Weekly Lesson PlanRochester ESL

DATE:
CLASS:
SUBJECT/TOPICS:
OBJECTIVES:

Monday, 1 February 2016

Beginning ESL, Monday & Wednesday Morning/Evening class
School and personal information

Work through Ventures Unit 1 (Personal Information)

o Make sure students can read paragraph
o Finish working through BE and possessives,
o Complete another view activities, which require
identification and reading
o Begin writing individual sentences and go over uppercase v.
lowercase letters
Begin working with Ventures Unit 2 (At School)
o Begin working with prepositions (in and on)
o Go over school objects and plurals

WORK PLAN:
Time/Them
e
9:00-9:20
6:00-6:20
Goals,
attendanc
e, writing
9:20-9:40
6:20-6:40
Grammar
Review
9:40-9:55
6:40-6:55

Teacher Does

Students Do

Greetinggreet each student,

wait for them to greet you
Attendance
Have students write sentences
about themselves in notebook
Daily goals

Students greet teacher back

Review is and possessives on

the boardgo over workbook
work from last class (pages 4
and 6)

Students complete sentences in

notebook:
Write down daily goal in
notebook
Students correct their work

Have students partner up and

read through paragraphs

Students read the paragraphs

on the students.

Reading &
Speaking
Practice

Have students answer questions

about the ID and business cards

Students do writing/answering
work with the ID and business
cards, then correct the
paragraphs where capital
letters arent used

9:55-10:10
6:55-7:10

Discuss capital letterswhen

are they used? When are they
not used?

Writing
Practice
10:1010:30
7:10-7:30
Another
view and
wrapup
10:4011:00

Have students read through

capital letters paragraph
Go over another view activities
Complete self-assessment with
students: go over words that
they dont know.

Students correct the

paragraphs where capital
letters arent used
Students complete another
view activities
Students complete selfassessment

BREAK: 10 MINS
Vocabulary: How many of these
words do you recognize?

Materials

7:40-8:00
Ventures:
New Vocab
11:0011:20
8:00-8:20
Grammar:
plurals
11:2011:40
8:20-8:40
Grammar:
in/on
11:40-1:00
8:40-9:00
Reading
practice
12:0012:10
9:00-9:10
Closing

Have students copy down and

illustrate the vocabulary words
Go over plurals: regular v.
irregular plurals for nouns, and
how that affects VERBS and
ADJECTIVES
Have students complete
individual practice activities
Go over using in and on for
different objects
Have students practice using in
and on, first with student book
material and then with
conversation
Easy reading practice/article

Give instructions for Pictionary

Students copy down and

illustrate new vocabulary words
Students create plurals for all of
the vocabulary words

Students listen to how you use

prepositions
Students practice using
prepositions with the different
vocabulary words they just
learnt
Students attempt to read
through an extra
paragraph/news story out loud
and discuss what they read as
much as they understand
Students play Pictionary with
vocabulary words

Weekly Lesson PlanRochester ESL

DATE:
CLASS:
SUBJECT/TOPICS:
OBJECTIVES:

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Beginning ESL, Monday & Wednesday Morning/Evening class
School and personal information

Work on Ventures Unit 2 (At School)

o Work with prepositions (in and on)
o Go over school objects and plurals
o Have students complete a short paragraph reading to
determine their level

WORK PLAN:
Time/The
me
9:00-9:20

Teacher Does

Students Do

Take attendance

Objective
s, Writing

Go over days objectives;

schedule on the board

Students write 5 sentences

about the objects in front of
class.

9:20-9:45
Grammar
Review
9:45-9:55
Counting
syllables
9:5510:15
Reading
and
Writing
Practice
10:1510:40
Speaking/
Listening
Practice
10:5011:10
Reading
11:1011:35
Grammar
11:3512:00

Review plurals and the method

for forming themReview in and
on
Review vocabulary: different
classroom words
Introduce counting syllables in
words: how do you know how
many syllables a word has?

Students listen to days

objectives
Students answer question about
vocabulary and grammar
Students complete individual
review activities
Students practice clapping out
syllables

Have students practice reading

material from the classroom
objects lessons

Students read lessons with

partners orally

Have students write their own

sentences

Students write their own

sentences

Give students different classroom

objects, and ask them to create a
tableau they can describe to the
class

Students create tableau and

describe it to the class

BREAK: 10 MINS
Reading practice: textbook
Students read and answered
questions from ventures
Go over plurals:

Students listen to grammar

explanation on plurals, then do
individual practice activities.

Allow students to read out loud,

help with pronunciation and
vocabulary

Students read the article

Reading
words

Different
classroom
objects

Ventures

Article:
Diseases

Reading
practice
12:0012:10
Wrap-up

Wrap-up: Reached goals?

Charades with actionsgo over
the rules/procedure to charades.

Students have to guess the

correct action

Weekly Lesson PlanRochester ESL

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CLASS:
SUBJECT/TOPICS:
OBJECTIVES:

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Advanced Conversation English, Tuesday Mornings
Syllabus and Introduction
Introduce self and class to students
See what students goals and interests are in order to improve
the curriculum and pacing
o Level out students reading, writing, speaking, and
listening capabilities.
WORK PLAN:

Time/The
me
10:0010:40

Teacher Does

Students Do

Greetinggreet each student,

play icebreaker

Students greet teacher back,

everyone plays an icebreaker

Goals,
attendanc
e, writing

Attendance
ICEBREAKER ACTIVITY: Have
students start a paper with Et
was a dark and stormy night.
Give instructions for the mad libs
story.

Students each write one

sentence down on a piece of
paper, then fold the paper so
that their sentence is the only
visible one.

10:4011:00
Syllabus
and goals
11:0011:20

11:3011:50
Reading/
writing
level
11:5012:00

Read syllabus and go over main

points
Ask students for goals in the
classwhat are they looking to
improve or change?
Beginning conversation: interests

After 3 rounds, students read

the story.
Students read through syllabus

Icebreaker
paper and
start
sentence

Syllabus

Students talk about their

SPECIFIC goals and WHY they
want to learn English
Students talk about their
interests and why

BREAK: 10 MINS
Have students read article All
Students read article and
Politics Is Personal At A Smallrespond to it discussion
Town Democratic Caucus and
respond to it
Wrap-up

Materials

Final thoughts/viewpoints/ideas
about the US

Notecards to
take notes
for interests
Article: All
Politics Is
Personal At A
Small-Town
Democratic
Caucus

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DATE:
CLASS:
SUBJECT/TOPICS:
OBJECTIVES:

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Advanced Conversation English, Thursday Evenings
Syllabus and Introduction
Introduce self and class to students
See what students goals and interests are in order to improve
the curriculum and pacing
o Level out students reading, writing, speaking, and
listening capabilities.
WORK PLAN:

Time/The
me
6:00-6:40
Goals,
attendanc
e, writing

6:40-7:00
Syllabus
and goals

7:10-7:30
7:30-7:50
Reading/
writing
level

7:50-8:00

Teacher Does

Students Do

Greetinggreet each student,

play icebreaker

Students greet teacher back,

everyone plays an icebreaker

Attendance
ICEBREAKER ACTIVITY: Have
students start a paper with Et
was a dark and stormy night.
Give instructions for the mad libs
story.

Students each write one

sentence down on a piece of
paper, then fold the paper so
that their sentence is the only
visible one.

Read syllabus and go over main

points

After 3 rounds, students read

the story.
Students read through syllabus

Materials

Icebreaker
paper and
start
sentence

Syllabus

Students talk about their

SPECIFIC goals and WHY they
want to learn English

Ask students for goals in the

classwhat are they looking to
improve or change?
BREAK: 10 MINS
Beginning conversation: interests Students talk about their
interests and why
Have students read article
Stromae, Global Star In The
Making, Set To Touch Down In The
U.S. and respond to it

Students read article and

respond to it discussion

Wrap-up

Final thoughts/viewpoints/ideas
about the US

Notecards to
take notes
for interests
Article:
Stromae,
Global Star
In The
Making, Set
To Touch
Down In The
U.S.

Weekly Lesson PlanRochester ESL

DATE:
CLASS:
SUBJECT/TOPICS:
OBJECTIVES:

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

GO!English, Tuesday Evenings
Syllabus and Introduction
Introduce self and class to students
See what students goals and interests are in order to improve
the curriculum and pacing
o Level out students reading, writing, speaking, and
listening capabilities.
WORK PLAN:

Time/The
me
6:00-6:30
Goals,
attendan
ce,
writing
6:30-6:50
Syllabus
and goals
6:50-7:10

7:20-7:40
Reading/
writing
level
7:40-8:00

Teacher Does

Students Do

Greetinggreet each student,

play icebreaker

Students greet teacher back,

everyone plays an icebreaker

Attendance
Have students write as much as
they can in their notebooks

Students complete sentences in

notebook:

Read syllabus and go over main

points

Students read through syllabus

Ask students for goals in the

classwhat are they looking to
improve or change?
Beginning conversation: interests

Discuss article with students,

esp. their answers and viewpoint

Icebreaker
paper and
start
sentence
Syllabus

Students talk about their

SPECIFIC goals and WHY they
want to learn English
Students talk about their
interests and why

BREAK: 10 MINS
Do a quick grammar check for
Students complete a short
students
grammar activity
Have students read article and
respond to it in writing

Materials

Students read article and

respond to it in questions and a
short viewpoint-paragraph
Students discuss article,
speaking with each other on
their viewpoint and issues they
found with it

Notecards to
take notes
for interests
Article: All
Politics Is
Personal At
A Small-Town
Democratic
Caucus