English Class Week 6Section 1:Part 1 Talk about teaching

Schedule

1. Welcome/housekeeping2. English warm up 3. Crossword Puzzle Activity 4. Battleship game

Schedule Week ActivityWeek 6 (this week) Teaching activities part 1Week 7 Teaching activities part 2

Book report interviewsWeek 8 Midterms (no class)Week 9 Book report presentation

Classroom management Week 10

Presentation on Chatting in English• Presentation 5-7 minutes

• Presentation should include:• Nationality, gender, and approximate age of conversation

partner• Method(s) of communicating with each other• How often and how much did you chat? • What did you learn from each other? • Do you feel your English improved? In what way? Did you study

any of your transcripts?• You will be graded on: • Content 30 points• Preparedness 10 points • Q&A 10 points

Conversation Details

• minimum 1 month, once a week • Start and end whenever you like, but must equal at least

one month• communicate any way you like (email, Skype, messenger,

mail)

Saudi Arabia: Teach us English without teaching us its culture

•New debate within TESOL

• Can one divide a language and its culture?

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Baseball related Idioms

• “Ballpark figure, estimate, etc.” • “Out of the ballpark,” “Hit a home run,” “Grand slam” etc.• “Batting a thousand”• Big leagues “You’re in the big leagues now”

Baseball Idioms

• (Brand) new ball game• Cover one’s bases • To throw a curve ball • First base, second base, third base, homerun…

Baseball Idioms

• Play hardball•Heavy hitter•Hit or miss• “___ really came out of left field” • Rain-check

Baseball Idioms

• Right off the bat• Step up to the plate • Strike out• Touch base

Letter to JeanneDue Week 6

Crossword Puzzle Activity

• Get to know each other!• I made a crossword puzzle with everyone’s info from email

1. Ask questions to fill out your crossword puzzle Don’t ask “Which # is yours?”

2. After finding the answer, chat about it a bit 3. Find out one more piece of information about that person4. Say good bye and find the news person

How to make a crossword puzzle

• Choose content (definition + answer)• Students can help with content • Students can be the content!

• Put into online crossword puzzle generator • Copy and paste onto a worksheet and print!

Battleship Game

• Hard to explain but easy to recycle in class• Good for controlled speaking practice

• Choose your content (grammar and/or vocabulary)• Test the game to see if the English works in all situations • Introduce to students