Instructional Session 3
Objective: By the end of class, you will be able to… (NOTE: The example objectives and lesson are given in French; they can be used with any language. You can download materials in multiple languages from our Teachers Pay Teachers store (CI Liftoff), or use the examples to make your own materials.
Beginner:
answer questions with one or more words in French about the weather and date..
Intermediate: answer questions with sentences in French about the weather and date and compare the weather here with locations in the francophone world Advanced: answer questions with strings of sentences in French, to describe the weather today and the activities that people in class are doing, and describe the weather yesterday Notes/Prep: To prepare for the lesson in Session 5, Card or Slide Talk, you might want to go ahead and tell the students to upload (for Slide Talk) or think about (to sketch on a card for Card Talk) a place they like to go. You can leave this very general (simply “a place you like to go”) or ask for more specific information (in the example in Session 5, I will ask students to upload images of a place they like to go that you can walk to from our school. You could also ask them for places they like to go in summer, or places they would like to go, perhaps a place they would like to go to speak the course language, or places they like to study, or places they like to go to have fun.) If you have not yet set up your Videographer, you might want to do that before you begin this lesson. If so, please see the HR Manual in the Appendices for the Videographer job description and some guidance on how to interview and hire for the student jobs. It is very highly recommended that you have a Videographer. Why is a Videographer such a useful student job? (1) You have recordings of the class activities, which can be a lifesaver in spring when you need some less energy-intensive lesson plans. You can conduct a Film Festival or a Festival of Worksheets (explained later in the year) using the best videos from the year. You will also have a ready-made record of what happened in class, perfect for make-up work, or even to use for sub days (so students can re-watch a previous lesson, in case you do not have a sub who speaks your language). (1) You have recordings of the class activities, which can be a lifesaver in spring when you need some less energy-intensive lesson plans. You can conduct a Film Festival or a Festival of Worksheets (explained later in the year) using the best videos from the year. You will also have a ready-made record of what happened in class, perfect for make-up work, or even to use for sub days (so students can re-watch a previous lesson, in case you do not have a sub who speaks your language). You can simply leave extension activities to accompany the recording of the lesson, for absent students or sub plans.
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