.

Resources:

Simon Games

 Outcomes:

Identify some Health problems studied before.

Make comments about some healthy habits.

Presenting new vocabulary related to Fruits.

 Activities:

The teacher will mention some healthy habits for discussing them in class.

Looking at some pictures from the DVD and online, the students should acquire new vocabulary related to some fruits.

By means of a debate first in pairs and after the whole class, they should talk about the importance of eating them.

Resources:

Food Fun DVD

Online pictures.

Examples of fruits


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Activities:

Students will copy the new vocabulary and repeat them, making emphasis in some sounds.

Game: The first student will mention a fruit and the next one should say that fruit, plus a different one. (Through this task, students are training their memory and reinforcing what they have just learned)

Students with the teacher's support will do different tasks from the Ventures 1. Workbook.

Task 1 Write the missing letter for each word.

Task 2. Look at the pictures and write the words.

Task 3. Write sentences using some of these words.

Task 4. Write a small paragraph using those words.

 Resources: Ventures 1 Book and Workbook. University Press.

Tuesday

Outcomes:

Improve speaking skill through some questions.

Talk about the importance of eating “healthy food”.

Practice the vocabulary related to fruits.

Reinforce the addition of‘s’ in third person singular.

 Activities:

Going back to the content studied before, students should talk about what they have learned so far.

They will discuss in class why eating “healthy food” is important and mention some of the examples.

(Student should say their ideas) Teacher copies them on the board.

Going back to the content related to some fruits studied before, the teacher will introduce and practice some grammatical features.

Outcomes:

Practice the use of likes and dislikes in sentences.

Activity:

Grammar: Likes and dislikes.

- I like eating….

- I really like eating…

- I love eating…

- I don’t like eating… / I don’t like eating… at all.

- I dislike eating…

Students will repeat the sentences after the teacher; they should change the fruit and the person while they are repeating.

 For example:

I like eating coconuts.

Lucy likes eating apples.

The teachers dislike drinking orange juice after lunch.

 
Activity: Complete these sentences, using like, likes, drink, drinks, eat or eats.

- Marian ( ) apples and oranges every mornings.

- The students ( ) their lunch at 1pm.

- Lucy ( ) strawberry shake on Mondays and Fridays.

- Julio and Ronny ( ) eating healthy food.

- We ( ) milk before going to bed.

- My mother ( ) drinking guava juice when she gets home.

Now write your own sentences!

 
Write some sentences using likes and dislikes and the vocabulary concerning fruits.

 Wednesday

 Outcomes:

Researching on Internet.

 Allowing good relationship among students while they work in pairs or in small groups.

 Activities:

Go back to the topic studied before, the students should mention different examples of fruits and do a research about the typical fruits from their countries. They could include pictures, online information, drawings and any recipe that included the fruit mentioned by them. They should prepare a small presentation using ICT, according to their ages and knowledge. The teacher should offer all his/her support.

 If there is enough time, students could ask questions in class practicing the Auxiliary Do/ Does.

 Do you like drinking orange juice?

- Yes, I do or

- No, I don’t.

 Does Misheel like eating pineapples?

- Yes, she does or

- No, she does not/ (doesn’t)

 Friday

Outcomes:

Spelling Test

Recognize and spell words with short ‘o’ and long ‘o’

Improve Speaking and Writing skills.

 Activities:

Students do the weekly Spelling Test.
Practicing the sound i in different words. (Working with Finger Phonics. Big Book.)

- Repeat the sound after the teacher.

- Repeat some words that contain that sound.

- Say other words that have that sound.

- Write sentences using those words.

 
Expand the sentences

 Resources:

Finger Phonics Big Book. Jolly Learning Ltd.

 Outcomes:

Reinforce the use of the following features:

- (Capital Letter)

- ( “ )

- ( , )

- ( . )
Activity:
Written exercises from the Spelling Book

Teacher will give a paragraph to students related to the topic they have discussed during the week and they should be able to correct the mistakes it has.
After some minutes, the teacher checks the task. The students will read the text and make a performance showing their correction.

Resources:

Spelling Practice Book. Grade 2. Treasures.

 
Homework

-       Students should talk about the importance of eating fruits and they should mention their favourite.

-       Students should write sentences related to the topic, using I like, I really like, I love, I don’t like, I don’t like eating… at all, I dislike.

-        Students should practice some words that have short ‘o’ and long ‘o’ sounds.
Assessments

-       Observation of students’ performance in class, through some oral presentations.

-       Spelling test.

 

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