GROUP & DAY: 3 A/B – viernes 22 de agosto del 2008
TECH: Projector, Speakers, Screen figured out by Wed Aug 27
MATERIAL: Grammar-reviewed exercise files, 15 Sun Magazines
PREP: what elements are they going to look for in the reading? cultural web pre-definitions, write on board
PLAN OF ACTION & TIMING
- Warmup: 15 min, “All actions can be justified” class debate, randoming off to debate in pairs then as whole class, with spanish-word tally (routine)
- Language One: 20 min Short reading (“A Brief History of the Future”, from Blogs, Wikis, MySpace, and More, 2007) & notebook documentation (routine: reading + questions + vocab + group discussion)
- Language Two: 30 min “Grammar corrections” from most common mistakes, on board on documented in notebook (routine)
- Break: 5 min,
- Project: 25 min Free Read (from Sun Magazine collection) & cultural observations
- Cool Down: 5 min Reflection & Cleanup (routine)
GROUP & DAY: 2A – viernes 21 de agosto del 208
TECH: Projector, Speakers, Screen figured out by Wed Aug 27
MATERIAL: Sun Magazine quotes
PREP: a.) quotes copies x30, b.) book report talk with Andrea, c.) 3 cartolinas cut in half, one more set of markers from Ale)
PLAN OF ACTION & TIMING
- Warmup: 20 min, “How complex is an idea? (hardboiled egg)
- Language One: 30 Short reading (Sun Magazine literary quotes & pair discussion, highlighting vocab and phrasing questions in notebook, routine)
- Break: 5 min
- Language Two: 40 min: Grammar: from the quotes, full parts of speech breakdown, with focus on irregular verbs, and phrasal verbs, putting breakdown on cartolina and displaying in classroom
- Cool Down: 5 min Reflection & Cleanup (routine)
