LESSON OBJECTIVES
After this lesson, students should be able to
1. understand the meaning of the text
2. remember and use the mastery vocabulary and know some important words about the geography in North America
3. write something or talk about North America
4. understand and write down some missing words as heard in sentences or passages in different contexts
CLASS OPENING (5 MINUTES}
For ideas and tips on beginning a class, see "Teaching Techniques" at the back of this teacher's guide.
STUDENT BOOK (15 MINUTES)
There is one reading for this lesson. The reading presents new vocabulary and reviews the vocabulary students have learned in previous lessons.
The new vocabulary for this lesson includes the following words and phrases:
Mastery Vocabulary
America, American
Certainly.
Will/Would you please ？
Oral Vocabulary
North America, South America
There are many ways to teach immersion reading. Here are some step-by-step instructions for one way to teach the reading in this lesson.
Step 1: Check to see if the students have previewed the text. Ask if they have any questions concerning the meaning of the text. Encourage other students to try to answer the questions. Ask the class what they know about North America, including the population, countries, cities, languages spoken, history and geographical features.
Step 2: Play the audiotape. Have the class follow the audiotape while looking at the text.
Step 3: Discuss the reading with the class. Ask the class to summarize the main ideas of the text. Make sure the students know the six main points (the six questions introducing each paragraph) discussed in the text.
Step 4: Divide the class into small groups. Have each group do the one of following activities: draw a map of North America, roughly indicating in English the countries, major cities and mountains the students know; or discuss the reading, using as much English as possible. Their discussions could centre around questions such as:
What two countries are in North America?
(Canada and the United States)
The name South America gives you a clue as to this country's location.
Where is South America located? (It is located south of North America.)
CLASS ACTIVITY: WORD GAMES(15 MINUTES)
Have the class play a game as a fun way to learn the vocabulary for this lesson. You can use this as an opportunity to review learned vocabulary as well. See "Games" at the back of this teacher's guide for an alphabetical list of games with instructions on how to play.
Choose one of these suggested games for learning vocabulary:
"Bingo"(students match words on their game sheets to words on vocabulary cards)
"Draw and Guess" (students draw pictures to illustrates words or phrases)
"Spelling Bee" (students play in teams, winning points for correctly spelling words)
You can also cut this activity and assign some time for diary writing or group verb-tense studies.
Remember to check in on these activities at the end of Lesson 55 or 56 (or both).
ACTIVITY BOOK (5 MINUTES)
Play the audiotape. The aural exercises for this lesson are:
1. Listen to the audiotape. Fill in the blanks. Write the words you hear.
A Smart Mother, Part Two
Tasha and her children are in the back of the house! Gary runs into the house. There is a lot of water in the house. Where is Tasha? There she is!
She is swimming. Where are her children? They are in a dish. It is Tasha's food dish. The dish is like a boat! Tasha is pushing the dish with her nose.
The small dogs have a smart mother.
CLASS CLOSING (5 MINUTES)
Below is the suggested homework for this lesson.
Aim to give students about thirty minutes of homework. Use your discretion in deciding how
much reading or how many exercises to assign as
homework. Base your decision on students' progress.
the second reading in the reader
the remaining activity book exercises
the next lesson in the student book