Lesson Three - Life in a New Country 

Activity:   Practicing stress

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

Using one of the ideas from the board, change out “X” in each sentence on slide 2 of the Google slides. (For example, “Language IS a challenge for refugees.”)

Read these sentences aloud to the class, exaggerating the capitalized word in each one. Ask the class what changed in each spoken sentence, guiding them towards the answer “stress.” (Click to make the title “Sentence stress” appear on the slide.)

Next, click to make the four implications for each stress placement appear. Read them aloud, and then have the class match each stress placement with its implication. (Click through to check answers.)

Lastly, practice the stress patterns by having the class repeat the four sentences.

Activity:  Solutions brainstorm

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

Move on to slide 3, and let the students know that they will be coming up with solutions to the problems on the board in groups.

Hand out worksheets to the class, then divide them up into groups of ~3 by having the students count off, and then regroup.

Each group must pick two problems on the board, and come up with a solution for them together. Everybody should write down their problems and solutions on their worksheet. They should have around 10 minutes to do this.

At this time, stop the class and move to slide 4.  Explain that one person in each group will be a “naysayer” – a person who doesn’t agree with the solutions. Ask them to play the part of a very grumpy, stubborn person. Their job is to give a reason as to why they don’t agree with these solutions. The other group members should try to convince them that the solutions are good ideas. 

Then have the students put their heads down on their desks and cover their eyes. Go around the room and tap one student from each group to be the naysayer. Have them put their heads up. Have the people who were tapped raise their hands, and then start discussing with their groups. They should have around 8 minutes for this part.

In the last 5-7 minutes, get the class’ attention and have each group share one solution with the class.

Activity:  Gallery walk for Final Posters 

Steps & Teacher Directions: 

Split the class into two groups (you can count them off or just cut a line down the middle of the class so that everyone knows which group they are in).

Tell the students in group 1 to get out their final poster projects (whether it is digital or physical) and set them up in different places in the room. 

Let group 2 roam around freely for 12 minutes, listening to and looking at the posters that group 1 have made. 

After 12  minutes, switch groups. Have group 2 set up their posters and then group 1 walks around looking at all the different posters. 

During both of these times, you (the teacher)  should be walking around and looking at all of the different posters and grading them on their poster using the rubric that you showed them in at the end of lesson 2. (See Appendix A for lesson 3).