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Janken or Rock-Paper-Scissors

Janken 4's -No materials or preparation! -日本語のビデオ説めもある

THE warm-up activity beginning all of the EigoNoto.com lessons. Works for any language pattern- Teaches conversation skills, too! See an in-class explanation on video

Janken Conversation Rounds -No materials or preparation!

*This activity was chosen by a group of elementary teachers as the main activity for their English classes. It is the best way to teach and practice Conversation Skills. It can be used for meaning- or pattern-focus, and for all of the language structures.

Maru-Batsu (O/X) Game -No materials or preparation!

EigoNoto.com version of the classic Japanese game. Very powerful learning activity.

Hot Potato -No materials or preparation!

A small group creative substitution activity.

Get The Picture (GTP)

see an in-class explanation on video

Pair Karuta -No materials or preparation!

A very simple version of the classic game.

Interview Bingo

see an in-class explanation on video

CROSSFIRE/Linefire

Eraser/Keyword Game

Pair listening activity from the Eigo Noto text.

Ohajiki Game

Listening activity from the Eigo Noto text. A blend of Bingo & Karuta...

Sugoroku

My version of the classic game. NOW it's really communicative! With a link to download the board.

Row Practice/Row Races -No materials or preparation!

Find 3 People -No materials or preparation!

Find 3 People-Tell the Teacher -No materials or preparation!

Liar! Liar! -No materials or preparation!

Hand Sandwich -No materials or preparation!

A fun way to finish off a pair activity (with a winner & loser).

Clue Bingo

Pair Slap -No materials or preparation!

Individual Student Translation

Short notes on how to lessen the stress...

Hebi Janken

Teams compete to get to the end of the line of vocabulary cards first.

Dictionary -(can be done with) No materials or preparation!

Builds an important skill for language learners- how to say a word they don't know!

Pictionary -(can be done with) No materials or preparation!

Builds an important skill for language learners- how to draw a word they don't know!

Gestionary -(can be done with) No materials or preparation!

Builds an important skill for language learners- how to act out a word they don't know!

WYAN- Word You Aleady Know. Students already know a lot of English words- prompt them to tell you what they already know!

Listen, Repeat and Point- Turn on students' power to remember.

Repeat and Change the Pattern Speaking- No materials or preparation!

A simple activity to help students perform short speeches.

Interactive Introduction- No materials or preparation!

A simple step-by-step way to introduce new language patterns. You do the speaking, the students learn the rest as a class.

Drawing an Explanation One Line at a Time- for Grade 5 Lesson 7 What's This?

Black Box Activity Adaptation- Let's all the kids participate, not just one at a time. For Grade 5 Lesson 7

Story Telling in Rounds

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Eigo Note Lesson 5-3-4  

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Grade: 5

Lesson: 3 (4 of 4)
Target: How Many?, numbers 1-20, Janken from Indonesia
Materials: CD & player; Text; Dice; Clue Bingo print


Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat (some or all)
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.

Janken 4’s- Warm-Up/Review/Conversation Skills Practice- 3 minutes
ALT/HRT: Janken and do the conversation first together, then with a few students to practice/demonstrate.
Students: Each student Janken and Converse with 3 others in groups of 4.
Blackboard:

  • W) 1,3,5,7...19.
  • L) 2,4,6,8...20.
Janken from Indonesia-Muck Chee Baa- 5 minutes
ALT & HRT: Play Janken together Indonesian style- ‘Muck Chee Baa’.
Thumb up (elephant), Index finger straight up (human) or Little finger up (ant).
*Elephant beats human, human beats ant, ant beats elephant.
ALT: Explain game rules to students.
Students: Listen, then try the Indonesian style in pairs.

Activity- Indonesian Janken, All Students vs. ALT- 5 minutes
ALT: Lead all students to play Janken, Indonesian style
Students: Play Janken with ALT. Losers must sit down. Students get 1 point for each round they remain standing.

Demonstration- Counting on fingers 1-10- 3 minutes
ALT to HRT: How many fingers to you have?
HRT: Count 1-10 showing students your finger counting style.
HRT to ALT: How many fingers do you have?
ALT: Count 1-10 showing students your finger counting style.
HRT & ALT: Discuss with students that finger-counting styles are different.

Activity- Moving Pair Janken & counting together 1-20- 7 minutes
Blackboard:
  • W) 1 (3, 5, 7, 9,...19)
  • L) 2 (4, 6, 8,...20)
ALT & HRT: Demonstrate activity- Play Janken, Winner starts at ‘1’, Loser at ‘2’ and continue taking turns counting to 20.
Students: All standing, pairs Janken, Winner starts at ‘1’. Janken winners get 2 points for each Janken win (for Australia Points Map).

Activity- Clue Bingo- 10 minutes
Materials: Clue Bingo print; dice
Blackboard: 1 2 3 4 5 ..... 25
Students: Write numbers 1-25 randomly on print. When called on, tell any number; all students cross off the numbers to make Bingo!
ALT/HRT: Roll dice to choose students. Cross the numbers off the numbers written on the blackboard. Congratulate Bingo! winners (with points).

World Gestures Demonstration/Discussion- 5-10 minutes (see video)
Textbook: Inside back cover with pictures of gestures.
Students: Watch and try to understand meaning of the different gestures.
HRT to ALT: ‘こちおいで’ with gesture, and ALT move to HRT. ‘いい子ですね!’ & stroke head of ALT.
ALT to HRT: ‘Come here, please.’ with gesture, and HRT move to ALT. Pat HRT on the back, ‘Good job!’
ALT: Look at textbook and talk about gestures with students (also--
  1. I’m hungry-rubbing stomach;
  2. I’m full- patting stomach;
  3. Me?! pointing to chest;
  4. Polishing an apple- In US, open hand (top) rubbing closed fist- in Japan, closed fist (top) rubbing open hand (bottom) (video);
  5. Counting to 10- Japan style (fingers over opposite palm for 6-9/10--
  6. American style both hands open 1-5 & 6-10).
  7. Crazy! in different countries.
Also using only the right hand for human interaction in Islamic countries and India- because they don’t use toilet paper!
HRT: Ask students if they know any other common gestures.

Wrap-Up- 3 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?

Closing- 1 minute
Students: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’
Teachers: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’

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