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A Little Lamb

April 15, 2013 by panoptical

Lesson Plan: Mary Had a Little Lamb Local English Teacher: TLG Volunteer: Neal Z. Grade: 2-6 English World Textbook Level: 2+ Lesson Objectives/Target Language: Objective: To teach the song “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with proper pronunciation Target Language: – “short a” as in Mary, Had, Lamb, As, That, Laugh*, Baaa – vocabulary words in […]

Song and Dance

March 1, 2013 by panoptical

This is a post about why I open every lesson with a song.* I usually start off my new students with something easy and fun – “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” is my favorite for this. Everyone stands, everyone says the names of the body parts, and then we sing the song together. We sing […]

“Take a little break from Dictation”

December 10, 2012 by klshea

In this lesson, shaving cream is lightly spread on the children’s desk and used as an interactive white board where a child can easily erase mistakes and rewrite words if necessary. The activity provided a nice break from the typical dictation exercises all of my students do on a regular basis. This particular lesson was […]

A Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

November 29, 2012 by mikkelablanton

Lesson Plan: I’m Thankful For… Local English Teacher: Manana TLG Volunteer: Mikkela Grade: 4 – 12 English World Textbook Level: None Lesson Objectives/Target Language: Structure: I’m thankful for… Vocabulary: thankful Vocabulary: Things to be thankful for (family, friends, school, home, food, etc.) Materials: Blackboard, student notebooks/paper, pen/pencil, crayons/colored pencils/markers. Brief Description of the Lesson, Activities: […]

Game Tactics

November 26, 2012 by saintfacetious

Is your class boring you to death with rote memorization and grammar drills? Are your students sleeping, passing notes or singing songs to themselves without really caring what’s happening in class? Are the holes in the wall, drafts and sounds driving you insane and making you want to fall asleep in the back of the […]

Alphabet Practice Lesson Plan

November 7, 2012 by katchaturian

Lesson Plan:Writing and Recognizing Letters Local English Teacher:Eka, Tasso TLG Volunteer:Pierre Seya Grade:1 English World Textbook Level:1 Lesson Objectives/Target Language: Writing English letters correctly. Recognizing English letters. Materials: Alphabet Flash Cards, Pens and paper Brief Description of the Lesson, Activities: 1. Write ABCs. (10 min) As students come in, have paper and pencils ready for […]

Teaching the Present Continuous

October 30, 2012 by mikkelablanton

Lesson Plan Local English Teacher: Manana TLG Volunteer: Mikkela Grade: 4th-6th English World Textbook Level: 2 Lesson Objectives/Target Language: Students are able to follow directions given in English Students are able to correctly use the present continuous Students understand subject/verb agreement Materials: Blackboard, student notebooks/paper, pen/pencil, action flashcards (found with Blue Book English World II […]

Get Well Soon!

October 18, 2012 by saintfacetious

I would be the first to admit that I have no experience teaching children anything. I have plenty of experience teaching adults and teens, but that seems to be a whole different game. Adults have reason and logic, children have curiosity, energy and really short attention spans. Especially the younger they get, which was why […]

Creating a Monster: A lesson plan how-to

October 9, 2012 by mikkelablanton

Lesson Plan: Creating a Monster Local English Teacher: Manana TLG Volunteer: Mikkela Grade: 5th-6th English World Textbook Level: English World II, Unit 6 Lesson Objectives/Target Language: Students are able to follow directions given in English Students are able to name each learned body part Students are able to say “I have, It has, He/She/It has….” […]

Easy and Interactive Classroom Activities and Games

October 5, 2012 by adelavan

With the start of a new semester and new semester resolutions hanging over our heads, self-promises to be a better teacher, to be more exciting, to captive those little children’s minds and win them over so that they love English with our ever more exciting lesson plans, it can become a bit daunting to think […]

New (School) Year’s Resolutions

September 25, 2012 by mikkelablanton

For this cleverly named post, thanks to one of my fellow blogger’s creativity, I decided to take three of the most common resolutions and put a little spin on them for things that I hope to achieve this year in school. Exercise more: Exercise my mind, that is! Not only do I see my time […]

My new (school) year resolutions

September 19, 2012 by Away From Home

I have changed schools this year. I preface this only because it means I will be given a clean start with new students. The school I first arrived at in January was full of eager pupils, excited to learn English from a man of mystery and American clothes. It was though, my first experience teaching […]

This School Year, I Will Eat Fewer Students

September 18, 2012 by brijerydoo

I always find it entertaining when New Years rolls around and people ask you, “so what are your New Years resolutions?” I always give the most limp-wristed response I can come up with at that moment; “this year, I will try and put less jam on badgers.” But I was thinking, about starting a new […]

Lesson Plan: English World 2, Day 1

September 14, 2012 by panoptical

If you haven’t already seen TLG’s new lesson planning forms, they’re quite nice. Go ahead and take a look. This lesson plan will use that form as a framework. Notes can be found below the plan. Our complete guide to lesson planning can be found here. Lesson Plan: Welcome to English World 2! Local English […]