Where can I get Lesson Plan ideas for an English Language Lesson at Elementary level?

Question

The objective of the lesson is to describe a person's physical appearance

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I'm going on the premise that you're working with young people.

Start with the parts of the body, elicit what the students know and then give them new vocabularly. The best way to do this is to use your board - draw a rough image of a human figure (or get a student to do it), and have them come in turns to label the parts they know. Then give them new vocab, drill them and erase the new words one by one, making sure that they remember them every time by pointing to where the new words were. Ask them to write the new words on the board again. Finally, ask them to draw a similar labeled picture in their copybook, and be strict about the time for this, go around and correct spelling and generally keep them going.

Then you can introduce long, short, tall, small, thin, fat, thick, etc., as you see fit. With beginners, I'd stick with long, short, tall and small, black, brown, blond and introduce 'he/she's got long hair', for example. I'd use pictures to introduce the concept, then elicit the words. Then check understanding and drill, and then play a little game where they have to guess who in the classroom or school you are talking about by the physical description, for which you will need to introduce 'Is it John?' , a simple question form. They'll enjoy this.

Once you're happy with that, you could play another game. This one is brilliant if you have a large group. Get them to pair up, check that everyone has a partner, and then get one partner to be in one circle, while the other is in another circle outside, and get them to move in opposite directions. Play music, and when the music stops they must find their partner as quickly as they can. Once they get this, then tell them to go back into the circles, and when they find their partner, they have to point to their partner's head, ear, eye, elbow, etc. (Sometimes it's better to refrain from touching unless the group are all reasonably friendly and from similar cultures). The last pair to find each other every time the music stops has to sit down, the last pair standing are the winners. It's great fun, and your class will fly.

Finally, to calm everyone down, sit them all back down and make a list with the group of all you've done in the lesson. If you have ten minutes, hand out paper and colouring stuff and let them draw whatever they like, and just around and talk to them individually about their drawing. It sounds a little bizarre, but it's good to this as you can check with individuals that you can check with individuals if they are having any problems with the lessons, and the chances are that they will draw something relating to what you have just done with them. You can also comment on the drawings if you wish ... and sometimes when it's hard to find the word for something, a simple drawing can save a whole lot of hassle.

The tricky thing will complete beginners is getting across what you want them to do, so I suggest using lots of pictures to get them onto the concept, and you can provide the language they need. There are lots of great websites out there to help you.

Answer 3

Sounds like a good lesson for learning what adjectives and nouns are. The distinction in this context should remain fairly easy with the adjectives always occurring before the noun, and they should pick it up very quickly. Eg: A square nose, blue eyes, blonde hair and spotty skin. They could offer their own examples (of course, depending on their age you will get comediens) and you could draw this person on the board as you go along, whilst also encouraging them to identify each adjective and each noun.

Answer 4

People wonder why we homeschool. If you can't think of a lesson plan for this then why should you be teaching children at all.

Answer 5

Ask them to write an essay on a special person in their life,or about their favourite meal,or their favourite television show,so that it can be educating and fun!

Answer 6

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