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LessonPlan:TheEagle,theJackdawandtheShepherd

ByChenYi

g:

SeniorHighSchool,Grade1

SpeakingCour

rBackgroundInformation:

1)16students,15or/andl6yearsold

2)vean

understandingofsimpleandpartofcomplexntencestructureaswellas

someextentofcommunicativecompetence.

:

TotalClassTime:90minutes.

als

1)Picturesoffairytales

2)Videopicturesofafablestory(madebyPhotoStory)

3)Multi-mediafacilities(computers,screen,projector,soundbox)

4)Network

5)Handout(fablestory,discussion)

1)Goals:Studentwillincreatheircommunicativecompetenceanddevelop

textualmanagementcompetence.

2)TerminalObjective:Studentshaveanunderstandingofhowtoexpress

themlvesbymeansofdialogueandtext,andlearnthisfablethroughspeaking

cour.

3)EnablingObjectives:

tswilllearnfournewvocabularyitems:eagle,jackdaw,shepherdand

ourwordsare

thekeyforhelpingtheirexpression.

tswillbeexpectedtoexpressanideaafterwatchthisvideopictures.

tswillbeabletodescribeeverysinglepicturebymeansofdialogueand

paraphrathenorganizethemasawholestory,andafterwardxpresstheir

opinionaboutwhatthisfableimplies.

ingtheiropinionwithimplicationofthefablefromresource,students

willbetterunderstandit.

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LessonPlan

ngs(4minutes):

assbeginsbystudentsstanding

up,“Goodmorning,madam.”“Goodmorning,n,

areyou?Whatdidyoudolastnight?”Studentswillanswerthequestions

withoutnomination.

reetingquestions,teacherwilltellstudentswhatshedoestheday

before,“‟u

watchedit?”.①Ifthereisagreement,teacherandstudentswilldiscuss

somedetailsaboutit.②Ifnot,teacherwillgiveabriefintroduction.

-up:FairyTales(13minutes):

Materials:picturesoffairytales(PowerPointprentationasAppendixA.)

rwillopenaPowerPointprentationshowingthestudentspicturesof

veralfairytales,“rememberedsomefairytalesIhad

readasachild.”Andteacherwilltalktostudentsaboutthetales.

ii.“Whatcartoonsdoyoulike?”“Besidesfairytales,whateldoyouknow?”

“Whatdoyouknowaboutfable?”Teacherwillwalkroundintheclassroom

andlistentostudents‟discussion,thentransittoourtopic.

(Note:IfthePowerPointfails,teacherwillshowstudentsprintedpictures)

tandingMeaningofKeyWords(7minutes):

Materials:computer,screen,projectorandinternet

rwillopenanewWordfileandtypethefourwordsonitandoffer

tswillbeofferedtwowebsiteswhere

theycannotonlyknowthemeaning,examples,function,etymologyetal,but

alsobrowthepicturesandhearthepronunciation.(ModellikeAppendixB)

(Note:Ifinternetfails,learningthemfromPowerPoint(AppendixA);andif

thePowerPointfails,teacherwillteachstudentsthewordswiththehelpof

videopictures)

(55minutes):

Materials:videopictures,computer,screen,projector

Transition:Nowwewilldotasksthatfocusonspeakingactivities.

TaskOne(10minutes):Teacherwillplaythevideopicturesatfirsttime,soundoff.

Thengroupingstudentsintofourgroupsaveragelyandaskstudentstodiscusswhat

5minutes,teacherwillaskacoupleofstudentto

expresshisand/orherideas.

TaskTwo(30minutes):Teacherwillaskstudentsdescribeeverysinglepictureby

nconsulttheunderstatedsceneonthe

15minutes,teacherwillaskastudentfromdifferentgroupevery

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theirthinking,

teacherwillplaythevideopicturesforacoupleoftimes,soundoff.

(Note:Ifthegroupchoosdescribinginthewayofdialogue,itwillberequired

roleplay.)

TaskThree(15minutes):Teacherwillaskstudentstostringtheirdescriptionsasa

story,rwillasktwogroupstotell

theirstoryin10minutes.

y(10minutes):

Materials:handout(AppendixC),computers,screen,projector,soundbox

rwillplaythevideopicturesonceagain,hat,students

cancomparetheirownstorywithit.

behelpfulforstudentstobetter

understandthefable,thentheywilldiscussthelastquestion—whatdoesthis

fableimply?After3minutes,teacherwillaskeachgrouptoexpresstheir

opinion.

rwillopenPowerPoint(AppendixA)again,andreadtheimplication

fromreferencetostudents.

(Note:IfthePowerPointfails,teacherwillreadit.)

e(1minute):

rwilltellstudentsraisingtheirenquiryafterclassandsayGoodbyeto

them.

tssayGoodbye.

References

—Press:Nanjing.

Nunan,nLanguageTeaching

andRearchPress:BeijingandHeinle&Heinle/ThomsonLearningAsia:

Boston.

Xia,ai

ForeignLanguageEducationPress:Shanghai.

Cartoonpicturesfrom/lsmh/?productSort=231

and/f?kz=327205850

/dictionary/

/wiki/Main_Page

Software:PhotoStory3

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AppendixB

EagleJackdawShepherdRivalry

/dictionary/

/wiki/Main_Page

AppendixC

TheEagle,theJackdawandtheShepherd

Aneagle,droppingsuddenlyfromahighrock,aw

sawthis,,witha

great,dealofnoi,clawsmerelygotcaughtinthe

thickringletsoftheram‟sfleece,andnomatterhowfranticallyheflappedhiswings,

hewasunabletogetfreeandtakeflight.

Finallytheshepherdbestirredhimlf,hurrieduptothejackdawandgotholdof

pedtheendofhiswingsand,wheneveningfell,hecarriedhimbackfor

hepherd

replied:„AsfarasIcane,it‟sajackdaw,butitwouldlikeustothinkit‟saneagle!‟

(Aesop,2002:8)

Discussion:Whatdoesthisfableimply?