Instructional Session 1
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. Advanced: answer questions with strings of sentences in French, to describe the weather today and the activities that people in class are doing. Notes on Norming the Class: On the first day of class, especially for classes for whom this is their first year with you, this part of class is going to take way, way longer than most any other day of the year. On the first day of class, you might have a lot going on. If so, you might only say TWO or THREE sentences during the Guided Oral Input. Considering how often you will most likely be walking over to the rules and executing Plan A of the classroom management moves discussed in Chapter Four, and how long it will probably take to norm the class today, maybe even three sentences of actual Guided Oral Input is a stretch. In the first days of class, and, in fact, all year, your goal is not only to give students a whole bunch of Guided Oral Input, but rather to provide just enough input time so that you can process the new language and information by proceeding to the other components of the Daily Instructional Framework that come after Guided Oral Input (Scaffolded Oral Review, Shared Writing, Shared Reading, and Student Application and Assessment). In the first few lessons, since you will be setting up the routines and procedures for the entire year, you will not be providing much actual content during the class discussions in Guided Oral Input. It will be easiest for you if you actually think through the following lesson word by word, picturing yourself teaching it in your actual classroom space, and really get comfortable with the concept that you will only be imparting a couple of new sentences in this lesson. This technique of mentally walking through a visualization of your future performance is often used by athletes, public speakers, and performers, to rehearse and prepare for a successful execution of the game plan or script.
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